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The Best Weapons For Beginners In Monster Hunter Wilds, Ranked
8.4.2025
After spending an hour or two in Monster Hunter Wilds’ character creator, the next most significant choice in the game revolves around the type of weapon you’ll wield. It’s not an irreversible choice, as you can change anytime you want from base camp; but most players wind up picking a favorite...
Hades 2 Is Coming To Switch 1 And 2 Before Other Consoles
8.4.2025
After spending roughly a year in Early Access on Steam, Hades 2 is set to hit 1.0 with a full launch sometime in 2025 for PC players. On console, however, Supergiant Games has confirmed the colorful isometric roguelike will be coming first to Nintendo’s platforms, with a window of exclusivity...
Silksong Fans Go Wild For Rare New Screenshot That Shows How Little Has Changed In 6 Years
8.4.2025
Hollow Knight Fans have been waiting years for the metroidvania’s sequel Silksong to appear at a new gaming showcase alongside an actual release date. Last week, the game finally was briefly featured during the Nintendo Direct for Switch 2, but a 2025 launch window wasn’t all fans were blessed...
South Of Midnight's Emotional Journey Doesn't Overstay Its Welcome
7.4.2025
South of Midnight is a thrilling adventure set in the Deep South that sees you take on the role of a Weaver, a mender who brings peace to distraught spirits. This narrative-forward experience is a simple (but at times emotionally powerful) tale that will keep most folks glued to the screen from...
South Of Midnight: The Kotaku Review
7.4.2025
Many games are set in America, but few truly feel American. And I don’t mean that most games lack patriotism or red, white, and blue banners. I mean that, while they may use the country’s landmarks, stars, and cities, and even make reference to its politics, they don’t truly engage with American...
Bungie's Sci-Fi Extraction Shooter Marathon Continues To Look Stunning As It Resurfaces Ahead Of Gameplay Showcase
7.4.2025
Marathon is Bungie’s first new project in over a decade. It feels like a lot is riding on the extraction shooter as the studio behind Halo and Destiny becomes slowly subsumed into the larger PlayStation portfolio. But in the meantime, all we know is Marathon continues to be one of...
How To Snag Assassin's Creed Shadows' Legendary Weapons And More Of The Week's Top Tips
6.4.2025
This week, we’re here to point you toward Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ legendary weapons. We’ll also help you find a Split Fiction side story that’s off the beaten path, get ready for Diablo IV’s next season, and score a sweet ring in Avowed. All this and more awaits in the pages ahead.Read more
Ubisoft Briefly Censors Nudity In An 11-Year Old Far Cry By Accident
4.4.2025
There’s a scene in Far Cry 4 in which a female NPC chastises the player if they look down at her bare chest. “Stop looking at my tits,” she says. Well, at least one player was shocked to find the scene censored when they were playing the 11-year-old Ubisoft game this week. The French publisher says...
No Matter The Hunt, These Are The Most Essential Items To Craft In Monster Hunter Wilds
4.4.2025
Given its name, you’d be forgiven for thinking Monster Hunter Wilds is solely about hunting down monsters. Sure, that’s a big part of the game, but there’s more to a hunt than slinging swords and shooting rocket arrows at beasts in the field. There’s the preparation, the anticipation…the crafting....
The Unfinished Version Of The Minecraft Movie Is Going Viral Online
4.4.2025
An unfinished digital version of The Minecraft Movie starring Jack Black recently leaked online via digital pirates, and clips of it have started going viral due to some very silly-looking moments. Read more
Marvel Rivals Fans Are Having Trouble Telling All Of The Blondes Apart
4.4.2025
Yesterday, Marvel Rivals unveiled two new heroes coming to the shooter in season 2: the telepathic mutant Emma Frost and the unshackled AI Ultron. We haven’t seen much of Ultron yet, as he’ll be added later in the season. Emma Frost will join the roster when season 2 begins on April 11. Fans...
12 Years Late, This Kickstarter-Funded Tribute To A Legendary Adventure Game Series Is A Complete Disaster
4.4.2025
In 2012, renowned developers Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe launched a Kickstarter to spiritually revive their classic Space Quest series, a game to be called SpaceVenture. Some 13 years later, following numerous delays and botched half-launches, the game has finally arrived on Steam. And oh no, it’s...
Elden Ring Director Hidetaka Miyazaki Explains What You Actually Do In Bloodborne-Looking Switch 2 Exclusive Duskbloods
4.4.2025
The Duskbloods was far and away the most surprising thing revealed during the Switch 2 Nintendo Direct this week. First, there was the fact that FromSoftware was making a new game that certainly had the vibe of a Bloodborne spiritual successor. Second, it was revealed to be a Switch 2 exclusive....
This Strange Monster Hunter Wilds Weapon Lets You Team Up With Insects
3.4.2025
I like choosing the strangest weapons in almost every game I play. I can’t help it. And much to my enjoyment, Monster Hunter Wilds gives me some good options. Although the Charge Blade earns some major cool points for its transforming gimmick, there is nothing quite like fighting alongside a...
Stealth Tips For Becoming The Sneakiest Godlike In Avowed
3.4.2025
This isn’t Skyrim, so why do so many of us want to play the same build—a one-hit stealth archer—in Avowed? Well, because it’s downright fun! Who doesn’t want to slink through the tall grass, line up the perfect bow shot, and wipe the floor with a Xaurip or Sparrowhawk after letting loose a single...
How To Prepare For The Next Diablo IV Season
3.4.2025
Every new season of Diablo IV is a bit of a spectacle. Alongside a handful of quality-of-life improvements, gameplay mechanics, additional armor and weapon sets, cosmetics, and occasionally, we’ll also receive new abilities and powers that enhance our favorite classes tenfold. In each upcoming...
The Best Point-And-Click Adventures Of The 21st Century
3.4.2025
One of the most tedious repeated refrains since the turn of the millennium is the notion that “adventure games are dead.” While it’s very true that the genre’s heyday was in the 1990s, when new LucasArts point-and-click games could top sales charts, the format has never gone away. In fact, in...
Netflix’s Devil May Cry: The Kotaku Review
3.4.2025
Netflix’s latest foray into animated video game adaptations is a new spin on Devil May Cry, Capcom’s excellent series of character action games that kicked off in 2001. And even though the show represents a reboot of the continuity that lets the uninitiated pick things up at the beginning, it’s...
Where The Heck Did Patrick Leave His ID Card In PowerWash Simulator?
1.4.2025
PowerWash Simulator can provide endless hours of relaxation, especially if you’re prone to enjoy watching things go from dirty to clean. While you’ll spend your time spraying dirt and grime away without many extra things to consider, some stages have special one-off objectives you can do to earn...
Upcoming Star Wars Game Leaks, Looks A Lot Like XCOM
1.4.2025
Early in-development screenshots of a previously announced Star Wars game from Electronic Arts, Respawn, and Bit Reactor have leaked online. And while the screens are from an older build of the game, it seems like this upcoming Star Wars game is heavily inspired by XCOM. Read more