What’s The Best Co-op Game To Ruin A Relationship With?

Fellow post-Valentine survivors, it’s time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take. This week we Ask Kotaku: What’s the best co-op game to ruin a relationship with? That is to say, what co-op games might be risky to undertake with one’s romantic…

Thor’s Teeth! Valheim Sells Two Million Copies In Two Weeks

Valheim, a Viking survival game made by a team of just five, has sold two million copies in under two weeks. That’s… carry the five… divide by nine… a million copies a week! It was only Friday that Nathan wrote a post celebrating the Norse nerve-wracker, an article so good I had the game installing…

The Room 4: Old Sins Is Out For PC, And Prettier Than Ever

Long before you kids in your short pants and fashionable haircuts were escaping escape rooms, there was one developer far ahead of that curve. In 2012, Fireproof Games released their first game in their The Room series of puzzle games. Last week they just released The Room 4: Old Sins on PC, and it’s a…

Metro Exodus‘s Free Upgrade Adds 4K Textures And Lots Of Ray Tracing

Last year 4A Games promised us that 2019’s Metro Exodus would be receiving a free next-gen upgrade, for both Microsoft and PlayStation’s new boxes, as well as the series’ home, PC. Today they’ve revealed just how next-gen it’s going to be. Look, I could just pretend for you that I know what a “Fully Ray…

Luigi Lives Life On Hard Mode

Luigi is the most exceptional, brave, and loyal character Nintendo has ever created. Because despite knowing all too well what others think of him, he carries on regardless. Super Mario’s World is a look at the characters that turned the Mario franchise into a household name for 35 years. Every single Mario RPG spinoff contains…

Control Developers Doubled Their Profits In 2020 Without Making A Game

Remedy Entertainment, they behind Max Payne and 2019’s Control, made more than twice as much money in 2020 as they did the year before. Yet they didn’t release a new game. They just kept releasing an old one instead. If you were to stop me in the street and ask me about how things went…

Bowser’s Fury Should Be A Template For Future Nintendo Projects

I played Bowser’s Fury this weekend. I’d intended to save it until I’d finished my first run through the Switch’s remake of Super Mario 3D World, having—like most humans—never owned a Wii U. But boy did I get bored of that quickly. And there was Bowser, just waiting on the launch screen, tempting me with…

Square Enix: Don’t Send Us Valentine’s Chocolate Because Covid-19

Each year, fans send Valentine chocolates to Square Enix. Some are addressed to characters while others are for the game creators. It’s a way to say thanks. But this year, Square Enix is asking for fans to refrain. As Jiji reports, Square Enix posted a notice on its official site, citing the state of emergency…

After 17 Years, Anime Character Gintama’s Age Is Finally Revealed

It’s rather common for anime fans to know character’s ages. But for years, Gintama’s age has not been revealed. That is, until now. During a recent YouTube special for the anime movie Gintama The Final, it was asked how old the character was. (Even the staff said didn’t know!) However, Kohei Onishi, the original editor…

Track: 1999 | Artist: Hitsujibungaku | Album: 1999

Some Of Our Favorite (Pre-Pandemic) Cosplay From 2020

While the majority of the year was a complete write-off, for obvious reasons, we did actually squeeze a few big cosplay shows into the early, pre-pandemic months of 2020. So rather than look back on nine months of almost nothing happening on this website, let’s look at the three months something did. Our photographer Mineralbluput…

The Week In Games: Sure, More Werewolves!

WolfTeam: Classic is coming to Steam, to let others and myself relive the bygone era of free-to-play PC shooters like Combat Arms. I might download this classic re-release of the game and mentally go back in time to when these were the games I played in my high school computer lab. Also, between Werewolf Apocalypse:…

President Biden Only Just Beat His Granddaughter At Mario Kart

Over the weekend President Joe Biden made his first visit to Presidental retreat Camp David and to relax he played some Mario Kart Arcade GP DX. The moment was shared by his granddaughter, Naomi Biden, on Instagram He raced against his granddaughter, who later shared the moment on social media. She claims that although he…

Track: If You Want Blood (You Got It) | Artist: AC/DC | Album: Highway To Hell

‘Shop Contest: Thicc Godzilla

♫Oooooh no, here comes the big boy, Thiczilla.♫ Your challenge this week: Share thicc Godzilla with the world. This image of a large and in charge Godzilla comes courtesy of Netflix and the upcoming anime series Godzilla: Singular Point. Godzilla has always been thicc, but this latest one is really going for it. And I’m…

Here’s The PS1 Version Of The Witcher 3 Tub Scene

Sure, in our universe The Witcher 3 was released on PS4, Xbox One, and PC in 2015. But in an alternate universe, it was released in 1996 for the original PlayStation. This PS1 take on the famous Witcher 3 bathtub scene was created by Anders Lundbjörk, a game developer who recently released a video showing…

Modder Adds Tifa Lockhart To Tekken 7

Tekken 7 already has a large roster of characters, including some odd guest characters. But now, thanks to a talented modder, you can play as Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Created by modder Wolfe, this Tekken 7 PC mod replaces Josie in the game with Tifa and comes with five different outfits inspired by…

Sunday Comics: Does This Spark Joy?

Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Feb. 13. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Feb. 8. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…