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Elden Ring Nightreign Is A Bizarre Experiment In Fortnite-ification I Can't Stop Thinking About
28.5.2025
I’m playing with randos. One is a big burly guy dressed in animal skins and crowned with ram antlers. The other is a katana-wielding ninja in sleek black armor. We are frantically racing around, killing and plundering everything we can in a fever dream remix of Limgrave from 2022's megahit Elden...
Rumored Persona 4 Remake Seemingly Confirmed By Voice Actor After He Claims To Have Been Recast
28.5.2025
Persona 4 voice actor Yuri Lowenthal, who has voiced the character of Yosuke in every Persona 4 game and project, announced on social media that he wouldn’t be returning in the upcoming Persona 4 remake, despite asking if he could come back. Funny thing, though: Atlus and Sega haven’t actually...
Next Pokémon Presents Is Announced For The End Of July
28.5.2025
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company International have just announced the date for the next Pokémon Presents, due to be with us before the end of July.Read more
Pokémon Legends Z-A Comes Out In October, With $10 Upgrade For Switch 2
28.5.2025
Pokémon Legends Z-A, the much-anticipated sequel to 2022'sPokémon Legends: Arceus, and the first new full-scale Pokémon game since late 2022’s Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, finally has an official release date. It’s due to be with us on October 16, with pre-orders starting as early as June 5.Read more
Enhance Your Monster Hunter Wilds Builds With The Best Weapon And Mantle Pairings
27.5.2025
Bringing your best gear is a fundamental part of playing Monster Hunter Wilds. No enemy is too tough when you have the appropriate mix of weapons, armor, and mantles. While your hunter will always bring the sneaking Ghillie Mantle with them, they’re able to choose one more to aid in combat.Read more
Nintendo Blocking Fans From Sharing Switch 2 Footage From Its News App
27.5.2025
Nintendo’s emphatic dislike of sharing has reached a bizarre new level, with the Nintendo Today app now stopping users from screenshotting or videoing its advertising material.Read more
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 3 Cool Games We’re Playing After An Impossible Week
23.5.2025
Hope you enjoyed looking at Tom Cruise’s face, or hair even, this week because not only is there a new Mission: Impossible movie out right now, but we decided to dig deep into this franchise recently with our ranking of the films’ most impossible stunts, an overview of every Mission: Impossible...
You're Gonna Want to Play Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny More Than Once
23.5.2025
Capcom’s remaster of 2002 PS2 hack and slash adventure Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny is a classic, though it does show its age at some points—particularly with its fixed camera angles and gameplay that certainly feels more than 20 years old. But it still has plenty of charming characters...
Five Important Tips For Staying Alive In Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny
23.5.2025
The first Onimusha game was remastered for modern consoles back in 2019, and it was only a matter of time before the second one was too. Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny is a nostalgic trip back to the classic Capcom PS2 era with fixed camera angles and linear gameplay. Don’t expect any complicated...
New Turn-Based TMNT Game Is A Mostly Successful Experiment
23.5.2025
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown isn’t like most other TMNT games. Usually, in games featuring the famous turtle crimefighters, you punch and kick a ton of goons in real-time, either alone or with some buddies. That’s not the case in TMNT: Tactical Takedown, which is instead...
How To Change Alma’s Outfit And Glasses In Monster Hunter Wilds
23.5.2025
While the base game of Monster Hunter Wilds allows you to customize your hunter, Palico, and Seikret, the game’s first Title Update also added customization for Alma. Your handler can now try on some new outfits and even swap between pairs of glasses. Unfortunately, there isn’t much explanation...
A Live-Action Elden Ring Movie Is Coming And No One's Quite Sure How To Feel About It
23.5.2025
The video game-to-Hollywood pipeline is prepping for a doozy. A24 announced Elden Ring is the latest hit game slated to get a live-action adaptation, with Ex Machina and Civil War’s Alex Garland signed on to direct. What exactly the result will be is anyone’s guess, and fans aren’t quite sure...
Check Out The Best Cosplay From Il Volta Italy 2025
23.5.2025
Il Volta is an event that takes place in Italy, dedicated to the photography of cosplay. It’s not a convention, there’s no show floor—instead it’s about capturing the best cosplay outfits in beautiful locations.Read more
How To Beat Monster Hunter Wilds’ Craziest Hunt
22.5.2025
The general gameplay loop of Monster Hunter Wilds is using cool weapons to fight strong monsters—and then using their parts to make even cooler weapons to fight even stronger monsters. That cycle likely doesn’t have many hitches until you have to wrestle with Zoh Shia. While their debut hunt can...
A Game Of The Year Contender Is Passing Right Under People's Noses
21.5.2025
Despite having spent 45 hours with the game, I’m still not quite ready to slap “The Kotaku Review” on anything I write about The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy yet. Too Kyo Games’ tactical RPG has 100 endings and I’ve only seen a handful, the game’s “true” route not among them. But, my god,...
Miyamoto Just Wants To Make More Pikmin Stuff
21.5.2025
Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo’s legendary game designer and the creator of Mario, Zelda, and more, is a busy guy these days. He’s helping Nintendo make movies while also being involved in the construction of Mario theme parks at Universal Studios. But really, it seems like Miyamoto just wants to make...
Mario Kart World Was Going To Be A Switch Game But The System Couldn't Handle It
21.5.2025
The first game we officially saw running on a Switch 2 was Mario Kart World. The open-world racing game will be launching alongside the new console next month, but that wasn’t always the plan. Mario Kart World was going to be a Switch 1 game, until the devs realized the aging console couldn’t...
Mario Kart World's Wild Roster All Started With This Silly Cow Sketch
21.5.2025
Mario Kart World is an open-world racer in which you can literally drive from course to course and nearly everywhere in-between. But the only thing fans wanted to talk about after the Switch 2 exclusive got its first trailer was a cow riding a motorcycle. As it turns out, Mario Kart World’s roster...
GameStop Is Selling A Ton Of Big Games For Just $15
20.5.2025
GameStop must be trying to clear out some space, because the national video game retailer is selling a huge assortment of AAA games, remakes, and recent releases for $15 and $30 as part of a new sale. So why not take advantage of this corporate clean-up and grab some big games for less than half...
Players Are Obsessed With How Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Enemies Keep Trolling Them
20.5.2025
One of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's big innovations is adding a dodge, parry, and counter system to its otherwise traditional turn-based battles. It’s a clever tweak that helps keep combat engrossing for its 30+ hour journey and also an incredible opportunity for the game’s developers to troll...