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David Cage’s Detroit: Become Human Is Getting A Spin-Off Manga
Quantic Dream’s 2018 sci-fi action-adventure game, Detroit: Become Human is getting a spin-off manga.
KotakuKotakuXbox Is Finally Getting Real Discord Integration…Soon
Discord’s helpful but slightly infamous voice chat will soon hit your Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One consoles, but some Xbox Insider program participants will be able to access the new function today. According to an official Xbox blog post, the integration will allow players to “chat with anyone on Discord via voice…
KotakuPowerWash Simulator Is A Game For Perverts And Freaks (Like Me)
PowerWash Simulator is an unexpected delight in the shitshow year of 2022. I thought that I knew what I would be playing from the trailers, but I was shocked at the level of detail that went into this cleaning sim. By the time that I found myself crouching into the smallest crannies and optimizing my nozzle shape to…
Kotaku12 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting Stray
Stray is as solid proof as any that being a cat isn’t as easy as it looks. The third-person (third-feline?) adventure game, out now for PlayStation and PC, doesn’t offer the same type of challenge you’d find in, say, this year’s Elden Ring or Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course, but there are moments that’ll trip you…
KotakuPowerWash Simulator, As Told By Steam Reviews
PowerWash Simulator has been out for some time now via Steam’s Early Access program, but last week it finally hit version 1.0 on PC and on Xbox via Game Pass. If you’ve been living under a rock, well first off, get out of there for a moment because someone is coming by soon with a power washer to clean it. Secondly,…
KotakuStray Should Have Been A Game Entirely About Kittens, Not Shooting
There’s a lot of buzz about Stray right now, by dint of its coming out during a pretty dry patch for new releases, and more importantly, how you get to play as an incredibly cute cat. Unfortunately, what I think a lot of people are about to discover this week, is that it very quickly forgets about that, and turns…
Kotaku5-Time World Chess Champion Won't Defend Title, Doesn't Care Anymore
31-year-old Norwegian chess champion Magnus Carlsen announced he will not be participating in the World Chess Championship 2023, which he has won five times. Now Carlsen is emphasizing passion over victory, and said in the first episode of his new The Magnus Effect podcast that, when it comes to participating in the…
KotakuNo Man's Sky Update Is Star Trek AF
Speculate no more! Hello Games revealed the next addition to the ever-expanding universe of No Man’s Sky. It’s called Endurance, and it’s loaded with additions to space (space biome?) and brings the thrills of taking charge of a fleet of starships to your screen. While past updates have broadened the selection of…
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KotakuSierra Founders Ken & Roberta Williams Talk About Their Past (And Future) In Video Games
In 1979 husband-and-wife team Ken & Roberta Williams founded a small company that would later become known as Sierra, and which would play an enormous role in the development of some of the most beloved video games series of all time.
KotakuPlease Enjoy This Very Brief Look At Yakuza 8
Because we get new Yakuza games all the time, and because they’re so often set in the same places starring the same people using the same engine, the series has never needed big, staged reveals before. Take the next game, for example, of which we’re getting our first look...over a developer’s shoulder.
KotakuMany Final Fantasy VII Remake Digital Owners Can't Play The DLC On PS5
Those with PlayStation Extra or Premium memberships eager to catch up on the events of Final Fantasy VII Remake’s DLC, Intermission (god, these names) might be out of luck if they got a digital version of the base Final Fantasy VII Remake on PlayStation4 or 5.
KotakuArknights’ New Roguelike Mode Makes Its Gimmicky Characters Worth Playing Again
I used to be a fairly casual player of Arknights, a tower defense game for mobile. That changed when the developers added a permanent roguelike mode that forced me to use the free gacha characters I had long retired. I found myself playing the “Integrated Strategy” mode for eight hours a day. It was so engrossing that…
KotakuRanking All The Grand Theft Auto Games, From Worst To Best
The Grand Theft Auto franchise has been around for two decades now, and the series includes over a dozen titles. Some GTA games are excellent, others...not so much. Let’s take a moment to rank every GTA game, from worst to best.
KotakuCrunchyroll's 10 Most Slept-On Anime You Ought To Watch
Let’s be honest, video streaming service Crunchyroll has a virtually bottomless catalog of anime. And with each season bringing dozens of new shows for you to either add to your watchlist–or worse, banish to your backlog, the likelihood of Crunchyroll’s hidden gems becoming even more obscure increases.
KotakuReal Cats Also Love Stray, The Cyberpunk Cat Game
You probably already know that humans like Stray, informally known as “the cat game,” very much. The more pressing matter is this: How do cats feel about it? Though it’s only been out for a matter of hours, purrliminary evidence so far suggests they’re quite taken with it.
KotakuActivision's Former Tony Hawk Studio Is Unionizing
Blizzard Albany, previously known as Vicarious Visions, is the latest Activision studio to launch a unionization effort. Roughly 20 quality assurance staff at the office which remastered Diablo II last year have called on the publisher to voluntarily recognize the union, calling it “a seat at the table for negotiating…
KotakuAnthem, BioWare's Doomed Loot Shooter, Now A Penny At GameStop
File this one under funny or sad. Or both. Anthem, BioWare’s doomed loot shooter from 2019 can now be purchased used for very cheap. Like one penny cheap if you’re in the right place. Or, if you’re like TikTok user ClockLava, you might just get it for free from a generous GameStop employee who spots you that single…
Kotaku15 Things I Wish I Knew Before Playing PowerWash Simulator
PowerWash Simulator recently left Early Access on Steam and came to Xbox via Game Pass. Looking at the recent numbers and charts, it seems more people than ever before are entering the satisfying world of digital power-washing. But while it might be fun and oh-so-satisfying to clean dirt using high-powered water…
KotakuThe Lego Atari 2600 Is A Masterpiece
It’s been rumored since April, but today Lego has confirmed the Lego Atari 2600, and it is beautiful. They also revealed it in the sweetest way.
KotakuMario Strikers Fans Put Pitchforks Down As Daisy Confirmed As DLC
Mario Strikers: Battle League’s first big update will add a character fans have clamored for since before launch: Daisy. Yeah, yeah, the update also introduces some other stuff, but c’mon! Daisy!! Finally!!!
KotakuThe YouTube Ad Demanding A New Nintendo Direct Isn't Quite What It Seems
People like Nintendo Directs. People want Nintendo Directs. But these streamed promotion for forthcoming Switch games are so rare people get a little...twitchy. Yesterday, after someone tweeted that they’d seen an ad on YouTube demanding a new Direct, it rapidly went viral. It’s not all it seems, but it certainly…
KotakuTiny Tina’s Wonderlands Player Finds A Rare ‘One In 85 Billion’ Item
A decade ago, Gearbox famously marketed its new loot-shooter Borderlands 2 with an eye-catching phrase: “87 bazillion guns.” It was a joke, obviously. But the latest entry in the series, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, has recently surfaced a similarly eye-catching number. This week, one player stumbled upon a piece of gear…
KotakuMod Turns Battlefield 3 Into A More Realistic Military Shooter
Battlefield 3 is a chaotic shooter where realism takes a backseat to explosions and people doing wild shit with vehicles. Thanks to an ambitious new mod, though, the game can now also be played slightly more seriously.
KotakuGhostbusters ROM Hack Finally Adds Winston Zeddemore To Classic Sega Genesis Game
When Ghostbusters arrived on Sega Genesis in 1990, it did so with one major caveat: Winston Zeddemore wasn’t playable. Now, a group of fans are looking to right that wrong with a ROM hack over 30 years in the making. (h/t Ghostbusters News)
Kotaku$20,000 Bounty Offered For Finishing Halo 2 (With Skulls) Without Dying
Streamer Charlie ‘Cr1tikal’ White has a challenge for you, Halo fans: all you need to do is beat Halo 2 at a certain difficulty level (without dying) and he’ll give you $20,000. The thing is, that custom difficulty level is one that makes the game seemingly impossible.
KotakuFall Guys Threatens Everyone With Free Dick Bean
Last week saw reports of many _Fall Guy_s players complaining about accidental purchases. Today, in response to these issues, Fall Guys developer Mediatonic sent every active player a decidedly phallic-looking in-game costume. It’s also offering refunds to affected players while it works to fix its store.
KotakuThe 10 Absolute Best Anime On Netflix
Netflix always asks you “Are you still watching?” after you dip your toes into a couple episodes of a show but it never quite nails its suggestions for which shows you should watch next. No lie, Netflix’s “Surprise Me” feature pointed me in the direction of this little-known indie TV series Stranger Things. Suffice it…
KotakuLego Reveals Even Bigger Bowser
Remember earlier this month, when Nintendo and Lego revealed a massive new Bowser set? At the time we all thought that was a big Bowser. And to be fair, at a foot tall and nearly 3,000 pieces, it’s still pretty large (and will set you back $270). But now we have an even bigger Bowser. This massive new Bowser…
KotakuDestiny 2 Troll Gets Sued As Studio Opens Up About Impact Of Toxicity
Bungie is taking a Destiny 2 troll to court. The freshly minted PlayStation studio filed a lawsuit last Friday accusing one of the loot shooter’s players of serially cheating and harassing its developers. The complaint comes as toxic elements within the Destiny fanbase have led Bungie to be more tight-lipped about its…