There are certain games that become so famous for not being released that it occludes almost everything else about them. Following the likes of Duke Nukem Forever and Half-Life 3, after years of no news, no trailers, no nothing, Hollow Knight: Silksong has now very much become the go-to example of gaming vaporware. But hark, … Read more
Photo: Kotaku For decades, politically minded action movies often involve the President of the United States (fictional ones, usually). While most POTUSes need to be rescued from evil terrorists or rivals, there are times when the Big Cheese takes matters into their own hands. You don’t get to win the Electoral College without making a … Read more
That Drake filed an official defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG), accusing the company of spreading the false narrative that he is a pedophile through Kendrick Lamar’s now-legendary diss track, “Not Like Us” has annoyed many in the Hip-Hop community. Live Forever in the Universe of ‘New World: Aeternum’ But a group of individuals … Read more
Image: The Pokémon Company / Kotaku Update: 1/15/2025, 9:55 a.m. ET: We’ve received a statement from The Pokémon Company International regarding this situation, which is reproduced in full below. In it, the company states that it is attempting to print more cards for the sniped sets, as well as promising restocks on the Pokémon Center … Read more
Screenshot: Marvel / Kotaku, Blizzard Entertainment / Kotaku, Nintendo / Kotaku, Marvel, Nintendo / Kotaku, Rocksteady Games, Nintendo / Kotaku, Microsoft / Kotaku, Photo: M Bowles (Getty Images), Image: Sony / Disney / Kotaku This week’s catch-all of nifty tips, info, and observations features rankings of two of the three groups of heroes in Marvel … Read more
O’ Shea Jackson, left; rapper Wale; and Hulk Hogan.Photo: JC Olivera; Paras Griffin; Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC (Getty Images) While O’Shea Jackson Jr. and rapper Wale might be huge wrestling fans, they’re not keen on one particular WWE Hall of Famer: Hulk Hogan. In fact, they’re not really feeling him at all and now we know … Read more
“Amistad.” “Blood Diamond.” “In America.” All major blockbuster films starring Djimon Hounsou that earned him widespread awards recognition and critical acclaim. Yet, in a recent interview, the actor revealed he still has difficulty making ends meet as a working artist. 10 Creatures We Wanna Ride In Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Hounsou sat down with CNN … Read more
Image: Team Fortune, Nintendo, Valve / Kotaku / gruizza (Getty Images), Bethesda, Rebel Wolves, id Software / Kotaku, Photo: Jeff Bottari / Asmongold / Kotaku (Getty Images), Nintendo, Screenshot: EA / BioWare, Australian Open / Kotaku The week’s top story is easily the fact that our long wait for a first look at the Switch … Read more
Image: Epic Games Play it on: PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch Current goal: Face Godzilla, and survive! I have a complicated relationship with Fortnite these days. I feel it’s fallen very far from the game it was in its spectacular first year when there were no bots, when each match flung skilled and unskilled players alike … Read more
Far Cry 3 was released over a decade ago, and while it supported achievements on console and Ubisoft’s own PC launcher, it didn’t include any Steam achievements. But as Ubisoft returns to Steam, it’s also going back and adding these missing challenges to older games, including Far Cry 3. And even better, Ubisoft is removing … Read more