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Donkey Kong Bananza’s Destructible Environments Are So Good I Can't Stop Smashing Them To Bits
21.7.2025
Donkey Kong Bananza is a great game…probably. I can’t really say for myself yet. To be honest, I haven’t really done much in Nintendo’s latest open-world reimagining of its iconic ape’s adventures. It’s not because I don’t want to, but because I, like several others, have found Bananza difficult...
Here's How To Watch Tomorrow's 24-Minute Pokémon Presents, And DJ Pikachu Beforehand
21.7.2025
It feels like such a long time since we had any big Pokémon news. Back in February we had our last chunk of information about this year’s Switch game, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, but since then all has been tremendously quiet. Could tomorrow’s extra-long Pokémon Presents be about to give us something...
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
Coldplay Concert Kiss Cam Scandal 'Vibe Coded' Into A Game By Song A Day Guy
18.7.2025
The Coldplay concert kiss cam incident is the most viral moment of 2025. It’s also a video game now, sort of. Coldplay Canoodlers was thought up by Jonathan Mann, best known as the guy who has uploaded a new song to YouTube every day for over a decade (Remember “GTA: This Is Why We vVdeo Gaming?”)...
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...
Xbox Is Done Selling Movies And TV Shows
18.7.2025
12 years after Xbox introduced the Xbox One as a console that would be your entertainment media hub, Xbox is no longer selling TV shows or movies. The news came with little fanfare or notice, though some people who regularly check Xbox’s movie and TV section saw a bunch of movies about the end...
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”...
Nintendo Is Launching A Second Secret Switch Online Playtest, And We All Have To Pretend We Don't Know What It's For
18.7.2025
Nintendo has announced a second round of its super-top-secret Playtest Program “related to a service for Nintendo Switch Online.” This time there’s room for four times as many applicants, a total of 40,000, for the playtest taking place from July 28 to August 10. If it’s anything like last year...
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...
Help, The PS5 Store Is Flooded With AI Slop
17.7.2025
I was recently digging through the PlayStation Store’s upcoming games section when I spotted a clearly AI-generated image of a shark in shoes. “Strange,” I thought to myself. And then I saw another. And then three more. And then even more. That’s when I realized AI slop has fully infested the...
Mortal Kombat II’s First Trailer Is Bloody, Cheesy, And Full of Johnny Cage
17.7.2025
Mortal Kombat II, the second film in Warner Bros. live-action reboot of the fighting game adaptation, got its first trailer today, and I hope you like Johnny Cage, because it looks like he’s the star of the show this time. That’s not terribly surprising, I suppose, given Cage’s love of...
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...