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Let’s Use Dall-E Mini To Conjure Up Half-Life 3 And Other Sequels We’ll Never Get
24.6.2022
One of my favorite activities growing up as a video game nerd was randomly typing the names of fictional game, movie, or book sequels into Google just to see what came up. I didn’t care if it was real or fake. I enjoyed the daydreaming that came from imagining “what if?”Read more
Let’s Put EA CEO’s $20 Million Payout In Context
17.6.2022
The CEO of Madden maker Electronic Arts is set to rake in $19.8 million in total compensation for his company’s strong performance in 2021. That’s about half of what it was for 2020 after EA’s Board of Directors cracked down on exorbitant bonuses in the face of shareholder backlash, but still...
Battlefield 2042 Fans Finally Have Something To Smile About
14.6.2022
After a disastrous launch and months of treading water, the beleaguered Battlefield 2042 had its first major update last week with the introduction of Season One, which saw the game get its first new map, weapon, vehicle and specialist since its release eight months ago.Read more
The Decade-Long Struggle To Fund Oakland’s Scrappy Video Game Museum
9.6.2022
Back in September 2021, The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment in Oakland, California, better known as The MADE, began tweeting about how impossibly difficult it seemed to fund a video game museum.Read more
Battlefield 2042’s First Season, Out June 9, Might Be Too Little Too Late
7.6.2022
Does the saying “better late than never” apply to live service games? Today, developer DICE unveiled “Zero Hour,” the delayed first season of Battlefield 2042, its troubled futuristic military shooter. It’s available on Thursday, June 9. Here’s a trailer:Read more
Respawn Boss Vince Zampella Speaks Out On Trans Rights, Even As EA Refuses
1.6.2022
Vince Zampella, Respawn Entertainment general manager and head of some of Electronic Arts’s biggest franchises, spoke out on Twitter in defense of transgender rights ahead of the start of Pride Month on June 1. Kotaku has learned that this rare display comes after an internal roundtable discussion...
The Latest Sims 4 Update Tries To Reckon With Its History Of Whitewashing
31.5.2022
A popular Sims 4 NPC family is at the center of a minor fan debate after getting an unexpected makeover, raising questions about The Sims’ complicated history of Eurocentric character design.Read more
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Sequel Coming Next Year
27.5.2022
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the highly-anticipated sequel to 2019's Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was finally revealed today via a new teaser trailer during Star Wars Celebration. It will be released in 2023. Read more
Latest Sims 4 Update Adds Custom Pronouns For All
26.5.2022
A new Sims 4 update released yesterday added new pronoun options to the latest entry in EA’s long-running life simulator. With this update, players will be able to set their Sims’ pronouns, including completely custom ones, without the use of mods across all platforms that The Sims 4 is available...
EA Tells Devs It Won't Take Stand On Abortion Rights, Encourages 'Healing Circles'
25.5.2022
Electronic Arts won’t be joining some other big game studios in publicly supporting abortion and transgender rights, Kotaku has learned. Asked about it during a May 24 company-wide town hall meeting, the gaming publisher told staff it couldn’t take a stance on every public issue and that “being...
Major Battlefield 2042 Update Leaves Remaining Fans Dismayed
25.5.2022
Battlefield 2042, a game that has been swimming upstream from the moment it launched, needs both new content and some serious fixes, and it needs them quickly. In a major presentation made to fans earlier today, developers DICE revealed that players will be getting a little bit of both....
Report: EA Looking To Sell Or Merge
21.5.2022
The video game market is consolidating like never before, and Electronic Arts is scrambling like everyone else. The Battlefield and FIFA maker recently pursued a merger with NBCUniversal, and also held potential acquisition talks with Disney, Apple, and other companies, according to a new report...
Battlefield 2042 Killed My Favorite Game Mode
20.5.2022
As Battlefield 2042 continues to languish somewhere in the hell between “failed launch” and “whatever comes next”, developers DICE are making minor tweaks to the game in order to keep things running smoothly. Though I can’t say I’m the biggest fan of their latest effort.Read more
The Sims 4 Announces Two New Kits, And I’m Here For It
19.5.2022
The Sims 4 seems intent on winning me back with its onslaught of kits, and its latest dual release just might do it.Read more
Gaming’s Best Character Creators, From Demon’s Souls To Final Fantasy
19.5.2022
Sometimes I think I like sliding into a character creator sandbox more than the game it’s attached to. Character creators let me play a benevolent god that only creates hot people—like Abercrombie in the 2010s, except I’m a socialist. I feel powerful and clever until I run smack into a wall:...
Layoffs At EA Austin Following Split With FIFA
18.5.2022
Electronic Arts is laying off a ton of customer service staff at its Austin office, according to internal emails viewed by Kotaku. One source familiar with the decision told Kotaku that as many as 100 employees could be affected, many of whom supported live operations on FIFA 22. Going forward,...
Game Pass Gets Vampire Survivors, One Of The Best Games Of The Year
17.5.2022
Sony might have made a splash with its recently-detailed PS Plus revamp, but Game Pass continues to grow its library. The park-builder Jurassic World Evolution 2 is obviously a main draw and—bonus!—out today. Later this week, Game Pass will also get one of the best games of the year: Vampire...
Mass Effect 4 Merch Has Fans Talking About Commander Shepard’s Return
11.5.2022
If there’s one thing Mass Effect’s Commander Shepard has earned, it’s some goddamned rest.Read more
EA's FIFA Series Loses Its Name After Nearly 30 Years
10.5.2022
Next year’s FIFA won’t be called FIFA anymore, EA announced Tuesday. The mega sports franchise is parting ways with soccer’s international governing body and will be renamed EA Sports FC, but EA promises nothing else will change.Read more
EA Is Once Again Making A Lord Of The Rings Video Game
10.5.2022
I know licensing isn’t the sexiest topic, but when it comes to certain properties—like Star Wars and major sports—it plays a super important role in what games we get to play and who makes them. Which is my way of explaining why I’m writing about the surprise announcement that EA is making...