FF7 Rebirth’s Rufus Shinra Is A Pain To Fight (Here’s How To Beat Him)
In what has to be one of the more annoying battle sequences of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, President Rufus Shinra shows up to take Cloud on in a one-on-one match in the Gold Saucer in Chapter 12. As...
Dragon’s Dogma 2 Is Rapidly Outpacing The Original’s Sales
Screenshot: Capcom / KotakuIt sounds like the 12-year wait between Dragon’s Dogma and its sequel has worked out in Capcom’s favor. In its first two weeks, Dragon’s Dogma 2 has already sold twice as many copies...
Hollow Knight Silksong’s April Fools’ Day Update Is Real
Image: Team CherryThis year, like every year, the gaming industry celebrated April Fools’ Day with a myriad of fake news to entertain fans. That included classic celebrations in Overwatch and the continuation of a tired trend...
Helldivers 2’s Robots Back With A Vengeance, Now Have Gunships And Walking Tanks
Image: Arrowhead Game Studios / SonyWar…war never changes…or at least that’s what some people say. They’d be wrong though, because in the case of the satirical co-op shooter Helldivers 2, war is frequently changing—often at the...
New Research Suggests Some Gamers' Eyes See More FPS
Image: Mediatonic / Roman Samborskyi / Kotaku (Shutterstock)Ever wondered how pro gamers get so, well, pro? Sure, it’s the hours of grinding and practicing, mastering a game’s systems and applying them in competitive...
Helldivers 2 Players Finally Liberate Malevelon Creek, AKA 'Robot Vietnam'
The narrative of the co-op shooter Helldivers 2 has taken unpredictable twists and turns that have kept its community on its toes since it launched, but no surprise has been greater than the reverence for Malevelon Creek. The...
Thanks To Hits Like Wordle, The New York Times Is Now A Gaming Company
Image: New York Times / SEC / KotakuThe New York Times might be best known for its long-running newspaper. But new data shows that thanks to popular games like Wordle, Strands, Connections, and more, the Times...
Dragon’s Dogma 2 Players Really Want To Kiss Their Pawns
Dragon’s Dogma 2, Capcom’s latest high-fantasy action role-playing game, lets you romance all sorts of non-player characters. From a city leader to a town fool, a brothel host to a young blacksmith, there’s plenty of love in the...
Maniac Takes The Best Part Of GTA And Makes It A Roguelike
When I was younger, my friends and I would play Grand Theft Auto III differently than how the developers intended. Instead of completing missions and side activities, we would use cheat codes to give ourselves all the guns,...
Earthblade, The Next Game From Celeste Devs, Has Been Delayed
Image: Extremely OK GamesEarthblade, the next game from Celeste developer Extremely OK Games, will not be released in 2024. The fantasy Metroidvania platformer was originally slated for release this year, but has been delayed without a...
