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I used to be the sentimental type in video games. For instance, if a certain character offered you a weapon—a keepsake—I would hang on to t...

Nier Automata's Dev Was "Ordered" To Ignore What The West Thinks Of His Game

"you can’t make games for overseas". Nier Automata is widely regarded as one of the finest action games in recent years thanks t...

UK Charts: Old Favourites Keep Nintendo In The Race As Xenoblade Plummets From Top 10

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Pain in the Mech. Well, that was somewhat short-lived. After briefly witnessing a new Nintendo release on the podium, the Big N's lates...

The Legend Of Heroes: Trails Beyond The Horizon Announced For Switch, And It Looks Awesome

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Launching Fall 2025. NIS America has announced The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon for Nintendo Switch, currently scheduled to...

Octopath Traveler I + II Switch Physical Bundle Announced

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Out next week. Square Enix has announced it will be releasing a two-in-one physical Switch collection for Octopath Traveler and Octopath T...

Assassin's Creed Shadows Tips Galore And More Of The Week's Best Gaming Pointers

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Whether you want to know how to use Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ level scaling to your advantage, get rich quick in feudal Japan, or make your...

Poll: Box Art Brawl: Tomodachi Life

It's about time. Well, that's been quite the week, huh? Let's chill out with another edition of Box Art Brawl . Last time , we...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate 'Balance Of Power' Update Now Live

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Here are the full patch notes. Super Evil Megacorp has this week released its 'Balance of Power' update for Teenage Mutant Ninja Tu...

New Details And Rumours About Zelda Live-Action Movie Revealed

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Could a trilogy be in the pipeline? The Zelda live-action movie this week locked in a 26th March 2027 release date and some new informatio...

Dominate The Battlefield As Yasuke With These Early Game Skills In Assassin’s Creed Shadows

The prologue offers a glimpse of what it’s like to play the powerhouse that is Yasuke, and then the early game revolves around Naoe. It’s a...

Nintendo Showcases Every Switch Direct Game In New Infographic

Which ones will you be buying? Just in case you need a little reminder of which games were showcased during the recent Direct showcase, Nin...

Guide: 35 Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games To Look Forward To In 2025

The best new Nintendo Switch games coming soon. Swept and updated with new entries from the March 2025 Nintendo Direct . Still plenty to lo...

Lord Of The Rings Turned Into Studio Ghibli AI Slop Looks Like Garbage

Studio Ghibli films are know for their crisp, naturalistic, and meticulously crafted animation. The Lord of the Rings is a story about evil...

Fans React To The Best Moment From The New Nintendo Direct

A surprise Nintendo Direct to cap off eight years of the original Switch just before next week’s Switch 2 showcase closed out with a shock...

"Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Games" Are A Thing, According To Official Website

As opposed to "Switch 2 exclusive". Today , Nintendo introduced Virtual Game Cards , a digital game-sharing feature coming to Swi...

Soon Venom Will Be Twerking His Big Cheeks All Over Marvel Rivals

Free-to-play juggernaut Marvel Rivals is getting a twerking Venom emote just in time for April Fool’s Day. And yes, this is real. Read mo...

Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater Remake Will Fix One Of The Most Annoying Features Of The Original

I’m just gonna level with ya’ll, I didn’t think much of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater in 2004. But a new look at an improved gameplay fea...

Ex-PlayStation Boss Shawn Layden Says He Left Sony In Part Because Of Pivot To Live Service

For many fans, the PlayStation 4 years were defined by blockbuster single-player GOTY contenders like God of War and Spider-Man. Then the P...

Surprise, Avengers: Doomsday Is An X-Men Movie, Too

If you haven’t tuned into Marvel’s painstakingly long live stream revealing the cast of Avengers: Doomsday , you might not realize that som...

New Netflix Series Is About Scooby-Doo Being A Witness To Murder

A new live-action Scooby-Doo series is officially happening at Netflix and the show is set to tell the tale of how the famous mystery-solvi...

Every Marvel TV Show, Ranked From Awful To Sublime

The MCU shows no signs of getting any smaller, does it? And now that Echo is here, it’s time to see where it sits in our ranking, from wo...

Ex-Blizzard Devs' New Game Looks Like Sea Of Thieves In Space

The first thing I thought after watching the Wildgate trailer was that we already have Concord at home (or at least we used to). The second...

Nintendo Switch 2 Will Reportedly Launch In June With An Emphasis On First-Party Games

With only a week to go until the Switch 2's big Nintendo Direct showcase , there’s new reporting about when the console will launch and...

How To Level Up Mad Fast In Assassin's Creed Shadows

While it’s completely viable to cut down your foes solely via stealthy assassinations and brute-force katana strikes as either Naoe or Yasu...

Indiana Jones Will Let PlayStation 5 Players Punch Nazis In Just A Few Weeks

Less than six months after it came to Xbox, sleeper 2025 GOTY contender Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will finally be playable on Pla...

14 Final Destination Deaths, Ranked From Ludicrous To Chillingly Plausible

Final Destination has always been less about death itself and more about the inescapability of it—especially when you’ve cheated it once. T...

UK Charts: A Strong Xenoblade Debut Can't Escape Assassin's Creed's Shadow

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Pain in the Mech. It finally happened! A new Nintendo release is here, and it's performing well! Yes, Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definiti...

Rumour: A Switch 1 Direct Presentation May Take Place This Week

Colour us sceptical, though. Rumours have begun to swirl that suggest a Nintendo Direct may take place this week; specifically on Wednesday...

Round Up: Minecraft Live (March 2025) - Everything Announced

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Get the full recap. Mojang hosted its first Minecraft Live broadcast of 2025 this weekend and it was packed with all sorts of announcement...

Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Nobunaga's Ambition (SNES)

Ambitious..? Hello folks, and welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl . Last week, we looked at Mario's Picross for the Game...

Chrono Trigger's Lifetime Sales Have Now Surpassed The Five Million Mark

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How about a modern Nintendo version? The legendary 1995 role-playing game Chrono Trigger is currently celebrating its 30th anniversary, an...

Reminder: Nintendo Is Removing A Switch Online SNES Game Next Week

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Play 'Super Soccer' on the subscription service before it's gone. At the end of last month, Nintendo announced it would be remo...

Minecraft Is Getting A Graphics Upgrade

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Mojang hopes to bring it to "as many devices as possible". Ahead of the Switch 2's arrival, developer Mojang has announced Mi...

Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Awesome Games To Transport Us To A Better Place

Happy Ostara to those who celebrate! For everyone else, happy Spring Equinox! Winter is finally friggin’ over, and while the world might st...

There's A Lot Of Cool Dinosaur Games To Be Excited About

A decade ago, in a poorly written post on my terrible old blog that I won’t link to here, I pondered why we didn’t have more dinosaur games...

Okay, But What If Severance Ended Here?

The most surprising thing for me about the end of Severance’s second season was how few questions I still had when it was all over. Apple T...

PC Gamers Only Spent 8 Percent Of Their Time Playing New Games Last Year, Report Claims

There are more folks spending more time playing PC games than ever before, but they’re increasingly spending their time playing older stuff...

Assassin's Creed Shadows Streamer's Perfect Reaction To Racists Goes Viral

“The quality of health of my morning shit had a bigger impact on my thought process today than you being upset that there’s a Black guy in ...

How To Unlock Yasuke In Assassin’s Creed Shadows

You’d be forgiven for thinking Yasuke is the starting character in the early moments of Assassin’s Creed Shadows. The opening cutscene foll...

Lunar Remastered Collection Talks New Voice Acting And Classic Mode

"Throughout development we frequently consulted GAME ARTS". With just a month to go before the Lunar Remastered Collection launc...

What To Do First Upon Reaching Honolulu In Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii

After spending so much time drifting between minor islands, stumbling upon a massive city like Honolulu, in a pirate ship of all things, is...

New Cartoony Zombie Game Is Perfect On Steam Deck

Released earlier this month, Zombieville USA 3D is a new, super-stylish top-down indie roguelike zombie shooter that is both simple and inc...

The Antidote To Sephiroth Posting Is Barret Posting

You’ve no doubt encountered someone who posts on social media like they’re Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII , right? You know what I mean....

Split Fiction Director: Working With EA Is Great, But 'Nobody Believes Me'

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A lot of people don’t like Electronic Arts— two time winner of The Consumerist’s Worst Company in America award —for various reasons. But J...

How To Survive Ninja Gaiden 2 Black

As we are all aware, the purpose of a ninja is to flip out and kill people. Nobody does this better than Ryu Hayabusa, which is why when de...

Talking Point: What's Your Dream Pokémon LEGO Set?

Wish upon a Starmie. It's the collaboration that we only thought possible in our dreams, but LEGO and The Pokémon Company are officiall...

Square Enix Announces A Big RPG Sale In The Best Way Possible

Something about spring always gets me in the mood to play an RPG. So it’s perfect timing that Square Enix is running a sale on some of its ...

Jeff Minter's 'I, Robot' Reimagining Is A Blast From The Past This April

"Defy the eye". Atari and Llamasoft have announced that I, Robot will be coming to Switch on 17th April 2025. Following on from...

How To Change Your Overwatch 2 Username On Battle.net

There are plenty of reasons why you may want to change your Overwatch 2 gamertag on Battle.net. Maybe you’re starting a stream channel and ...

Pokémon TCG Scalping Is So Bad That Official Stores Are Removing Packaging

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As we approach the release of Pokémon TCG’s next set, Journey Together, the card game is in a really weird place . The sealed cards, bought...

Nintendo Museum Launches Keychains That Play Your Favourite Console Jingle

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Portable nostalgia. We've all got a favourite Nintendo console jingle, right? Y'know, the start-up tune that would play whenever yo...

Rumour: Metroid Prime 4 Will Apparently Make Quite The Splash At The Switch 2 Direct

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Beyond expectations. If you can believe it, we are a little over two weeks out from the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct. While we're all ready...

AI Upscaling On Nintendo Switch 2 Is Basically Real Thanks To Updated Patent

What a resolution. A newly updated patent published on 13th March 2025 provides further details to Nintendo's proposed AI resolution ...

Poll: Box Art Brawl: Mario's Picross

Ticking a lot of boxes. We are back with another edition of Box Art Brawl and things are about to get puzzley. Before we dive into this w...

Gundam Breaker 4 Receives "Free March Update", Here's What's Included

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New Mobile Suits and more. Bandai Namco is still showing support for last year's release Gundam Breaker 4 and to get the new year unde...

First 4 Figures Teases New Banjo-Kazooie Statue, Pre-Orders Open Next Week

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Update: Here's a look at the Definitive Edition. There hasn't been a new Banjo-Kazooie game for many years now, but there are stil...

Emio - The Smiling Man Wins Best Adventure Game At Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2024

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Pokémon also acknowledged. Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club has won the best "adventure" game award at the Famitsu...

Switch 2 GameCube Controller Rumours Resurface Following New Nintendo Filing

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Don't call it a comeback... The GameCube generation ended years ago, but the controller for this system is still a popular choice for m...

Kotaku Weekend Guide: 3 Great Games Keeping Us Grounded

Next week is a big one. Assassin’s Creed Shadows launches on the heels of new reporting that Ubisoft is looking to spin off the franchise...

Star Wars: Hunters Servers To Close Later This Year

Forced out. Zynga has announced that it will be shutting down servers for the free-to-play shooter Star Wars: Hunters on 1st October 2025 ....

New Avowed Update Will Make Your Character More Powerful

A new update is now live for Avowed, Obsidian’s recently released and very good open-world RPG . The patch is live on Xbox and PC and it fi...

Switch 2 Predicted To Cost "$400 Or More"

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It could also become the "biggest console launch ever". Switch 2 is on the horizon and analysts are predicting it to be the ...

M2 Is Working On A Brand New 'Night Striker' Game

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And we've got some footage. M2, the emulation wizards who are responsible for multiple Sega Ages titles, Virtual Console ports, and the...

Disco Elysium Is Coming To Mobile To ‘Captivate The TikTok User’

You ever want to get excited for something but then get put off by how the people making it talk about it? That’s what I experienced when l...

Monster Hunter Wilds Player Reveals Exploit Behind Mysterious 2-Second Monster Capture Time

Hunts in Monster Hunter Wilds can take anywhere from 10 minutes to half an hour depending on the level of difficulty and how geared up the...

Mountain Dew Collector Recalls Disastrous Leak That Ruined 100+ Cans

Earlier this week, a Mountain Dew collector shared some sad news with the Mountain Dew subreddit: A huge chunk of his collection of sodas...

Dadish Dev's Adorable Gravity-Bending Platformer Jumps Onto Switch Today

Brave and with heart. If you're a fan of the absurdly charming platforming series Dadish , then you'll be pleased to know that deve...

PS Plus Adds Ubisoft's Best Game In Years And Some Classic Armored Core

Another month, another bunch of games is joining the catalogs for PlayStation Plus’ Extra and Premium tiers. This time around, fans of arca...

Battlefield 6 Leaks Have Me Very Excited About EA's Upcoming Shooter

The next Battlefield game —referred to unofficially as Battlefield 6—is currently holding an early beta and despite players having to sign ...

Commodore 64 Platformer 'Beyond The Ice Palace' Returns With Brutally Difficult Sequel

Out today on Switch. Today marks the release of Beyond the Ice Palace 2 , and no, you're not imagining things — this is a sequel the 1...

SpongeBob SquarePants Meme Cards Are Coming To Magic The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering owner Wizards of the Coast and Paramount have announced the next big crossover coming to the popular card game. Are yo...

Capcom Slashes The Price Of Monster Hunter, Ace Attorney In Big eShop Sale (US)

Mega Man, Resident Evil, Ghost Trick all discounted. Capcom is having a huge eShop sale right now in the US, with up to 75% off of some of ...

An Xbox Handheld Is Reportedly Coming As Early As This Year

Microsoft may be pivoting to a multiplatform approach for its biggest games, but that doesn’t mean it’s abandoning hardware just yet. The ...

Andor's First Three Episodes Are Free To Watch On YouTube

The first few episodes of Andor, the best Star Wars series in years , are now free to watch on YouTube ahead of the show’s next season, whi...

Split Fiction’s Final Level Has To Be Seen To Be Believed

Split Fiction’s entire schtick is that it swaps back and forth between virtual recreations of its two leads’ stories. Mio, the angsty intr...

UK Charts: Split Fiction's Strong Start Has Us Praying For A Switch 2 Port

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Leaving Suikoden in the dust. When a new Monster Hunter appears, you'd expect it to stick around in the top spot for a few weeks, righ...

Leaked 18+ LEGO Mario Kart Set Is A Better Build Than We Expected

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Pole position on our wishlists. During the MAR10 Day celebrations last year, Nintendo dropped a teaser for an upcoming Mario Kart 'big...

Nintendo Kicks Off MAR10 Day With A New Free Alarmo Theme

Featuring four new tracks. MAR10 Day is finally upon us, and Nintendo is wasting no time getting the show on the road as it has revealed a ...

You'll Probably Be Using Some Of These Gadgets From MCW 2025 Very Soon

Mobile World Congress ended on Thursday, and the annual Barcelona trade show for the mobile communications industry was yet again host to a...

Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship Of Doom (NES)

Hyaaah! Hello chums, and welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last time , we looked at Pokémon Trading Card Game for the Gam...

Switch 2 Will Support NFC, According To New FCC Filings

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amiibo live on. Although we're just weeks out from learning more about the Nintendo Switch 2 , new findings have surfaced ahead of the ...

New Last Of Us Season 2 Trailer Shows Some Of Part II’s Most Iconic Moments

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We are rapidly approaching The Last of Us’ second season premiere, and HBO is starting to lift the veil on some of the big revelations we c...

Pokémon Almost Became A "Gritty" Baseball-Themed RPG In The West

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"Could we make it that they’re all baseball players in a baseball league?". Gail Tilden, former Nintendo of America’s marketing b...

Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (8th March)

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No luck Hunting them Monsters then? The weekend has rolled around once more so it's time for another edition of What Are You Playing! ...

Kotaku's Weekend Guide: 6 Cool Games We're Excited To Get Back To

March has arrived and it’s full of uncertainty. Will Borderlands 4 suck ? Will Grand Theft Auto VI cost $100 ? What beloved game studios wi...

Nintendo Switch Just Quietly Got Two Cult-Favorite Game Boy Games

Nintendo’s Switch Online retro library just inducted two more cult-favorites from the Game Boy. Mario’s Picross and Donkey Kong, commonly r...

Split Fiction Is A Smash Hit By Every Metric And A Lesson To EA And Others

As I write this sentence, the latest co-op adventure game from Hazelight, Split Fiction , hasn’t even been out for 48 hours. Yet based on p...

The New Last Of Us PS5 Controller Looks Bland And Boring

Sony has revealed a new PlayStation 5 DualSense controller inspired by the both Last of Us video games . And uh, well, hmmmm, it looks bad!...

Opinion: It's Taken 30 Years, But 'Terminator 2D' Could Right A Childhood Wrong

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Judg(e)ment day. One night in 1993, I saw Terminator 2: Judgment Day for the first time. I was nine and I remember negotiating with my fol...

New Tariffs Could Lead To Fewer Physical Games And Higher Digital Prices