FF7 Rebirth, Xbox Drama, And More Of This Week's Hottest Takes
Image: Kotaku / Xbox / Thomas Mucha / Lukasz Pawel Szczepanski (Shutterstock)Over the February 3 weekend, reports from different outlets and insiders claimed that a number of big, Xbox exclusives—like Starfield and Gears...
Kotaku's Weekend Guide: Spiky-Haired Swordsmen And Intergalactic Trailblazers
We’ve arrived at another weekend. But it’s no ordinary weekend, since there’s now a demo for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth we can play through a million times before the game launches on February 29 (there’s also an open-world...
PS Plus Just Added 2022’s Most Underrated Action Game
Screenshot: Private DivisionIt’s a new month, which means that PlayStation Plus subscribers have a new collection of games to download for free. For February, PS Plus has added Steelrising and Square Enix’s multiplayer shooter Foamstars. But...
Skull And Bones Is Less The Pirate Life And More The Division
After all the delays, trailers, and start-and-stop hype cycles, Ubisoft’s highly(?) anticipated pirate sim Skull and Bones is in beta. The game was meant to release in 2018, then 2019, but at least now there’s an open beta and...
Taco Bell Held An E3-Like Event And It Was Weird
Hello everyone. Welcome to Friday. You made it to the end of the week. Congrats. I have a treat for you all: Taco Bell’s 2024 Live Mas Event. What’s that? It’s basically a Taco Bell mini-E3 complete with...
Xbox Exclusivity Chaos, Suicide Squad Leaks, And More Of The Week's Biggest Gaming News
Screenshot: Bethesda, Microsoft, Rocksteady / WB Games, Photo: Kotaku / Apple / Volodymyr TVERDOKHLIB (Shutterstock), Jeff Spicer (Getty Images),...
Palworld, Persona 3 Reload, And More Of The Week's Essential Game Tips
Image: Pocketpair, Pocketpair, Activison, Square Enix, Screenshot: Atlus / Kotaku, Square Enix, Pocketpair / Claire Jackson / KotakuThis week we’re going back...
Pokémon Superfan Made A Working Replica Of Ash's Pokédex
Back when the Pokémon anime first premiered in the ‘90s, nearly every kid had a Pokédex—the renowned red device that identified the delightful creatures—on their wish list. Nearly three decades later, a YouTuber has created a real-life version...
New Data Seems To Show PS5 Is Outselling Xbox 2:1
Photo: Daniel Boczarski / WireImage (Getty Images)We all sort of know that Sony’s PS5 is outselling Microsoft’s Xbox Series X/S. Sony gives us sales data, Microsoft hasn’t in years. You generally don’t stay...
You Might Have Missed These Shinra Manor Details In FF7 Rebirth’s Demo
Screenshot: Square Enix / Claire Jackson / KotakuA recreation of the original 1997 RPG, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth lets us revisit more than a few classic video game locales. The demo is set in Nibelheim, Cloud’s...
