Kotaku’s Biggest Gaming Culture News For The Week November 18, 2023
From mergers to memes, the landscape of interactive entertainment is always in motion. Here’s your cheat sheet for the week’s most important stories in gaming.6 Things To Know Before Starting Persona 5 TacticaBaldur’s Gate 3’s New Deluxe Edition...
Crash Team Rumble’s Latest Cameo Makes Me Want A New Spyro Game
I liked Crash Team Rumble. I even said as much on this very website when the brawler MOBA launched back in June. But man, seeing them add Spyro, Crash’s flying, fire-breathing, OG PlayStation platformer contemporary to the roster...
New Walking Dead Game Looks Uh… Not Great!
A new video game based on the popular TV show The Walking Dead is out now on consoles and fans who have jumped in to check it out are reporting another clunky, broken, and ugly Game Mill-published mess,...
The Last Of Us Part II Remastered Is Real, Out Next Year [Update: Full...
Update 11/17/2023 7:55 p.m. ET: Naughty Dog’s officially confirmed the existence of The Last of Us Part II Remastered, releasing a barrage of information about the upcoming re-release of its 2020 PlayStation 4 game in a post on...
Travis Kelce Tweets Reveal He Loved GoldenEye, Hated 'Call Of Dookie'
When going back through the Twitter (or X) archive of a now-famous, once-unknown celebrity, there’s always a risk. You could unearth things like model Chrissy Teigen bullying media personality Courtney Stodden or rapper Iggy Azalea’s racist and homophobic remarks,...
Diablo IV Will Take Over Your Thanksgiving With Some Nice Bonuses
Image: Activision BlizzardBlizzard is hoping you’ll break away from stuffing your face full of turkey and yams for a bit next week to grind its action RPG Diablo IV. To sweeten the deal, it’s offering all...
Baldur’s Gate 3’s New Deluxe Edition Is A Steal For The Price
Baldur’s Gate 3 already has one special edition, in the form of its Collector’s Edition. We even unboxed it here at Kotaku, and it’s got a lot of cool knickknacks that pay tribute to its tabletop roots. Of...
Persona 5 Publisher Raises Salaries Amid Industry-Wide Layoffs
Developer-publisher Atlus is reportedly raising the annual salaries of its Japanese staff by 15 percent, a move that is the total opposite of what’s been happening across the U.S. labor market (and the games industry specifically) for months...
Workers Accuse Sega Of Threatening Mass Layoffs Over Unionizing
Workers at Sega of America say the publisher behind Persona, Yakuza, and more beloved gaming franchises is trying to lay them off as retaliation for unionizing. A new unfair labor practice filed by the Communications Workers of America...
Dear Video Game Industry, Please Name A Woman
It’s been nearly a decade since GamerGate, the misogynistic game industry tantrum that harassed women under the guise of demanding journalistic ethics—yet 2023 has felt like we’re not that far past it at all. Where Does Games Media...
