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Long-Rumored Final Fantasy IX Remake Is ‘Very Far Along’ According To Latest Leaks
5.6.2024
Reliable leaker Midori is back with some new information, but this time it isn’t about the Persona series. Midori, who has a track record of revealing announcements like the Persona 3 Reload’s Episode Aigis, has an update on the long-rumored remake of Final Fantasy IX. According to the leaker,...
Destiny 2 Players Spent The Final Shape's First Night Erroring Out Of Major Cutscenes
5.6.2024
Destiny 2's long-awaited finale for 10 years of cosmic storytelling is finally here, and players spent the first day struggling to get through pivotal cutscenes without the servers crashing and booting them back into outer space. Bungie’s overnight fixes have fortunately brought some much needed...
Beloved Square Enix RPG Series Could Finally Sort Out Its Messy Exclusivity
5.6.2024
Square Enix’s pledge to end all its console exclusivity nonsense is already bearing fruit. As spotted by the eagle eyes at Gematsu, beloved RPG Octopath Traveler has been rated in Taiwan for PlayStation, and Octopath Traveler II—previously announced for Xbox—could appear as soon as this month.Read...
The Star Wars Hotel Failure Was Just A Real-Life Bad Video Game Launch
4.6.2024
Unless you’ve been living under a rock on Exegol for the last month, you’ve probably heard of YouTuber Jenny Nicholson’s viral, four-hour-long video reviewing the Star Wars hotel, officially known as Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser. Titled “The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel,” it goes...
Geoff Keighley Wants You To Lower Your Expectations For Summer Game Fest
3.6.2024
If you are hoping to see an endless parade of “World Premiere!” announcements at this year’s Summer Game Fest, maybe don’t. The show’s host, Geoff Keighley, is getting out ahead of this year’s iteration of the annual June showcase to set expectations for fans about what exactly will be at the show....
How To Start Elden Ring’s New Game+ In Preparation For Shadow Of The Erdtree
3.6.2024
Shadow of the Erdtree, the hotly anticipated DLC for FromSoftware’s award-winning action RPG Elden Ring, is dropping on June 21. So if it’s a while since you’ve picked up 2022’s open world soulslike you might want to dive back in ahead of Shadow of the Erdtree to get reacclimated to the world...
Baldur's Gate 3 Will Be Officially Moddable This Fall
3.6.2024
“Hey everyone,” says Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian in a breezy update on Steam, “We come bringing news of Patch 7!” But it’s more than a pile of bug-fixes: the headline here is the forthcoming official release of what they call “an officially sanctioned toolkit” that’ll allow fully supported...
Kotaku’s Best Game Tips For The Week June 01, 2024
1.6.2024
If you’re stuck on a tricky boss fight or a challenging puzzle, or just want to make the most of your time with a new release, we’ve got you covered. Here are some of the tips we found most helpful this week.Read more
Leaks Show Assassin's Creed And Rabbids Coming To Ubisoft's CoD-Like Shooter
31.5.2024
XDefiant, Ubisoft’s recently released free-to-play Call of Duty-like shooter, is set to get new factions and maps based on other Ubisoft games. That’s not a surprise. But now, thanks to a dataminer, we know that content from Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry: New Dawn, The Crew, and even the uh...Rabbids...
GTA Publisher Take-Two Reportedly Looking To Get Rid of Indie Label Private Division
31.5.2024
It looks like Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two is trying to get rid of its indie label, Private Division. This is according to a new IGN report that details how the company’s recent studio closures and mismanagement have been “quietly killing” the indie publisher. Read more
Every PlayStation Reference We Could Find In The Astro Bot Trailer
31.5.2024
PlayStation revealed a new Astro Bot game at the end of its May State of Play showcase, and it looks just as delightful as its predecessor. Astro’s Playroom was a wonderful platformer pack-in for the PS5, but it also was full of references to PlayStation’s history. It features robot versions...
God of War Ragnarök Is Coming To Steam
31.5.2024
During today’s State of Play presentation, Sony announced another of its first-party games is coming to PC. God of War Ragnarök and its excellent (free) DLC Valhalla will be available on Steam later this year.Read more
7 Things We Just Learned About Sony’s Big PlayStation 5 Plans
30.5.2024
Sony recently held a business briefing for investors where it painted an incredibly rosy picture around the PlayStation 5 and its future outlook. Despite recent layoffs and failing to reach its sales goals for 2023, the company seems confident that the console’s best days are still ahead. Read more
Valorant To Its Most Toxic Players: 'Please Play Something Else, We Won't Miss You'
30.5.2024
A few weeks after several clips of Valorant players harassing women via in-game chat went viral on X (formerly Twitter) and other social media sites, Riot Games has announced its plans to tackle the bad actors. In a seven-minute-long video posted to X, Valorant head Anna Donlon spoke about...
You’re Definitely Going To Want To Preload Destiny 2: The Final Shape
30.5.2024
Destiny 2’s upcoming expansion The Final Shape is going to be a big deal, as it will conclude the series’ 10-year story to this point, but it’s also going to be quite literally enormous. This week, Bungie finally revealed just how much space The Final Shape is going to take up on your hardware,...
Every Video Game Showcase Happening During Not-E3 And Summer Game Fest 2024
30.5.2024
What’s dead may never die. E3 may finally be gone for good but its spirit lives on in Summer Game Fest. Hosted by The Game Awards creator Geoff Keighley, the event kicks off in June and promises teases, trailers, and world premieres for the biggest games of tomorrow and beyond. Here’s every gaming...
Dead Video Game Franchises We'd Like To See Return
29.5.2024
Everyone has a sequel they’re waiting for someone to greenlight. Some of our favorite video game franchises exist in a sad state of limbo. It’s only natural that after decades of companies making games and trying to earn the most money from them, that some good titles would fall through the cracks...
Sony Announces Smaller PlayStation Showcase Featuring 14 Games
29.5.2024
Sony’s big summer PlayStation showcase has turned out to be a smaller State of Play event scheduled for May 30. The company announced it will include updates on new first-party games coming to PlayStation 5 as well as PS VR2.Read more
For The First Time In A Decade, Nobody Is Working On Cyberpunk 2077
28.5.2024
After a rough launch in late 2020, numerous updates, a popular anime spin-off, and a big DLC expansion, Cyberpunk 2077 no longer has anybody working on it, which might be the first time in a decade that was true at CD Projekt Red.Read more
Big PlayStation Sale Is Full Of Discounts On PS5s, Spider-Man 2, And More
28.5.2024
The PlayStation 5 never officially got a price drop, but Sony continues to discount the console so aggressively that it’s basically the same thing. As part of its annual Days of Play sale event, the company’s taking $50 off the regular price of PS5s. Recent exclusives like Spider-Man 2 and Rise...