I thought I knew everything there was to know about the Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog games. Those first four chapters—Sonic The Hedgehog, Sonic 2, Sonic 3, and Sonic & Knuckles—are the font of my earliest and fondest video game memories. They’re the bedrock of my video games persona, the kernel of dust at the center of…

Kitfox Games knows what I like. It’s the developer of the forthcoming Boyfriend Dungeon—a dungeon crawler that also lets you smooch anthropomorphized versions of your weapons—and publishers of the new Pupperazzi.

The last few days have seen several notable employees resign from Skullgirls developer Lab Zero Games, many of whom cited poor behavior on the part of project lead Mike “Mike Z” Zaimont as catalyst for the mass departure. But according to new information, those same workers will be able to continue developing Skullgirl…

By design, teen comedies often burn bright and fast: The young stars, top 40 needle drops, and cool-kid slang all tap into the current zeitgeist, forever tethering them to the year they were made. No matter how outdated they look, there’s an appeal to revisiting them as time capsules. But few have the everlasting…

The Brothers, a major league Taiwanese baseball team based in Taichung, invited a gamer to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at their August 23 game against the Lions. But this wasn’t just any gamer; this was GamerBee.

Even if you (somehow) haven’t played Fall Guys, you’ve probably heard the theme song—through streams, through viral social media clips, through the walls as your neighbors or roommates crank the volume to listen to this wholesome battle royale in all its zany glory. The theme, by Jukio Kallio and Daniel Hagström, is…

In celebration of the spirit of cross-promotional marketing with Wonder Woman 1984, Microsoft has cobbled together a trio of custom Xbox One X consoles decked out in gold, fur, and the odd Lasso of Truth.

Daily medication is an excellent way to keep track of what day it is. Welcome back to our daily open thread.

Today, Gearbox announced the fourth and final planned campaign expansion for Borderlands 3. It’s called Psycho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck, and it goes inside the psyche of a Psycho. It comes out on September 10.

Although anxiety and fear are two different things, constantly dealing with fear of uncertainty is something many people with anxiety experience regularly. And for the past six months—amid a global pandemic—almost nothing has been certain. It makes sense that we’re anxious about whether we, or our loved ones, will…

What does Spawn creator Todd McFarlane do when given the chance to design his own DC Multiverse Batman action figure? He puts spikes on it, gives him a pair of swords, some knives, and gives the cape a little extra flair. McFarlane’s Batman is very McFarlane.

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s new, daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. If you were Namco in 1994, designing your Virtua Fighter killer, what would it sound like? In Namco’s case, it sounded like Tekken.