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9 Things You Might Not Know About The Switch 2
9.4.2025
On April 2, Nintendo revealed a lot about the Switch 2 via a big Direct. And in the days since that event we’ve learned more about the Switch 2 via statements from Nintendo, interviews, and more. For example, did you know that Nintendo confirmed Friend Codes are back, or that the Switch 2 carts...
Hogwarts Legacy And More Arrive On PS Plus Next Week
9.4.2025
Spring is nearly here! The birds are chirping. The grass is returning. Everywhere you look you see green. It’s so nice to be outside again. Anyway, whatever, let’s stay inside and play free video games like Hogwarts Legacy, Battlefield 1, Blue Prince, and War of the Monsters. Read more
One Of 2025's Best Game Pass Releases Just Got More Free Content
9.4.2025
Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders is one of my favorite surprises of the year so far. The skiing game is part physics-driven scramble, part relaxing journey through nature, and all a very fun time. It’s been free with a paid Game Pass subscription on Xbox and PC, and just received a new set of slopes...
Xbox's Big Summer Showcase Returns With A Direct Dedicated To Outer Worlds 2
9.4.2025
E3 is long-dead, but Microsoft’s big annual gaming event returns to its normal Sunday slot on June 8, 2025, the company announced today. The summer Xbox Games Showcase is promising surprise reveals and a full second The Outer Worlds 2 Direct livestream afterwards dedicated to the upcoming space...
A Minecraft Movie Review: A Bad Movie Made Worse By Jack Black
8.4.2025
About an hour and a half into WB’s new Minecraft movie, in theaters now, I realized that I was really bored. The movie was happening in front of me on a big screen. I could see Jack Black and others dancing about in CG worlds, but the moment it left the screen and entered my eyeballs, it slipped...
2025's Highest-Rated Metacritic Game Is Also A Game Pass And PS Plus Release This Month
8.4.2025
Blue Prince is an ingenious first-person adventure about exploring a house and uncovering its tantalizingly unexpected secrets. It’s already the highest-rated game of 2025 on Metacritic so far, and it also happens to be hitting Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus the day it comes out. Read more
DeFi Game Aavegotchi to Abandon Polygon, Migrate to Coinbase’s Base
8.4.2025
The move follows sharp drops in user activity and total value locked on Polygon as Base’s usage climbs
Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Pre-Orders In Canada Because Of The United States
8.4.2025
At the last minute, Nintendo has delayed its plans to to let gamers in Canada pre-order the upcoming Switch 2 console. The company has confirmed in a statement that the delay was done to “align with the timing” of pre-orders in the United States, which were delayed last week due to President...
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...
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...
Switch 2 Joy-Con Don't Have Drift-Resistant Hall Effect Sticks And Fans Are Worried
7.4.2025
Nintendo has confirmed that Switch 2's Joy-Cons will not use Hall Effect thumbsticks despite all the stick drift issues Switch owners have put up with since the console launched in 2017. Read more
11 Surprising Things We Learned About Donkey Kong On Switch 2
7.4.2025
Last week, during Nintendo’s big Switch 2 Direct, the Mario maker showed off its fancy upcoming console, revealed some high-priced games, and announced a brand new 3D Donkey Kong game, too. And while it might not be the 3D Mario game many hoped for, Donkey Kong Bananza looks really awesome and...
The Last Of Us, Season 2: The Kotaku Review
7.4.2025
In the years since The Last of Us Part II launched in 2020, I’ve noticed a fascinating phenomenon when people talk about Naughty Dog’s divisive sequel. Some people talk about Ellie’s revenge story in ways that seem incongruous with the game I experienced. Where I would call The Last of Us Part II...
A Minecraft Movie Defies Expectations, Making $300M Worldwide In Its Opening Weekend
7.4.2025
Following some very tepid reviews and a year of angry internet men explaining how the film will definitely be a flop, A Minecraft Movie has smashed its opening weekend expectations, pulling in $157 million in the U.S. alone. With an estimated $300 million in ticket sales worldwide, it’s looking...
Nintendo Defends Controversial Switch 2 Pricing Strategy And Says $450 Isn't Because Of Tariffs
7.4.2025
All of the cool stuff revealed in last week’s Switch 2 Direct was quickly overshadowed by worries about its higher prices, including $450 for the console and Mario Kart World being Nintendo’s first $80 game. Then the company halted pre-orders in the U.S. in the face of unprecedented tariffs that...
Game Designer: ‘Airdrops Have Been a Double-Edged Sword for Blockchain Gaming’
7.4.2025
Steve Hassenpflug says successful airdrop strategies reward skill-based contributions, include vesting periods, and distribute assets with functional value. These approaches aim to foster long-term loyalty while avoiding inflation and exploitation. Airdrops: Double-Edged Sword for Blockchain Gaming...
The Internet Reacts To The Switch 2 Price And Falls In Love With A Mario Kart World Cow As Last Of Us Discourse Revs Up Once Again
5.4.2025
This week, the big Switch 2 reveal dominated online gaming conversations, with people gushing about their excitement for games like Mario Kart World on one hand (and falling in love with a playable cow in particular), and recoiling from the price on the other. Also, with season two of HBO’s...
Nintendo's Big Switch 2 Reveal, Pre-Orders Delayed Due To Trump's Tariffs, And More Of The Week's Big News
5.4.2025
Finally this week, Nintendo pulled back the curtain on the Switch 2 in a big way, giving us details about its screen, specs, and some of the games we can expect to see at launch and in the months that follow. A few days later, however, the company announced that preorders, previously set to go live...
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...
The Internet Reacts To Trump's War On Nintendo
4.4.2025
On Friday, Nintendo announced that players won’t be able to pre-order a Switch 2 on April 9. The company directly blamed President Donald Trump’s planned tariffs against basically every country on the planet (except Russia and North Korea, weirdly) for the delay. This has led to some people...