Kotaku
Why People Are Rushing To Sell Their Xbox Series X To GameStop Right Now
KotakuKotakuEnhance Your Power With The Best Hideout Upgrades In Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Recent titles in the Assassin’s Creed franchise offered something extra besides stealthy assassinations and roaming exploration. In between stabby murders, you could expand a base. Valhalla had a settlement you could expandand now in Assassin’s Creed Shadows introduces a hideout you can customize to your liking. It’s…
Kotaku20 Years Later, Oblivion Remastered's $10 DLC Pack Includes New Horse Armor
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered launched earlier today, and while the standard edition of the game includes all the DLC released for the OG RPG, there is an extra DLC pack available that adds a few things, including new horse armor. Yes, in 2025, Bethesda is charging for horse armor again.
Kotaku41 Stunning Screenshots From The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Remastered
Though we’ve known it’s coming for a few days now, today Bethesda showed off its fancy new remaster of 2006's The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and it looks spectacular. It’s also out, like, right-friggin-now! If you want to check out the whole reveal, you can do so here. But if you just want to peruse some lovely…
KotakuThe Highest-Priced Cards In Pokémon TCG's Journey Together
Journey Together might be a reasonably interesting set for the tabletop card game, re-introducing Trainer Pokémon to the game for the first time in 25 years, but it’s a massive anticlimax for collectors. Which turns out to be just the thing the hobby desperately needed; there are no $1000+ cards this time out, not…
KotakuCivilization VII's Road To Recovery Continues With Fourth Big Update
Civilization VII’s next big update has arrived and the 4X strategy game is steadily checking off the boxes on players’ most requested fixes and additions. It hasn’t yet purged the negative vibes around launch (or the game’s underwater user review rating on Steam), but the fourth major update in two months has…
KotakuBethesda's Oblivion Remaster Is Out Now On Xbox, PS5, And PC
After many reports, leaks, and rumors, Bethesda officially unveiled The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered. And the $50 remaster is launching today on Xbox Series X/S, Game Pass, PS5, and PC.
KotakuHey Last Of Us Newbies, Are Y’all Doing Okay?
It’s been a difficult week for The Last of Us fans. Two episodes into the second season of HBO’s live-action series, fans are experiencing the traumatic events of The Last of Us Part II, the game on which this season is based. Those of us who played it dealt with this five years ago and are being retraumatized. Now,…
KotakuDays Gone Remastered Will Let You Play At Half Speed
Days Gone is arriving on PlayStation 5 later this month with a host of new accessibility features. One of those is a new game speed toggle that will let players turn the entire open-world zombie experience into a bullet time fever dream.
KotakuEvery Jurassic Park Movie, Ranked By The Brutality Of The Dinosaur Killings
The Jurassic Park movies (including the Jurassic World movies) are ridiculous examples of human hubris. Dinosaurs are cloned, genetically engineered to be better entertainment attractions, and hunted for sport. But absurdity aside, a few of those films have some surprisingly gruesome deaths, especially for a franchise…
KotakuRoblox Has A Community Of Players Who Recreate School Shootings
A new report has exposed a “true crime” community of Roblox players who reenact real-life murders. A part of this group is reportedly dedicated to digitally recreating and playing through famous school shootings within the extremely popular free-to-play game.
KotakuWe Wanted John Cena To Make History At Wrestlemania 41, But Not Like This
We all saw it coming. Once John Cena shocked the wrestling world by announcing his retirement after 2025 at Money in the Bank last July, him winning his record-breaking 17th World Championship was preordained. Wrestling fans around the world were on board with the WWE engineering a championship run for a man who…
KotakuNintendo Ratchets Up Hunt For Mysterious User Behind Massive Pokémon Leak
All hell broke loose in the Pokémon community last October when leaked internal documents, game builds, and more from developer Game Freak appeared online. Fans got a front row seat to everything from upcoming project codenames to a rapidly meme-ified Typhlosion backstory. It may have been the biggest leak in Pokémon…
KotakuAmazon's Awesome (And Big) 4K Blu-Ray Sale Is Back
If you’ve been wanting to build your physical movie collection or just want to watch some new movies for cheap, then I have some good news. Amazon’s fantastic 3 for $33 4K UHD Blu-ray sale is back. It’s the perfect time to add some sharp looking classics and new hits to your movie collection.
KotakuYes, Monster Hunter Wilds’ Corrupted Mantle Is Still Worth Using
You’ll unlock a ton of equipment while playing through Monster Hunter Wilds’ campaign, including multiple mantles with unique perks. One such is Corrupted Mantle, which was recently nerfed to a more balanced state instead of being overpowered as hell. The recent nerf, combined with its compromising effects and…
KotakuAssassin’s Creed Shadows On Steam Deck Surprised Me More Than Getting Stabbed In The Neck
When I heard Ubisoft claim that Assassin’s Creed Shadows would be Steam Deck verified at launch, I responded by saying “yeah right” with all the sass I could muster. I’ve tested a lot of games on Steam Deck here at Kotaku. I’ve seen games that should be slam dunks on the device fall short, and even games with the…
KotakuFortnite's Star Wars Season Adds Darth Jar Jar
Epic and Lucasfilm announced the next Star Wars-themed season of Fortnite starts on May 2. And one of the new characters skins being added to the popular free-to-play shooter is Darth Jar Jar, a fan-created meme character from a 2015 Reddit post. We live in the weirdest timeline.
KotakuA Major Retro Handheld Maker Just Stopped All U.S. Shipments Over Tariffs
A flood of well-made, affordable gaming handhelds out of China has made the last few years a great time to be a retro enthusiast. Many of them are made by Anbernic, which offers everything from $50 Game Boy-style throwbacks to higher-end modern Android-powered handhelds. Or at least it used to. Fans in the U.S. will…
KotakuIf You're Still Shook From The Last Of Us, Here's The Cast Being Happy And Hugging
Last night’s episode of The Last of Us was pretty brutal, especially if you didn’t already know what was coming from playing the games. If you, like me, would like a palate cleanser for all this anguish and violence, perhaps I can interest you in lead actors Pedro Pascal, Kaitlyn Dever, and Bella Ramsey being chummy…
KotakuDisney's New Lo-Fi Goofy Video Is Hiding A Kingdom Hearts Tease
KotakuGameStop Meme Deal Might Be The Perfect Time To Trade In Your Xbox Series X
If you have a functioning Xbox Series X and a GameStop membership, the meme stock retailer will give you “up to” $420.69 in store credit for the four-year old console. The week-long trade-in deal is an April 20 shitpost but also very real and possibly the best deal available for anyone currently looking to hop off the…
KotakuBethesda Finally Confirms Rumored Oblivion Remaster Is Real
After years of rumors, leaks, and speculation, Bethesda has finally confirmed the worst-kept video game industry secret of 2025. Yes, we are getting an Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remaster.
KotakuThe Internet Reacts To Last Night's Big Scene In The Last Of Us
If you’re a long-time fan of something, one of the only ways to recapture playing, viewing, or reading it for the first time is to experience it vicariously through newcomers. That’s what The Last of Us fans got to do last night in season two’s second episode, as millions of viewers who never played the games saw one…
KotakuRenting Video Game Consoles Is So Back
The first time I ever set hands on a PlayStation 2, it was a rental from Blockbuster. It came in a big black suitcase. I played The Bouncer all weekend. It was fantastic. The practice of lending out entire video game consoles did not last very long, but it’s recently become a hit in Japan again. Fans are reportedly…
KotakuTikTok Has Some Pretty Wild Sinners Theories
Ryan Coogler’s film, Sinners, has received nothing but love since its release last Friday, April 18th. The film is laced with symbolism and hidden meanings that you might miss on the first watch. You can even read our story on The Root about hidden meanings you might have missed in the film.
KotakuPsychonauts Is 20 Years Old, So Let's Remember An All-Time Classic
One of the stranger moments of my career was reviewing a game, giving it a four-page review and a well-deserved score of 89 percent in the then-massively-selling UK PC Gamer magazine, and then the game not coming out for another eight months. That was just one example of the nightmares Psychonauts—Double Fine’s…
KotakuThe Hundred Line Is Danganronpa And Zero Escape’s Final Form
When Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka and Zero Escape director Kotaro Uchikoshi joined forces to found Too Kyo Games in 2017, I was curious to see just what the two legends of so-called “death games” would create together. But although the team has put out several games in just under a decade, none of them have…
KotakuThe Last Of Us Season Two, Episode Two Recap: When Wolves Attack
Welcome back to another recap of The Last of Us season two. It’s the big one, folks. Please leave all your golf clubs at the door on your way in so as not to impart any more emotional damage to your fellow readers. Get your “Fore!” or “birdie” jokes out of your system. Anyone who played The Last of Us Part II knew…
KotakuTips For Monster Hunter Wilds, The First Berserker, Dynasty Warriors: Origins And More
This week we’ve got plenty of Monster Hunter Wilds tips for ya on everything from mastering the cool Stalwart Guard technique to snagging some great items that can give you an edge. We’ll also guide you to some great armor in The First Berserker that will let you stay cool under pressure, and give you some pointers…
KotakuOblivion Remake Screens Leak, Nintendo Shows Off Mario Kart World, And More Top Stories
This week, Nintendo held a Direct dedicated to Mario Kart World and while it was only 15 minutes long, it gave us a better idea of what to expect from the game’s open-world exploration and its competitive offerings, while also showing off some new playable characters and some of the stylish outfits you’ll be able to…