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Cities Skylines 2 Publisher Opens Up About Recent String Of Mess-Ups
8.10.2024
Paradox Entertainment is the Swedish company behind some of the biggest, densest strategy games around, from Europa Universalis IV to Crusader Kings III. It’s also been responsible for a number of major blunders lately. Now some of its executives are on an apology tour promising a return to better...
There’s One Part Of Metaphor: ReFantazio That Feels Like A Step Back From Persona
8.10.2024
Metaphor: ReFantazio, the upcoming fantasy political drama RPG from Atlus, is only a few days away from its October 11 release date. Broadly, the game takes the social sim and time management mechanics of the Persona series and fine-tunes them to make a truly exceptional RPG that represents a step...
Diablo IV's Vessel Of Hatred Expansion Is Locking Some Players Out
8.10.2024
Diablo IV is zero for two when it comes to smooth launches. While the new expansion, Vessel of Hatred, seemed like it had all the kinks ironed out, a last-minute delay upended those plans. Worse, however, is a bizarre licensing bug that’s locking some players out of the new content, including...
Diablo IV's Big Expansion Faces 'Small Delay' On Launch Day
8.10.2024
Happy Diablo IV day to all who celebrate. The action-RPG’s Vessel of Hatred expansion is finally here, though it will end up going live later than expected due to “a small issue on the backend,” Blizzard confirmed on Monday. Read more
We Spoiled Joker 2 For Ourselves And Here’s We Think About That Wild Ending
7.10.2024
The Joker 2 (officially called Joker: Folie à Deux)is out and it’s not doing very well. Critics don’t seem to like it, audiences don’t enjoy it, and it’s not making nearly as much money as its 2019 blockbuster predecessor. And if you are a big fan of the first Joker and decided to still go see...
Ewan McGregor Keeps The Dream Of Live-Action Star Wars: Clone Wars Alive
7.10.2024
Star Wars is a mess at the moment. There are unvarnished bright spots like Andor, and then there’s everything else. There’s always a new hope though, and right now that’s seeing Obi-Wan Kenobi get a second season and go full live-action Clone Wars with flashbacks galore. Despite no confirmation...
The Disneyfication Of Fortnite Won't Let You Take Mickey Mouse On A Killing Spree
7.10.2024
Back in February, we learned that Disney had invested an astonishing $1.5 billion in game developer Epic, as the two companies set out to create what they called “a new persistent universe.” Little more was known how this integration would work, but now an interview with Epic management by...
Overwatch 2 Hits Its Second Anniversary With Little To Show For It
4.10.2024
I finished Overwatch 2’s season 12 battle pass last night. There are only 11 days left in this season and it’s easily the longest it’s taken me to work my way through the hero shooter’s daily challenges to unlock all the skins, emotes, and voice lines Blizzard offered in these past nine weeks. As...
Joker: Folie à Deux: The Kotaku Review
4.10.2024
It’s been five years since Todd Phillips’ Joker gave us a bleak, ultra-realistic take on the iconic comic book villain. Set in a seedy 1980s version of Gotham, Joker’s nihilism touched on contemporary issues such as political divides, wealth disparity, and social isolation, which only intensified...
Joker: Folie À Deux Is Getting Panned As An Okay Musical And A Very Bad Movie
4.10.2024
Director Todd Phillips’ 2019 Joker seemingly hit the box office at just the right time, weaving between the late Trump years and the breakout of the global pandemic and cashing in on post-Avengers: Endgame MCU exhaustion. This time around, nothing seems to be going Joker: Folie à Deux’s way. Also...
GTA Online Is Getting A Zombies Mode Set In GTA V's Snowy Opening Location
3.10.2024
11 years after it was released, Grand Theft Auto V’s starting location (snowy North Yankton) is finally being added to GTA Online as part of an upcoming, limited-time zombie survival mode that is arriving in the game next week.Read more
Will Smith Ripped Epically Bad Fart While Filming Men In Black, Director Says
3.10.2024
The year was 1996. Will Smith, ascendant from the smashing success of Independence Day, and Tommy Lee Jones, recovering from Batman Forever, got into a hermetically sealed cockpit to film one of the more iconic moments from Men in Black when Smith let out an unforgettably bad fart. Read more
One Of The Best Vampire Movies Ever Is Almost Impossible To Watch Right Now
3.10.2024
“It’s one of the greatest vampire movies ever made,” director, writer, and actor Kevin Smith said about Near Dark in a recent interview with Kotaku. Yet the 1986 vampire western from then-unknown director Kathryn Bigelow is nearly impossible to watch in 2024, and that’s a damn shame. Read more
Get Diablo IV For Cheap Right Now Ahead Of Next Week’s Expansion
3.10.2024
It’s hard to believe that Diablo IV, the latest entry in Activision Blizzard’s action role-playing game series, has been around for over a year now. In that time, Diablo 4 has proved again and again that it might just be the best entry the franchise has ever seen, with an excellent iteration on...
Iconic Director And Proud Nerd Kevin Smith On Sneaking Into Movies, Mallrats, And More
3.10.2024
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New Rugrats Movie Sounds Like Absolute Nightmare Fuel
2.10.2024
A new report says that Paramount has greenlit a live-action/CGI hybrid adaption of the classic Nickelodeon cartoon Rugrats from the ‘90s. Are you ready for this horrible cinematic nightmare?Read more
Robert Englund Says He's Too Old To Play Freddy Krueger Again
1.10.2024
1984's A Nightmare on Elm Street introduced the world to a new slasher icon: Freddy Krueger. The burned-up child murderer with a razor glove who hunts kids in their sleep to kill them was played by Robert Englund in eight films and a TV series. And while many might wish he would return to the role...
I Can’t Stop Thinking About This Badass Metal Song From Rings Of Power
1.10.2024
Occasionally a TV show surprises you with something so unexpected you can’t stop thinking about it for hours, days, even weeks after an episode airs. The latest episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power did just that, offering up a moment that immediately etched itself onto my brain...
Twitch Streamer Will Neff On BFF Hasan Piker, The Binding Of Issac, And Long Island
1.10.2024
TwitchCon 2024 was a total whirlwind. During the three-day-long convention for the streaming platform, I saw drag performances, fake debates, wild cosplays, and a Chevron installation. I brushed elbows with big Twitch streamers like Hasan Piker, Caroline Kwan, JuiceBoxx, Deere, and more—all while...
Check Out This Sick $1700 Death Stranding 2 Jacket You’ll Never Get
30.9.2024
If you thought legendary game director Hideo Kojima would just give us a no-nonsense look at the upcoming Death Stranding 2 at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, you were wrong. Sure, during the weekend we got a chance to see the upcoming sequel’s impressive photo mode, modeled by the Hollywood actors...