Wildfire, a game I first wrote about back in 2015, is finally almost done, and is looking very, very cool, combining 2D action with stealth and some interesting environmental controls. It’s out on PC next month

Major Video Game Companies Could Be Doing More For Covid-19 Relief

I understand why people get excited when video game companies and their executives donate millions to charity, as has been happening recently. Big numbers make for catchy headlines. “They’re doing their part!” we tell ourselves, happy to see private citizens chip in where governments have so often failed. After all, none of us will ever…

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Get a load of this brief clip for an upcoming game called Infinite Guitar It’s about mech battles where the fighting happens through turn-based rhythm challenges. I’m down, especially if it supports hacks to let me use an old Guitar Hero guitar as the controller.

Fallout 76 Robot Won’t Stop Spamming Players With Communist Propaganda

Fallout 76’s Communist Collectron would rather help emancipate the proletariat than find rare weapons for players. The robot is one of the latest things you can buy from Fallout 76’s in-game shop. Like a traditional Collectron, it’s programmed to scavenge for resources while players are out adventuring. This one has a Commie twist, though, droning…

The Last of Us II Will Come Out In June, Ghost of Tsushima Delayed Until July

The Last Of Us Part II finally has a release date again: June 19. Sony announced the news over on the PlayStation Blog alongside an update that Ghost of Tsushima has been delayed by a month until July 17. Tsushima was originally set to release on June 26. Meanwhile, The Last of Us Part II…

2K Games Wants To Spend More Time Developing Next Game After The Disaster That Was WWE 2K20

2K Games announced today that it’s going to take more time and make use of a new executive producer to try and avoid another botched release like WWE 2K20. Last year’s World Wrestling Entertainment tie-in was a buggy mess when it launched. Five major updates later, 2K Games says it knows fans “want more from…

PSA: Beware Of Massive The Last Of Us II Spoilers From Apparent Leak [Update]

The wait for Naughty Dog’s indefinitely delayed sequel to The Last of Us just got a lot more frustrating. Footage allegedly captured from a near-final build of The Last of Us II was leaked on YouTube over the weekend, causing a cascade of major plot spoilers to flood social media channels and game forums. Update:…

Gears Tactics: The Kotaku Review

When Gears Tactics was first announced back at E3 2018, which feels like 10 years ago, I was excited. I had never thought about it until then, but Gears of War seemed like a perfect fit for a turn-based strategy game, similar to XCOM. It turns out I was right to be excited. Gears of…

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It took me an hour and a half to get to the first mech combat portion of Sakura Wars, the soft reboot of Sega’s long-running role-playing game series coming to PlayStation 4 on April 28. The first 90 minutes of the game is all about getting to know the characters and circumstances of this unique…

GOG Galaxy’s latest update lets users search and add games from their subscription services. It also adds the ability to “link multiple executables” such as mods. GOG Galaxy is still in beta.

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