PlayStation Showcase Game Was ‘Stolen,’ Say Former Developers [Update]

A group of developers went public today with serious accusations of overwork and theft against their former employer, the Estonian studio Limestone Games. The claims surfaced shortly after a trailer for Aeon Must Die, the game they say was stolen from them, was shown during today’s State of Play broadcast In total, eight members of…

Here’s How Bugsnax Plays

Today’s PlayStation State of Play gave an in-depth look at gameplay for the “body-horror but make it cute” hit of the summer, Bugsnax. Check out the gameplay trailer below. “Use traps and sauces to capture Bugsnax,” developer Young Horses wrote in a press release. “On top of being tasty, each of the 100 different species…

Everything PlayStation Announced During Today’s State Of Play

Here’s everything noteworthy that was announced, revealed, or otherwise discussed during today’s State of Play broadcast. Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time is a direct sequel to Crash Bandicoot: Warped It’s the first new game in the series in over a decade, and will give you the ability to play through the entire adventure as…

Spelunky 2 is coming out on September 15. That’s very soon! The release date was announced as part of Sony’s State of Play event today, alongside online multiplayer for the spelunking sequel, which is a followup to one of the most revered roguelikes of all time.

All Three Hitman Games Will Be Playable In VR

Revealed today during Sony’s State of Play, IO Interactive is bringing Hitman to VR. The upcoming game, as well as the previous two games in the current trilogy, will be completely playable in VR via PSVR on PS4 when it comes out January 2021.

Striking Lovestruck Writers Challenge Bosses And Win

Today the writers of Lovestruck, a popular visual novel romance game, announced a successful end to their unprecedented strike. Two weeks ago Kotaku reported on a writers strike for the mobile app, Lovestruck. Now, the writers have come to an agreement with their bosses at Voltage Entertainment whereby all of the writers will receive significant…

Red Dead Online’s New Role Makes Me Appreciate The Game’s Animals

Red Dead Online got a major update last week. The update is all about wildlife, giving players new ways to interact with critters. It’s a nice addition that makes me think about the game’s world in a new way. Players have been waiting a while for this update, which arrived on July 28. The update…

Apex Legends Season 6 launches August 18, developer Respawn announced today. The new season will feature a new Legend, crafting (?!), and a new weapon.

Through Monday, multiplayer will be available to all Xbox One players, regardless of Xbox Live Gold status. Microsoft is also unlockinga ton of games, including Gears 5 and Borderlands 3. In other news, Sony is making multiplayer free for everyone on Saturday and Sunday. Let’s hope the Fall Guys servers can keep up

A New Look For Kotaku! (And…psst…. A Link To The Older Look)

Whoa! What’s this? Kotaku has a new layout today, one designed to emphasize the wide range of coverage our team brings to you every day. Our new layout showcases the day’s biggest stories up top and spotlights key topics, stories, videos, reviews, and features all the way down the page. Scroll down and check it…

Doom Eternal And Elder Scrolls Online Are Getting Next-Gen Ports

Bethesda announced this morning that Doom Eternal and The Elder Scrolls Online are coming to Xbox Series X and PS5 sometime in the future. The publisher didn’t say when the games would be available on the next-gen consoles, but did note that existing owners of the games will be able to upgrade to the Xbox…

How’s It Going? Clutter Edition

What is all this crap? Welcome back to our daily open thread. I am currently dealing with an overabundance of stuff issue in my living space. There are too many things. Boxes, books, medical supplies, cats, children—there’s too much stuff. Our landlord recently decided that, after seven years of on-time rent payments, too much stuff…

Serious Sam 4 has suffered a small delay. Originally set to come out this month on Stadia and PC, it’s now not releasing until September 24. It’s still not clear when the game will eventually come to consoles. The Stadia exclusivity deal appears to go into 2021.

Paper Mario: The Origami King has a new patch out that fixes a game breaking glitch that was previously keeping some players from being able to beat the game It also includes a handful of other bug fixes.

Gundam Is Here With An Important Public Service Announcement: Be Good To Each Other

Gundams and their pilots are here to remind us all not to lose faith in our shared humanity. Over on the GundamInfo YouTube channel, which usually hosts an ever-changing lineup of episodes and movies from the series’ decades-long back catalog, a video titled “Message from Gundam ‘Beyond’” recently went up, full of trippy visuals and…

CD Projekt Red announced it will detail more about how quest progression and combat will work in Cyberpunk 2077 in another Night City Wire Twitch stream. Welcome to the never-ending summer of not-E3. It’ll air August 10 at 12:00 p.m. ET.