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5 Things We Just Learned About The Future Of Warframe
21.7.2025
Now in it’s 12th year, the free-t0-play loot shooter Warframe is still going strong and the future looks bright coming off a whirlwind series of announcements and teases from TennoCon 2025. The multi-day event included details on new story expansions, new frames, and access to an alpha build...
Ubisoft CEO Blames Outlaws' Struggles On 'Choppy' Star Wars Universe
21.7.2025
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot’s has made some comments on the sales issues of Star Wars Outlaws. The big boss claims that Outlaws’ middling performance last year was, in large part, because the whole Star Wars franchise was in “choppy waters.”Read more
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 4 Great Games We Can't Wait To Get Back To
18.7.2025
Hey ya’ll! Here we are at the end of yet another weekend on this little blue ball circling a vast fiery orb of death. I’m particularly sensitive to that orb because I chose not to buy a new air conditioner this summer. Brilliant, I know. Read more
Off The Grid Is An Average Shooter Buried In Garbage
18.7.2025
I was called a “regurgitated cum bubble” within the first minutes of booting up Gunzilla’s free-to-play battle royale shooter, Off The Grid. And the crass insult wasn’t shouted by another player, but by an obnoxious soldier dude who is the game’s announcer. Things only got worse and weirder from...
Ubisoft Shareholder Confronts Boss About 'Woke' Assassin's Creed
18.7.2025
Shareholder meetings are usually pretty boring affairs, but in video games, you sometimes get players themselves showing up. They buy a piece of the company, and instead of complaining online like everyone else, they get to ask questions directly to the CEO’s face once a year. That’s what happened...
Playing Metal Gear Solid 3 Without Pressure-Sensitive Buttons Is Giving Me Literal Phantom Pains
18.7.2025
In the east coast heat of the summer of 2013, I stood outside of a particular McDonald’s in Forest Hills, NY, in a dazed state of shock. I had just come out to some friends—I actually said it out loud, but all that had to wait because at the same time, I had also just learned that the PS4’s...
Elden Ring Nightreign Is About To Get Its Toughest Boss Fight Yet
18.7.2025
Others may disagree, but I’ve decided Equilibrious Beast is the hardest boss fight in Elden Ring Nightreign. He’s fast, has a bunch of different attacks, and uses lots of hard to block magic. In addition to dodging incoming threats, you also have to manage a madness meter or risk getting...
Every Day, Something Shows Up In The News That Sounds Like A Cyberpunk 2077 Sidequest
18.7.2025
If the cyberpunk genre was meant to warn us away from a capitalistic, dystopian future hellscape, what purpose does it serve when that hellscape is already here? Cyberpunk 2077 is arguably one of the most mainstream contemporary examples of the genre from which it takes its name, and I remember...
Donkey Kong Bananza Fans Are Having Way Too Much Fun With Its Artist Mode
18.7.2025
Donkey Kong Bananza is a 3D action platformer where you can dig holes, build bridges, and experiment in other ways as you burrow through various whimsical worlds on your way toward the planet core. Nintendo was so happy with its deformation tech that it decided to spin it off into an entirely...
Report: FromSoftware's Next Unannounced Game Is Closer Than We Think
18.7.2025
FromSoftware has always been a prolific studio, pumping out new spin-offs and sequels at blistering rate without slipping on quality. So, it wouldn’t be a complete shock to hear the studio’s next unannounced game is closer than we think. According to one new report, it’s codenamed “FMC”...
Mario Kart Tour Is Getting Its First Update In Years, And It's Thanks To Mario Kart World
18.7.2025
Nintendo made it very clear in 2023 that mobile game Mario Kart Tour would receive no more updates. As part of the company’s mass move away from mobile gaming, the four-year-old app had had its day. But now, almost two years later, the game is receiving a surprise new campaign to celebrate...
Persona 5 Gacha Studio Acknowledges Angry Feedback, Promises Response
17.7.2025
Persona 5: The Phantom X has faced a sudden barrage of criticism in the wake of its western launch. The team at Black Wings Game Studio was met with backlash after it was announced the gacha game would be accelerating its story rollout to catch up to the original Chinese version, and fans...
Assassin's Creed TV Show Announced 5-Years Ago Finally Moving Forward At Netflix
17.7.2025
We’re getting flooded with TV adaptations of popular video game franchises these days, but Assassin’s Creed is a better fit than most. Announced over three years ago, the Netflix show based on the long-running Ubisoft series is finally moving forward, the companies announced today, though...
Original Crash Lead Programmer Says N. Sane Trilogy 'Completely Botched How Jumping Works'
17.7.2025
As is being discussed over on Resetera, a LinkedIn post from Naughty Dog co-founder and lead programmer on the original Crash Bandicoot from 1996, Andrew (Andy) Gavin, dives into a critical difference between the original box-bashing bandicoot experience and Vicarious Visions’ 2017 remakes, which...
An Old Pokémon Go Cheat Lets You Raid Gyms From Farther Away But Fans Are Worried A Crackdown Is Finally Coming
17.7.2025
Part of the original inspiration for Pokémon Go was about getting people out into the real world walking, exploring, and meeting one another as they collect, battle, and raid fictional gyms. But times have changed. There was a whole pandemic. Walking around your neighborhood to endlessly grind...
Some Of The New Mega Evolution Pokémon Cards May Have Leaked And Look Incredible
17.7.2025
The Pokémon Company announced back in February that Mega Evolutions, the super-powered form changes introduced in Pokémon X and Y, are coming to the Trading Card Game this year. Now, we know these Pokémon are the stars of one of the next card sets launching in September, simply titled Mega...
Pokémon TCG's Black Bolt & White Flare Are An Anticlimactic Ending To Scarlet & Violet
17.7.2025
When the three-year era of Sword & Shield came to an end in January 2023, it went out with a bang. Crown Zenith was a set so great that it spoiled the next year of the hobby, with its stunning pull rates, incredible art, and fan-favorite pocket monsters. For reasons that are impossible to fathom...
PROMO: Off The Grid Is Now Available On Steam
17.7.2025
The battlefield just got a whole lot bigger. Off The Grid officially launched on Steam today, meaning players of the cyberpunk battle royale game can now compete across devices to be the last avatar standing.Read more
Biggest Chess Site In The World Bans 100,000 Accounts A Month For Cheating
16.7.2025
Chess.com is one of the biggest digital chess platforms in the world, with over 100 million members. But as the site has grown and become more popular, it has also attracted naughty players who break the rules and don’t play fair. And these days, according to the site’s Fair Play team, over 100,000...
Subnautica 2 Studio Founders Break Silence On Controversial Delay And Firings In New Lawsuit
16.7.2025
Weeks after their sudden and mysterious dismissal from Unknown Worlds by parent-publisher Krafton, the Subnautica 2 studio’s cofounders have filed a lawsuit for breach of contract. At the center of the complaint are allegations that Krafton tried to sabotage the Early Access release for one...