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John Cena’s Action Figure Skin In WWE 2K23 Is Some Truly Cursed Stuff
16.3.2023
Players have discovered a new skin in WWE 2K23 that turns world-famous wrestler and movie star John Cena into a plastic action figure, complete with a stiff, non-moving face and smile. And yes, if you were wondering, it’s pretty creepy! Read more
Game Ad Using Leaked GTA 6 Footage Gets Purged From Internet By Take-Two
21.12.2022
Goat Simulator 3 developer Coffee Stain North has ended up under the thumb of Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two after posting an ad for its open-world havoc simulator that used footage from this year’s Grand Theft Auto VI leak.Read more
Congress Wants To Know What The Biggest Game Companies Are Doing To 'Combat Extremism'
16.12.2022
A group of seven lawmakers are sending a letter to the world’s biggest video game companies tomorrow, asking each of them what steps they’re taking to combat “harassment and extremism” in online video games.Read more
The Biggest Game Delays Of 2022
1.12.2022
Games get delayed all the time, but this year had more than its fair share of companies posting wall-of-text screenshots telling fans they’ll have to wait a little bit longer to play their most anticipated release or review bomb it on Steam. 2022 was supposed to be the year we got Starfield, Breath...
Report: Big Game Companies Like Square Enix And Roblox Are Ignoring Climate Change
23.11.2022
AfterClimate, a research and consultancy business “on a mission to decarbonise the games industry”, have this week published the results of their “game industry net zero 2022 snapshot”, a report that takes a detailed look at how most of the world’s biggest video game companies are responding to...
NBA 2K23’s In-Game Durags Cost More Than Real Ones, Somehow
11.10.2022
If you’ve played any of the NBA 2K games, chances are you’re no stranger to how the microtransactions serve as swift scuffing on the fresh J’s of your enjoyment of the game. While many wish microtransactions would peace out—much like the Golden State Warriors’ Jordan Poole did after suffering...
Tattoo Artist Wins Lawsuit Over Her Art Appearing On Randy Orton In WWE 2K
3.10.2022
For any bystander looking at the worlds of professional wrestling and video games from the outside, what’s happening inside can look like a veritable circus. In 2022, each has had more than its fair share of ongoing legal litigation and backstage drama. Now, however, a new lawsuit has seen the...
Take-Two Ditches Outriders Developer's Latest Action-Adventure Game
27.9.2022
Developer People Can Fly has just received another blow of bad news. After learning earlier this year that the studio didn’t see a penny of profit from Outriders during 2021, it’s now been revealed that Rockstar and 2K Games parent company Take-Two has made clear its intent to abandon publishing...
Rockstar Locks Social Media Comments In Wake Of GTA VI Leak Spread
22.9.2022
In the days following this week’s massive Grand Theft Auto VI leaks, investigations have revealed more information about the party behind the hack. Rather than a single individual, it appears that at least two people—possibly connected to a larger hacker group—were behind the weekend’s huge breach....
GTA VI’s Vice City Is Already Being Mapped Using MS Paint, Google Earth, And Math
21.9.2022
Previously this week, early development footage of the next Grand Theft Auto game, assumed to be Grand Theft Auto VI, leaked all over the internet. You probably already know about all that. Since then, it’s become harder to find the leaked footage, and sites—including Kotaku—aren’t able to showcase...
NBA 2K23: The Kotaku Review
20.9.2022
After I went down the river last year, I honestly didn’t think I’d be back here reviewing NBA 2K23. What could possibly be left to say, for a series whose relentless pursuit of player’s time and money “sucks the life out of the basketball itself”, and in 2022 just keeps on doing it?Read more
Marvel’s Take On XCOM Gets Release Date Again, Plus Some Nice Animated Promos
9.9.2022
Marvel’s Midnight Suns, which you may know as SpandeXCOM, got a release date again (again). Publisher 2K Games announced the news today with a splashy animated promo during the Disney and Marvel Games Showcase. It’s out December 2 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.Read more
Tencent Bets $297 Million On Assassin's Creed Machine
6.9.2022
Tencent has dumped another small fortune into one of gaming’s biggest companies. Ubisoft announced on Tuesday that the Chinese conglomerate would being increasing its investment in the Assassins’ Creed maker by nearly $300 million through an elaborate set of financial maneuvers.Read more
Rockstar Forced Takedown Of GTA Prototype Footage, Original Dev Says
22.8.2022
For a video game series all about irreverent satire, Rockstar takes its legal control over Grand Theft Auto extremely seriously. The studio and its parent company, Take-Two, are notorious for crackdowns on mods and fan projects, but now it appears they’ve gone after one of the original creators...
Report: Tencent Wants To Expand Its Empire By Becoming Ubisoft’s Biggest Shareholder
4.8.2022
Tencent appears to be doubling down on its investment in Ubisoft. While it already owns 5 percent of the Assassin’s Creed publisher, Reuters now reports the Chinese mega-conglomerate with huge investments throughout the gaming industry has its sights set on becoming Ubisoft’s single biggest...
Take-Two Going After Another GTA Modder
6.7.2022
Another day, another DMCA takedown notice sent to a Grand Theft Auto modder. This time, it’s virtual reality modder Luke Ross who says that Take-Two has issued him a DMCA claim over his VR mods even though he argues that his work contains no copyrighted code or material. It’s just the latest in...
Destiny 2 YouTube Takedown Revenge Plot Leads To $7.6 Million Bungie Lawsuit
23.6.2022
A spree of rogue DMCA takedown notices for Destiny 2 content on YouTube earlier this year has now ballooned into a $7.6 million lawsuit, as Bungie goes after the alleged perpetrator in court. In addition, some Destiny 2 content creators now say they feel “betrayed” after the person who...
Sony’s Skipping Gamescom 2022, So Forget About Any God Of War Ragnarök News
22.6.2022
One of the largest video game brands in the world, PlayStation, has confirmed that it will not be a part of the annual Gamescom 2022 trade show, nor will it have any big news or announcements to share during the Opening Night Live event hosted by video game pope, Geoff Keighley. It joins other...
Everything Missing From This Year’s Not-E3
17.6.2022
Following last night’s back-to-back JRPG stream, not-E3 2022 is officially a wrap. It was a weird one this year. Bethesda finally showed off more than eight seconds of Starfield gameplay, four years after its initial announcement. Several prestigious studios announced remakes of cultural...
Saudi Arabia Now Owns 5% Of Nintendo
18.5.2022
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, a near-bottomless pit of cash tasked with diversifying the nation’s economy (and whitewashing their human rights record), has acquired a 5.01% stake in Nintendo.Read more