Last month, Red Dead Online dataminers found what appeared to be zombies buried in the game’s files after an update. These new zombie models, along with other creepy content found via datamining, pointed towards a new Halloween event. That event is finally, here and it’s pretty disappointing.
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, the game that kicked the turn-based strategy series off, is finally getting an English version on Switch on December 4.
Last night Acer announced that it is dramatically expanding its gaming monitor line-up with six new Predator and Nitro models. The hero of the range will be the Acer Predator XB3 series, which sees three new monitors aimed at professional and enthusiast gamers. They come in FHD (1920×1080) or QHD…
Ubisoft has announced that its Ubisoft Club and Uplay services will be coalescing under a single banner on October 29 as Ubisoft Connect. As several older games won’t be making the transition, however, the publisher has decided to unlock over 1,000 Club rewards that will no longer be accessible under…
You just bought a Nintendo Switch, or maybe a Switch Lite. Now it’s time to figure out what games you want to play. We’ve got you covered.
Steve Minecraft, the latest addition to the ever-growing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster, has been nerfed. He’s lost his mojo, so to speak.
If you’ve got games you don’t want anymore, pop on down to EB Games in November and you could save big on next gen.
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog about “Snake Eater,” the titular song in the 2004 video game masterpiece, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. In it, I gush about the song and how it is as responsible for the prestige of the game as anything else. Tucked…
At this year’s Toyama Gamers Day in Japan, it’s only fitting that the prize for the game Fight Crab in the King Crab Tournament is, wait for it, crabs.
How do you improve upon the cutest way to get your arse kicked while matching coloured blobs and blocks? Hit points, stats, and experience levels. Puyo Puyo Tetris 2‘s skill battle mode adds some RPG mechanics to the dual-puzzle mix.
If you’ve managed to get your hands on one of those fancy, pretty RTX 30 series cards, then you’ll be very pleased to know that Nvidia just announced a bunch of new and updated games that are getting ray tracing and DLSS (deep learning super sampling). Games coming soon Pumpkin…
It’s Bombs Drop Day, the day that the nuclear bombs fell in the Sino-American war in 2077, kicking off Fallout. To celebrate this immense loss of fictional life, Bethesda are offering all kinds of free perks to Fallout 76 players old, new and curious. These perks include: A free week…
With the second season of The Mandalorian about to start, maybe you need a refresher on what went down in the first season. And maybe you need it in the form of…action figure dioramas?
505 Games has clarified that the physical version of Control Ultimate Edition, released today, has a one-time internet connection requirement on Xbox One to download everything in the expanded package.
Games Workshop’s dystopian Warhammer 40,000 setting is comically, ear-splittingly loud. Its grimdark sendup of over the top excess means everything is slammed so far beyond 11 that 11 is a mere dot to the denizens of the 41st millennium: violence, aesthetic, characters, scale. Marvel’s new Warhammer comic gets this, but…
EVE’s long-running alien invasion has come to an end. Over the last few months, the aliens known as Triglavians have taken over many of the game’s star systems, with the help of some players. The mysterious forces’ ultimate goal was not known until the launch of the Phoenix Quadrant last…
When I first met Genshin Impact’s mascot character, Paimon, I had serious second thoughts about playing any more of the game. This was an issue, because she first shows up approximately two minutes after the game begins.
Blue Microphones’ Yeti X is one of the most caster-friendly high-end USB microphones going, with cool features like on-mic LED volume metering and an outstanding software utility for tweaking every aspect of your voice recording. The Yeti X World of Warcraft Edition is all that with a cool black-and-gold rune-etched…
Thirteen-year-old Seira Watanabe is a huge Godzilla fan. She has an impressive collection of figures and does an excellent impression of the kaiju’s roar. Recently, she wrote to Osaka television show Tantei! Knight Scoop, asking to go on a date with Godzilla.
Western Empires is a big board game. A very, very, very very, very big board game.
One of the biggest mysteries around the next console generation is just how well will they fit in various cabinets. Are they larger than a bread bin? What is a bread bin? I’ve had an Xbox Series X to call my own for a couple of weeks now, and I love…
Do you find yourself thinking “this bowl of ramen is delicious, but I wish it cost about the same as an Xbox Series X and contained an entire golden lobster”? If so, today is your lucky day, I guess. Five Star Games and Xbox Australia have teamed up with Gumshara,…
It’s time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take.
Sony says it will “keep you posted” about recent changes to party chat on PS4 after users complained about how much more restrictive they make the feature.
Wonder what virtual idol Hatsune Miku is up to? Doing her part to contain covid-19, that’s what.
If you’re looking for a quick bite on the weekend, check out these brilliant games.
It’s Monday, and there’s nothing we can do about that — except for escape into the sheer glory of ScribbleTaku.
This week we get Transformers: Battlegrounds, a game that looks a lot like another game I’ve played before. It had aliens and turn-based combat… hmmm.
Thanks to a new book written by Lucasfilm Star Wars fact extraordinaire Pablo Hidalgo, we have a lot of interesting new information about the galaxy far, far away. And it turns out George Lucas’s original plans for a sequel trilogy bore some interesting resemblances to what actually happened.
Black Ops: Cold War’s new 40-player “Fireteam” mode is addictive chaos that requires teamwork and good comms.
The years-in-the-making Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 was supposed to be out this year. It was delayed due to covid-19, and the eagerly anticipated movie’s latest trailer now reveals a January 2020 release date.
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign built a propaganda island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It’s really lovely except when it’s not.
I’m new to Baldur’s Gate, so the concept of video games based on Dungeons & Dragons mechanics is completely foreign to me. As I navigated the game I encountered a number of occasions where I’d get my tiefling’s well-crafted arse handed to me in battles because I was too underleveled…
