Reader, if you don’t mind a quick look into my personal neurosis, let me tell you that when I’m really looking forward to something, I get a great deal of anxiety about possibly dying before I get to experience it. I’ve felt this about video games, movies, albums, concerts, and pretty much anything else worth being…
Source: Kotaku – Sonic 3 Movie Teaser Sparks Fan Freak-Out About Shadow’s Shoes
Every year The Game Awards acknowledges a Future Class, a collection of burgeoning young members of the industry that its director, Emily Bouchoc, and others have deemed “represent the bright, bold, and inclusive future for video games.” This year, not long before The Game Awards 2023 is set to kick off on December 7,…
Source: Kotaku – Game Awards Honorees Demand Show Acknowledge Gaza Humanitarian Crisis
Xbox’s chief financial officer, Tim Stuart, recently shared how excited he was about AI technology being used in game development. During a November 28 summit, Stuart told audience that it can now translate and localize games, handle coding, and even test games, too, which begs the question: How hard will Xbox lean…
Source: Kotaku – Xbox Exec Says AI Can ‘Take Care Of’ All Sorts Of Game Dev Problems
Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa, one of livestreaming’s most recognizable women, is something of a tour de force. She’s building an empire, after all, having bought a gas station, purchased an inflatable pool company, sold water straight from her hot tub, and slung beer made with her vaginal bacteria. Love her or hate…
Source: Kotaku – Amouranth Spends Million On Fruit Field To ‘Overtake’ Bill Gates
The Pokémon anime is entering a new era after sunsetting longtime protagonists Ash and Pikachu earlier this year. The newest series, Pokémon Horizons, follows heroes Liko and Roy, and has been airing in Japan since April. After an excruciating wait, it’s finally making its way to the west with an English dub. However,…
Source: Kotaku – The New, Ash-less Pokémon Anime Is Finally Getting Its English Dub
Capcom has officially confirmed that Dragon’s Dogma 2 will arrive on March 22, 2024, a detail which had previously leaked earlier this month. And to prove that it’s the sprawling, emergent circus fans have been waiting for since the original, the fantasy RPG debuted a new trailer and revealed more details about its…
Source: Kotaku – Dragon’s Dogma 2 Coming March 2024, Looking More Awesome Every Day
Indie multiplayer superhit Among Us is bringing together a whole host of other popular indie games—including Undertale, Untitled Goose Game, and Celeste—into one giant cosmetic bundle available to buy in-game until February 2024.
Source: Kotaku – Among Us Is Crossing Over With Goose Game, Celeste, Undertale, And More
We’re still making it through 2023 and a surprising number of games have already been killed off, as devs have announced their impending deaths. Normally, we’d reserve this list for the end-of-the-year round-up, but we’re ringing the death knell early because, with 15 games already lined up for public execution, we…
Source: Kotaku – 60 Games Have Already Been Killed, And 2023 Ain’t Over Yet [Update]
When Overwatch 2 shifted the hero shooter’s economy away from loot boxes and into a seasonal battle pass, the customizable Mythic Skins unlocked at the end of that pass were framed as the light at the end of the grindy tunnel. Unlike any other Overwatch skin, these would be somewhat customizable, offering a few style…
Source: Kotaku – Overwatch 2 Is Stripping Away What Made Mythic Skins Worth The Grind
Coral Island, the new farming and dating sim by Stairway Games, is the latest example of a game in which pursuing a handsome lad is enough to drag me through something I’m otherwise lukewarm on. I’ve spent chunks of my playtime chopping trees trying to make a real farm out of my designated plot of land. But I do not…
Source: Kotaku – I Want To Smooch Every Man In This Disney-Inspired Farming Sim
Earlier this year, The Last of Us on HBO became one of the biggest shows of 2023 and racked up rave reviews from fans of the original game and newcomers alike. And now Neil Druckmann, co-creator of both the game and the show, has hinted that some cut content from 2020’s The Last of Us Part II will be included in the…
Source: Kotaku – The Last Of Us Season 2 Will Include Some Stuff From Cut Levels
Destiny 2’s Season of the Wish has arrived. In addition to a new patch, battle pass, and story content about finding dragon eggs to earn a wish, the update has also brought Witcher 3 armor and Easter eggs into Bungie’s loot shooter, including an emote for Geralt’s famous bath scene.
Source: Kotaku – The Witcher 3’s Most Famous Meme Is Now In Destiny 2
In a newly released preview of Amazon Prime’s upcoming Fallout TV show, we learned a lot of new details about the world, characters, and story of the highly anticipated live-action adaptation of Bethesda’s popular post-apocalyptic RPG franchise. For example, the show is considered canon with the games. And Walter…
Source: Kotaku – Bethesda Confirms Fallout TV Show Is Canon In First Official Preview
In the weeks following the launch of Skyrim developer Bethesda’s highly anticipated RPG Starfield, the game has caught a bit of attention for its plummeting player numbers on Steam. Its ranking from user reviews has also dropped on Valve’s digital storefront, falling from “Positive” into the pale orange of “Mixed.”…
Source: Kotaku – Why Is Starfield Hemorrhaging Active Players?
When you think of Ganondorf, the villainous entity that plagues The Legend of Zelda’s Hyrule, what comes to mind? Despicable, evil, heinous, repulsive, vile—all good adjectives for the Demon King. “Robust and sexy” might not cross your brain, but those two words were purposeful descriptors to sketch his appearance in T…
Source: Kotaku – Zelda Devs Reveal Why They Made Ganon ‘Robust And Sexy’ In TOTK
Netflix’s Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, the eight-episode anime series based on Bryan Lee O’Malley’s stylish graphic novels, is a pretty great spin on the original story, albeit a divisive one among fans who wanted a more straightforward retelling. The series follows Scott and Ramona, who, after establishing a budding…
Source: Kotaku – Scott Pilgrim Anime Ending Isn’t the Season 2 Tease You Think
The meta-narrative around Starfield just took a very weird turn. Steam reviews for the sprawling sci-fi RPG recently fell to “mixed” on Valve’s storefront, and now Bethesda employees are arguing with players in the comments about why the game isn’t as boring and soulless as some of them claim.
Source: Kotaku – Starfield Isn’t Boring Actually, Bethesda Tells Steam Reviewers
I assume most of you reading this have played at least a few video game sequels in your life and while you might have enjoyed them all, this week at Kotaku we want to know: What do you think is the best video game sequel of all time?
Source: Kotaku – Kotaku Asks: What Is The Best Video Game Sequel?
Fan-made Pokémon are nothing new, but the community seldom rallies around one like they have Regitube (or Regifloat, depending on who you ask). The hypothetical water-type Legendary Giant originated in a TikTok shitpost and has since become a legend within the Pokémon fandom, inspiring fan art, memes, and even modded…
Source: Kotaku – Meet Regitube, The ‘Fake’ Pokémon Who’s A Hit Among Fans
Wish, the 62nd film released by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is a bad movie. The film is meant to celebrate the studio’s 100th anniversary, but instead, its incoherent story and reliance on millennial cliches for cheap jokes come off like it was fed into an AI generator and spat out onto the big screen. And the…
Source: Kotaku – New Disney Movie Wish Could Have Big Ramifications For Kingdom Hearts