Ari Notis, Author at Kotaku

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Sources: Unity Laying Off Hundreds Of Staffers [Update]

Management at the company behind the free game development engine has been a ‘shit show’ recently, sources say

By Ari Notis Published June 29, 2022

CultureNews

Fantasy Battle Royale Spellbreak Shutting Down, Studio To Be Absorbed By Blizzard

Devs are already working on World of Warcraft 's next big expansion

By Ari Notis Published June 29, 2022

CultureNews

Mario + Rabbids: Sparks Of Hope Launches October 20, Sees Bowser Join The Fun

The Nintendo-Ubisoft crossover tactics game gives Mario and Luigi a gun again

Ari Notis & Zack Zwiezen Published June 28, 2022

CultureNews

The Hottest Game Of The Summer Has A Cheating Problem

Neon White is all about topping the leaderboard, but some players are clocking inexplicably fast runs

By Ari Notis Published June 27, 2022

CultureNews

Hideo Kojima Killed A Project Because It Was Too Much Like The Boys

A Homelander-lite would be so fun in the Death Stranding director’s hands

By Ari Notis Published June 27, 2022

CultureNews

Miyamoto Couldn’t Stand Wind Waker‘s Art Style At First

The Mario creator feared the cartoonish visual style would severely limit sales

By Ari Notis Published June 27, 2022

CultureNews

Halo Devs ‘Exploring’ Microtransactions For Master Chief Collection, An 8-Year-Old Game

You could earn Spartan Points, or you could spend real money to circumvent ~the grind~

By Ari Notis Published June 24, 2022

CultureNews

Despite Historic Crashes, Video Games Aren’t Over NFTs Just Yet

Square Enix is making ‘story-focused NFTs,’ while PlayStation execs found a new Web3 studio

By Ari Notis Published June 24, 2022

OpinionVG Chat

Let’s Discuss The Mind-Blowing Ending To Obi-Wan

Darth Vader, the Third Sister, and everyone’s favorite grizzled Jedi master made for a memorable finale

Ari Notis & Ethan Gach & Zack Zwiezen Published June 23, 2022

OpinionImpressions

American Arcadia Is Reviving The Long-Lost Art Of Multiple-Perspective Games

First-person puzzles? Side-scrolling platforming? Screw it, let’s do both!

By Ari Notis Published June 23, 2022

Tips & Guides

PlayStation’s Big Summer Sale Is On, And It’s Actually Not Bad

Hit PS4 games Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla are half off

By Ari Notis Published June 22, 2022

CultureNews

Fall Guys Goes Free-To-Play, Servers Immediately Crash

Mediatonic’s platformer royale is now available to all but playable by few

By Ari Notis Published June 22, 2022

CultureOdds and Ends

Neon White’s Steam Reviews Are Horny As Hell

But that doesn’t detract from how much players love this Annapurna-published speedrunning shooter

By Ari Notis Published June 21, 2022

CultureNews

Xbox Game Pass Summer Releases Are Heating Up

Far Cry 5 joins TMNT to round out a strong June 2022 for Microsoft’s service

By Ari Notis Published June 21, 2022

CultureNews

Everything Missing From This Year’s Not-E3

Two years later, some big-studio tentpoles like Fable and Pragmata are still totally MIA

By Ari Notis Published June 17, 2022

Tips & Guides

10 Things I Wished I Knew Before Starting Neon White

The Annapurna-published speedrunning game is easy to learn, hard to master

By Ari Notis Published June 17, 2022

CultureNews

Confirmed: Dragon’s Dogma Is Getting A Sequel

For the cult classic's 10th birthday, Capcom announced the one thing fans want most

By Ari Notis Published June 16, 2022

OpinionImpressions

Neon White Really Is As Good As Everyone Says

The Annapurna-published speedrunning platformer is an obvious GOTY contender

By Ari Notis Published June 16, 2022

CultureNews

Halo Keeps Getting DLC For Every Game Except Halo Infinite

The wait for whatever ‘The Endless’ is might be endless

By Ari Notis Published June 15, 2022

Report

Halo Infinite’s Juneteenth Cosmetic Briefly Named After Ape, Sparks Outcry

‘Bonobo’ is a development tool at 343, sources say, but it’s unclear how this passed quality checks

By Ari Notis Published June 15, 2022