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  CultureNews

  RAM Crisis Is Forcing Super-Popular Kids Console To Raise Prices Again

  The Nex Playground, which has at times outsold the Xbox and PS5, is getting a $50 price bump next month

  By Zack Zwiezen Published March 25, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Jak And Daxter Fans, Prepare To Have Your Heart Broken

  Here’s what a remake might’ve looked like back in 2019

  By Kenneth Shepard Published March 25, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Dark Outlaw Games Founder Talks About PlayStation Studio Closure: ‘It F****** Sucked’

  Jason Blundell appeared on stream with JCbackfire to decompress about the unexpected shift

  By Ethan Gach Published March 25, 2026
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  CultureOdds and Ends

  10 Things You Should Never Say To A World Of Warcraft Fan

  Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither was Molten Core

  Diego Nicolás Argüello Published March 25, 2026
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  Tips & Guides

  12 Tips I Wish I Knew Before Playing Crimson Desert

  Let's help you get more inventory space, attack more efficiently, and make your gear better in this new open-world fantasy RPG

  By Zack Zwiezen Published March 25, 2026
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  Opinion

  Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Studio Head Defends DLSS 5’s Slop Filter: ‘No Way Haters Will Stop This’

  Daniel Vávra leaps to the defense of the despised Nvidia tech, says it's just the 'uncanny beginning'

  By John Walker Published March 25, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Nintendo Will Charge More For Physical Games Starting With New Yoshi [Update]

  Digital versions of Nintendo-published games will be cheaper than the hard copies

  By Kenneth Shepard Updated March 25, 2026
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  CultureOdds and Ends

  6 Wild And Overdesigned Details Hidden In Crimson Desert

  From clumsy NPCs picking up after themselves to the sun being able to cook meat, here are some wonderful little details hidden in the massive RPG

  By Zack Zwiezen Published March 25, 2026
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  CultureNewsMorning Checkpoint

  91-Year-Old ‘Game Grandpa’ Crushes Resident Evil 9 Without A Walkthrough

  Also: Sony walks away from its cool PlayStation concept car

  By Ethan Gach Published March 25, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Epic CEO Tim Sweeney Pisses Everyone Off With ‘Out of Touch’ Response To Putting 1,000 Game Makers Out Of Work

  The pile-on includes some people calling on Sweeney to resign

  By Lewis Parker Published March 25, 2026
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  CultureNews

  2025 Publisher Ranking Reveals Just How Bad PlayStation Whiffed It Last Year

  Sega and EA make the top 10 while Sony's best-reviewed game was a PC port of a PS4 remaster

  By Zack Zwiezen Published March 25, 2026
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  CulturePokemon

  Pokémon Champions Won’t Feature All 1000+ Monsters

  The battle simulator is shaking some things up that fans might not be happy about

  By Kenneth Shepard Published March 25, 2026
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  CultureNews

  AI-Generated Copycat Rushed Out Before The Original Indie Game As ‘Revenge’

  The AI slop rip-off of the work-in-progress indie game was created in only two days

  By Lewis Parker Published March 25, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Tomodachi Life Players Can’t Believe The Game Has Basically No Filter

  It also is surprisingly thorough in its gender and expression options

  By Kenneth Shepard Published March 25, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Microsoft Gaming CEO Reportedly Exploring Bundling Game Pass With Netflix After Personally Killing ‘Everything Is An Xbox’ Push

  The company is apparently looking for ways to make the service cheaper

  By Ethan Gach Published March 25, 2026
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  CultureNews

  GameStop Is No Better Than A Scalper As It Hikes Pokémon Card Prices

  While paying no more for the product itself, the retail chain is taking advantage of desperate customers

  By John Walker Published March 25, 2026
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  CultureNews

  The Internet Reacts To OpenAI Killing Its Sora Slop Farm

  The AI video generator is dead so the internet is dancing on its grave

  By Kenneth Shepard Published March 25, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Stephen Colbert To Adapt A Brand New Lord Of The Rings Movie Once He’s Done With The Late Show

  The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past is the tentative current title for the eighth movie in the franchise

  By John Walker Published March 25, 2026
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  ReviewsMultiplatform

  MLB The Show 26: The Kotaku Review

  The baseball sim lacks innovation but offers a stirring look at the sport's past, and maybe its future

  Jason Fanelli Published March 25, 2026
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  OpinionCommentary

  Sony Is At A Crossroads With Bungie’s Marathon

  The extraction shooter has the juice but does Sony think it's worth the squeeze?

  By Ethan Gach Published March 24, 2026