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Kotaku Asks: Who Got Snubbed At The Game Awards Nominations?
15.11.2023
This week, creator and host of The Game Awards, Geoff Keighley, revealed which games are in the running for prizes at his showcase in December. Dozens of games were named across over 30 categories. What was missing?Read more
Starfield Ghosted At The 2023 Game Awards
13.11.2023
The tenth annual Game Awards are less than a month away and creator and host Geoff Keighley has finally announced the 2023 nominees. The “Game of the Year” category includes expected hits like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Baldur’s Gate III, but also Capcom’s remake of Resident Evil...
Unity Apologizes For ‘Confusion And Angst’ Caused By New Runtime Fee
18.9.2023
Unity, the game engine used in popular titles like Cuphead, Fall Guys, and Among Us, has apologized for the “confusion and angst” caused by a newly announced fee. On September 12, the company released a lengthy post announcing its Runtime Fee, which would charge developers for each game...
E3 More Dead Than Ever As Organizers Work On 'Complete Reinvention' Of The Gaming Showcase
7.9.2023
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which controls E3, and ReedPop, which organizes events like PAX, announced they’re no longer working together after failing to put on the biggest gaming showcase of the year back in June. The once-annual, once-dominant trade event hasn’t been held...
Todd Howard Seems To Think Bethesda Announced The Elder Scrolls VI Too Early
24.8.2023
Todd Howard, longtime director of huge open-world RPGs like Fallout 4 and the upcoming space adventure Starfield, appears to regret how Bethesda announced The Elder Scrolls VI, suggesting it should have revealed the game more “casually.” Read more
There Are Officially Too Many Video Games Launching In October 2023
24.8.2023
Oh no! I just looked at a calendar after all these video game showcases and realized that later this year has become really, really packed, with Alan Wake II, Spider-Man 2, and more all launching in a 10-day span of time later this fall (and that’s after Remedy announced it was delaying the Alan...
Diablo 4's Next Season Looks Pretty Gruesome In New Trailer
22.8.2023
During Gamescom’s Opening Night Live presentation, Blizzard took to the stage alongside host Geoff Keighley to announce that Diablo IV’s next update, Season of Blood, will start on October 17—just in time for Halloween.Read more
Diablo 4's Next Season Looks Pretty Gruesome In New Trailer
22.8.2023
During Gamescom’s Opening Night Live presentation, Blizzard took to the stage alongside host Geoff Keighley to announce that Diablo IV’s next update, Season of Blood, will start on October 17—just in time for Halloween.Read more
Geoff Keighley Is Still Trying To Figure Out The Whole 'Women' Thing
22.8.2023
Gamescom Opening Night Live has come and gone, and though there were a lot more women on Geoff Keighley’s shiny stage than during Summer Game Fest (which had zero), it certainly didn’t feel all that natural, did it? It felt, instead, that Keighley’s response to criticism about the lack of women...
Geoff Keighley Is Still Trying To Figure Out The Whole 'Women' Thing
22.8.2023
Gamescom Opening Night Live has come and gone, and though there were a lot more women on Geoff Keighley’s shiny stage than during Summer Game Fest (which had zero), it certainly didn’t feel all that natural, did it? It felt, instead, that Keighley’s response to criticism about the lack of women...
Bill Clinton GTA VI Guy Rushes Stage At Gamescom Opening Night
22.8.2023
Game Awards host Geoff Keighley has once again been accosted by an irreverent, clout-chasing youth, this time at the 2023 Gamescom Opening Night Live showcase. A man rushed the stage to tell the audience that “Bill Clinton wants to play GTA VI.” Keighley’s disappointment was palpable.Read more
Bill Clinton GTA VI Guy Rushes Stage At Gamescom Opening Night
22.8.2023
Game Awards host Geoff Keighley has once again been accosted by an irreverent, clout-chasing youth, this time at the 2023 Gamescom Opening Night Live showcase. A man rushed the stage to tell the audience that “Bill Clinton wants to play GTA VI.” Keighley’s disappointment was palpable.Read more
Kotaku's Weekend Guide: 9 Awesome Games To Play
23.6.2023
Another weekend is upon us. And perhaps in these next few days you’ll find yourself facing an Xbox, PlayStation, gaming PC, or other such contraption and staring into a blank screen of endless, unlit pixels wondering, “What should I play?”Read more
There Would Have Been A Woman At Summer Game Fest, But She Couldn't Make It
19.6.2023
During 2023's Summer Game Fest, something really rather awkward became all too apparent as the gruelling hours of commercials wound on: there were no women on stage. At the time, Kotaku and others wondered of frontman Geoff Keighley why this happened, but answers weren’t forthcoming. Since...
What It’s Like To Be At Summer Game Fest As The Reveals Happen
9.6.2023
The YouTube Theater, where the first-ever in-person Summer Game Fest Event is being held, sits inside a massive structure that also houses SoFi Stadium, home of the LA Rams and Chargers. The structure looks enormous as I walk around its exterior—stark white and seemingly endless. A long line...
That Bloodborne-Looking Pinocchio Soulslike Has A Demo Now
8.6.2023
During Summer Game Fest, host Geoff Keighley debuted a new Lies of P trailer that came with some gorgeous classic music. There was a treat in it, though: the Bloodborne-inspired Soulslike is not only coming to most platforms on September 19. But you can play the action RPG right now if you wanted...
The Best Fits At The Game Awards 2022
9.12.2022
Two days ago, in the days leading up to The Game Awards 2022, I wrote about how the wildly inconsistent fashion at the event was indicative of the industry’s identity crisis. Things quickly got out of hand.Read more
The Game Awards 2022: Where To Watch And What To Expect
8.12.2022
It’s that time of the year again: Geoff Keighley’s annual Game Awards ceremony will be held today, December 8, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles at 4:30 p.m. local time / 7:30 p.m. ET. Are you going to watch along with us? Read more
The Game Awards’ Fashion Highlights The Industry’s Identity Crisis
7.12.2022
Like everyone else, I watch The Game Awards for a few reasons: to see “world premiere” trailers, to find out which obvious favorite wins Game of the Year, and to learn how Geoff Keighley is going to cash in his Hideo Kojima friendship coupon this year. But what fascinates me is never the latest...
Sonic Frontiers Fans Are Convinced Genshin Impact Is Bribing Its Community For TGA Votes
2.12.2022
There’s a corruption controversy rocking The Game Awards, and it’s about… Genshin Impact? Apparently, there are a lot of Sonic Frontiers fans and TGA fans who think the gacha game’s ascent in the Players’s Voice award category has been suspicious, and they’re loud about their displeasure. Things...