Zack Zwiezen

I'm a longtime staff writer at Kotaku covering everything from big industry news to small community stories. I love blogging about weird stuff or small details in games. I also do reviews, previews, and help make art for the site. You can contact me at [email protected]

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Treyarch Co-Founder Sentenced To Federal Prison After Flying Drone Into Firefighting Aircraft In January

Also: Nvidia and Intel strike up partnership, Microsoft Flight Sim might be coming to PS5, a new Yakuza game has leaked, and be careful while playing classic Doom

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 18, 2025
CultureNews

Bloodlines 2 Won’t Lock Clans Behind Paywall After Everyone Yelled At Them Enough

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 won't lock two of its clans behind DLC and will instead offer new story packs

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 17, 2025
OpinionImpressions

A Theme Park Management Game Based On Mars Attacks! Is Here And It’s Good

There isn't a single 'ack ack' joke in this post and I'm pretty proud of that

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 17, 2025
CultureOdds and Ends

Man Creates Most Dangerous Handheld Xbox Ever

If you ever get a chance to play Halo: Combat Evolved on this thing, be very, very careful...

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 17, 2025
CultureNews

Two More Heroes Join Marvel Cosmic Invasion‘s Already Large Roster

We now know 12 of the 15 characters that will be playable when the co-op brawler launches later this year

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 17, 2025

CultureNews

The Longer You Play Borderlands 4 On Console The Worse It Gets

Gearbox's big new looter shooter is having performance problems on PS5 and Xbox, and the solution is a restart

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 17, 2025
Tips & Guides

How Shift Codes And Gold Keys Work In Borderlands 4

I've been redeeming these things for over a decade now, let me help you out

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 16, 2025
CultureNews

New Splinter Cell Show Trailer Seems To Pick A Canon Ending For Chaos Theory

I still miss Michael Ironside, but Sam Fisher sounds perfectly old, grumpy, and deadly in the upcoming animated series

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 16, 2025
CultureNews

Battlefield 6 Devs Were Extremely Focused On Optimization And Performance

The massive online FPS even runs at 60FPS on Microsoft's Xbox Series S

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 16, 2025
CultureNews

New Official Sonic Racing Crossworlds Ad Goes After Mario Kart World Like It’s The 1990s

Plus: Xenoblade gets mentioned in an unexpected place, Palworld will leave early access next year, more games come to Game Pass, and MindsEye's lead actor talks about the flop

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 16, 2025

CultureNews

Get All 12 Mainline Tomb Raider Games For Under $45

Some of the excellent spin-offs, like Lara Croft Go, are on sale, too

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 16, 2025
CultureNews

Ice Cube Explains How That Awful War Of The Worlds Movie Happened

The rapper and actor says it was shot in about two weeks and the director wasn't even present

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 15, 2025
CultureNews

The Borderlands 4 PC Performance Fiasco, Explained

Gearbox's looter shooter is at the center of a debate about DLSS, PC requirements, and performance in modern games

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 15, 2025
CultureNews

Tony Hawk Recreated THUG’s Classic Intro And Got Fans More Excited For A Remake

However, don't get too excited, as Tony Hawk labeled the video to be clear it's not a teaser

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 15, 2025
CultureNews

Battlefield 6 Devs Struggled To Get It Running On Xbox Series S

EA won't say anything about whether the upcoming and highly optimized shooter is coming to Switch 2

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 13, 2025

CultureNews

Battlefield 6 Devs Explain The Game’s Most Controversial Setting

Quick turn makes BF6 more fair and gives more options for players on all platforms

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 12, 2025
OpinionCommentary

Hey Nintendo, Where Mario?

During today's big Nintendo Direct we got everything but a new 3D Mario game

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 12, 2025
CultureNews

Donkey Kong Bananza DLC Adds Roguelike Mode And Is Out Today

DK Island and Emerald Rush is a paid expansion that adds a classic location to explore

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 12, 2025
CultureNews

Yoshi Is Getting A New Game And It Looks Super Cute

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is a new 2D platformer arriving on Switch 2 next year

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 12, 2025
CultureNews

Borderlands 4‘s Launch On Steam Is Huge, But Some Are Struggling To Play It

Gearbox's latest FPS sequel has a lot of players on Steam, but not all of them are happy according to reviews

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 11, 2025

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