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This Week A Studio Was Shut Down, Rumble Rescued A Pariah, And Water Remained Wet
This may have been a short workweek, but the chaotic world of gaming never rests. Read on for Kotaku’s top stories from Thanksgiving week.
KotakuKotakuThe Definitive Severance Podcast Will Be Everything Our Innies And Outies Need
If you, or the severed you who binge-watches television, need a refresher on Apple TV+’s breakout hit Severance, two of the main men behind it have you covered. Debuting on January 7, ten days before the show’s second season debuts, Severance executive producer Ben Stiller and the show’s leading man Adam Scott will…
Kotaku20 Astonishing Indie Games To Play Or Wishlist Immediately
Thanksgaming 24 continues into Bleak Friday, to bring joy and light into the darkness. Here are another 20 games you’ve almost definitely never heard of before, but each offering something unique, special, or outright bizarre. Get your wishlist-clicking fingers ready.
KotakuDenis Villeneuve's Childhood Keeps Him From Directing A Star Wars Movie
Honestly, most of us are just grown children, even Award-winning directors. On a recent episode of The Town podcast, Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve allows his intrusive thoughts to win when he explains how his childhood disappointment in Return of the Jedi is still preventing him from ever directing a Star…
KotakuPokémon TCG Pocket's New Venusaur Event Features The Most Beautiful Card
After getting stale for a bit too long for a launch month, Pokémon TCG Pocket has finally launched a new event into its rather echoey corridors—the Venusaur Drop Event. And oh wow, it comes with a winnable card that’ll go straight to the top of your binder.
KotakuThe Best Games Of 2024 (So Far)
We’re nine months through 2024 now, and this year has carried over two significant trends for the video game industry from 2023 into 2024: a lot of excellent games are coming out, and, unfortunately, the people who make them are suffering. We’ve gotten some fantastic new games like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and the…
KotakuNintendo Files Court Documents To Target 200,000-Member Subreddit SwitchPirates
Nintendo, currently predicting 2024 net sales of $8.4 billion and operating profits of $2.4 billion, is continuing its furious crackdown on those modding or emulating its systems and games. Its latest target, via a story by Game File, is the Reddit sub SwitchPirates, while also asking to subpoena information from a…
Kotaku20 Spectacular Indie Games To Slam On Your Wishlist
Once upon a time, the United States of America would enjoy a holiday called “Thanksgiving.” However, over time, as culture shifted and the country changed, it eventually evolved into the day of celebration we now all know and love. That’s right, Thanksgaming! It’s the day of the year when everyone in America—and all…
KotakuThis Wild Copy Of Horizon Zero Dawn Is Just Begging For Sony To Sue
As Nintendo gears up to take down Palworld for its aping of Pokémon game design elements, another high-profile court case seems inevitable with Tencent’s announcement of Light of Motiram (thanks Gematsu), a game that looks uncannily similar to Sony’s Horizon Zero Dawn.
KotakuMicrosoft Says It's Google's Fault You Can't Buy Xbox Games On Its App
Back in October, Microsoft announced that come November, it would be able to finally start selling Xbox games via its app on Android devices. This, as The Verge points out, has not yet happened. Now Xbox president Sarah Bond has taken to social media to lay the blame for this delay squarely at Google’s feet.
Kotaku9 Things To Stream This Thanksgiving Break That Aren't Deadpool & Wolverine
Whether you’re preparing to deep-fry a turkey or hiding from family and friends in the bathroom and looking for Black Friday deals, you could probably use something to watch this Thanksgiving Day break. Fortunately, we have plenty of recommendations, from tried-and-true favorites to off-the-beaten path picks.
KotakuThe 12 Best Christopher Nolan Films, Ranked From Ludicrous To Legendary
Christopher Nolan is in the rarified air of directors like Steven Spielberg and James Cameron where his name alone is enough to get audiences to theaters.
KotakuEvery Bob's Burgers Thanksgiving Episode, Ranked
Nearly every year, Bob’s Burgers releases a Thanksgiving-themed episode. And these tend to be some of the best episodes of the year, often pushing Bob—who loves the holiday—to his breaking point and featuring charming moments between all the family members.
KotakuKotaku's Long Weekend Guide: 5 Great Games We're Thankful For
It’s the Thanksgiving holiday week, and that means if you work for a company worth a damn (and some that aren’t worth a damn, but I digress), you probably have the next couple of days off. (Apologies to anyone who works retail.) You might be buying some games you missed this year during Black Friday sales, or perhaps…
KotakuThe Balatro Takeover Has Only Just Begun
Look to your left. Look to your right. One of those people is about to discover Balatro for the first time. The other has already been secretly playing it every spare moment they get.
KotakuSteam's Big Fall Sale Is Live And Here Are Some Of The Best Deals
It’s cold outside and nearly Thanksgiving, so its time for Valve’s annual Autumn Sale, or Fall Sale for those of you who ain’t too fancy. A lot of games are currently discounted on Valve’s massive digital storefront, so we’ve dug in and found some of the biggest and best discounts to check out.
KotakuEverything Coming In Baldur’s Gate 3’s Eighth Big Patch
Baldur’s Gate 3 is over a year old now, and developer Larian Studios is still bringing a bevy of new features to the RPG in its upcoming eighth patch. Some of these features were announced a while ago but are finally making their way to the game with this update which, it seems, is currently a few months out. Larian…
KotakuTwo Of The Best PS2 Games Ever Are Coming To PS Plus Next Month
Sony has announced more PlayStation 2 games are coming to PS Plus’ Classics Catalog next month, and the lineup includes two of the best platformers ever released on the console:2004's Sly 2: Band of Thieves and 2005's Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves. Oh, and of course, some other stuff will be arriving in December for all…
KotakuEvery 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.
KotakuHey, 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…