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Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 3 Delightful Games We’re Swinging Into Summer With
20.6.2025
Yes, it is officially summer as per the magical calendar. Blessed Litha to all who celebrate. You might have some fun stuff lined up given that the weather is…well, at least here in New York it’s not terrible—yet. So maybe you want to go outside. Maybe you want to stay in? Either way, if you want...
Someone Already Tried Selling Magic: The Gathering's Golden Chocobo Final Fantasy Card For $50,000
20.6.2025
Magic: The Gathering’s Beyond Universes crossover with Final Fantasy offers a beautiful trip down memory lane with some really cool Commander cards and deck synergies to boot. It has also made everyone lose their minds as the best-selling expansion in the card game’s history sees prices skyrocket...
Elden Ring Nightreign Players Who Thought They Could Finally Walk Away Are Getting Demolished But Its Surprise New Boss
20.6.2025
Many Elden Ring Nightreign players, myself included, thought they were finally ready to call it quits on FromSoftware’s multiplayer roguelike boss-raid generator. We defeated the Night Aspect. Maybe we even finished every achievement. It was time to walk away. Then, out of nowhere, the studio...
Stellar Blade, As Told By Steam Reviews
19.6.2025
Stellar Blade is a mashup of classic arcade action and modern Soulslike about a defense force officer with big tits and an even bigger ass saving the post-apocalyptic ruins of Earth from the aliens who destroyed it. Paradise lost? Not for the gooners, or for general fans of fun combat in cool...
Tips For Playing The Magic: the Gathering x Final Fantasy VII Commander Deck
19.6.2025
Magic: The Gathering’s Final Fantasy collaboration is an exciting opportunity for fans of the video game franchise to jump into the classic trading card game for the first time. There are a wide range of new cards in this cool crossover, but one of the most exciting is the Pre-Constructed Commander...
That Silent Hill 2 Movie Will Hit Theaters In January 2026
18.6.2025
Return to Silent Hill, the next live-action Hollywood adaptation of the hit survival horror series, is set to arrive in theaters next year. There hasn’t been much news about the film in some time, with some wondering if it was going to be dumped on streaming services. But nope, it’s still coming...
Elden Ring Nightreign Is Lying To You About How Long It Takes To Revive Someone And It's Not Even Close
18.6.2025
There are some fundamental rules to surviving in Elden Ring Nightreign. Things like “always hit the small camp first to get level 2" and “never fight the Bell Bearing Hunter boss beneath the castle.” A third is “don’t bother trying to revive someone with three bars unless you have your ult.”...
Elden Ring Movie Director Explains His Secret To Getting Good At Dark Souls
18.6.2025
Everyone who plays a FromSoftware game gets to that point where it feels like they’re just smashing their head into a brick wall over and over again. It can come early in a playthrough or toward the end. Some people give up while others persevere. 28 Years Later writer Alex Garland, who’s also...
4 Essential Tips To Survive The Hiss In FBC: Firebreak
18.6.2025
While we’re all waiting for Control 2, Remedy Games has released a multiplayer-focused game set in its universe, FBC: Firebreak. This game has a much wackier tone than Control. Whereas Control had protagonist Jesse Faden explore the psychological and supernatural elements of the Oldest House, here...
Digimon Is Quietly Eating Pokémon’s Lunch, And More People Should Know
18.6.2025
Remember how, when Palworld was blowing up, fans were excited that a Pokémon competitor might force The Pokémon Company to get its act together and stop releasing busted games like Scarlet and Violet? Whether that pans out remains to be seen, but given that Digimon, arguably the most notable...
Game Pass Is Getting Three Warcrafts, A Call Of Duty, And More This Month
17.6.2025
On June 17, Xbox announced the next wave of games coming to Game Pass in June and July, including two new (and very different) video games that are available right now on Xbox and PC. Read more
After What EA Did To BioWare, The Battlefield X Mass Effect Crossover Gives Me The Ick
17.6.2025
Electronic Arts and its stable of studios are no strangers to crossovers, especially ones that see its own properties making the leap to other EA games. Apex Legends has Plants vs. Zombies cosmetics, Dragon Age has a set of Dead Space armor, and The Sims got more crossovers than I can rattle off...
Hades 2 Gets Longest Patch Notes Ever In Last Major Update Before 1.0 Launch Finally Arrives Later This Year
17.6.2025
Hades 2 continues trucking along in its journey through Steam Early Access with its third major update which adds new character interactions, art, and weapon aspects. With the longest set of patch notes yet, it’s seemingly the last major overhaul before the game hits 1.0 and launches on Switch...
Bungie Indefinitely Delays Marathon To Address Negative Fan Feedback
17.6.2025
Bungie announced that Marathon, the Destiny studio’s next big video game, has been delayed and will no longer be launching in September. The company gave no new release date and promised to add features and make several changes that players requested after Marathon’s alpha test earlier this...
Elden Ring Nightreign's Most Mysterious Monster Is A Walking Building Almost Nobody's Seen
17.6.2025
It was my very first match in Elden Ring Nightreign. I loaded in and my team was dropped in the southern part of the map by the swampy marshes. I had no idea what I was doing or where to go. We stumbled upon a towering building. It looked like a turtle made of rock with a cathedral for a shell....
The Final Fantasy Tactics Remaster Had To Be Brute-Forced Into Existence And Makes Some Controversial Cuts
17.6.2025
Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles will make the PS1 classic playable on modern hardware in September for the first time since the PlayStation 3 generation over a decade ago. Why did it take so long for Square Enix to bring back the beloved strategy spin-off? It might have had something...
Amazon Prime Is Adding Six More Free Games In Run-Up To Four-Day Prime Day
17.6.2025
You know you’re going to forget to do it at all if you don’t do it now, so make sure to claim the free games included in Amazon Prime this month. This isn’t sponsored content, it’s me mothering you. Although you might want to wait until 12 p.m. ET today (June 17), as another six games are being...
Ubisoft Still Working On That Prince Of Persia Remake That Was Announced In 2020
17.6.2025
Remember that Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake Ubisoft announced back in 2020? The one that was supposed to launch four years ago? Well, it’s still in development according to a new update from the publisher after the game was a no-show during Summer Game Fest. Read more
Rematch Launching Without Crossplay, Disappointing Many Players
16.6.2025
Fast-paced online soccer game Rematch is launching without crossplay. This was confirmed online just a few hours before the sports game launched on consoles and PC. Developers Sloclap say adding crossplay is a top priority, but many players are still disappointed at the news. Read more
Borderlands 4 Reveals $70 Price Tag, Proving All The Drama Was For Nothing
16.6.2025
After weeks of online discourse, drama, apologies, and bad posts, the price tag for the next major Borderlands game has finally been revealed by publisher 2K Games. Turns out, Borderlands 4 won’t cost $80 after all. Instead, the looter shooter sequel is launching with a $70 label.Read more