Workers Leave Skullgirls Developer Over Studio Head’s Behavior

Back in June, two people came forward to share their experiences with Mike “Mike Z” Zaimont, longtime fighting game player and lead developer behind indie darling Skullgirls, saying that he made inappropriate sexual comments to them on multiple occasions. Lab Zero Games, the studio behind Skullgirls, has yet to address the allegations, prompting employees to…

Do You Still Prefer Physical Games?

It’s Monday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites assemble to deliberate on a single burning question. Sometimes a serious one, other times less so; mostly it’s just a nice opportunity to talk more about video games. You down? This week we Ask Kotaku: Do you still prefer physical games? Fahey Prefer?…

GTA Online Dataminers Find And Play Secret UFO Mission

Earlier this month, Grand Theft Auto Online received the big Summer Special update, which added a bunch of new cars, co-op missions, and other small quality-of-life changes. But buried in this update was a new secret mission involving a massive UFO and the theft of spaceship parts. While nobody yet knows how to actually activate…

Evercade’s Retro Handheld Has Me Falling In Love WIth Cartridges All Over Again

It’s nice that we live in a world where any game we can imagine is just a download away, but sometimes that can get overwhelming. Limits can be nice. Cartridge-based retro game console Evercade has helped me remember that. Released earlier this year by UK company Blaze Entertainment, the Evercade is a retro handheld gaming…

Games Leaving Xbox Game Pass Gives Me Anxiety

In the dying hours of my work week I desperately tried to blast my way through Yoku’s Island Express. It is the quintessential Game Pass game; released in 2018 to a sanguine reception, as enthusiasts everywhere marveled at Villa Gorilla’s ability to merge pinball dexterity with Metroid-style puzzle solving, and it’s been sitting patiently in…

Phew, Cyberpunk 2077 Will Let You Embiggen Its Tiny Subtitles

CD Projekt Red recently shared a screenshot of a scene from Cyberpunk 2077 with subtitles turned on, which immediately made the internet’s eyes hurt. Fortunately, the publisher now says players will have some options for that tiny text bigger. Here’s the shot CD Project Red tweeted out on Friday: “Those subtitles are next to impossible…

Here’s How To Find Mortal Shell’s First Save Point So You Can Start Actually Enjoying The Game

Here’s how to avoid a painful onboarding experience and get to where the game really starts.

How’s It Going? Badass Robot Warrior Edition

I don’t know about you folks, but my desk is protected by one of the Autobot’s greatest warriors. Welcome back to our daily open thread. I’ve been a fan of the Autobot’s first major female-identifying robot since she made her debut in Transformers: The Movie back in 1986. Other ladybots had appeared in the cartoon…

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Half-Life: Alyx Speedrunner Isn’t Afraid To Get His Knees Dirty

Speedrunners do some crazy things in order to skip levels and invoke glitches. In the first virtual reality speedrun in Games Done Quick history, runner Buffet_Time literally crawls on his hands and knees to shave precious minutes off his time playing Half-Life: Alyx. Summer Games Done Quick is over, having raised more than $2 million…

Yakuza: Like a Dragon brings its freaky Japanese RPG vibes to the West on November 13. Sega says its spin-off launches on Xbox One, PC, PS4, and Xbox Series X (available when the console launches), with PS5 coming at a later date. They also made this new trailer. Good for them. 

The Week In Games: Welcome To Wasteland 3

2020 at times feels like the prologue of a post-apocalyptic game, so it seems like a perfect time for Wasteland 3 to release. Wasteland 2 is one of those games I keep wanting to play and then I just don’t get around to it for various reasons. I did try the Switch version and I…

Elemental Master Is Top-Tier Mega Drive Rock, But Skip These Remixes

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s new, daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today, a dose of pure, straight-up, 1990 Technosoft. These folks could make the Sega Genesis sing. One of my great childhood gaming surprises was a gently used copy of Thunder Force III. I don’t remember…

Used Pokémon Popsicle Sticks Fetching High Prices Online In Japan

It’s summertime! It’s hot. Time to eat popsicles and—if you are in Japan and like Pokémon—perhaps buy the used sticks for hundreds of dollars. On June 1, as Kotaku previously reported, Garigari-kun popsicles were teaming up with Pikachu for a limited collab. A box of six Pokémon Garigari-kun cost 350 yen ($3.30), but according to…

Smile Masks Look Kinda Creepy, But Aim To Improve The Customer Experience

Tokyo discount store Takeya has launched a “smile campaign” with staff wearing masks emblazoned with photos of their smiling grin. Honestly, they look kinda creepy. This is a good idea and in a terrible, most unusual year, I appreciate the sentiment. But…yikes! I’ve worn masks in the past due to seasonal allergies, but now because…