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Silent Hill: Townfall: The Kotaku Review

Excellent atmosphere and a strong setup are let down by thin character work in the survival horror franchise's latest spin-off

Reid McCarter Published September 21, 2026

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Japanese Studios Have ‘Staff Retention Of 97 Percent’ Because They Pay Executives Less And Avoided Getting ‘Swept Up In The Live-Service Trend,’ Says Expert

According to Amir Satvat, who runs ASGC’s Games Industry Layoffs Tracker, Japanese studios are prone to doing weird stuff like not over-hiring and producing sure-fire hits based on popular IPs

By Lewis Parker Published September 18, 2026

Games

Silent Hill f Just Collaborated With Japan’s Biggest Indie Game Of 2025

The free mini-game is playable now in your browser

By Alicia Haddick Published September 9, 2026

Culture

The Story Behind Silent Hill: Downpour And Its Haunting Take On Psychological Horror

An interview with Tomm Hulett, producer and writer on Silent Hill: Downpour

By Peter Tieryas Published September 7, 2026

Games

Dawn Of Sorrow’s Tactical Soul System Made It One Of The Best Castlevania Games

The tactical soul system empowered gamers with an overwhelming number of play styles

By Peter Tieryas Updated September 7, 2026

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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots: The Kotaku Review

The Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 brings one of the series' most polarizing entries to modern platforms

Cole Kronman Published August 21, 2026

Games

The Scariest Thing In The Silent Hill: Townfall Gameplay Trailer Is How Scots Pay For Electricity

The 19-minute-long gameplay demo left me with more questions than answers, one of them being 'Damn, y'all live like that?'

By Ash Parrish Published August 20, 2026

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The Best And Worst Parts Of Every Metal Gear Game

Here are the high and low points of every major entry in the hit Konami espionage series created by Hideo Kojima

Harper Jay MacIntyre Published August 20, 2026

Games

Silent Hill: Townfall Tackles The Scariest Subject Of Them All: Healthcare

Konami's upcoming horror game fills out its Scottish town with medical nightmares

Luis Gutierrez Published July 29, 2026

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Beautiful And Ambitious With A Lot To Prove: Hands-On With Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse

The 2D revival combines Dead Cells and Hollow Knight into a Metroidvania that aims to be more than an homage

Aidan Moher Published July 17, 2026

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Yui-Gi-Oh Tournament Postponed Because Players Were Too Smelly

A card shop in Oregon had to suspend an event for a week because of reports of poor hygiene

By Zack Zwiezen Published July 1, 2026

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Konami Is Suing To Unmask Whoever’s Responsible For The Major Metal Gear Solid 2 Source Code Leak

4chan and two file-sharing sites were involved with the leak

By Ash Parrish Published June 23, 2026

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Metal Gear Solid 4 Was A Warning Cry To Other Franchises

Guns of the Patriots foresaw our current flood of messy cinematic universe mashups

Harper Jay MacIntyre Published June 1, 2026

Culture

Bomberman 64 Is Still A Masterpiece Of 3D Platformers Without A Playbook

A 3D mascot platformer made before anyone knew what to do with them and all the more beautiful for it

By Zack Kotzer Published May 17, 2026

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The Metal Gear Solid 2 HD Source Code Has Reportedly Leaked 15 Years Later

Strangely enough, the leak apparently contains data from a Nintendo Wii port of Metal Gear Solid 2 HD

By Lewis Parker Published May 1, 2026

Entertainment

Hollywood Is Trying Again To Make A Metal Gear Solid Movie

The directing duo behind last year's Final Destination Bloodlines are the latest to give it a shot

By Zack Zwiezen Published April 9, 2026

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Konami Is Turning Silent Hill Into An Annual Franchise

After getting the popular horror series back on track, Konami has ambitious plans for the future

By Zack Zwiezen Published December 29, 2025

Culture

The 26-Year-Old Mystery Behind A Cult-Classic SRPG’s Gradius Sword Has Finally Been Solved

Vandal Hearts 2 had a reference to Konami's shoot 'em up no one knew how to unlock until now

By Ethan Gach Published September 26, 2025

The protagonist of Yu-Gi-Oh holds a card while a blurred image of a dragon makes up the backdrop.

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Konami Deletes Yu-Gi-Oh! Videos That Used AI To Steal Actor’s Voice

Welcome to yet another edition of companies doing lousy stuff with AI

By Claire Jackson Published September 11, 2025