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  CultureNews

  Roblox CEO Outed For Using Completely Legal, Completely Ridiculous Tax Dodge

  A tax break aimed at small businesses somehow helps Roblox, a company valued at $60 Billion

  By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2021
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  CultureNews

  Halo Infinite‘s Bots Are Currently Creating Unfair Teams

  Some bots are overstaying their welcome, resulting in teams with too many players

  By Ari Notis Published December 29, 2021
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  CultureNews

  John Madden Dies At Age 85

  Madden was a football icon in both the real and virtual worlds

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 29, 2021
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  CultureOdds and Ends

  Logan Paul Encased 15 Game Boy Colors In Resin To Make A Pokémon Tabletop And People Are Mad

  Some are upset seeing the classic Nintendo portables imprisoned in Paul’s arts-and-crafts project

  By Levi Winslow Published December 28, 2021
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  ReviewsYear in Review

  Ari’s Top Ten Games Of 2021

  Bookended by Hitman 3 and Halo Infinite , 2021 was a hell of year for games

  By Ari Notis Published December 28, 2021
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  Report

  How Halo Infinite Used A Semi-Open World To Deliver On The Promise Of Halo

  The blockbuster Xbox shooter is too big to be linear, too small to be open-world

  By Ari Notis Published December 28, 2021
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  CultureOdds and Ends

  Doom Mod Replaces Blasting Demons With Taking Pics Of NFTs

  Instead of shotgunning grotesque hellspawn, you snap screenshots of ugly monkeys

  By Sisi Jiang Published December 28, 2021
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  CultureNews

  Halo Infinite’s Oddball ‘Quidditch’ Glitch Makes Ball Appear To Fly Around On Its Own

  Halo Infinite may have removed Halo 5 's ball passing mechanic, but it has replaced it with a ton of new physics interactions

  By Renata Price Published December 28, 2021
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  CultureNews

  Longtime Blizzard Employee Spouted Hateful Garbage On Discord Server

  Geoff Fraizer expressed his disdain for LGBTQ+ folks, disabled people, and others on The Right Wing of Gaming Discord server

  By Levi Winslow Published December 28, 2021
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  OpinionCommentary

  What The Matrix Resurrections Really Says About Video Games Isn’t Obvious

  The new film starring Keanu Reeves uses games to comment on whether art actually matters

  By Carolyn Petit Published December 28, 2021
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  CultureNews

  Riot Games Reaches $100 Million Settlement In Gender Discrimination Lawsuit

  The class action lawsuit was originally filed in 2018

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 28, 2021
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  Kotaku EastJapan

  Poll: Here Are Japan’s Top 100 Video Games Of All Time

  Pokémon , Final Fantasy , Dragon Quest , Zelda , and Mario games are all in there

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 28, 2021
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  Kotaku EastSouth Korea

  Squid Game Creator In Talks With Netflix For Season 3

  Up until now, Hwang Dong-hyuk had only mentioned a second season of the popular show

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 28, 2021
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  CultureNews

  Despite Everything, Cyberpunk 2077 Was A Steam Top Seller & Most-Played Title In 2021

  Turns out folks were quietly riding into CD Projekt Red's Night City

  By Patricia Hernandez Published December 27, 2021
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  AnimeManga

  The 11 Best Manga Of 2021

  The good news is that this year was a terrific year for manga

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 27, 2021
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  Anime

  Decades Later, An Animator’s Complaint Discovered In Akira

  One animator didn't seem happy about all the detail required for the movie

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 27, 2021
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  CultureNews

  Final Fantasy XVI Delayed By Almost Six Months Due To Covid-19

  Square Enix plans to make its big reveal in spring 2022

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 27, 2021
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  Culture

  The Week In Games: The Last Week Of 2021

  The year ends like most years, with few big or small video game releases

  By Zack Zwiezen Published December 26, 2021
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  CultureNews

  20 Years Ago, Nintendo Had Plans To Bring Email, Internet Searching, And Live Streams To The Game Boy Color

  The PageBoy was a never-released accessory for the GameBoy Color that was ahead of its time

  By Zack Zwiezen Published December 26, 2021
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  CultureNews

  Everything That Has Happened Since The Activision Blizzard Lawsuit Was Filed

  The studios behind World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, and Overwatch are being sued over sexual harassment

  By Zack Zwiezen Published December 26, 2021