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The 15 Best Video Game Surprises Of 2024
24.12.2024
In a lot of ways, 2024 was a worse year for the video game industry than 2023. And that’s really depressing to think about considering how bad 2023 was for game developers and the media covering the industry. Still, even a shitty year can have nice moments and wonderful surprises.Read more
Kotaku’s 15 Best Games Of 2024, Ranked
23.12.2024
Trying to sum up 2024 in video games in an entirely celebratory way would feel somewhat dishonest. In recent years, our efforts to recognize the best video games of the past 12 months always come with a caveat: Yes, great games undeniably come out, but things are bad for the industry. The world...
More Switch 2 'Leaks' All Point To The Same Thing: A Bigger, More Powerful Version Of The Console Everyone Already Loves
19.12.2024
Alleged Switch 2 leaks have only intensified as Nintendo stays silent heading into 2025. We’ve had rumors about the timing of the reveal and elaborate mockups of what the console purportedly looks like floating around online, plus endless images of accessory manufacturers claiming to have cases...
EA College Football 25 Is Now The Best-Selling Sports Game In US History
18.12.2024
EA College Football 25 is a massive hit. EA’s first college football game in over a decade is the top-selling game of the year, and has now become the best-selling sports game ever in the United States. Making its achievement even more impressive, it reached that milestone in less than five months....
Capcom Planning To Revive More Of Its 'Dormant' Franchises
16.12.2024
Capcom has confirmed that the publisher plans to revive more old, dormant video game franchises after recently announcing a new Okami and Onimusha. That sound you just heard was thousands of Dino Crisis fans around the world gasping at once. Read more
Naughty Dog's Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Trailer Has Completely Won Me Over
13.12.2024
As I perused the many trailers that appeared at last night’s Game Awards, I had a fair few moments of, “Ooh, yes!” and “Oh wow, that looks fun!” but it wasn’t until the reveal for Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet that I sat up and said, “I need to play this now please.” Given I absolutely did...
The Creator Behind Ico And Shadow Of The Colossus Is Making A Wild Sci-Fi Game
13.12.2024
During tonight’s Game Awards aka a large trailer-a-thon (that’s also a game awards show) Fumito Ueda showed off a small glimpse of a still-untitled sci-fi-looking game featuring a big mech, a evil looking cloud of dark energy and a person in a cool space suit. Read more
Just In Time For The Holidays, PlayStation Plus Gets Sonic, Star Wars, And Jurassic World Games
11.12.2024
This month Sony is adding a recent Sonic game, Jurassic World Evolution 2, the divisive Forspoken, and a Star Wars VR experience to its large PlayStation Plus Game Catalog. All these games arrive just in time for being stuck indoors due to snow and family gatherings. Read more
30 PlayStation 1 Games We'll Never Forget
5.12.2024
The original PlayStation was never supposed to happen. Sony had intended to team up with Nintendo on a disc-based, next-gen successor to the SNES. Then the Mario maker decided to stick with cartridges at the last minute, completely changing the console gaming timeline in the process. A new machine...
19 Neat Games Releasing In December You Should Be Keeping Tabs On
3.12.2024
December is here and 2024 is almost over, but not before some of the year’s biggest games launch just in time for the winter doldrums. My console SSDs are already groaning under the weight of all those downloads. How will I find room for another 350GB of games?Read more
The PS1's Iconic Boot-Up Is Now Waiting For You On Your PS5
2.12.2024
This morning, PS5 owners booted up their consoles and (assuming they had auto-updates turned on) were greeted with a surprise: The original and iconic PlayStation 1 console boot-up logos and music. It’s all part of Sony’s ongoing 30 years of PlayStation celebration. And there’s more beyond the...
Awake From Your Food Coma To A Hidden Sparking! Zero Class And More Of This Week's Tips
30.11.2024
Thanksgaming 2024 is over, but the effects of that food coma are probably still lingering. Read on to catch up on the tips, deals (if they’re still good) and reviews you may have missed during the holiday week.Read more
Two Of The Best PS2 Games Ever Are Coming To PS Plus Next Month
27.11.2024
Sony has announced more PlayStation 2 games are coming to PS Plus’ Classics Catalog next month, and the lineup includes two of the best platformers ever released on the console:2004's Sly 2: Band of Thieves and 2005's Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves. Oh, and of course, some other stuff will be arriving...
PS Portal's New Update Could Be A Game Changer For Sony's Handheld
19.11.2024
The latest update for Sony’s surprisingly good PlayStation Portal adds the feature that people have been wanting since even before the handheld gaming device launched last year. Starting today, PS Plus subscribers can now stream some PS5 games via the cloud on their PS Portal without a console....
Play These Games After Metaphor: ReFantazio (And More Of This Week's Tips And Recs)
17.11.2024
From the best decks in Pokémon TCG Pocket to a ludicrously expensive card in the original game—and a bunch of other updates, guides, and recommendations in between—here are the most helpful tips we published this week.Read more
19 Years Ago, Shadow The Hedgehog Swore And Used A Gun And It’s Better Than You Remember
15.11.2024
It’s the Year of Shadow, a time to celebrate Sonic the Hedgehog’s brooding rival. While Shadow Generations gave the black-and-red hedgehog a starring role in a game this year, it wasn’t the first time that Shadow the Hedgehog got his own game. Today is November 15, and that means it’s been 19 years...
Breakthrough Gaming: How To Get Into The Dragon Quest Games
15.11.2024
There are few series that have revolutionized video games quite like Dragon Quest. Debuting all the way back in 1986, the first Dragon Quest made its mark by distilling the complex mechanics of early RPGs such as Wizardry and Ultima into a form that even casual gamers could enjoy. Featuring...
Two Of Mortal Kombat 1's Three Ghostfaces Are Existing MK Characters (But They Won't Say Who)
14.11.2024
Ghostface arrives in Mortal Kombat 1 later this month. The iconic killer from the Scream films is a bit of a horror movie oddball as each one has been a different person, often working with others. And that’s true in Mortal Kombat 1, too. Plus two of the killers are actually mysterious Mortal...
10 Games To Play After Metaphor ReFantazio
14.11.2024
Metaphor: ReFantazio is a stunning RPG that exemplifies almost everything that makes Atlus-developed games great. With the social elements of Persona, battle mechanics from Shin Megami Tensei, a mix of real-time and turn-based combat, and a traditional RPG class system, there is an enormous amount...
PlayStation Plus Brings Back Grand Theft Auto V And A Bunch Of Other Big Games
13.11.2024
The last few months of PlayStation Plus’ subscription catalog have been a rollercoaster ride of great new additions and some big departures. November continues the whiplash with a bunch of big names joining the paid service including Grand Theft Auto V and Dying Light 2. If you’ve somehow managed...