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White Twitch Talk Show Host Finally Drops ‘Rajj Patel’ Moniker

Rajj Patel is one of the better-known names on Twitch. He hosts the wildest, most popular ongoing reality TV-like shows on the platform, including the Rajjchelor, a low-budget streamer take on The Bachelor, and Rajj Royale, a dramatic debate show. From now on, however, he’s simply going by his real first name: Austin. In a…

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Vanillaware’s gorgeous 2D side-scrolling mech adventure, is finally coming to North American PS4 on September 8. The adventure/strategy game will launch with Japanese voiceover, with English voices coming in a free post-launch update. It’s so damn pretty.

Call Of Duty‘s Battle Royale Adds Random Event That Resurrects Everybody

Game-changing events are shaking things up in Call of Duty: Warzone, including one that resurrects all defeated players. The highly anticipated Season 4 of content finally arrived for Modern Warfare and Warzone on June 11, launching across PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC after a brief delay during thenationwide protests over police brutality. Season 4…

The Demon’s Souls PS5 Trailer Might Hint At A Big New Level

Souls fans’ greatest wish has finally been answered: Sony has announced a remake of the original Demon’s Souls for the PlayStation 5. We didn’t learn much about the game during Sony’s live stream this week. Or did we? Some of those short clips seem to imply some big news for the remake. Near and Dear…

All The Times I Ate Shit Trying To Land One Trick In Session

Session has been in early access on Steam since late 2019, but it made the jump to Xbox One this week with a time-limited demo. As someone who flailed around on a skateboard a bit as a youth, I’ve always had a soft spot for skateboarding games. I immediately fell in love with Session, so…

Sims Players Hold Virtual Black Lives Matter Rally

The past couple weeks have been a whirlwind of justified fury at police, who have taken the lives of George Floyd and so many others. Crowds of protesters have hit the streets every day and night all across the country. But that’s not an option for everybody. With this in mind, Sims modder and streamer…

Star Wars: Squadrons Briefly Appears On The Xbox Home Page [Update]

It appears a new Star Wars game has leaked a little early, based on a large advertisement that appeared on the official Xbox website today. The splash image has since been removed, but not before the internet noticed. Earlier today, Gematsu and others noticed that a new and unannounced Star Wars game was being advertised on the…

Insomniac Says Spider-Man Miles Morales Is A Standalone Game

Contrary to recent remarks by one of Sony’s executives calling it an expansion, Insomniac Games says Spider-Man Miles Morales is a new standalone game. “Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales is the next adventure in the Marvel’s Spider-Man universe,” the studio clarified on Twitter today. “We will reveal more about this standalone game at a future date.”…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for this week being over, at long last. Time to take a bath, bake some treats, and play some video games. After reviewingThe Last of Us 2, I’m really looking forward to playing something relaxing. I’ve let my Animal Crossing island languish a bit lately, which means I’ll have plenty of weeds…

Paper Mario: The Origami King‘s Boss Battles Are Against Office Supplies

Prepare to face-off against roll of tape and other menacing Office Space props when Paper Mario: The Origami King comes out next month. We don’t know much about the latest Paper Mario game after Nintendo revealed out of the blue last month, but thanks to a new trailer we know a little bit more, including…

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The Internet Reacts To The PS5 Console With Inevitable Memes

Yesterday, Sony revealed what the PlayStation 5 console looks like. Some might like it; others do not. The hardware has spawned the inevitable comparisons and memes. The PlayStation 5 does look similar to other non-gaming hardware, which Kotaku previously noted. Or that it looks like famous characters. Or architecture. Real or not. A Japanese train. Plus…

Riot Games Executive Resigns Following “Abhorrent” George Floyd Comments

Ron Johnson, Global Head of Consumer Products at Riot Games, has resigned from his position after saying that the murder of George Floyd by police was caused by his “criminal lifestyle”, comments Riot later described as “abhorrent” and “against our values.” As ESPN reports, Johnson’s resignation was announced to the company on Thursday night by…

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The Hits And Misses Of The PS5 Reveal Event

What were Sony’s big hits and misses in today’s PlayStation 5 reveal event? Ethan Gach and I pick the biggest reveals and point out what we’re still waiting to hear about in this video discussion. Check out the rest of Kotaku’s PlayStation 5 coverage to see what else happened in today’s big reveal.

When The PS5 Games From Today’s Event Come Out (And Where Else You Can Play Them)

Earlier today, Sony finally pulled back the curtain on the PlayStation 5—partially. The event was short on details about the console itself, but we got first looks at a ton of games. In contrast to certain other gaming showcases that shall not be named, the lion’s share of Sony’s 85-minute preview was dedicated to a…

Gods & Monsters Accidentally Goes Live On Stadia For 30 Minutes

Stadia users were surprised to see a mysterious game named Orpheus in the cloud gaming platform’s store this morning. Once downloaded, they found it to be a development build of Ubisoft’s upcoming adventure game Gods & Monsters, with temporary character models and assets seemingly taken straight from the Assassin’s Creed series. “Regretfully, on Thursday morning,…

What We Still Don’t Know About PlayStation 5 And Xbox Series X

Today saw Sony officially unveil the PlayStation 5. Microsoft revealed the Xbox Series X last December. And while we already have quite enough to argue about between design choices and technical specs, there are still a few important things we don’t know about this upcoming pair of game consoles. The biggest mystery surrounding the PlayStation…

Look At The PS5’s Cute Little Taco Camera

I do not like the PlayStation 5, but I do very much like its wee little sidekick, the Taco Camera. It’s officially called the “HD Camera,” features two 1080p lenses, and its purpose is pretty much limited to allow, and these are very much Sony’s words, “gamers to broadcast themselves along with their epic gameplay…

The PS5 Does Not Look Good

I don’t mean the console as some kind of overall experience, or as a platform upon which to play games upon. Who knows what’s going to happen, it’s not even out yet! But I do know that the PlayStation 5 hardware itself, for all of Sony’s experience and money, looks…bad? The entire show today was…