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  CulturePokemon

  Exclusive Pokémon Merch Comes To Another Museum Despite Van Gogh Debacle

  Scalpers seem poised to ruin another nice thing for Pokémon fans

  By Ethan Gach Published September 22, 2025
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  CultureNewsMorning Checkpoint

  More Details About Xbox’s Canceled Perfect Dark Reportedly Leak

  The attempted reboot might have followed in Hitman's footsteps

  By Ethan Gach Published September 22, 2025
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  Entertainment

  Disney Panics And Releases The First Mandalorian And Grogu Star Wars Trailer

  Disney and Star Wars are both in desperate need of a hard reset

  By Ethan Gach Published September 22, 2025
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  Reviews

  Silent Hill f: The Kotaku Review

  A powerful departure from tradition, Silent Hill f paints an exquisite portrait of knowable and unknowable horrors

  By Claire Jackson Published September 22, 2025
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  CultureNews

  Sucker Punch Studio Head Comments On Firing Dev Who Joked About Charlie Kirk’s Death

  The PlayStation studio is getting ready to release Ghost of Yotei

  By Ethan Gach Published September 19, 2025
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  Tips & Guides

  12 Tips To Know Before Playing Borderlands 4

  Here's a few quick tips for playing Gearbox's latest first-person sci-fi looter shooter

  By Zack Zwiezen Published September 19, 2025
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  OpinionCommentary

  I Know What’s Going On And So Does Everyone Else

  You can run and hide but you don't have to play along

  By Ethan Gach Published September 19, 2025
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  Tips & Guides

  Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 4 Great Games We Can’t Wait To Get Back To

  This week we’re enjoying rhythmic strategy, a quest to save some puppers, some chill potion brewing, and ripping apart zombies in beast mode

  By Claire Jackson Published September 19, 2025
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  CultureNews

  Rockstar Just Made 65,000 GTA Fans Panic For No Reason

  A single Discord ping on Friday afternoon caused a few minutes of complete and utter chaos

  By Zack Zwiezen Published September 19, 2025
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  CultureNews

  Microsoft Reveals The First $800 Xbox With Another Round Of Price Hikes

  Microsoft cites ‘changes in the macroeconomic environment’ for the decision

  By Kenneth Shepard Published September 19, 2025
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  CultureNews

  Cyberpunk 2077 Sequel Experimenting With Multiplayer As CDPR Embraces Online Gameplay

  The open-world RPG sequel teases work on matchmaking and other features

  By Ethan Gach Published September 19, 2025
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  OpinionCommentary

  Final Fantasy 7 Remake On Switch 2 And Xbox Has New Options To Make The Game Much, Much Easier

  The upcoming ports on Switch 2 and Xbox feature an easy mode that has me wondering what the point of playing the game even is

  By Claire Jackson Published September 19, 2025
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  CultureNews

  Ready Or Not Community Manager Fired For Responding To Charlie Kirk Assassination With ‘Nothing Of Value Was Lost’

  Void Interactive says it is focused on 'fostering a respectful and professional community'

  By Zack Zwiezen Published September 19, 2025
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  CultureNews

  Elden Ring: Nightreign‘s New Hard Mode Is Kicking Players Asses So Much They Can Now Choose To Derank Themselves

  The Deep of Night's first balance patch offers fans some small mercies

  By Ethan Gach Published September 19, 2025
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  Reviews

  Borderlands 4: The Kotaku Review

  Gearbox proves it’s once again the best at making looter shooters, but it still struggles with good endings and stability

  By Zack Zwiezen Published September 19, 2025
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  OpinionCommentary

  Sonic Characters Are Excellent At Talking Trash In Crossworlds

  Races kick off with a quick rap battle in Sega's new kart racer

  By Kenneth Shepard Published September 19, 2025
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  CultureFeature

  The Match-3 RPG That Started It All Is Back And We Talk To Its Legendary Creator

  We speak to Puzzle Quest and Warlords creator Steve Fawkner about how a disc retrieved from the trash launched a career

  By John Walker Published September 19, 2025
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  Entertainment

  MCU Actors Call For Disney Boycott Following Jimmy Kimmel Fiasco

  ABC has pulled the talk show off the air after a monologue regarding the death of Charlie Kirk

  By Kenneth Shepard Published September 19, 2025
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  CultureNews

  Battlefield 6 Reportedly Contains Not One, Not Two, But Three Limp Bizkit Songs

  Also: Intel is still making GPUs, an update on Charlie Kirk's killer and his gaming history, and Donkey Kong Bananza's soundtrack arrives on the Nintendo Music app

  By Zack Zwiezen Published September 19, 2025
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  CultureNews

  Devolver’s Big Steam Sale Mocks You For Your Growing Backlog Of Games

  Enter PurGAMEatory by buying a bunch more heavily discounted titles

  By John Walker Published September 19, 2025