Star Wars Outlaws is better than you think it is

Star Wars Outlaws had a bumpy takeoff when it launched last summer, and its “meh” reception has stuck with it since. Because of that reception, forums like its subreddit are constantly flooded with prospective scoundrels asking, “Is the game worth it?” L…

Esquie balances the darkness of Clair Obscur with unrelenting wholesomeness

[Warning: This piece includes spoilers for Clair Obscur’s late-game Act 2 reveals.] I love a serious story as much as the next person, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is incredibly serious. It starts with hundreds, likely thousands, erased from existence…

The top two GOTY 2025 front-runners are AA games and that’s a good sign

A familiar refrain over the last few years has been the death of what we like to call AA games: mid-budget games made by mid-sized teams. AA games have production values that are comparable with AAA blockbusters — you know: full voice acting, cinematic c…

Lego Monkey Palace Board Game Is Over 50% Off At Amazon Right Now

Monkey Palace is an officially licensed tabletop game that turns building Lego into a fast-paced strategy game for up to four players.

Red Dead Redemption Is At Its Best When It Shuts Up

Red Dead Redemption's world is stunning, and it has moments of real emotional power. But its satirical bent does more harm than good.

Red Dead Redemption Turns 15: There Will Never Be Another Spaghetti Western Like It

Even in its own trilogy, there's nothing quite like Red Dead Redemption.

Czech mayor gifts $200 Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 collector's edition to country's Prime Minister, elevating the game alongside the Witcher 2 in the company of CRPG state gifts

Unfortunately, it was the PS5 version.

Netflix is going to make its ad breaks even more annoying with AI-generated garbage

Netflix is hoping you won't notice AI-generated ads interrupting your Squid Game rewatch.

'The vibes have never been worse' Bungie's morale is reportedly in 'free fall' following its art theft fiasco

Devs also claim they have been often ignored by the studio's "good old boy" leadership regarding the overarching design.

Netflix's long-awaited Gears of War movie might actually have a director, and it's the guy who helmed Bullet Train and codirected John Wick

David Leitch is reportedly in negotiations with Netflix.

MSI's clever new 500 Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor can detect when you leave the screen and turn itself off to begin its anti-burn-in cycle

Speedy and smart, two things I hope to be again when the jetlag clears.

After raising over $800 million from its community, Star Citizen's developer delays the release of a new ship upgrade as players baulk at having to pay for it

"For future gameplay kit introductions, we’ll ensure these items are obtainable in-game on day one."

Today's Wordle answer for Sunday, May 18

Help with solving Sunday's puzzle.

Mud-and-blood medieval horror game Blight: Survival gets even muddier in the Marshlands biome

Bring out your dead.

Nintendo shows off GameCube controller for Switch 2

The Nintendo Today app has been Nintendo’s preferred marketing platform as we head ever closer to the Switch 2 launch on 5th June. Today, the company gave everyone a close up and personal look at the…

These are the Best Games that are Similar to Doom: The Dark Ages

A selection of the best games to play after finishing Doom: The Dark Ages.

What are the Best Hairstyles in Infinity Nikki?

This is a countdown of the the best hairdos in Infinity Nikki.

12 Cool Games We Saw At PAX East, A Fond Farewell To Andor, And More Of The Week's Takes

We also recommend Miro, a new game with shades of Prodeus and No Man's Sky

Former Activision Boss Bobby Kotick Wants To Buy Tiktok: Report

Kotick is also looking for partners, which could include OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

An Artist Spots Her Work In Bungie's Marathon, Nintendo Isn't Sending Out Switch 2 Review Units Until The Last Minute, And More Of The Week's Top Stories

Also, the new Final Fantasy x Magic: The Gathering collab has a card for every Cid

CD Projekt Red says putting Cyberpunk on cartridge was “The right thing to do”

Jan Rosner, the VP of business development at CD Projekt Red, has been chatting about Cyberpunk 2077 on the Nintendo Switch 2. One thing that you all will have noticed is the amount of third party…

Nintendo not planning to use Game-Key Cards for Switch 2 games

Nintendo were asked the simple question as to whether they plan to distribute some of their games as Game-Key Cards. Thankfully, the Kyoto-based company said in a straight forward statement that they…

Ectoplasm Location in Oblivion Remastered

This is a guide showing where to obtain Ectoplasm and how to use it in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered.

Take-Two boss admits he’s a “big believer” in the Nintendo Switch 2

The Game Business has recently caught up with Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick to ask him a range of questions about the company’s plans going forward. Naturally, the conversation drifted towards the…

Transcendent Sigil Stones Location in Oblivion Remastered

This is a guide showing where and how to get Transcendent Sigil Stones in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered.

How to complete the Unlike Us challenge in BitLife

We're going platinum, baby.

Here's A Look At The Size And Inside Of Switch 2 Game Cases

Arriving in store next month

We Were Oh So Close to Getting Soul Sacrifice 2 from Sony

Freedom Wars 2 was also in the works

Select GameStop stores giving out free Red Bull for Nintendo Switch 2 launch

Thinking of queuing up at GameStop before midnight on 4th June to secure yourself a Nintendo Switch 2 console on 5th June? Well, you might be tired, so GameStop has thoughtfully announced that select…

PSVR2 Rhythm Title Synth Riders Receives 90s Rock Music Pack

Available Now.It sure feels like we talk about Kluge Interactive's VR rhythm title Synth Riders a lot, no?Fresh off a free update last month, Synth Riders is receiving yet another new pack of songs to peruse. Featuring some hits from — gulp — 30 years ag…

Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for May 2025?

Plus or minus?Look, we don't want to colour your opinion right off the bat, but we've seen more than a few people calling this PS Plus Extra and Premium update one of the worst yet.More specifically, subscribers really don't seem to be pleased with Premi…

Feature: The Long & Rainbow Road To 'Mario Kart World' - Part 2

Lap 2 - Double Dash, DS, Wii

How to Add Anti-Gravity as an Effect to Products in Schedule 1

This is a detailed guide about how to craft products with the anti-gravity effect in Schedule 1.

Dress to Impress Codes (May 2025)

Use these working and active Dress to Impress codes to claim free rewards in DTI, including clothes, shoes, and accessories.

The Best Legend of Zelda Gifts for Fans of the Beloved Video Game Series

Every Doom Game Ranked

With the release of Doom: The Dark Ages, we ranked every Doom game released to see how they all stack up.

GTA 6 and Star Wars Will Be the Ultimate Barbenheimer of Games vs. Movies, But the Winner Is Already Clear

The ultimate Barbenheimer of games vs. movies is coming next year, as GTA 6 and The Mandalorian and Grogu are being released four days apart in 2026.

All Elden Ring Nightreign character classes announced so far

Elden Ring Nightreign may look familiar in many ways, but FromSoftware’s stand-alone multiplayer spinoff of Elden Ring will play differently thanks to its battle-royale-inspired map and a roster of playable characters. Unlike the blank-slate, highly cust…

Horror legend Tony Todd improvised a goodbye to his fans in Final Destination: Bloodlines

Fans of the Final Destination movies know there isn’t a lot of continuity, apart from each new sequel returning to the basic concept: Someone has a premonition of impending disaster and uses it to save the lives of people who would have died in that disa…

NetherRealm should make Injustice 3 — and there are lots of ways to top the first 2

NetherRealm Studios’ brand is bloody fighting games, though in 2013, it toned down the violence a tad for Injustice: Gods Among Us. Based on the title, it may not have been even totally clear to Mortal Kombat fans that it was a fighting game starring DC …

Crimson Desert Is For Fighting Game Sickos Like Me

We did not expect Crimson Desert's combat to be this in-depth, and now this game is on our radar.

How To Make An Infinite Water Source In Minecraft

Often during challenges such as Skyblock, you might need to make an infinite water source in a small space in Minecraft.

What’s going on with manga and anime piracy crackdowns?

Much like the gaming industry, entertainment has long been at war with piracy. But while gamers often turn to piracy to preserve titles lost to digital delistings or scarce physical copies, anime and manga fans, especially in earlier eras, relied on illi…

‘I was so tired’: Behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s beloved ‘whee whoo’ scene

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 writer Jennifer Svedberg-Yen would be the first to tell you: writing a video game is work. At least writing a novel is a one-person operation for most of the time. At least a screenplay for a film only needs to come in around …

Before Final Destination: Bloodlines, the directors made an unsettling Stranger Things-style sci-fi thriller

After a 14-year hiatus, the Final Destination horror franchise returns to theaters on May 16 with Final Destination: Bloodlines. In the first five Final Destination films, death itself creates Rube Goldberg machines out of everyday objects, constructing …

Baldur's Gate 3 has a secret like Diablo's Cow Level I never saw after 460 hours: A magical sheep companion named 'Harvard Willoughby' you summon by killing a comedian and ringing two bells

The comedian is actually named after the sheep, and the sheep can cast lightning magic.

House Flipper 2 is having a free weekend, and just got co-op

The free co-op DLC works cross-platform between Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation.

You've got to play my dark horse GOTY candidate if you too are a sicko for one of the ultimate RPG gimmicks: a trash level 1 sword that can be forged into a god slayer

Labyrinth of the Demon King players: Save that katana hilt.

If the original Grand Theft Auto came out today, we’d call it a roguelike

Since the very beginning, permanent loss has been baked into the GTA experience.

The Skyblivion and Oblivion Remastered romance continues to blossom, as Bethesda invites the modders to its studio for tea and sweetrolls

"Seeing the excitement from the Bethesda team" was "absolutely unreal", according to Skyblivion project lead.

Take-Two CEO reckons Civilization 7's mixed reception is just history repeating itself: 'Every time we've come out with a new platform iteration of Civilization, there's been some consternation on the

Strauss Zelnick admits the sequel "definitely had some challenges", but says that overall "we're really happy with how it's going".

REPO developer teases the game's 'most powerful weapon' yet, a mountable cannon that will 'turn your cart into a battle tank'

Balance changes to enemies and player health also in the works.

Two Warhammer 40,000 games will be delisted from Steam on Monday, and one of them is currently on a 90% discount

You've got two days before Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon and Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach leave Steam forever.

Today's Wordle answer for Saturday, May 17

Get all the help you need with today's Wordle.

Every Argument For Why We Shouldn't Be Able To Skip Boss Fights, Addressed

Every common contention against the idea is responded to as nicely as possible

Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 4 Cool Games We’re Vibing With As May Evaporates Before Our Eyes

This weekend we kill demons and explore pixely dungeons, 2D sidescrolling survival, and visual novel/RPG fusion

The Internet Reacts To AI Darth Vader Saying Wild Things In Fortnite

The Star Wars crossover experiment has a digital James Earl Jones saying very weird stuff

Here’s How To Beat That Damn Lampmaster In Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

We do not love lamp. We'll show you how to turn off their lights for good

Little Kitty, Big City Is Ideal When You Want A Bite-Sized Adventure

You can easily bang out this adorable adventure in an evening or weekend, but you'll be saying 'awww' a whole lot

Nintendo Switch 2 Price Is Set at $450 for Now, But Could Go Higher

Prices might go up due to ongoing tariffs, but Nintendo Of America President Doug Bowser won't say specifically

How To Defeat The Noble In Assassin’s Creed Shadows

It’s like poetry. It rhymes. Especially when we show you how to take this aristocrat down

AI Darth Vader Voiced By Fake James Earl Jones Has Been Added To Fortnite And He Already Said 'F***'

Epic Games is asking players to report anything bad the chatbot might say

Police Arrest Man Found With More Than $300K Worth Of Stolen Pokémon Cards

The Manchester man was arrested by the Tameside Police

Pokémon TCG's Return Of Team Rocket Is A Triumph

That is, if you can find anywhere to buy the Destined Rivals set

11 Nintendo Games Are Getting Free Upgrades To Look And Run Better On Switch 2

The updated versions will have better resolution and framerates on the new system

Contract And Cure Vampirism In Oblivion Remastered For The Ultimate Nightlife Experience

Don’t expect a dark romance story here. It’s just blood and a distinct lack of sunlight

Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks launches May 22, no longer free-to-play

Multiplayer vehicle combat game Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks will leave Early Access and launch for PC via Steam in version 1.0 on May 22, new publisher Wired Productions and developer Caged Elem…

DMM Games and Too Kyo Games announce SHUTEN ORDER for Switch, PC

Publisher DMM Games and developer Too Kyo Games have announced SHUTEN ORDER, a new title led by Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka. It will be available for Switch and PC via Steam, and published …

Cladun X3 update now available, adds new end-game content

Nippon Ichi Software has released a free update for ClaDun X3, which adds various new end-game content.

Coneru: Dimension Girl launches May 29

Side-scrolling action platformer Coneru: Dimension Girl will launch for Switch and PC via Steam on May 29 for 2,980 yen, publisher HIKE and developer Eallin Japan announced.

Nintendo details free Switch 2 updates for 12 first-party Switch games

Nintendo has detailed free updates for 12 first-party Switch games that enhance the gameplay experience when played on Switch 2.

Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter ‘Opening Event Scene’ trailer

Falcom has released a new video for The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky remake Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter showcasing the game’s opening event scene.