One of the last pieces I wrote at Kotaku that I remember actually having fun with was a guide to the submarine and research vessels owned by Valve boss Gabe Newell. At the time it was important ...

Compared to the PAXes or even MAGFests of the world, Awesome Games Done Quick is itsy bitsy. Around 2,000 speedrunners and fans mill about in Pittsburgh’s Wyndham Grand hotel, with a theater where ...

I’ve seen some pretty peculiar ways for companies to preview their new jawns, but the way Crunchyroll has opted to drop Smoking Behind The Supermarket With You early feels like a Rube Goldberg machine ...

Another week, another series of reminders that the video game industry is in serious trouble. Pillars once thought unshakeable are collapsing right and left as AI renders hardware unaffordable to all ...

Late last year, workers behind the scenes of Theorist Media took an uncommon step in the YouTube space, verging on unprecedented: They announced their intention to unionize. Arm in arm with the ...

After over a decade of building to this moment, Warframe is finally headed to Tau, the solar system where its vast, endearingly strange narrative began. Tau isn’t just a quest or an area to roam; it ...

Take last week (and this is data from ICO Partners CEO Thomas Bidaux, as reported by GI.biz) for example, when 720 games were ...

Share to X Share to Bluesky Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share by email This, if you ask me, is what should happen any time a company is forced to pull the plug on a server-based game: Let ...

Layoffs once again hit games outlet GameSpot on Thursday. Owner Fandom cut the site’s entire commerce team, as well as vice president of games and entertainment Chris Grant. Also laid off today was ...

Everyone is talking about Mixtape, an ode to the idea of nostalgia that nonetheless feels rooted in a very specific kind of white guy’s teenage experience. To many, this discourse seems like it came ...

Palmer Lucky is an evil fucking worm and dipshit beneficiary of government contracts. He’s the Oculus jackass with a shitty soul patch who runs a military defense company called Anduril. I could ...

In the process of reviewing the Steam Frame, I replayed Half-Life: Alyx from start to finish. Frankly, I would have replayed it even if I’d reviewed a different headset, because it’s a nearly perfect ...