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Genshin Impact Devs' New Urban RPG Looks Gorgeous
During the Summer Games Fest, we got a closer look at the stylish urban RPG, Zenless Zone Zero. It’s coming from miHoYo, the developer behind Genshin Impact.
KotakuKotakuBloober Team Reveals Horror Sequel That's Not Silent Hill
Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest has been filled with announcements, from Street Fighter 6 character reveals to a look at The Callisto Protocol’sgameplay. Bloober Team came through with an unveiling of its own, which was a revamp of its cult psychological horror series Layers of Fear, a collaboration with Aspyr…
KotakuNew One Piece Odyssey Trailer Gives Straw Hat Pirates Movie-Esque Intro
One Piece’s manga might be going on a month-long hiatus, but that didn’t stop Game Pope and Muppet enthusiast Geoff Keighley from giving fans a new look at its upcoming JRPG during Summer Game Fest.
KotakuEverything Shown At Summer Game Fest’s Big Kickoff Event
Summer Game Fest. Hot Geoff Summer. The Geoffening. Keigh3. Call it what you will, but despite a notable absence of E3 this year, the de facto high video game marketing season is nonetheless underway. Over the course of a streamed event that ran for two hours but felt like 2o, host Geoff Keighley ran through more…
KotakuThe Next Last Of Us Game Will Be Multiplayer Only
Today during the latest Summer Game Fest event, Naughty Dog announced a multiplayer-focused take on The Last of Us and promised more info will be revealed next year.
KotakuCrafting Survival Game Nightingale Shows Off Portal System At Summer Game Fest
Nightingale is at Summer Game Fest to ask one question only: “What if you could shoot fairies with a gun?” And I’m here for it. Inflexion Games, the studio led by an ex-BioWare manager, just showed off the portal system for its upcoming survival co-op title.
KotakuTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge Launches With Playable Casey Jones On June 16
During today’s Summer Game Fest broadcast, the folks at Tribute Games and Dotemu revealed that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge is dropping onto PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC exactly a week from now on June 16. It’s backward-compatible on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, of course, and will…
KotakuMarvel's Midnight Suns Pits Spider-Man Against Venom, Out This October
Marvel’s Midnight Suns is back with Spider-Man joining the fight, and launches on October 7. After a rocky reception back when it was first revealed, the superhero strategy game from the makers of XCOM is sporting some new faces, including everyone’s favorite parasite, Venom.
KotakuNew Street Fighter 6 Trailer Shows Guile Punching Up Ryu
During Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest livestream, Capcom came through with a new look at some Street Fighter 6 gameplay and a character reveal.
KotakuYep, The Callisto Protocol Still Looks Like It’ll Give Us Nightmares
After a brief showing at State of Play last week, upcoming sci-fi shooter The Callisto Protocol got a full-on gameplay demo during today’s Summer Game Fest kick-off show.
KotakuThe Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Callback In Last Night’s Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode
If you’ve played a lot of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, you might have spotted a small but cool connection to it in the latest episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi. You may have also noticed a much sadder callback to a Clone Wars character.
KotakuPlayStation Accidentally Reveals The Last Of Us PS5 Remake Coming September 2
PlayStation Direct was recently (and inadvertently, it seems) updated with information on The Last of Us Part 1, a remake of the original Naughty Dog adventure game coming to PlayStation 5 on September 2 and PC at a later date. Everything is gone now, but the internet never forgets.
KotakuWelcome To The Second Age Of The Game Demo
Once upon a time, game demos were ubiquitous. Hell, for a blissful but fleeting moment in the early 2000s, even Nintendo got in the habit of regularly releasing GameCube preview discs. The discs, 3.1 inches in diameter, would make a handful of trials available for buzzy games. But like Heelys, low-rise jeans,…
KotakuHey, It's Time To Show Some Love To Dwarf Fortress
It’s time to pay the piper. Dwarf Fortress, the extraordinary, free roguelike that has blossomed into a total fantasy life simulator, was an inspiration for monoliths like Minecraft and Rimworld. It’s twenty years old this year, and due to come to Steam sometime soon. However, right now, its two-person development…
KotakuMicrosoft Promises 5 More Xbox Exclusives, Game Pass Demos In The Next Year
Microsoft laid out some of its big plans for gaming ahead of Sunday’s Xbox and Bethesda showcase, and those plans include a steady stream of more big exclusives, expanded Game Pass perks, and bringing video game cloud streaming directly to smart TVs. Most of the plans are forward-looking, but Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil…
KotakuThe Decade-Long Struggle To Fund Oakland’s Scrappy Video Game Museum
Back in September 2021, The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment in Oakland, California, better known as The MADE, began tweeting about how impossibly difficult it seemed to fund a video game museum.
KotakuGenshin Impact Is More Fun When You Stop Caring About Damage
At first glance, the Genshin Impact community seems positively obsessed with hitting the biggest possible numbers with the characters they’ve rolled from the gacha. Content creators on YouTube and TikTok regularly showcase damage totals of six or even seven figures. Online discussions are dominated by math nerds who…
KotakuReport: Microsoft Kinect Creator Resigns After Being Accused Of Watching ‘VR Porn’ At Work
Alex Kipman, a longtime Microsoft executive, is leaving the company after 21 years due to numerous misconduct allegations, Insider reports. The accusations include inappropriately touching female employees and watching what one witness described as “VR porn” at work.
KotakuCyberpunk 2077's Netflix Anime Series Gets A Trailer, Looks Great
Netflix just dropped the first trailer for its anime series based on Cyberpunk 2077. Whatever complaints you might have about the game, you may want to leave those at the door.
KotakuThe Intellivision Amico Is In Big Trouble
The last we saw of Intellivision’s Amico console, it was trying to sell some NFTs and was being described as a “car crash” of a device. If you thought that meant things couldn’t get any worse for the beleaguered device, though, you have not been paying attention to its development.
KotakuAnime Expo Drops Attendee Vax Proof, Negative Covid Test Requirements
Today, Anime Expo, the “largest celebration of Japanese pop culture in North America” announced an update to its covid health and safety protocols that disappointed many voice actors, cosplayers, and artists alike.
KotakuXenoblade Chronicles 3 Special Edition Pre-Orders Crash Nintendo’s Online Store
Nintendo opened pre-orders for the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 special edition bundle four hours ago. But since then, the online store’s been unstable as folks rush to drop money on the collector’s item.
KotakuCall of Duty Returns To Steam At The Premium Price Of $70
After five years away, Call of Duty will be coming back to digital storefront Steam with the upcoming release of Modern Warfare 2, the latest in the super-popular shooter franchise. However, be prepared to spend a bit more this year, as MW2 on PC will now cost $70.
KotakuThe Best Sex Games On Steam, According To OnlyFans Creators
If Steam’s huge list of sex games is a gated, glistening community pool, I am the discarded, embarrassing flamingo float, doomed to skim the surface for all eternity. I make attempts to dive in—I look at each 2D succubus thumbnail carefully and determine whether or not demon porn is against my core values. I carefully…
KotakuMario Strikers: Battle League Reviews Are All Over The Field
For the first time in more than a decade, Mario returns to the pitch. Mario Strikers: Battle League, a revival of Nintendo’s long-dormant soccer series, hits the Nintendo Switch on Friday. Nintendo did not provide Kotaku with an early copy of the game for reviews. We’re experiencing it, and its press cycle, alongside…
KotakuKojima Productions Tries To Take Down Report That Apparently Leaks Upcoming Game
An independent journalist has drawn the attention of Hideo Kojima’s development studio, Kojima Productions, after publishing a story revealing supposed details about the Metal Gear creator’s next game. The game, which the journalist claimed is a horror title, is apparently dubbed Overdose and stars actress Margaret…
KotakuElden Ring Survival Mode Mod Adds Diseases, Pitch Black Nights
With Elden Ring over three months removed from its February launch, players are now looking for more challenging ways to experience the massive FromSoftware game. Enter a mod that introduces hunger and thirst mechanics, a whole host of region-specific diseases, and nights so dark that you need a torch to see more than…
KotakuStray Won’t Show You The Cat’s Butthole (Probably)
If there’s a cat in your house, how does it typically walk around? With its tail pointed straight up, probably—y’know, like any normal cat. But the feline protagonist of Stray is a bit more modest: He primarily keeps his tail down, at least based on gameplay footage viewed during a hands-off streamed preview event…
KotakuBecoming Batman Was A Coming Out Of Sorts For Legendary Voice Actor Kevin Conroy
In this week’s annual DC Pride 2022 #1 comic anthology, Kevin Conroy, the legendary Batman voice actor who rose to prominence in the fan-beloved Batman: The Animated Series, has written a powerful short comic about how his journey coming out as a gay man helped him find his voice as the caped crusader.
KotakuThree New Minutes Of Stray’s Cat-Centric Platforming AKA ‘Catforming’
