CultureCultureWhy Online Game Launches Are Often A MessJust after 4 pm ET on Tuesday, Destiny 2 players began to see a warning message. A red line stretched across the…ByStephen TotiloPublishedOctober 3, 2019
OpinionImpressionsOpinionImpressionsI Just Want To Cuddle Every Damn Animal In This ZooPlanet Zoo, a new PC game from Frontier, the makers of Planet Coaster, is currently in a beta available to players…ByGita JacksonPublishedSeptember 30, 2019
9/23/19Epic Paid The Makers Of Control A $10.5 Million Advance For ExclusivityMany game developers have shifted to release their games on the Epic Games Store, but the upstart platform has proven…ByHeather AlexandraPublishedSeptember 23, 2019
OpinionImpressionsOpinionImpressionsApple Arcade Is Mobile Gaming Without All The BullshitEntering into the busiest video game season of the year, we didn’t exactly need Apple Arcade, nor did we really want…ByMichael Fahey & Stephen TotiloPublishedSeptember 19, 2019
9/12/19Inside The Ghosting, Racism, And Exploitation At Game Publisher NicalisAt E3 in June of 2015, the game designer David Crooks was hanging out across the street from the L.A. Convention…ByJason SchreierPublishedSeptember 12, 2019
CultureCultureWhy Super Meat Boy Forever Is Taking ForeverSuper Meat Boy designer Tommy Refenes knew that the name Forever was cursed territory in video games. Originally, he…ByNathan GraysonPublishedSeptember 9, 2019
CultureCultureHere's To Five Years Of Not Knowing How I Feel About DestinyFive years ago, I thought we were all a bunch of suckers. Destiny, the new game from the makers of Halo, was an…ByJoshua RiveraPublishedSeptember 9, 2019
CultureCulturePlayers And Makers Of Apex Legends Resort To Name-Calling Over MicrotransactionsOver the weekend, the frustrations of Apex Legends players percolating over the battle royale game’s…ByGita JacksonPublishedAugust 19, 2019
CultureCulture'We Know We’re Not Taking It Far Enough': A Ubisoft VP Wrestles With Politics In GamesA couple of months ago, in a meeting room on the outskirts of the Los Angeles Convention Center during the E3 gaming…ByStephen TotiloPublishedAugust 14, 2019
ReviewsMultiplatformNow playing ReviewsMultiplatformMetal Wolf Chaos XD: The Kotaku ReviewI hesitate to call any review of Metal Wolf Chaos XD complete if it does not include a long-winded anecdote about…ByTim RogersPublishedAugust 7, 2019