3 hours 45 minutes ago
The launch of a new Civ game is always messy. Long-time fans grapple with new changes to a beloved and complex strategy series, alongside the usual flood of initial complaints that greet any big new PC release, from performance problems to usability issues. And then a few months (or years) later, everyone is like,…
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Ethan Gach
5 hours ago
Warner Bros. Games studios are in disarray following the failures of both Suicide Squad and MultiVersus. That’s according to a new report by Bloomberg that provides status updates for each of the company’s main studios, detailing how projects like Wonder Woman have struggled to progress while others like a new Batman:…
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Ethan Gach
5 hours 55 minutes ago
You might be wondering why a video game website like Kotaku is writing about sports, but the connection between games and sports runs much deeper than the annual release of Madden. Super Bowl ads tie the year’s biggest sporting event to every facet of our culture, serving as annual conversation pieces thanks to their…
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Kenneth Shepard
6 hours 40 minutes ago
The annual release of a Football Manager game is a comforting part of the natural progression of time, even as someone who has never played one, nor ever will. Originally called Championship Manager, first released in 1992, there has either been a new game or an annual update disk every year since, changing names to F…
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John Walker
21 hours 10 minutes ago
Smite and Realm Royale developer and publisher Hi-Rez is shifting most of its remaining staff and resources away from some of its current games in order to support 2024's Smite 2. This means the original Smite, Rogue Company, and class-based shooter Paladins will no longer receive large content updates in the future.
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Zack Zwiezen
21 hours 15 minutes ago
Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun) and Invincible are the same in flesh, but not always in action. After the world found out how much of a genocidal maniac his father Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons) is, the young superhero had to deal with civilians being afraid of him when he was trying to help, Cecil Stedman (Walton Goggins) being…
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Keith Nelson Jr
21 hours 55 minutes ago
While fans are still afraid that Grand Theft Auto 6, possibly the most anticipated new game release ever, might suffer a last minute delay, Take-Two continues to stand by its current fall 2025 launch window.
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Ethan Gach
23 hours 25 minutes ago
Fans have been speculating about PC gaming mouse-like functionality for the Switch 2 ever since optical sensors appeared in leaks last month. Nintendo then teased the feature in the new Switch’s reveal trailer shortly after. Now the potential game-changer has been all but officially announced thanks to a new patent…
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Ethan Gach
23 hours 26 minutes ago
This is not what I eggspected. According to Pennsylvania state police, someone recently made off with a partial truckload of premium, top-shelf, organic eggs. The thief absconded with their protein-rich haul in the night, and now appears to be dust in the wind.
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Ethan Gach
23 hours 50 minutes ago
This year marks the 20th anniversary of 2K Games. Normally we don’t celebrate publisher birthdays, but we’ll make an exception this time as 2K Games is honoring the milestone with a big sale on Steam that has one particularly noteworthy offer: a package that includes 20 games for $20. Is this an incredible deal?…
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Zack Zwiezen
1 day ago
We’re coming up on the 20th anniversary of 20th Century Fox’s first attempt at bringing the Fantastic Four to the big screen, and it’s probably been just as long since I watched the 2005 movie in full. Unlike the X-Men, the First Family didn’t take off at all in the mid-2000s as the focus of a lucrative film…
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Kenneth Shepard
1 day ago
In hindsight it feels like Daniel Craig was born to play James Bond, but picking who to play the world’s most iconic spy is is big decision with lots of risks. Many other actors tried out for the role in 2006's Casino Royale and their screen tests were recently uploaded to a small YouTube account for the whole world…
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Ethan Gach
1 day 1 hour ago
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has only been out for 48 hours and yet it already has a ton of mods available to download and install. The most popular of the lot are all about making the famously grounded and hard RPG easier and less annoying.
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Zack Zwiezen
1 day 2 hours ago
Mika and the Witch’s Mountain is a breezy little, zero-combat adventure that sends you flying around delivering packages to the inhabitants of a small island. During your time with the game, though, you’ll have a bit more to do than just deliver packages, especially if you’re trying to earn all of theTrophies or…
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Billy Givens
1 day 3 hours ago
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was one of 2024’s best games, filled with adventure, intrigue, history, and globe-trotting (as Indy is wont to do). One such locale, the unforgiving Himalayas, are treacherous not only because of the climate, but also because there are more fascists skulking about than you can shake…
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Brian Barnett
1 day 4 hours ago
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 received multiple 2024 Game Awards nominations and sold over five million copies. But its makers say the visually impressive old-school-feeling sci-fi shooter cost only a quarter of what’s needed to make most big-budget AAA blockbusters. Developed by Saber Interactive, the company’s CEO
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Ethan Gach
1 day 5 hours ago
Invincible fans, we need to come to terms with an unsettling truth: Invincible has an Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons) problem. After flying off from Earth following his brutal pummeling of his son and the world finding out he was a genocidal maniac looking to conquer them to continue the Viltrumite race at the end of Season…
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Keith Nelson Jr
1 day 5 hours ago
While he is a little late to Marvel Rivals, the namesake of Marvel’s first family has joined the multiplayer hero shooter. Despite taking on the role of a Duelist, Rivals’ version of DPS, the character also contains elements of the Vanguard Class, making him an elastic and versatile choice.
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Simon Estey
1 day 5 hours ago
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny arrived in theaters back in 2023 and critical reception to the film was mixed. Meanwhile, it ended up losing money for Disney even after it brought in over $380 million at the box office. But as you might expect, the laidback star of the movie, Harrison Ford, doesn’t really seem…
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Zack Zwiezen
1 day 6 hours ago
When information is leaked by nefarious means, companies open a firehose of takedown notices to try to regain control. It’s always a bit disappointing that they don’t do the same when the leak’s coming from inside the house. Such is the case for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, after Sony seemingly accidentally…
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John Walker
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2 hours 40 minutes ago
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