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Donkey Kong Bananza's Ending Is Phenomenal
28.7.2025
Endings can do a lot to color how we remember something. The right song just as the credits roll can help an unwieldy story click into place (Star Ocean: Second Story). Dozens of hours spent pleasantly trekking through a satisfying adventure can be soured in the final moments thanks to a terrible...
Celebrities Are Being Forced To Play Mario Kart With The Rizzler Now
28.7.2025
A bunch of very famous actors and celebrities were forced by their agents to play Mario Kart World with The Rizzler, a super popular online star, while visiting San Diego Comic Con this weekend. This is just how stuff works now. Read more
Fans Think Nintendo May Have Accidentally Revealed Multiplayer For Pokémon Legends: Z-A
28.7.2025
Pokémon Legends: Z-A is just under three months away, and as far as we know, the RPG is a single-player game similar to Pokémon Legends: Arceus. However, Nintendo has added some information to the game’s eShop page that has fans speculating it might secretly have some kind of multiplayer...
Silent Hill 2 Remake Devs No Longer Feel Like 'Underdogs' After Proving People Wrong
28.7.2025
When it was first revealed in 2022 that Bloober Team was working on a remake of the 2001 survival horror masterpiece Silent Hill 2, people got very nervous. Many, myself included, weren’t sure the team could pull it off. But the Silent Hill 2 remake wound up being one of the best games of 2024,...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Great Games We Can't Wait To Get Back To
25.7.2025
We’ve hit peak summer and probably the biggest lull in the release calendar we’re going to get until the holiday. That doesn’t mean a lot of great stuff didn’t still come out this week. What it does mean is that we have time to highlight things that might not otherwise have gotten their due. Read...
Credit Card Companies Censoring Adult Content 'Endangers Democracy Itself,' According To Nier: Automata Director
25.7.2025
As a fight with credit card companies over adult games leads to renewed concerns about censorship on Steam and even on indie platforms like itch.io, a recent warning by Nier: Automata director Yoko Taro calling censorship a “security hole that endangers democracy itself” has become relevant...
Donkey Kong Bananza's Loading Screen Artwork Is So Damn Good
25.7.2025
Donkey Kong Bananza on Switch 2is a very, very good video game all about smashing stuff up and exploring gorgeous cartoon worlds as Nintendo’s favorite ape. But between all the banana eating, punching, jumping, and singing, there are loading screens featuring some wonderful retro-style artwork that...
Elden Ring Nightreign's Most Requested Feature Is Finally Coming Later This Month
25.7.2025
FromSoftware’s strange but successful multiplayer experiment, Elden Ring Nightreign, is finally getting a duos option nearly two months after launch. The highly requested feature will be added in an update arriving next week. Read more
Clair Obscur Devs Visit Final Fantasy Offices For An 'Exchange Of Ideas'
24.7.2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is one of the biggest surprise gaming hits of 2025 and a traditional turn-based role-playing game that reminded many fans of the golden-era of PlayStation 1 JRPGs they still pine for. Some have even gone so far as to argue that the next Final Fantasy game should be more...
AI Weapons Maker Teases $200 Retro Console That Will Play Your Old Copy Of Mario Kart 64
24.7.2025
Anduril Industries cofounder Palmer Luckey has pulled back the curtain ever so slightly on his retro gaming company side project’s next console. We still don’t know what the M64 looks like, or what exactly it’s capable of, but a brief new teaser shows it running Mario Kart 64 on a CRT for...
AI Accusations Plunge Street Fighter 6 Fan Art Contest Into Chaos
24.7.2025
Street Fighter 6 is holding an art competition for fans, with the winners’ work set to be featured in the fighting game itself as New Challenger screens. These are art pieces that show up during online matches when you are challenged by another player, and feature some sick art of their chosen...
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Is The 'Gooner Souls' Of The Summer
24.7.2025
There’s more than a few echoes of Stellar Blade in Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, which invests as much into its main character’s wardrobe as the rest of the action-RPG experience. Bai Wuchang is a female pirate who can dodge, parry, and punish all manner of demonic foes from the underworld whether...
The 12 Best Games On The Nintendo Switch 2
24.7.2025
The Switch 2 is in that awkward early phase where most of its best games are old. Nintendo has put out a couple of big exclusives, sure, but by and large, the draw of the system largely lies in the ability to play games on the go that used to demand you be tethered to a TV. So if you’re thinking...
5 Switch-Exclusive Games That Run Better On Switch 2 (Without A Patch)
23.7.2025
The Nintendo Switch 2 is already one of the most successful consoles ever launched, and with it came a roster of exclusive launch games that we can only describe as…a little lackluster. Don’t get me wrong, I am the target audience for a new Mario Kart and a remaster of a throwback 3DS RPG. And with...
Persona 5: The Phantom X Holds Stream To Address Player Criticism, Just Makes Everyone Madder
23.7.2025
Persona 5: The Phantom X’s saga of post-launch controversy continues, as Atlus and Black Wings Game Studio’s response to player backlash has only made some members of the game’s community more angry, as they don’t feel like their concerns are being heard.Read more
5 Things We Just Learned About The Best-Selling Games In June 2025
23.7.2025
Last month was a big deal for games. Nintendo finally released the Switch 2 and reversed a long-running downward trend in the market. The device has been making waves, even if it feels like people aren’t buzzing about the new launch as much as they have about past ones. We now know it’s...
Super Mario Party Jamboree TV Sounds Like A Half-Baked Switch 2 Upgrade
23.7.2025
Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV is a hideous title for a video game and possibly even a little misleading. According to early reviews, the base game remains essentially unchanged and doesn’t take advantage of the new hardware’s extra power, while the...
Capcom Is Once Again Remaking Resident Evil 2
22.7.2025
If there is one thing I know about Capcom, it’s that the publisher just loves remaking Resident Evil 2. And now, it’s doing it again. Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot is a new arcade reimagining of the 2019 Resident Evil 2 remake. Read more
Guy Goes Viral Painting Donkey Kong Bananza Yellow And Ruining His Switch
22.7.2025
Nintendo had fun with the Donkey Kong Land trilogy for the original Game Boy and made the cartridges yellow. It had fun again with Donkey Kong 64 and made that one yellow, too. A fan thought he’d also have some fun and make Donkey Kong Bananza yellow as well, and now it’s trapped inside his Switch...
Sharpen Those Chompers With These 4 Essential Tips For Shadow Labyrinth
22.7.2025
Shadow Labyrinth reimagines the Pac-Man franchise in the darkest and weirdest way you could possibly expect, but it manages to be a hell of a good time nonetheless. Whether you’re someone who loves anything starring the little yellow pellet-muncher, or just want a challenging Metroidvania to sink...