Report: Employees Accuse Twitch Of Indifference To Sexual Assault, Harassment, And Racism

In a new report by GamesIndustry.biz, current and former Twitch employees recount issues of racism, sexism, and assault at the company that they say were never properly dealt with and often even enabled by a white bro tech startup culture. GamesIndustry.biz spoke to 16 employees that span the streaming platform’s history, and their stories paint…

For Honor will be playable in 60fps on next-gen consoles when the game’s latest season goes live in December, Ubisoft announced today. The game’s PS5 and Xbox Series X upgrades will be free, and feature 4K graphics, better textures, and improved water reflections. 

Mortal Kombat 11 Cheapens Its Guest Characters’ Legacies

At the end of First Blood, the 1982 movie adaptation of the David Morrell novel of the same name, John Rambo tells his former commanding officer that there’s no turning off the violence he was taught to inflict as a veteran of the Vietnam War. He breaks down. He weeps. It’s a powerful image: the…

They Finally Did It: Fallout 76 Is Pretty Good Now

Last April I bought a PC copy of Fallout 76 for $17. It was such a cheap price that I finally couldn’t resist trying it out. After five or so hours of doing some quests and building a small shack I called home, I moved on. While I enjoyed exploring the world, the performance issues,…

Fall Guys Introduces Four New Stages And A Mode Selector In Season Two

After a morning of shaky login issues, Fall Guys’ medieval-themed second season is officially here. If you’ve fallen off Mediatonic’s platformer royale in recent weeks, today’s update might be enough to draw you back in—for a little bit, at least. The main draw here is the prospect of playing new rounds. All of the stages…

Sci-Fi Loot Shooter Outriders Delayed Until February, Will Support Free Next-Gen Upgrades

Outriders won’t be out this year after all. The game’s been delayed until February 2, 2021. People Can Fly, best known for Bulletstorm, announced the news in blog post today over on Square Enix’s website. The shooter RPG with a Diablo-like loot system was originally slated to have arrived last summer back when it was…

PlayStation confirms the Kronenbergian adventure game Bugsnax will be out on PS5 and PS4 on November 12. The follow-up from Octodad makers Young Horses was already assumed to be a launch game, but tit’s nice to hear it hasn’t slipped.

Mortal Kombat 11 Is Getting New Fighters, Cross-Play, And Free Next-Gen Upgrades

Rambo and a bunch of other stuff is coming to Mortal Kombat 11 on November 17. First there’s the Kombat Pack 2 which will add Mileena, Rain, and Rambo as new downloadable fighters. People who pick up the new Ultimate edition will get them automatically, while people with the existing version of the game can…

Xbox Deletes Tweet Dunking On PS5 For Having A Removable Stand

The UK Twitter account for Xbox fired some shots at PS5 yesterday in one of the silliest ways possible because it’s 2020 and these are the console wars we deserve. It all began after Sony released a tear-down video of the PS5 highlighting all of the next-gen console’s internal components. The first step in that…

You’ll Probably Love Pikmin 3 Deluxe If It’s Your First Pikmin

Seven years ago, I wrote seven reviews of the terrific Wii U game Pikmin 3. I had played the game Switch-style before there was a Nintendo Switch. There’s a photo of this. I’m at the Daytona Beach airport, Wii U plugged into a wall socket and no TV in sight as I played Pikmin 3…

Sonic Adventure 2’s Peppy Pop-Punk Is The Escape From The City I Need Right Now

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today, we’re finally rolling around (at the speed of sound) to a song that has a money-back guarantee on putting a pep in your step: Sonic Adventure 2’s “Escape From the City.” We’ve run this feature…

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Your Dogs Won’t Die In The Red Lantern If You Don’t Want Them To

If you’ve ever watched a family pet succumb to disease or age, you know it can be an exceptionally painful moment. That’s why the developers behind upcoming dog-sledding game The Red Lantern are going to allow players to disable deaths entirely. The Red Lantern, available on Switch and the Epic Games Store on October 22,…

The Solitaire Conspiracy Makes Card Games Look Cool AF

I’ve never been more enthralled by virtual playing cards as I have been playing The Solitaire Conspiracy, the latest game from Bithell Games, of Thomas Was Alone and Volume fame. Once the cards finish falling, it’s a clever twist on the classic solo card game with a heaping helping of video game personality Greg Miller.…

Pikmin 3 Deluxe is getting a demo later today on the Nintendo eShop. You’ll be able to transfer your save data to the full game, and completing the demo will also unlock an extra difficulty tier in it, too

What To Do Before Getting Rid Of Your Xbox One Or PS4

A little more than a month from now, next-gen consoles will be out in the wild. At this point, you might be regarding your PlayStation 4 or Xbox One as a slowly degrading plastic box that’s doomed to waste space and collect dust. You might have even considered [gasp] getting rid of them. Of course,…