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Fortnite's New FPS Mode Is Good, But A Bit Janky
11.12.2024
Fortnite’s latest game mode, Ballistic, plays a lot like Valorant or Counter-Strike. The mode, currently labeled as being in “Early Access,” is rough around the edges and feels more like a demo than a full game. However, Ballistic is also proof that Epic can build first-person shooters that work...
Cyberpunk 2077 Has A Balatro Crossover Quest, Here’s How To Start It
11.12.2024
CD Projekt Red dropped a new update for Cyberpunk 2077 that added customization options for your cars and character, photo mode features, and a few “surprises” the team is hoping fans will find themselves. One thing the team didn’t mention in its live stream or patch notes was that update 2.2 would...
Sonic The Hedgehog 3 Early Impressions Are Calling It The Best In The Series
11.12.2024
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 had its official premiere in London yesterday, December 10. While full reviews won’t be out until closer to the movie’s December 20 launch, early impressions are trickling out on social media from people who attended early screenings. It sounds like the Year of Shadow is ending...
Indiana Jones And The Great Circle: Should You Focus On Just The Main Story?
11.12.2024
MachineGames’ Indiana Jones and the Great Circle takes you, as Indy, on a trip through the heart of the growing fascist movement in 1930s Europe. While you’re searching for clues in Indy’s main investigation, you’ll catch sight of a few dozen smaller, optional mysteries. But is it worth taking...
Dominate the Battlefield With the Best Scorestreaks in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
11.12.2024
The moment you find yourself on a kill streak in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, slaying opposing forces with reckless abandon, tallying up kills to unlock a streak reward, is one of the greatest feelings in the competitive first-person shooter. You’re helping your team, sure. But who cares about them?!...
Avatar Is Getting The PS5 Pro Option Players Have Been Begging For
10.12.2024
The PlayStation 5 Pro has been out for a month now but still has some issues, with certain enhanced games like Dragon Age: The Veilgaurd and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor actually looking uglier in various ways due to resolution upscaling. Ubisoft is now the first game maker to announce an option...
Marvel Rivals: The Kotaku Review
10.12.2024
Marvel Rivals, NetEase’s shameless Overwatch-like featuring the heroes and villains that have captivated comic book readers and moviegoers for decades, is already at a crossroads. It’s less than a week old, but it’s clear even now that the decisions NetEase makes in the coming months will determine...
Some Classic Call Of Duty Games Might Be Coming To Game Pass
10.12.2024
It looks like some more Call of Duty games might be making the leap to Xbox Game Pass, but likely only on PC. Read more
Here's Why Fortnite Is Giving Out $100 Refunds
10.12.2024
Back in 2022, Epic Games agreed to pay $245 million as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over “dark patterns” that may have tricked players into spending in-game currency on cosmetics, dance emotes, and other items they didn’t actually want. Two years later, the first...
Cyberpunk 2077 Is Somehow Still Getting Free Updates, Adds New Character Creator Options And More
10.12.2024
Cyberpunk 2077 is four years old today, and CD Projekt Red is celebrating with a surprise patch for its open-world RPG that’s out now. The team held a live stream to run down some of the big changes coming in patch 2.2, which comes over a year after the Phantom Liberty expansion, 2.0 overhaul,...
Path Of Exile 2 Devs Agree About The RPG's Loot Problem
10.12.2024
Path of Exile 2 is an action-RPG about customizing your hero, killing tons of enemies, and winning cool gear as a result. But a few days after the game’s massive Early Access launch, players are feeling a bit underwhelmed by the pace and size of loot drops. Path of Exile 2's developers say they...
How To Befriend Sally From The Nightmare Before Christmas In Disney Dreamlight Valley
10.12.2024
Disney Dreamlight Valley may have just released its second paid expansion, The Storybook Vale, but that doesn’t mean Gameloft is leaving base game-only players in the dust. Not only does the game’s final content update of 2024 add the new Frost & Fairies Star Path, but it also contains Sally,...
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero: How To Survive Online Play
10.12.2024
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero has a ton of offline content to enjoy between its Episode Battles and player-made Custom Battles. But playing online is a different beast altogether. You’re bound to see more variance playing against people than you will against CPU, not to mention some prevalent metas...
Indiana Jones And The Great Circle: The Kotaku Review
10.12.2024
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is not what I was expecting. My expectation and fear was that developer MachineGames’ AAA action-adventure adaptation of the popular franchise starring Harrison Ford would play mostly like Uncharted, but in the ‘30s and with more Nazis. Thankfully, Great Circle...
The 15 Best RPGs Of 2024
10.12.2024
We’re living through a role-playing game renaissance right now. The last several years have been full of great ones, and 2024 is no different. Everywhere you look the genre is growing, evolving, and dominating. From Japanese-style RPGs to Western-style ones, retro remakes to open-world sequels...
Path Of Exile 2 Already Has Major Nerfs After Just Three Days: 'It's Better To Do This Early'
9.12.2024
Diablo-like Path Of Exile 2 is finally out in Early Access and taking over the charts, breaking records on Steam even as its servers buckle under the weight of its long-anticipated debut. And the team behind the action-RPG has wasted no time bringing some of its more OP builds to heel with a series...
How To Punch Fascists Even Better In Indiana Jones And The Great Circle
9.12.2024
Indiana Jones is known for a few things. The hat. The whip. Archaeology. But one of the things he’s best known for is punching fascists (Nazi, or otherwise).Read more
Which Marvel Rivals Character Should I Start With?
9.12.2024
Marvel Rivals is the hottest new thing in the realm of hero shooters. And, it has launched with over 30 popular characters from the Marvel universe. While it’s important to spend time trying out every character to find one that works best for you, they all have different skill ceilings to consider....
December's Cant-Miss Game Releases, Amazon's Free Games For Prime Members, And More Holiday Season Tips
8.12.2024
This week, holiday sales and giveaways are in full swing, and we’ve got the lowdown on all the games Amazon is giving away to Prime subscribers, the best games to pick up in PlayStation’s 30th Anniversary sale, and more.Read more
Kotaku's Weekend Guide: 4 Awesome Games To Get Cozy With
6.12.2024
Folks, it’s December. That means that unless you live in a part of the world where the weather is nice all the time (or you’re in, like, Australia), you’re likely doing your best to keep the frigid temperatures at bay. And hey, if you’re looking at a weekend of being stuck indoors, I can think...