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Image for Henry Cavill's Warhammer 40K Universe Inches Closer To Reality

Henry Cavill's Warhammer 40K Universe Inches Closer To Reality

Amazon and Games Workshop have formally agreed to adapt the franchise to the big and small screen

James Whitbrook

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Insomniac Responds To Massive Hack Of Wolverine And Employee Data

The PlayStation studio is 'saddened and angered' by the recent ransomware attack

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The Week's Biggest Gaming News, From Marvel Leaks To Fortnite Porn

Hideo Kojima is completely exhausted but even at this late hour, 2023's still not letting up

Image for OG Solid Snake David Hayter Finally Played Metal Gear Solid V

OG Solid Snake David Hayter Finally Played Metal Gear Solid V

Longtime Snake performer David Hayter was controversially replaced in 2015’s Metal Gear Solid V

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This Cool New Retro Console Is A Great Gift For Atari Fans

The Atari 2600+ captures the look and feel of the original smash-hit home console

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18-Year Old GTA 6 Hacker Sentenced To Life In Hospital Prison

He attacked Rockstar Games, Nvidia, and more as part of Lapsus$

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7 More Things We Just Learned About Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Square Enix's big 2024 RPG teases more details about its open world and possible story twists

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What Hacked Files Tell Us About The Studio Behind Spider-Man 2

Bobby Kotick’s Goodbye Letter Calls Xbox ‘The World’s Most Admired Company’

The controversial CEO will depart after 32 years as head of the gaming company

Alyssa Mercante

Steam Keys For This Gaming Disaster Are Being Sold For Hundreds Of Dollars

Setting that money on fire is probably a more fun way to make use of that cash, though

Sad News: Zack Snyder Willing To Direct Live-Action Fortnite Movie

Does anybody want to see the Batman V Superman director’s take on the popular game?

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Hideo Kojima Is 'Too Tired And Exhausted These Days'

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X-Men Games Will Be Sony Exclusives For More Than A Decade, Leak Reveals

Kenneth Shepard

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Massive Hack Reveals New Venom And X-Men Games Coming By 2030

Kotaku Game Diary

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Kotaku Game Diary

I Started Baldur’s Gate 3 While Sick, Now I’ve Got Faerûn Fever

I finally tried Larian Studios’ award-winning RPG, and it blew my illness-addled mind

Alyssa Mercante

Kotaku Game Diary

I’m Torturing Modern Warfare III Players With An Exploding Drone

The breacher drone is an especially lethal piece of Call of Duty equipment

Alyssa Mercante

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Kotaku Game Diary

Lords Of The Fallen’s Undead World Has A Seriously Frightening Enemy

Nothing adds pressure like the relentless Scarlet Shadow hunting you nonstop

Kotaku Game Diary

Revisiting Konami’s Messy, Misguided Saw Games On The Eve Of Saw X

Konami’s 2009 video game adaptation had franchise aspirations just as Saw was running out of steam

Kenneth Shepard

Odds and Ends

Watch

This Time-Loop Horror Game Is Secretly One Of 2023's Best Stories

This Time-Loop Horror Game Is Secretly One Of 2023's Best Stories

This Cool New Retro Console Is A Great Gift For Atari Fans

This Cyberpunk Shooter Makes Bullet-Time Feel Incredible

Come Catch Kratos' Hands With This Ragnarök Brawler Build

God Of War Ragnarök DLC: Spend 19 Minutes In Valhalla

Retro

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This Cool New Retro Console Is A Great Gift For Atari Fans

The Atari 2600+ captures the look and feel of the original smash-hit home console

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Xbox’s Biggest Flop Was A Decade Ahead Of Its Time

Microsoft’s plans for an always-online entertainment hub don’t seem so wild anymore

Steven Asarch

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10 Years Ago, An Underrated Zelda Game Paved The Way For Tears Of The Kingdom

Breath of the Wild and its sequel didn't come out of nowhere, y'know?

Steven Asarch

Cosplay

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BlizzCon 2023 Gave Us Some Great Cosplay Moments

Blizzard's biggest weekend had Overwatch and Diablo IV reveals, a K-Pop performance, and great cosplay

Alyssa Mercante

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Our Fave Cosplay From New York Comic Con 2023

The best looks from the Manhattan-based con, from a brilliant Jurassic Park duo to Toad from Super Mario Bros.

Alyssa Mercante

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Our Fave Cosplay Looks From Dragon Con 2023

The Atlanta-based convention proved its reputation for cosplay excellence is well-earned

Alyssa Mercante

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Our Fave Cosplay From Fan Expo Canada

Fan Expo Canada cosplayers had it all, from One Piece to Star Wars and even a little Good Omens thrown in the mix

Alyssa Mercante

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Six Months Later

Gotham Knights Six Months Later: Better, But Still Mid

WB Games Montréal’s Batmanless superhero RPG has undergone some changes since its October 21 launch

Behind the Voice

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Behind the Voice

Baldur's Gate 3's Karlach Actor On Playing The Beloved Barbarian

Actor Samantha Béart has their own thoughts on how Baldur's Gate 3’s top tiefling would want to go out

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Behind the Voice

Starfield Daddy Sam Coe On Bisexuality, Console Wars, And Cowboy Hats

In an exclusive interview with Kotaku, voice actor Elias Toufexis tells us all about the beloved character

Alyssa Mercante

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Behind the Voice

Baldur's Gate 3 Narrator Reads Your Down-Bad Tweets

Amelia Tyler took a lot of pleasure reading Astarion and Gale lovers to filth

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Behind the Voice

Overwatch’s Sombra On Her New Film And Its Video Game Connections

Morgan’s Mask tells the story of a cosplayer stuck in quarantine during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and releases on April 28

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We Have To Talk (Again) About How War Games Depict The Middle East

Narratives perpetuated by games like Call of Duty contribute to the tone of the Israel/Palestine conflict

Alyssa Mercante

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Sega Exec On How Cloud-Based Services Are The New Game Demos

10 Indie Games That Deserve A Spot On Your Steam Wishlist

Thanksgaming 2023 kicks off in style with this delectable spread of unknown games

This Award-Winning VR Game Is Challenging Gender Norms

Kotaku went hands-on with the groundbreaking and immersive Body of Mine at the Games for Change festival

Ahead Of The Game: Where Does Games Media Go From Here?

We sat down with Harold Goldberg, founder of the New York Video Game Critics Circle and the New York Video Game Awards

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Dragon’s Dogma 2 Hands-On: We’re So Back

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Video Game Voice Actors Are Ready To Strike Over AI. Here’s Why

Image for The Making Of Baldur's Gate 3's Magical Sex Scenes

The Making Of Baldur's Gate 3's Magical Sex Scenes

Kenneth Shepard

Total Recall

E3

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We Asked The Games Industry To Share Their Favorite E3 Memories

Games industry members reminisce about their fave moments from the world's biggest gaming convention

Alyssa Mercante

Fine Art

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Afternoon Stroll

Tonight's Fine Art looks at the work of Luc Courtois

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Prepare For Trouble, Make It Double

Tonight's Fine Art looks at the work of Ruth Bosch

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Concept Art From A Canceled, Live-Action Robotech Movie

Sony's first attempt to turn Macross into a movie ended up in the bin, but we can still enjoy some of its art

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Any Sufficiently Advanced Technology Is Indistinguishable From Magic

Tonight's Fine Art looks at the work of Sara Hermellin

Game Awards

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Let Me Dress You For The Game Awards 2023

The gamer drip discourse is back, baby, but this time I’m here to help

Alyssa Mercante

Pokemon

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Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s Legacy Is Squandered Potential

Post-DLC, we look back at the best and worst parts of Pokémon Generation IX

Kenneth Shepard

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The Most Anticipated Shiny Pokémon Cards In Paldean Fates

January's new special set contains some spectacularly beautiful artwork, and a new Iono

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Scarlet And Violet DLC Breaks A Key Part of Pokémon Lore (Again)

Legendary Pokémon used to be more than just toys in the toybox

Kenneth Shepard

Image for Pokémon Scarlet And Violet DLC Lets You Play As The Pocket Monsters

Pokémon Scarlet And Violet DLC Lets You Play As The Pocket Monsters

The Indigo Disk introduces the Synchro Machine, letting you mind-control your Pokémon chums

Shop Contest

Speedrunning

Image for Baldur's Gate 3 Speedrunner Races To Bear Sex

Baldur's Gate 3 Speedrunner Races To Bear Sex

YouTuber Weedmoder got the Druid Halsin to put out in just 50 minutes and 30 seconds

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This Impossible-Sounding Fallout 4 Speedrun Took Over 2,000 Hours

After 415 attempts, streamer Vrexia has finally put an end to his no-damage, 100-percent challenge

Image for World's Coolest Dog Set To Speedrun Unbeloved Nintendo Game

World's Coolest Dog Set To Speedrun Unbeloved Nintendo Game

Peanut Butter, a Shiba Inu gamer, will be the first dog to speedrun Gyromite at Awesome Games Done Quick 2024

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Dang, Someone Beat Baldur's Gate 3 In Under 11 Minutes

Twitch streamer Professor Palmer has speedrun Larian Studios’ RPG again, this time on the hardest difficulty

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Twitch

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Amouranth Spends $17 Million On Fruit Field To ‘Overtake’ Bill Gates

The queen of Twitch has added a massive orchard to her budding empire

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The Pokimane Cookie Apology Tour Has Officially Begun

The Twitch streamer is sorry for calling one fan 'a broke boy'

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The Funniest Twitch Streamers You Should Watch Immediately

Twitch isn’t just for video games, it’s also for laughing your ass off

Alyssa Mercante

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Twitch’s AI Seinfeld Show Has Devolved Into Existential Horror

Nothing, Forever has slowly become a philosophical window into existential dread

Very First

YouTube

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Five Riveting Gaming & Anime YouTubers You Should Check Out

You can spend hours watching these outstanding YouTubers delve into the esoteric, strange, and fascinating

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Popular YouTube Channel Linus Tech Tips Taking Break Following Massive Controversy [Update]

Criticism by rival channel Gamers Nexus has prompted a big apology

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Big-Name Gaming YouTuber Is Happy To Have His AI Take Over

Jordi ‘Kwebbelkop’ Van Den Bussche said he’s retiring from being an influencer

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YouTube’s New Trend Features Creepy Singing Toilet-Creatures

Built using the software behind Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2, Skibidi toilet videos are taking over the internet

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