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All The Records GTA 6 Will Break, We Think
After years of development and perhaps more hype than for any game, GTA 6 is set for release on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Predicting that it will be an enormous success commercially is
Read articleI haven't wanted to 100% a game in a long time, but…
I've only played a bit of offroad driving sim Over the Hill, but I'm already hooked. Or should I say: winched.
Read articleCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 – Captain Price's Fate Explained
Who is alive and who is dead at the end of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4's campaign? Infinity Ward explains Captain Price's fate.
Read articleGhost of Yotei Sales Lag Behind Tsushima but Are Still Strong on PS5, Analyst Estimates Show
Ghost of Yōtei sales appear to be trailing behind Ghost of Tsushima, but that doesn't mean it's not still pulling big numbers on PlayStation 5.
Read article'We f**ked up': 1 day into Wardogs Season 2, the Blue team bribery bonus is being dropped
Bulkhead's effort to make life better for the Blues worked a little too well.
Read articleCastlevania‘s Most Iconic Song Should Chain Whip Me To Death, Not Put Me In A Thousand Year Sleep
The Belmont's Curse version of "Bloody Tars" is more restrained than it should be
Read articleReady Or Not: The Kotaku Review
It's useless to moralize: the sick thrill is the point
Read articleYou Can Play WoW: Forever For Free Next Week (But There’s A Catch)
World of Warcraft: Forever's beta will be free for a limited time next week, giving players who want to check out the new version of Blizzard's old-school MMORPG but don't want to pay $60 for beta acc
Read articleAnime Gambling Horror Game Ditches Free Steam Demo So It Doesn’t Get Ripped Off By AI
Drunken Goddess Reflux will have a closed beta instead
Read articleThis Espresso Machine Can Run Doom
Before caffeinating yourself in the morning, the Fellow Espresso Series 1 machine can actually run 1993's Doom on its small, circular screen. Reddit user FullExtraction showed off the classic FPS, uti
Read articleShrek 2 Remaster Leaks, Looks Amazing And I Need It Now
A remaster of 2004's Shrek 2: The Game is on the way, according to an Xbox.com listing that seems to have been published too soon. The page for the unannounced game--which has since been removed--s
Read articleWoW: Forever Just Changed The Math On What Race To Play In A Big Way
World of Warcraft: Forever's beta is set to end in just a few days on October 21, but that hasn't stopped Blizzard from making some major changes to the game's various racial abilities. Unlike in t
Read articleNew RPG From Final Fantasy, Persona Vets Borrows From The Past To Ask How We Can Save The Future
Eternal Anima finds surprising strategic depth in letting you foresee your opponent's next move
Read articleMTG Darkhold Destiny Arcanum Bundle: What's Inside and Is It Worth The Price Tag?
MTG Marvel Darkhold Destiny Arcanum Bundle features exclusive alt-art promo cards and booster packs. Here is a breakdown of what is inside and if it is worth the $100 preorder price tag.
Read articleMy career as a weed farmer was derailed by my unslakeable lust for golf
Same old story.
Read articleCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 review-in-progress: A campaign you shouldn't skip
A fractured, fun campaign that benefits from looking backward.
Read articleNonolith traps you in a living maze and challenges you to find hidden terrain magic using good old copy-paste
After enjoying Echo Weaver last week, I'm in the market for games that gaze with utmost scorn upon the concept of unlockable abilities, smugly declaring that everything you need to complete them is
Read articleFormer Valve writer baffled by Epic CEO Tim Sweeney's attempts to compete with Steam via vibe coding
Former Valve writer Chet Faliszek had some strong words for the Epic boss.
Read articleThe Street Fighter Movie: The Kotaku Review
The fighting game movie oscillates between two extremes at a rate not even Daigo could parry
Read articlePokémon TCG Pocket Is Finally Fixing One Of Its Most Frustrating Features
Alongside slowing its release cadence, trading and immersive cards are also getting improvements
Read articleCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 - Campaign Review
Modern Warfare 4 may not have quite enough to be considered amongst the very best Call of Duty campaigns, but if it’s to be the end of this particular saga, then at least it's going out on a high note
Read article‘It Was an Unofficial Goal of the Team to Be Banned, Unrated, or Restricted’ – How Hellraiser: Revival Expands Cenobite Lore While Staying True to Clive Barker
Hellraiser: Revival understands Clive Barker on a much deeper level than just gore and sex — it's a deeply authentic extension of the horror master's Cenobite universe.
Read articleModern Warfare 4 on Switch 2 Is Not The Disaster You’d Imagine
Modern Warfare 4 is the first Call of Duty since 2013 to launch on a Nintendo console. We played the campaign on Switch 2 and were pleasantly surprised by its performance.
Read articleHow Long Is Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s Campaign?
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's campaign is live in early access, with the full game arriving on October 23. Modern Warfare 4's single-player experience brings the epic story conclusion to Infinity W
Read articleModern Warfare 4 Campaign Review: A High Price For Revenge
Sticking to the basics, Modern Warfare 4 delivers a satisfying campaign from start to finish.
Read articleCoD: Modern Warfare 4 Goes Back To Basics To Properly Finish Its Story
In 2019, Infinity Ward rebooted Call of Duty's Modern Warfare series, delivering a gritty and polished campaign featuring Captain Price and the assembly of the iconic Task Force 141. Despite the stron
Read articleWe have reached a new threshold in genAI gloom, with a game dev cancelling a demo for fear of copycats ripping them off before release
In what I suspect is the start of a trend, assuming it isn't one already, the creators of Drunken Goddess Reflux have yanked a planned public demo partly because they're concerned about people using
Read articleThe Prophecy Was True: A Shrek 2 Remaster Is Coming, For Some Reason
Sure, whatever
Read articleNaruto Fans Are Trying Very Hard To Pretend That Boruto Is No Longer Canon
Dis-believe it!
Read article"We were wrong": Wardogs devs end Season 2's team-specific cash and XP bonus experiment after a single, tumultuous day
Season 2 of Wardogs, the multiplayer sandbox FPS currently blasting and/or politely driving its way through early access, introduced an un usual "social experiment" when it launched yesterday. In an
Read articleAsus not only replaced an RTX 4080 Super with an RTX 5080 but also swapped it *again* just to give this lucky Redditor one that matches their all-white build
Sometimes persistence does win out.
Read articleThe Blood of Dawnwalker's update 1.1 adds a "forgiving" difficulty setting, but I think I'll find it hard to forgive its introduction of "directional animal petting"
Quick! Hit left scratch ear! Hit down rub belly! Slap right bum pats! Annnnd you've died because you failed to parry a paw coming for you with the force of a vampire's claw. This is how I assume thin
Read article‘Father Of PlayStation’ Ken Kutaragi Blames A ‘Mentality Issue’ For The Backlash To Killing Discs
The Sony veteran doesn't sound very sentimental about the end of physical media on the platform he spearheaded
Read articleApparent Leaked Footage Shows Canceled Assassin's Creed Game Set in Qin Dynasty China
Ubisoft was apparently making another Assassin’s Creed game set in ancient China, except this one was a full-fat AC with a massive open world and a fancy umbrella weapon.
Read articleLinux kernel drops AI-contribution disclosure rule, as Linus Torvalds says banning the tech would be 'utterly stupid'
The key thing for Torvalds is that you understand the code you submit, not how you made it.
Read articleThe creator of last year's cult hit RPG The Necromancer's Tale is back with The Lich Wars, a storybook RPG that follows 30 years of undead botheration
Psychic Software have announced The Lich Wars, a standalone prequel for their widely acclaimed RPG The Necromancer's Tale. Widely acclaimed by me, anyway. I'm pretty wide, these days – the local Morr
Read article'We F***ed Up' — Wardogs Boss Admits Season 2 Hasn't Gone Particularly Well
Wardogs developer Bulkhead had some strong words to say about the rough launch of Season 2, admitting: "We f***ed up."
Read article2026 Has Already Seen More Games Added To Steam Than All Of 2025, And It’s About To Get So Much Worse
24,000 titles are expected by the end of the year, but this could be nothing compared to 2027
Read articleWindows Settings might become more useful and get quicker updates if this new hidden app is anything to go by
It could be updated through the Microsoft Store.
Read articleCyberpunk 2077 movie "won't be a one-to-one translation of the game's story", CD Projekt Red boss confirms, and boy do I think that's the right move
Since the existence of plans for a Cyberpunk 2077 live-action adaptation from devs CD Projekt Red and Paramount Pictures was revealed last week, I've been hoping it won't take the form of porting V's
Read articlePenguin Colony review - the least expected Soulslike you'll play, and a cracking parody of Lovecraftian empires
Penguin Colony is probably the best pisstake of Lovecraft and Lovecraftian horror I've played. It's the best because it places Lovecraft's universe at a creaturely remove, amplifying its absurdity
Read articleThe pleasures of Double Fine's Thank You Bus Driver are not in the destination, nor the journey, but in slapping my disobedient passengers
Showing some gratitude is the least these scribbly wretches can do. The passengers in Thank You Bus Driver – Double Fine’s new comedy public transport sim – are almost invariably rowdy, entitled hypo
Read articleThe Blood of Dawnwalker Update 1.1 Adds Directional Animal Petting and Over 1,100 Other Improvements and Fixes
The Blood of Dawnwalker update 1.1 adds directional animal petting and over 1,100 other improvements and fixes.
Read articleThis Fallout Power Fist 1:1 Scale Replica Will Have You Ready for Any Post-Apocalyptic Future
As part of IGN Fan Fest: Fall Edition 2026, we were able to exclusively reveal a first look at the officially licensed Fallout Power Fist 1:1 Scale Replica, a perfect addition to the collection of tho
Read articleModern Warfare 4 release times and early access explained
Here's what you can play and when.
Read articleUbisoft were working on a second Assassin's Creed game set in Qin Dynasty China, if this allegedly leaked footage is to be believed
Footage alleged to show a prototype of a cancelled Assassin’s Creed game in action has popped up online. The game, it's claimed, was set in ancient China, went by the working title Assassin’s Creed D
Read articleSemifinals: The brutal war to determine the best RTS unit of all time needs your votes
We've lost a lot of heroes so far.
Read articleValve roll out Steam Achievement Sets in beta, splitting up games’ perpetually growing trophy masses into DLC and season buckets
Steam has a new feature in beta aimed at helping completionists feel like they've got a bit more of a handle on their never-ending quests to 100% games whose trophy lists keep on growing and evolving
Read article2027 Upcoming Games Release Schedule
2027 is shaping up to be another big year for new video games, as the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S continue to get plenty of games despite their massively increased prices, and Nintendo's Switch 2 has been
Read article2026 Upcoming Games Release Schedule
2026 has begun, and it looks to be a very exciting year for video games. In addition to being the first full year for the Switch 2--we'll surely hear about even more games for the system as we move fu
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