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R.I.P. My Tamagotchi
18.8.2023
My Tamagotchi’s CR2032 batteries recently gave out, killing my virtual pet for good. I’ve been too busy to feel sad about it, but I managed to set aside some time today to finally deliver his eulogy. Read more
Diablo IV: Three Barbarian Builds To Rip And Tear Everything
19.7.2023
With each forthcoming season of Diablo IV requiring a new character, odds are you’re going to build a Barbarian or two. For one, they’re very straightforward and, while certainly versatile, often easier to jump in with and just start annihilating things. Read more
You're Solid Gold, I'll See You In Hell
14.7.2023
It feels weird to be writing one of these. Lord knows I’ve read enough of them over the last 17 years. But it’s finally my turn: today is my last day at Kotaku.Read more
RIP Frank Kozik, 1962-2023
10.5.2023
The world received the very sad news today that Frank Kozik, a man perhaps best known for his incredible music posters of the 1990s, has passed away.Read more
RIP To Waypoint, A Good Website About Video Games
28.4.2023
In 2016 Vice launched a website called Waypoint, which the company hoped would be an “immersive dive into the culture, passion and politics of gaming”. It did that, and then some, and then kicked even more ass, and in June 2023 it will be gone.Read more
Composer & Pop Star Ryuichi Sakamoto Has Died
3.4.2023
Ryuichi Sakamoto, the famed Japanese musician and composer, has died at the age of 71.Read more
RIP: All The Battle Royales That Failed, Flopped, And Died
1.4.2023
It’s almost poetic that, in a genre built on many people fighting to stay alive until just a few remain, so many battle royale games have launched, flopped, and died over the last few years. Not every new battle royale can find the same success as Warzone or PUBG. In fact, most will be lucky...
E3 Wasn't Canceled, It Was Killed
31.3.2023
E3 is dead. Again. Probably for good this time, given the circumstances. A lot of people have a lot of feelings—a weird thing for regular folks to have, since this was an industry trade show—but one thing we should be remembering through all the tributes and dunks is that E3 didn’t mismanage...
RIP Tom Sizemore, 1961-2023
6.3.2023
Veteran actor Tom Sizemore has died at the age of 61.Read more
Crypto Con Artists Leave Trail of ‘Rip Deal’ Victims From Amsterdam to Rome
27.2.2023
They invite you to a restaurant to ink an investment in your project, and then they vanish – with the contents of your crypto wallet. Scams have popped up over the last few years targeting crypto companies, and European authorities are investigating
RIP John Motson, 1945-2023
24.2.2023
The world received some very sad news earlier today when we learned that legendary English football commentator John Motson, whose career spanned decades (and included very long stints in video games), had passed away at the age of 77.Read more
RIP: New PS5 VR Horror Game Makes Things Scarier If You Blink
17.2.2023
The Dark Pictures Anthology developer Supermassive Games will release a scary, shooter spinoff for the PS VR2, Switchback VR, later this month. A new gameplay walkthrough trailer reveals a grim roller coaster ride into a series of nightmares, made even more gruesome by eye-tracking technology that...
Annie Wersching, Who Played Tess In The Last Of Us, Has Died
30.1.2023
Actor Annie Wersching, who played the role of Tess in Naughty Dog’s The Last Of Us video game, has died at the age of 45.Read more
Fortnite Fans Say New Skin Is A JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Rip-Off
13.1.2023
Recently, Fortnite has become a wacky and eclectic ensemble of the best anime characters of all time with its Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, and My Hero Academia crossovers. However, some fans are calling out the battle royale’s latest original skin for not being so original at all, but rather what they...
RIP: Programmer 'Euthanizes' His $1,000 AI VTuber 'Waifu'
12.1.2023
You’ve met an AI YouTuber who plays Minecraft and denies the Holocaust. Now meet a fully responsive AI girlfriend who can converse with its user. Except it’s too late to meet her, because its creator recently “euthanized” her for being a detriment to his health. ChatGPT-Chan didn’t even last...
RIP To These 14 Games That Died In 2022
21.12.2022
There was a time, back in the day, where you’d just buy a finished game and played it. No day-one updates or extra patches—it was simple. These games couldn’t “die” because they simply…existed. But as MMOs and live-service games (or “games as a service”) began to proliferate, requiring online...
NASA Robot Sends One Of The Saddest Tweets I Have Ever Seen
20.12.2022
InSight—or, less elegantly, the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport mission—is a robot that NASA’s JPL (with help from the European Space Agency) sent to Mars back in 2018.Read more
Jason David Frank, The Green Ranger, Has Died
20.11.2022
Jason David Frank, an actor and martial artist best known for his recurring role as the Green (and later White) Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, has died. He was 49.Read more
Hate Forum Kiwi Farms Practically Dead As Owner Posts Conspiracy-Laden Rant
6.9.2022
Only 24 hours after it was forced to flee to Russian servers, it now looks like hate forum Kiwi Farms—which has been in the news once again for its role in harassment campaigns and threats against life—has seen its last days as a functional website.Read more
Overwatch's Paid Loot Boxes Are Finally Going Away
10.8.2022
Overwatch’s Loot Boxes may not have been the first in video game history, but they quickly became one of the most important, even if we were sick of them as early as June 2016, which was...one month after the game’s release.Read more