Search
Black Geyser Looks Like The BioWare RPG You've Been Waiting For
5.7.2021
Black Geyser: Couriers Of Darkness sure looks like a BioWare game. It isn’t, because BioWare hasn’t made BioWare games for centuries. This is in fact made by a small team, yet when it goes into Early Access next month, will apparently boast real-time combat, a set of companions, and over 300,000...
Happy Indie-Penance Day!
5.7.2021
Shhhhhh, all the grown ups are distracted. Kotaku’s proper employees are all off doing whatever it is Americans do on Independence Day, and in a woefully ironic act, have allowed a Brit to take over the site. So aside from leaving crates of tea everywhere and graffitiing “Long Live King George...
'Vagina Bones,' Kirby's Eyebrows, And Other Bizarre American Video Game Changes
3.7.2021
America’s birthday is nearly upon us, and you know what that means: It’s time to loudly blow stuff up so that we can drown out the self-conscious voices in our heads that remind us how weird and bad America can be. In honor of All Of That, this week’s Splitscreen is about how games from other...
All The Major Games Only Coming Out On Next-Gen Consoles
2.7.2021
Despite last year’s splashy release of next-gen consoles, it’s clear the gaming landscape is still in a transitional phase between console generations. Just look at blockbusters like Far Cry 6, Rainbow Six Extraction, Battlefield 2042, and Tales of Arise, which are planned for release on PS4, Xbox...
Oof: That Magic Diablo Clone Didn't Even Survive Its Beta
29.6.2021
Magic: Legends, the ARPG that combined Diablo-style aesthetics with the card game mechanics of Magic: The Gathering, will shut down October 31. Read more
Final Fantasy V And VI Disappear From Steam Next Month
29.6.2021
Heads up: Next month, Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI will no longer be available via Steam. Square Enix will replace those games with the recently announced “Pixel Remaster” versions. Eventually.Read more
The Brilliant SNES Emulator Author Known As Near Has Died
28.6.2021
The brilliant, highly respected emulator developer Near (previously known as Byuu) appears to have taken their own life. Read more
Tips For Playing Scarlet Nexus
25.6.2021
Scarlet Nexus, an action-RPG about moving extremely heavy objects with your brain, is officially out now for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. The fundamental gameplay isn’t terribly far afield from your standard game of this nature, but there are some quirks to be aware of. Here’s what to know before...
Disgaea 6 Is Not Looking Great On Switch
25.6.2021
Earlier this year when I saw Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny was coming to Switch over the summer, I was pumped. There are plenty of smaller tactical RPGs on the portable console, but few have the storied history, number-crunching depth, and healthy budget of Nippon Ichi Software’s Disgaea series....
Shadowrun Trilogy Is Free, And Amazing
25.6.2021
To cap off its 2021 summer sale, GOG is giving away all three games of Harebrained Schemes’ Shadowrun series for free on PC. You have until the end of the weekend to claim them.Read more
Scarlet Nexus: Should You Play As Yuito Or Kasane?
25.6.2021
Scarlet Nexus, a “brain punk” action-RPG about what happens when you let fungi grow unchecked, features a dual storyline. There’s one story, but you play as one of two young soldiers enlisted in the War on Shrooms: Yuito or Kasane. Both have different abilities, and show every plot beat from...
Mario Golf: Super Rush Really Shines When You're Playing Plain Old Golf
24.6.2021
Speed golf, battle golf, cross country golf—Mario Golf: Super Rush is filled with new ways to hit a ball with a stick into a hole, but for me Mario’s latest trip to the greens works best at its most basic.Read more
One Of Last Year’s Best JRPGs Now Has Pet Dual Wielding
23.6.2021
After six long months, gaming’s most important update of 2021 has arrived: a new patch for farming JRPG Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin that lets you dual-wield the game’s adorable pets.Read more
12 Hours With Scarlet Nexus, Bandai Namco’s New Action-RPG
23.6.2021
Right out of the gate, Scarlet Nexus shows off its gimmick. You can play as one of two characters, viewing the same storyline from different perspectives. Both share the same formidable telekinetic superpower, spicing up what appears to be typical blade-swinging combat. While cool, it initially...
Cyberpunk 2077 Is Back on PSN But Still Broken, Sony Warns
21.6.2021
Cyberpunk 2077 is finally back on the PlayStation Store to purchase after 187 days in exile. During that time CD Projekt Red’s open world sci-fi RPG has received a handful of patches and hotfixes, but apparently not enough to completely fix the game on PS4. Even now, Sony is still recommending...
35 Indie Games That Really Want Your Attention
18.6.2021
A few weeks ago, I asked Twitter for breaking AAA gaming news, and due to a clerical mix-up was instead inundated by top-notch indie gaming stories. Surely that couldn’t happen again? Spoiler: That happened again.Read more
E3 Had A Surprising Number of Nonviolent Games
17.6.2021
Thirty-three percent of all the games shown at E3 and Summer Game Fest were non-violent, according to an analysis done by GamesIndustry.biz.Read more
Five Nights At Freddy’s Creator Scott Cawthon Retires Amid Controversy
17.6.2021
Scott Cawthon, the independent developer best known as the creator of the Five Nights at Freddy series, has announced his retirement from professional game development.Read more
Report: Breath of the Wild 2's Real Title Might Give It Way, Nintendo says
16.6.2021
Yesterday, Nintendo came out swinging with its E3 presentation, showing off a trailer for the long-anticipated Breath of the Wild 2. But amidst the explosion of new fan art and fan speculation, you might have noticed that Nintendo isn’t calling this game BotW 2 like everyone else is.Read more
E3 2021: 20 Games Missing From The Show
16.6.2021
Silence screams volumes. Over the past five days, video game publishers have shouted announcements for the biggest games from the rooftops. But that chorus has been drowned out by the far more deafening din of what wasn’t announced at E3 2021.Read more