Internal GameStop Memo Says ‘Vast Majority’ Of Employees Aren’t Misleading Customers

This afternoon, following yesterday’s Kotaku report on GameStop’s controversial Circle of Life program, the retail chain sent out a memo to all stores condemning some of the actions we spotlighted and claiming that most of their employees don’t behave that way. “While the behaviors described in the news article are disappointing, I know they don’t…

15 Of The Strangest Dystopias In Gaming

The future is scary and, according to these 15 dystopias in video games, it’s going to get a lot stranger before things get better. This post originally appeared on Kotaku on January 1, 2015. Remember Me Paris, the city of lights and memories. But what about memories that can be shared and erased? Neo-Paris has…

Some PS4s Have Become A Bit Laggy Recently

If you’re noticing that your Playstation 4 is a bit sluggish, you’re not the only one. Recently, players across social media are reporting increased delays when navigating the Playstation 4’s menus. Players are noticing slowdown on their Playstation 4s. Complaints center around lag on the Playstation 4 when browsing media or simply moving through the…

Square Enix Is Treating Final Fantasy XV Like A Live Game 

Final Fantasy XV just won’t stop changing. We already knew that Square Enix was adding new cutscenes and overhauling Chapter 13, and now, director Hajime Tabata says they’re adding a free-drive mode for the car, among other things. In an Active Time Report video presentation last night, as translated by Gematsu (which you can watch…

Account Snafu Might Explain Why Pokémon Players Keep Failing Global Missions

For months now, we’ve seen people repeatedly fail Pokémon Sun and Moon’s Global Missions, the community missions that net players rewards if they reach certain gameplay goals. Turns out, many players can’t even register and log in to Pokémon Global Link, the online service which logs their progress in Global Missions, something that would explain…

I Started These 269 Video Games In 2016 And Liked A Whole Bunch

For the 11th year in a row, I’ve tallied a list of all the games I started and/or finished in the previous year. This is a list of games I started in 2016. Some I played for mere minutes, some for hours and some until the credits rolled. Some were good. Some, not so much.…

Podcast: Boycotting Games, Destiny, And More

It’s time for some listener questions: Should Kotaku abstain from covering games if they launch broken on day one? Why haven’t we reviewed Destiny’s new Dawning update? And just how do we do our GOTY deliberations? All that and more on today’s Kotaku Splitscreen We’re reaching into the mailbag this week, answering YOUR questions on…

Some Of The Best Art From Fallout 4

I know, we’ve looked at Fallout 4 on Fine Art previously, but that was before art dealer Cook & Becker started selling prints of some of the finest pieces drawn up for the game. They’re not cheap, since they’re printed on museum-grade paper, so maybe think of them as something designed for the office than…

The Goonies And Lego City Come To Lego Dimensions In May

While fan are still eagerly waiting for the Lego Batman Movie and Knight Rider sets arriving next week, Lego Dimensions gives us a peek at the Goonies, Lego City and Harry Potter packs that’ll be showing up three months later. The most exciting addition to Lego Dimensions coming in wave 8 has to be the…

Sony’s Video Game Business Is Doing Very Well, Thank You

The PlayStation 4 just had its best three months ever, Bloomberg reports. Today, Sony released its financials for the quarter ending on December 31. The gaming business did great, and here’s what Sony had to say: Sales increased 5.2 percent year-on-year (a 15 percent increase on a constant currency basis) to 617.7 billion yen (5,325…

Jackie Chan’s Major Injuries: A Catalogue of Pain

Jackie Chan is an international action star. Famously, Chan does his own stunts. And the man has the broken bones to prove it. When Chan’s film, titled Raising Dragon (ライジング・ドラゴン) in Japanese and CZ12 in English, was promoted in Japan with a poster that catalogues all of Chan’s major injuries over the years. Also included…

Let’s See How Resident Evil 7 Is Doing In Japan

Resident Evil games are a big deal. People love them! Especially in Japan. Let’s see how the latest release did in its first week on sale in the country. Resident Evil 7 launched on January 26, and for the week between January 23 and January 29, it came in first in the Japanese sales charts,…

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Witcher 3 Short Film Has A Very Good Geralt

Oh hey, it’s Maul, Witcherest of Witcher cosplayers, starring in this short film all about Geralt getting his sword on. Triss is Erika Rodgers (who also produced), while it was directed by ActionLeo Via Glixel