Zack Kotzer, Author at Kotaku

New Deadlock Hero’s Reload Animations Have Fans Nerding Out To Chess

From within a closed beta, the board-wielding Solomon already has fans eager to crown him royalty

By Zack Kotzer Published October 10, 2026

Ben Affleck’s ‘Ethical AI’ Movie Animals For Netflix Gets Obliterated By Human Critics

As Affleck seeks to establish a seat for movie stars at AI's table, his use-case political thriller Animals isn't exactly persuasive

By Zack Kotzer Published October 10, 2026

Culture

Developer Goes Into Debt Spending $1,000 A Day To Keep Steam Demo For AI-Fueled Driving Sim Going

Hoping to launch next year, Teach My Little Sister How To Drive is prematurely sending its creators into the red over exhaustive token use

By Zack Kotzer Published October 10, 2026

Culture

MatPat And Blumhouse Productions Collaborating On Amanda The Adventurer Movie

YouTube’s ‘Game Theorist’ and Hollywood’s horror house have signed a multi-project deal to turn more mascot menaces into big screen hits

By Zack Kotzer Published October 10, 2026

Culture

Skate Devs Forced To Respond To Offline Mods That Strip Out All The Paid Cosmetics: ‘We Are Not Against Creativity’

As ReSkate ramps up in popularity and the web is flooded with 'vibe coded' mods, the official developers say they’re working on features that will allow more fenced-in freedom

By Zack Kotzer Published October 10, 2026

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Hellraiser: Revival: The Kotaku Review

While Pinhead and the unholy Cenobites have some divine pleasures waiting for you in the Labyrinth, they won't come without considerable suffering

By Zack Kotzer Published October 8, 2026

Culture

Warner Bros. And Paramount Unveil New Name As Both Studios Restructure

James Gunn gets a boost as top Warner Bros. brass are booted in the proposed merged company, unceremoniously known as Skydance

By Zack Kotzer Published October 4, 2026

Culture

Players Who Registered Rare Japanese PC Game Invited To Secret Party Over 25 Years Later

After being freed from a patent troll earlier this year, the infamous '90s adventure game Cookie's Bustle is renewing the enigma that is itself

By Zack Kotzer Published October 4, 2026

Culture

Love And Deepspace Warns Players Not To Drink Poison After Sharing Hallucinogenic Recipes

The brown Fiendyblobbu that is circulating around us is not too good, it's suggested that you do stay away from that, of course it's your own trip so be my guest

By Zack Kotzer Published October 4, 2026

Culture

Jagex Announce A Fourth RuneScape And Cartoon With MoistCr1tikal

The long running fantasy MMO will receive a major new installment in the future, the first in the mainline series to take advantage of Unreal Engine

By Zack Kotzer Published October 4, 2026

Culture

GTA VI’s Jason Duval And Link Make Their Final Pitch On Saturday Night Live

Wait Colin Jost is seriously still at the Weekend Update desk? Does he not have anywhere else to go?

By Zack Kotzer Published October 4, 2026

Culture

OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra Gets Frustrated Losing At StarCraft And Decides To Cheat Instead

In a showdown between AI generated Brood War bots and human made ones, OpenAI’s champion resorted to its natural playbook: lie, cheat and steal

By Zack Kotzer Published October 3, 2026

Culture

Troves Of Unseen Star Wars Material Emerge Online After Effects Wizard’s Garage Sale

Following the closure of Phil Tippett’s studio, hundreds of behind the scenes files from The Matrix, Jurassic Park and more have been uploaded to the Internet Archive

By Zack Kotzer Published October 3, 2026

Culture

Valorant Player Banned Due To Previous CPU Owner’s Cheating Ways

In a wild coincidence a German player was penalized over the playing habits of their Ryzen 7's previous owner, claiming that nothing short of replacing the entire PC will overcome Riot's infamous anti-cheat detection

By Zack Kotzer Published October 3, 2026

Culture

RTX 5090 Buyer Asked To Sign A Resale Loyalty Pledge: ‘NO EXPORT – NO EXCEPTIONS’

Government policies continue to echo in the consumer tech space, with Nvidia customers reporting heightened security around purchases, even requiring government ID

By Zack Kotzer Published October 3, 2026

Culture

Keepsake County Is A Nihilistic Delinquency Simulator Where Anything That Isn’t Bolted Down Is Yours For The Taking

The creators of Midnight Ultra return for a cartoony immersive sim about surviving in America

By Zack Kotzer Published September 28, 2026

Culture

The Secret Behind The Resident Evil Movie’s Weirdest Monster Is Incredible To Watch

While the practical effect didn’t pan out for Zach Cregger’s final product, there were humans behind the 'human tumbleweed' seen rolling through the movie

By Zack Kotzer Published September 27, 2026

Culture

Famed Rock Producer Blames Video Games For Giving Us Taylor Swift

In a new pot stirring interview, rock n roll crank Todd Rundgren says men would have continued dominating the radio charts had they put down the controller

By Zack Kotzer Published September 27, 2026

Culture

Fans React To The Sift, Minecraft’s First New Dimension In Over A Decade

Far fuzzier and friendlier than its predecessors, Minecraft players are hoping to extrapolate what kind of biomes and features the future dimension will offer, beyond sickening cuteness

By Zack Kotzer Published September 27, 2026

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Creator Behind 1999 Cult-Classic King Of Dragon Pass Has A Great New RPG

In Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists, breaking into a world of ever shifting nightmares is only half of challenge, the other is getting out alive

By Zack Kotzer Published September 27, 2026