Today, during the Gamescom “Opening Night Live” event, Bethesda announced the release date for Doom Eternal’s first expansion It’s called The Ancient Gods and is split into two parts. The first comes out October 20. Rip and tear!

Beware This Pack Of Deadly Beavers In Red Dead Online

I never thought I would be afraid of beavers. But after playing a legendary animal mission recently, I’m terrified of the buck-toothed bastards. However, I’m also excited that Rockstar finally seems to be adding more creative, exciting, and silly content into Red Dead Online. The latest big update for Red Dead Online arrived last month…

Players Are Chasing Hurricanes In Microsoft Flight Simulator

Hurricane Laura made landfall over Louisiana last night, causing hundreds of thousands to lose power and severe damage to infrastructure like chemical plants even as the storm weakened over time. But from the safety of the virtual clouds, Microsoft Flight Simulator players spent the last day exploring the storm from a different angle. Flight Simulator…

Here’s Where To Watch Gamescom’s Opening Night Live Event

Gamescom’s “Opening Night Live” is the last major not-E3 event of the summer. Hosted by Geoff Keighley, pretty much every heavy hitter in the industry—from EA and Gearbox to Bungie and Bethesda—is making an appearance. Expect to get a taste of upcoming games (Ratchet & Clank: A Rift Apart, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War)…

The Division Headlines September’s Xbox Live Games With Gold

The world being what it is, you might not be feeling The Division right now, but September’s Xbox Live Games with Gold has some other fare in store for you too. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Gold membership. September’s Games with Gold are: Xbox One Tom Clancy’s…

Hitman 3 Comes Out January 20, Next-Gen Upgrades Will Be Free

Hitman 3 will be out January 20 on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, Stadia and PC via Epic Games Store, IO Interactive announced today. It’ll also let players upgrade digital copies of the game to their next-gen versions for free. “Yes, we’re doing a next-gen upgrade for consoles and yes, it’s free,” the…

How’s It Going? Movie Time Edition

Let’s all go to the lobby and get ourselves infected. Welcome back to our daily open thread. Who’s going to see New Mutants in the theater this weekend, and what the heck is wrong with you? I’ve been waiting forever for this movie to release, and there’s no way in hell I am going out…

Netflix Confirms It’s Working On A Resident Evil TV Series

A new live-action series based on Resident Evil is in development over at Netflix, the livestreaming platform announced today on Twitter. The show will apparently focus on the “Wesker kids”, a possible allusion to Albert Wesker, a central antagonist in Resident Evil and one of several children who were part of a eugenics projects involving…

Osamu Sato’s Transmigration Is Music To Trip To

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s new, daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re getting esoteric with an album spun off of a very weird CD-ROM adventure game. (Or was it the other way around?) And oh, it’s by the guy who conceived LSD: Dream Emulator The…

VR-Controlled Robots Coming To Japanese Convenience Stores

This summer, VR-controlled robots are coming to select Family Mart convenience stores in Japan. As Time Out Tokyo reports, these robot employees are being introduced to improve efficiency and lower costs, as offsite workers will control the robots to stock store shelves. But… seeing the robots in action, the efficiency argument is odd. Because, one…

Track: Look Inside America | Artist: Blur | Album: Blur 

Fall Guys Fans Create Wonderful Concept Skins

Fall Guys is the most downloaded PlayStation 4 game ever. We’ve already started seeing some collab costumes, such as the Gordon Freeman skin, and we’re bound to see many, many more. Yoko Taro, for example, is interested in a Nier-themed outfit for the giant-bean characters. I am certain he is not alone! In the meantime,…

How Much Call Of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War Will Cost (In Plain English)

Earlier today, after a week of hype, Activision revealed release-day information for Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War. It comes out on November 13 and will cost some amount of U.S. dollars. Yes, today’s info dump spawned some confusion around pricing, chiefly because there are a vexing amount of purchasing options for even the…

Maybe Just Delay Next-Gen Already

The Xbox Series X comes out in November, probably around the same time as the PS5 if Sony ever gets around to announcing its release date. But they don’t need to come out then. In fact, maybe it would be for the best if they were just delayed until some time next year. Lately I’ve…