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Every Ridley Scott Movie, Now Including Gladiator II, Ranked From Worst To Best
There isn’t a Hollywood director with a sense of scale, scope, and range quite like Ridley Scott.
KotakuKotakuHey, Console Manufacturers, Stop With The 'Limited Edition' Colors
Artificial scarcity sucks for all manner of reasons, from encouraging a completely needless scalping industry to ruining an indefinite number of Christmases. And where it makes less sense than anywhere else is “limited editions” of video game hardware in different colors. Just stop it.
KotakuSquid Game Season 2's Latest Trailer Teases An Overdue Reckoning
Second seasons are hard. Great TV shows establish familiar rhythms and ensemble chemistry in their initial runs that then gets uprooted and can take time to reestablish. At least with Squid Game, the Netflix hit has the luxury of returning to a sadistic premise that structured its first batch of episodes. Will season…
KotakuWhere To Find All Of Neva's Hidden Birds
Neva is a linear experience from start to finish, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t feature some secrets to uncover. In particular, each chapter tends to have a few unique collectibles, including Winter I’s hidden birds. If you’re wondering where each of these little guys are located, we’ve got you covered.
KotakuReplay Takeover Is A Great Way To Improve Your Mortal Kombat 1 Skills
It’s only been two months since Mortal Kombat 1 saw the arrival of a huge expansion that added a new campaign and three more characters as well as the return of Towers of Time mode. The brutal fighter has now been updated once again with the playable debut of Ghostface from the Scream franchise. While that is…
KotakuHere's Where To Mine Magma And Pure Ice In Disney Dreamlight Valley
Gems are one of the most important things to keep a collection of in Disney Dreamlight Valley. They’re an essential material for crafting furniture in the game, both for fun and for completing various story and character quests. This goes for The Storybook Vale expansion, too, which introduces multiple new gem types,…
KotakuHow Trump's Tariffs Could Cost Gamers Billions
In mid-2019, then-President Donald Trump threatened to extend existing tariffs on industrial components and other goods to popular consumer products like iPhones, laptops, and video game consoles. The big three—Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo, long-time competitors in the gaming space—rallied together to try and fend…
KotakuDisney’s Revival Era Animated Films, Ranked From Worst To Best
Moana 2 is out in theaters. The sequel has already been controversial, as the feature film started off as a Disney+ series and has been reworked into a theatrical release. The seemingly panicked pivot to put a sequel to a successful film in theaters following the box office bomb of 2022’s Strange World and the…
KotakuPlayStation's Shuhei Yoshida Retires After 31-Years
Sony’s head of independent development at PlayStation and long-time game development leader for the console maker, Shuhei Yoshida, is retiring after over three decades at the company. He helped produce some of the PlayStation’s earliest hits before moving onto help lead the global platform across multiple console…
KotakuPut Your Phone Away And Just Watch The Movie
The film adaptation of Wicked is breaking box office records and is likely to be the biggest movie of the Thanksgiving season. But it’s also become ground zero for a newly invigorated debate about theater etiquette that’s been raging for a few years now and is only getting more heated as more people than ever whip out…
KotakuNew Indiana Jones Game Is 'Biggest' The Studio's Ever Made
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is nearly here. The big first-person action-puzzler arrives on Xbox and PC next month and if you’ve been wondering just how big Indy’s next digital adventure will be, well, we don’t have a specific number yet, but it sounds big.
Kotaku13 Of Our Favorite Black Friday 2024 Gaming Deals
Another holiday season approaches and video games are once again awash in sales, discounts, and end-of-year inventory liquidations. Everywhere you click there’s another price with a red line through it and the promise of big savings. It’s overwhelming and easy to tune out, so we’ve consolidated a much shorter list of…
KotakuA Very Good Star Wars Game You Probably Didn't Play Is Coming To PC Soon
Earlier this year, Star Wars: Hunters landed on mobile devices and Switch. The free-to-play third-person hero shooter was a very fun and good game that was trapped on mobile devices. Well, except for Switch, but that port wasn’t great. Now, Hunters is finally making the leap to PC, alongside some visual upgrades, too.
Kotaku2K Games Has Officially Ditched Its PC Launcher
Borderlands and Civilization publisher 2K Games has quietly done something very cool and good: The company has removed the need to use its 2K PC launcher from all of its games, and sunset the software completely.
KotakuSlitterhead, As Told By Steam Reviews
Created by the same talent behind the Silent Hill and Siren series, Slitterhead was already positioned to perform well within the horror gaming community. With a unique premise, including possession and body horror, along with a vibrant city full of glowing neon lights illuminating the ever-present darkness, the…
KotakuDragon Ball: Sparking Zero Has A Hidden Class System You Need To Know About
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero delivers a ton of what fans have wanted from a DBZ fighting game, including a humongous cast of characters. There are 180-plus fighters to choose from and nearly half need to be unlocked. Although it’s easy to assume that such a large roster would have minimal differences, there is more…
KotakuMrBeast Says Behind-The-Scenes Footage Will Show Reality Game Show Allegations Were 'Blown Out Of Proportion'
James “MrBeast” Donaldson’s new Squid Game-style reality TV show hits Amazon Prime Video on December 19 and, despite reports of terrible working conditions during filming, the YouTuber says behind-the-scenes footage will show the allegations surrounding the production were “overblown.”
KotakuKraven The Hunter Director Wants You To Forget Sony's Recent Spider-Man Past
Kraven the Hunter director J.C. Chandor is about to enter the hornets’ nest known as comic book movie fandom with a big ask for everyone: Please be kind and don’t rewind. Weeks before his film about one of Spider-Man’s toughest villains is set to release, Chandor is hoping perceptions and expectations for his…
KotakuThe Best Cards To Support Any Pokémon TCG Pocket Deck
Collecting cards is super satisfying in Pokémon TCG Pocket, but a lot of people have fun building decks to compete with each other. Although most will want to create a top meta deck to help them become the very best like no one ever was™, that can take a while given how the RNG booster packs work. That’s not to say…
KotakuStop Panicking! Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Is On Nintendo's Official Timeline
God, seriously, calm down. It’s OK. Listen to me: it’s ooooooh-kayyyyyy. Shhhhhhh. After the recent absolute horror of learning that Breath of the Wild does not exist on the official timeline of Zelda games, we can all rest easy in the knowledge that Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom has been given its place in the holy records.
KotakuThieves Steal $1.5 Million Worth Of Oculus VR Headsets
A whole bunch of Oculus VR headsets were allegedly stolen by a group of men who would wait for truck drivers to leave their vehicles to get some food or go to the bathroom and then would hop in and drive them away.
KotakuPlanet Coaster 2, As Told By Steam Reviews
Like most Frontier Developments’ games, including Planet Zoo, Planet Coaster 2 retains much of the charm and freedom that allow many players—though not me—to creatively construct a park that virtual visitors actually want to spend time and money exploring. Thankfully, alongside the freeform building mechanics, the…
KotakuFortnite's Next Chapter Seemingly Leaked, Confirms Godzilla Is Coming
Fortnite’s Chapter 6 Season 1 has seemingly started to leak online via promo artwork and images. And if the leaks are accurate, which they seem to be, then Godzilla, as well as Baymax from Big Hero 6, might be arriving in Epic’s popular free-to-play shooter next month.
KotakuNext Game From Mass Effect Director Cancelled As Studio Shuts Down
In 2021, former BioWare general manager Casey Hudson announced a new studio called Humanoid Origin. It was working on a sci-fi blockbuster and hiring for an ambitious future. On Monday, however, the studio announced it was shutting down just a few years later, having failed to acquire the funding needed to continue.
KotakuThis Stalker 2 Quest Will Test Your Morals
Upon completing the game’s prologue and finally stepping foot into the Zone proper, you’ll head for Zalissya, this game’s version of the rookie town. There, you’ll encounter a handful of characters who will help propel the story forward, along with merchants, technicians, and even your first up close and personal…
KotakuDon't Let Your Weapons Decay If You Want To Survive Stalker 2
It happens to the best of us: You’re delving into a dank, decrepit bunker in the post-apocalypse searching for rare loot, casually popping off shots at the various rat-like mutants scurrying through the dark when your weapon jams. In a moment of panic, you attempt to reload and clear the jam, but your weapon is so…
KotakuXbox Removing Avatars Because You All Forgot About Them
Microsoft has quietly confirmed that it is ditching avatars on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S consoles next year after a decade of support. You might have assumed avatars had already been killed off in the past, but nope. Apparently they were still around, but not for much longer.
Kotaku15 Things We Noticed In The New Sonic The Hedgehog 3 Trailer
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 got a new trailer this morning, and it really underlines how this movie is an adaptation of Sonic Adventure 2. We knew it would be taking pieces of the Dreamcast game, such as introducing Shadow the Hedgehog and delving into his tortured past, but this new trailer really brings home that some of…
KotakuGladiator II May Have Starred Timothée Chalamet If Not For This Hulu Series
The next time someone tries to tell you nothing productive comes from binge-watching TV, just point them to Gladiator II. In a Hollywood Reporter feature on the making of the Ridley Scott-helmed film, it was revealed that the director binge-watching Paul Mescal’s Hulu series Normal People is what helped the actor land…
KotakuHitman Ditching Conor McGregor After Civil Jury Finds Him Liable For Sexual Assault
Hitman developer IO Interactive is distancing itself and its popular franchise from controversial mixed marital arts fighter Conor McGregor following a recent Irish High Court ruling in which a jury found him liable for sexually assaulting a woman in 2018.