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Hollow Knight Silksong Actually Exists, Will Be Playable For The Public At Gamescom
28.7.2025
The industry’s most elusive game, Hollow Knight: Silksong, is not only going to appear at Microsoft’s booth at this year’s massive Gamescom gaming show, but also be playable for the public. Which is by far the strongest sign this game actually exists we’ve had in years.Read more
Xbox Failed At The Most Important Part: Games
7.7.2025
“Xbox launching without exclusives is so crazy, it just might work,” read one headline from November 2020. It did not. While the PlayStation 5 rang in the holiday that year with Spider-Man: Miles Morales and the Demon’s Souls remake, the Xbox Series X/S was huddled up alongside next-gen upgrades...
The Games We Loved And Hated This Week, And Other Kotaku Opinions
15.6.2025
Opinions are like Kotaku — they’re a bunch of assholes! I think that’s how that saying goes. Anyway, this week, we liked Pragmata and hated Crimson Desert, felt skeptical of Xbox’s forthcoming handheld and thankful for the Switch 2, and, perhaps most urgently, had a great many things to say about...
11 Promising Games I Played At Summer Game Fest 2025
11.6.2025
This year’s Summer Game Fest was a weird one. On a show-wide scale, Geoff Keighley’s Not-E3 was lacking the the big, juggernaut announcements we usually expect from a June video game showcase. That understated showing extended to the actual “Play Days” show floor in Los Angeles, where developers...
Summer Game Fest Shows That The PS4 Ain't Dead Yet
9.6.2025
The PlayStation 4 was released nearly 13 years ago. In the world of video games, it is a dinosaur. And yet, in 2025, during Summer Game Fest’s many shows and directs, new PS4 games were being announced alongside PS5 and Switch 2 games. Turns out this old machine still has some life left in...
Kotaku’s Biggest Gaming Culture News For The Week June 07, 2025
7.6.2025
From mergers to memes, the landscape of interactive entertainment is always in motion. Here’s your cheat sheet for the week’s most important stories in gaming.Read more
Everything We Saw At 2025's Summer Game Fest
7.6.2025
You should know the deal by now: In our post-E3 world, we turn our attention to Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest.Read more
Splitgate 2 Dev Says He's Tired Of Playing Call Of Duty And Wants Titanfall 3 While Wearing A 'Make FPS Great Again' Hat
7.6.2025
1047 Games cofounder Ian Proulx took the stage at Summer Game Fest on Friday to promote his new game Splitgate 2 by calling out the current state of online shooters. Eschewing the marketing speak of most of his peers at the glossy showcase, he said he wants Titanfall 3 to come out and called...
I Was Excited About The Deadpool Game Starring Neil Patrick Harris Until I Realized It Was Gonna Make Me Sick
7.6.2025
Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest showcase is about halfway over, and the show hasn’t really had the sauce so far. I don’t mean in terms of the games it’s showing, I’m talking about the actual showmanship. Keighley’s stage show has been pretty paint-by-numbers without a lot of good bits...
Fans Desperate For Half-Life 3 Are Tracking Gabe Newell's Superyacht In Hopes Of Manifesting A Summer Game Fest Miracle
6.6.2025
Not-E3 is in full swing today with Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest Live showcase scheduled for the evening of June 6. No one but the Game Awards host and his close circle of confidants and business partners knows what will be announced during the event, but fans are once again praying for...
Every Big Summer Gaming Showcase Happening This Week And How To Watch
2.6.2025
June is officially here which means Geoff Keighley-palooza 2025 is just around the corner. E3 might be dead, but Summer Game Fest will be kicking off its fifth year running this week with a crowded field of other gaming showcases riding its coattails. Below you’ll find the schedule for each...
The President Is Dead (In Helldivers 2)
30.5.2025
“The President of Super Earth has been killed in action by the Illuminate during the fall of Prosperity City.” That was the message that greeted Helldivers 2 players when they logged on last night in one last bid to repel their invading squid-like foes. Some truthers think the hit was inside job....
Switch 2 Leaker Explains How He Got The Console Early And Why He's Not Afraid Of Nintendo
29.5.2025
It was the middle of the night when Fedor Volkov found himself anxiously waiting on the streets of Moscow for a ride back home. In his arms he held a Switch 2 box and nestled within was the console fans had been waiting years to get their hands on, but which still didn’t officially go on sale...
Xbox Just Added 50+ Classic Activision Games To Game Pass
21.5.2025
Surprise! If you are a Game Pass subscriber, you now have access to dozens and dozens of retro video games. And Xbox and Activision plan to add even more classic games in the future. Read more
The Latest On How Trump's Tariffs Could Impact The Switch 2 And More Of The Week's Top Stories
12.4.2025
This week, all eyes continue to be on the Switch 2, Trump’s tariffs, and how the latter could impact the former. With the president putting a 90-day pause on the bulk of his announced tariffs and instead maintaining a 10-percent across-the-board tax, Nintendo is stockpiling consoles in the U.S....
The Internet Reacts To Switch 2 And Mario Kart Sticker Shock
2.4.2025
A Nintendo Switch 2 will set you back $450. Mario Kart World will be $90 for the physical version. There’s a tutorial for the new hardware and its features complete with demos and minigames called Switch 2 Welcome Tour. It will also cost money. Nintendo is preparing to launch its most anticipated...
Okami 2: 7 Small Details We Now Know About The Mysterious Sequel To A PS2 Cult Classic
14.2.2025
Okami 2 was one of the most surprising game reveals ever, as evidenced by the fact that host Geoff Keighley almost broke into tears when talking about it at The Game Awards 2024. But there’s still a ton we don’t know about the sequel to the beloved PlayStation 2 cult hit, including its official...
The 15 Biggest Video Game Disappointments Of 2024
24.12.2024
Wow! Another year down. It feels like 2024 went by in a flash, and also feels like I spent half my life slowly trudging through this mostly awful year filled with a lot of bad news.Read more
Everything We Saw At The 2024 Game Awards And More Of The Week's Top Stories
14.12.2024
The 2024 Game Awards were held this past Thursday and unsurprisingly, the reveals that occurred atGeoff Keighley’s big show dwarfed most other happenings in the world of games this week. In addition to our exhaustive breakdown of everything revealed at this year’s event, we’ve got closer looks...
The Flawed Game Awards Delivered Its Best Show In Years
13.12.2024
The Game Awards creator and host Geoff Keighley has spent his life in the vicinity of the video game industry’s Hollywood-inferiority complex. He’s been attached to weird collisions of gaming culture, pageantry, and celebrity cameos dating back to Cybermania ‘94 where, at 15 years old, he was...