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Dying Light 2's Developers Are Indulging Toxic Gamers
18.3.2021
As promised, Polish developer Techland put out a video today updating the world on the state of zombie parkour thriller Dying Light 2. and it’s an extremely concise look at one of the most toxic cycles underlying the video game industry.Read more
Nine Inch Nails’ Ambient, Droning Quake Soundtrack Massages My Brain
15.3.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today, lull yourself into productivity with the sound of nightmares. (Hmm, I’ma keep workshopping that.)Read more
Paradox Interactive Announces A New Digital Event During A Digital Event
13.3.2021
Paradox Interactive’s annual fan event, PDXCON, is going digital this year. This announcement came today during PDX Insider, a different digital event. Read more
Crusader Kings III's First DLC Is Viking-Themed, Releases March 16
13.3.2021
Crusader Kings III, one of the best games released last year, is getting its first DLC. And you don’t have to wait long, it released in three days on March 16.Read more
Game Artists Not Happy That Developer Is Selling Their Nearly Decade-Old Work As NFTs
12.3.2021
The question at the heart of this week’s incessant NFT debate is one of ownership: How, in the digital age, can one really own anything? And when somebody purchases a glorified gif or jpg for mind-boggling amounts of money, what do they even own? Not rights. Not the sole copy of the image. So what?...
Another Paradox Game Jumps To The Tabletop, Blows Past Kickstarter Goal
12.3.2021
After the so-so Crusader Kings effort, another Paradox strategy title—Stellaris—is on its way to board gaming after successfully meeting its Kickstarter funding goal.Read more
Counter-Strike Was Accidentally Removed From Steam Today
10.3.2021
Earlier today, anyone trying to find or play Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on Steam ran into a weird surprise: the game was missing. Just...gone.Read more
It's Time For Crusader Kings In Space
5.3.2021
If you’ve been wondering why there haven’t been more clones of Crusader Kings, it’s because the systems that define Paradox’s game are really hard to copy! Pawley Games are going to give it a shot, though, and they’re going to do it in space.Read more
Valve's Card Game Is Officially Dead
4.3.2021
Artifact has now failed twice. After a messy launch and a failed attempt to reboot it last year, Valve announced today it’s calling it quits on the beleaguered Dota 2 card game.Read more
Inspiring: This Valheim Player Built A Greyling Torture Factory
4.3.2021
If you’ve played even just several seconds of Valheim, you despise Greylings. They’re awful little tree stump goblins who smack you once, then run away with an infuriating spring in their step, like they’ve stolen candy from your pockets. In the game’s early goings, they’re everywhere. One brave...
Zynga Buys Torchlight Studio Echtra Games
3.3.2021
Echtra Games, the San Francisco-based studio founded in 2016 by Diablo and Torchlight co-creator Max Schaefer, is now owned by Zynga, the company that gave us FarmVille. Read more
Stardew Valley Is Now A Co-Op Board Game
24.2.2021
For the past two years, designers Eric Barone and Cole Medeiros—who met while playing Stardew Valley online—have been working on turning the idyllic video game into something folks can play on a table.Read more
Valheim, As Told By Steam Reviews
23.2.2021
I’m getting the impression that maybe, just maybe, Valheim’s five-person development team might be onto something. Since the Viking survival game’s Steam release earlier this month, it’s sold 3 million copies. Over the weekend, more than 500,000 people played it at once. But what do players...
The Half-Life 2 RTS Is Finally "Out" After 13 Years Of Development
23.2.2021
For over a decade now, a group of fans have been working on Lambda Wars, a real-time strategy game set in the Half-Life universe. Originally a Half-Life 2 mod, and later a standalone beta, the thing is now finished, or as finished as a game ever gets these days, anyway.Read more
New Subscription Service Is JUST For Crusader Kings II
19.2.2021
While you may be increasingly used to paying a monthly fee to get access to a lot of games, Paradox is trialling a new subscription service where you just pay to play one. Which sounds slightly mad until you realise that one game is Crusader Kings II.Read more
The Makers Of Minit Are Back With A Clever New Spin-Off
18.2.2021
Minit took the sense of exploration and discovery from a classic Zelda and recreated it in black and white in 60 second chunks. The result was fantastic, so it’s not surprising its creators are returning to that world in their latest game: Minit Fun Racer.Read more
Just say no: Video game romantic rejection is far too rare
12.2.2021
Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans and recent gaming glories, but of course, the real action is down in the comments, where we invite you to answer our eternal question: What Are You Playing This Weekend? Read more
Axiom Verge 2 is coming to PC as an Epic Games Store exclusive, as revealed during a buggy Epic Game
11.2.2021
Axiom Verge 2 is coming to PC as an Epic Games Store exclusive, as revealed during a buggy Epic Games Store digital showcase. Before today, the highly anticipated Metroidvania was only confirmed for a Switch release.Read more
China's Steam Only Has 53 Games
10.2.2021
Steam is now available in China, and if you thought that would give Chinese gamers instant access to the weird, wonderful and sometimes deeply offensive depths of the service’s catalogue, well lol, no of course it doesn’t.Read more
Terraria Dev Cancels Stadia Port Over Being Shut Out Of Google Accounts
8.2.2021
The sprawling 2D world-crafting game Terraria has been ported almost everywhere. One place it won’t be going? Stadia. At least according to one of its creators who recently took to Twitter to cancel the streaming version of the game after—he says—Google locked him out of all of his accounts.Read...