Alan Wake 2 Closed-Doors Demo: Maybe Remedy's Best Game YetMore physical, strategic combat and Remedy's brand of deep, trippy narrative look set to deliver a banger sequelByAlyssa MercantePublishedJune 9, 2023
What It’s Like To Be At Summer Game Fest As The Reveals HappenThere were no women onstage at Geoff Keighley’s summer game event, but this woman was in the crowdByAlyssa MercantePublishedJune 8, 2023
Video Game Conventions Are Still Hotbeds Of Sexualized AbuseAllegations of harassment, druggings, and inappropriate conduct at GDC 2023 are only the latest data point in a…ByAlyssa MercanteUpdatedJune 9, 2023
Twitch's New Ad Rules Are Very Bad For Streamers [Update]‘The top 100 streamers on Twitch just got told they’re not allowed to make 80 percent of their revenue the way…ByAlyssa MercanteUpdatedJune 7, 2023
Twitch Streamer's Soccer Team Pulls From $1M Tourney Over Racism AllegationsThe Dallas United were competing in the inaugural The Soccer Tournament against West HamByAlyssa MercantePublishedJune 2, 2023
Meet The Psychologist Determined To Prove Video Games Are Good, ActuallyDr. Rachel Kowert is a research psychologist who has been studying video games for 15 yearsByAlyssa MercantePublishedJune 2, 2023
Overwatch 2 Removes Cop Cars From Pride Version Of MapOverwatch really said ‘No Cops at Pride,' despite having police skins for its charactersByAlyssa MercantePublishedJune 1, 2023
Xbox Promises To Make Games For Much-Needed Queer VisibilityXbox has announced a 'long-term' partnership with GLAAD as part of its Pride celebrationByAlyssa MercantePublishedJune 1, 2023
Celebrate Pride With Over 450 Queer Games And Art For Just $60The Queer Games Bundle includes work from more than 300 queer artists at itch.io for less than the price of Tears of…ByAlyssa MercantePublishedJune 1, 2023
Building Lightsabers In Jedi: Survivor Is So Wildly SatisfyingThe Star Wars game does customization like none other before it; Respawn tells Kotaku how the team pulled it offByAlyssa MercantePublishedMay 25, 2023
PlayStation-Inspired Cosmetics Are Coming To Destiny 2The crossover includes cosmetics based on The Last of Us, Horizon Forbidden West, and God of WarByAlyssa MercantePublishedMay 23, 2023
Apex Legends Tourney Reverses Disqualification Of Trans PlayerThe story behind the all-women, $100,000 Apex Legends tournament that removed, then reinstated a trans-identifying…ByAlyssa MercantePublishedMay 22, 2023
Overwatch 2 Game Director Apologizes For Axing Promised PvE ModeBlizzard’s Aaron Keller released a lengthy blog explaining Overwatch’s origins and its future plans while also…ByAlyssa MercantePublishedMay 19, 2023
Overwatch 2 Multiplayer Isn’t Good Enough To Justify Gutting Its Long-Promised PvEThe promise of a PvE experience soothed the burn of the sequel's lackluster debut, but now what?ByAlyssa MercanteUpdatedMay 17, 2023
Mourning Overwatch 2's Story Mode, A Tragedy That Didn't Need To HappenWith Blizzard gutting Overwatch 2’s story mode, we find ourselves asking ‘why did we need a sequel again?’ByIsaiah Colbert, Alyssa Mercante, and Kenneth ShepardPublishedMay 17, 2023
Twitter Fights Over Who’s Hotter: Young Al Pacino Or Young Robert DeNiroThe poll went viral quickly, and hilariously reached a peak during the election-focused episode of HBO's SuccessionByAlyssa MercantePublishedMay 15, 2023
No I Will Not Be Waiting In A Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Line, Thank YouThe Nintendo eShop exists, yet people are queuing for hours for the Breath of the Wild sequelByAlyssa MercantePublishedMay 12, 2023
I Had an Existential Crisis at the Tom Sandoval ConcertIn the wake of #Scandoval, the Vanderpump Rules star is doubling down on his self-absorption and cringey-ness. I…ByAlyssa MercantePublishedMay 9, 2023
Please Watch This Amazing Overwatch X Dallas Mavericks VideoThe video’s creator tells Kotaku he almost got fired for sharing it on RedditByAlyssa MercantePublishedMay 5, 2023
The Star Wars Anakin Skywalker Renaissance Is Here And My Body Is ReadyHayden Christensen is the perfect Anakin Skywalker, and this year’s Ahsoka series could prove thatByAlyssa MercantePublishedMay 4, 2023