Hitman Devs Had To Convince James Bond People Their 007 Game Wouldn't Be Another...
Image: Nintendo / Eon Productions / RareWe’ve known for some time now that IO Interactive, the studio behind the fantastic Hitman games, is working on a new James Bond game. And while that team seems like...
20 Years Ago, Double Dash Transformed Mario Kart
For more than 30 years, Mario Kart has been going strong, with the series spanning 14 games. The fundamentals of Nintendo’s wacky racer are largely unchanged from the days of the Super Nintendo: You pick a racer, grab...
Tears Of The Kingdom Sales Prove Open-World Zelda Is Here To Stay
Link’s latest adventure, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, has already proven to be a massive success for Nintendo. The company announced in its November 7 earnings report that the open-world adventure game has sold nearly...
Assassin’s Creed Publisher Continues To Downsize, Lays Off More Staff
Image: UbisoftIn a year full of video game layoffs, Assassin’s Creed maker Ubisoft Montreal is the latest to get hit by ongoing cuts. Kotaku has learned that the publisher announced 75 new layoffs across its Canadian...
Overwatch 2 Leak Suggests You Can Play New Tank This Weekend
Overwatch 2’s new tank hero will be playable this weekend, at least that’s what a post on the Nintendo eShop says. Overwatch 2's New Story Missions: Worth The Money?According to the news post, Mauga, OW2’s 39th hero, will...
Everything We Know About Genshin Impact's 4.2 Update
The anime-inspired action-RPG Genshin Impact will get a pretty substantial update later this month that introduces two new playable characters, an expanded region to explore, and a couple of formidable bosses waiting to beat the brakes off you.Diablo...
Fortnite Blows Up Again After Original Map Returns
Image: Epic GamesJust over a month after Epic Games cut nearly 900 employees, players have come roaring back to Fortnite to play its new nostalgia trip through the battle royale’s original map. Player count trackers like...
Baldur’s Gate 3 Dataminers Find Evidence Of A Much-Requested Romance Option
Role-playing game Baldur’s Gate 3 lets players summon purple lightning and kiss parasitic Cthulhu emperors, but it won’t let them give out hugs. Fans of the Dungeons & Dragons game routinely lament this small injustice, wishing badly to...
Blizzard Teases Overwatch 2’s Next Three Heroes And Other 2024 Plans
Image: Blizzard Entertainment / KotakuBlizzard announced three new Overwatch 2 heroes at Blizzcon 2023’s opening ceremony, and while Mauga, the next tank hero, is playable in the game this weekend as part of a test period...
38 Years Ago, Nintendo Changed Pop Culture Forever
At the start of the 1980s, video games were mostly relegated to coin-gobbling arcade machines, but their surging popularity prompted a Time Magazine cover story in January 1982 with a cringeworthy warning: “GRONK! FLASH! ZAP! Video Games are...
