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Bethesda Has Revealed Fallout TV Characters’ SPECIAL Stats

A recent update for Bethesda’s popular post-apocalyptic spin-off, Fallout Shelter, added some characters from the Amazon Prime live-action TV show adaptation to the base-building game. While it’s fun...

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9 Video Game Adaptations Set To Premiere In 2024

Video game adaptations continue to be somewhat of a golden goose for studios, with series and movies alike based on popular gaming IPs cropping up at an exponential rate thanks to the success of recent...

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Tomb Raider: The Legend Of Lara Croft Netflix Series Gets A Release Date, And...

Tomb Raider: The Legend Of Lara Croft, the upcoming Netflix animated series, finally has a release date as well as a brand new teaser trailer. Based on the iconic Tomb Raider franchise, the show will...

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Like A Dragon: Yakuza TV Show Announced Out Of Absolutely Nowhere

Amazon Prime Video has announced Like A Dragon: Yakuza, a new TV show based on the wildly popular series of Sega video games. The announcement came out of absolutely nowhere. There had been no hint...

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Every Game We Played At This Year’s Not-E3 Summer Game Fest Extravaganza

Summer Game Fest, aka Geoff-con/Keighley-palooza, has come and gone. The E3 replacement included multiple online showcases and onsite events, each aimed at drumming up excitement for a flood of...

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Starfield Mod Fixes The Ending To One Of The Game’s Best Quests

Hey, do you remember that really neat Star Trek-esque quest in Starfield where you had to help some long-lost colonists find a new home, but the game thought killing children was an acceptable outcome,...

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Which Version Of Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Should You Play?

One of the most impactful decisions you’ll make in Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance comes right at the start of the game. Standing at a literal crossroads, you see a girl suspended in the air. Ominous...

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Elden Ring Director Thinks New DLC Bosses Will Push Players To Their Breaking...

Shadow of the Erdtree, a mega-sized expansion for Elden Ring that’s basically a whole other game, sounds equal parts magnificent and brutal. That’s by design, according to FromSoftware director...

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9 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree

Real talk: there’s nothing that truly prepares you for jumping into a Souls game. But even FromSoftware knows a fair warning about what’s coming can go a hell of a long way. So, take it from one who...

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The Latest Twist In Dr Disrespect’s Infamous Twitch Ban Saga, Explained

Herschel “Dr Disrespect” Beahm was one of the biggest streamers on Twitch when the Amazon-owned streaming platform permanently banned him in mid-2020. The suddenness of the high-profile ejection,...

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Fallout: New Vegas Villain Tease For Season 2 Raises All Sorts Of Questions

The Fallout series from Amazon isn’t done teasing fans over the potential canonicity of Obsidian’s beloved New Vegas. After constant questions about whether that game even existed in the show’s world...

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This Real Life Monkey Ball Is My New Favorite Video Game Controller

Anything can become a gaming controller if you try hard enough, even a monkey in a ball. Thomas Tilley proved that after his recent creation went viral, making every match of Super Monkey Ball Banana...

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Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: Eight Eclectic Games We Love

How are we at the end of June already? Can time slow down? No? Okay. Fine. Well, at least we’re at the weekend, so that means (hopefully) you have some free time to spend on video games. This week...

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Amazon’s New Gaming Zone Is A Sad, Empty Digital Abyss Cosplaying As A Video...

Overnight, Amazon introduced what it calls its new 3D “Gaming Zone”. It’s a neon lit browser toy that vaguely resembles a video shop and also possibly someone’s living room? It’s very strange, and it...

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Amazon Prime Video Is Fixing Its Absolute Worst Feature

If you’re a subscriber to Amazon Prime and watch its streamer offshoot Prime Video, you’ll know what an absolutely ghastly nightmare it can be to use. Shows and movies that you can watch for “free” as...

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Michael Bay Is Working On A Skibidi Toilet Cinematic Universe

Skibidi Toilet, the massively popular YouTube series featuring singing heads popping out of toilet bowls, is being developed into a TV and film franchise by Transformers director Michael Bay, and...

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Amazon Giving Away 20 Free Games This Month, Including Deus Ex And Tomb Raider

Amazon has announced that it will give Prime subscribers 20 free games during the month of August, including Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, Baldur’s Gate II, and Loop Hero....

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How To Summon Golems In Diablo 4, Like All The Best Necromancers

For those who enjoy sitting back and allowing a swarm of minions to clear mobs, the Necromancer in Diablo IV is one of the most potent classes each season, and for many the most satisfying. At first,...

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Everything You Need To Know About The Visions Of Mana Demo

Visions of Mana is the first new mainline entry in Square Enix’s Mana series in over 15 years, so naturally it has attracted huge attention from modern-day RPG fans and retro game enthusiasts alike. As...

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Mark Hamill’s Missing Joker Voice Was Just Quietly Added To Crisis on...

Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 3 is the last time fans get to hear Kevin Conroy as Batman. But the initial version had one big problem. His archnemesis, the Joker, didn’t sound like Mark Hamill, the...

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Amazon Orders Animated Series Featuring Spelunky, New World, And PlayStation...

Amazon Prime Video has reportedly ordered a new animated anthology series that will feature short stories set within different, pre-existing video game worlds. The series is being created by Tim...

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It Sure Looks Like Keanu Reeves Is Starring In An Armored Core Short Film For...

Earlier this month, Amazon announced that it had ordered an animated series full of shorts based on video games like Spelunky and Mega Man, called Secret Level. Now we’ve gotten our first look at the...

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All 15 Games Featured In Secret Level

Even after reports of the animated series surfaced last week, one of the most surprising announcements at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live was Secret Level. This 15-episode anthological animated series...

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How To Build The Ultimate Necromancer For Diablo 4’s Fifth Season

The most pressing question every player has at the beginning of a new season in Diablo IV is which class and build they should play. I’m easy, as I choose the same almost every season. But sometimes,...

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard Is Finally Telling Us More About Its Companions In...

BioWare changed the name of Dragon Age: The Veilguard from Dreadwolf in order to better reflect that the RPG is about its cast of heroes, rather than about Solas, the elven trickster god at its center....

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Amazon Prime Is Offering Three Iconic Lord Of The Rings Games For Free

Who doesn’t love free video games? It’s the best way to expand your backlog of titles you’ll never touch – at least not until you retire, which is what you keep telling yourself to assuage the guilt....

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Yakuza: Like A Dragon Already Has A Live-Action Adaptation That Nails The...

As with most live-action video game adaptations, Amazon’s Like a Dragon: Yakuza show announcement came with its fair share of anxiety from a vocal fandom, which built up even more as they heard about...

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Borderlands And LotR Headline A Strong Lineup Of Free Amazon Prime Games This...

Every month, millions of people around the world take for granted the fact that they are probably members of Amazon Prime. A Prime subscription nets you a lot, including a streaming service and free...

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PS5 Pro Pre-Orders: When They Start And How to Get One

On September 10, Sony officially unveiled the PlayStation 5 Pro. The console is planned to be the company’s most powerful PlayStation and will provide players with higher frame rates and better-looking...

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Your Physical Game Collection Won’t Work On PS5 Pro Without An $80 Add-On

Sony just announced the PlayStation 5 Pro, and the $US700 console feels like a premium device for the most graphics-brained folks you know. The game comparisons we’ve seen so far look at least somewhat...

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The PS5 Disc Drive Is Selling Out Online After PS5 Pro Reveal

Yesterday, Sony officially unveiled the PlayStation 5 Pro after months of rumors and leaks. The souped-up console will cost $US700, let you play many games at higher frame rates, and doesn’t come with...

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No Amount Of Non-Astro Bot News From Sony Can Keep Us From Talking About This...

Amid Concord’s demise and a somewhat divisive PS5 Pro announcement, Astro Bot brought us some joy during an otherwise super serious month for Sony. The adorable 3D platformer is filled to the brim with...

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A Big Moment In Digimon History Is Coming To Blu-Ray, And It’s Up For Pre-Order

2000’s Digimon: The Movie is notorious for its complicated development, incredible ska and punk soundtrack, and the decades of memes that it spawned. Looking back at scenes like the giant, yoked-up...

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All The News From Today’s Big EA Investor Event

On September 17, EA held its annual Investor Day event. This is where the company shows off the future of what it’s working on, discusses how it plans to expand its franchises, and tries to convince a...

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Character Creator Is Incredible, But It Could Be...

Earlier this month, myself and several other content creators and members of the press got to go hands-on with BioWare’s long-anticipated RPG Dragon Age: The Veilguard. I came away from my seven hours...

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Here’s How Your Faction Affects Relationships In Dragon Age: The Veilguard

When you boot up BioWare’s long-awaited RPG Dragon Age: The Veilguard on October 31 and create your custom character, you’ll be asked what Faction your protagonist Rook came from before the game...

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BioWare Doesn’t Want To Invalidate Your Earlier Choices In Dragon Age: The...

With series like Mass Effect and Dragon Age, BioWare has made a name for itself as the “choices matter” studio. These games have allowed players to import their choices from previous entries in order...

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34 Games Coming Out In October That We Can’t Wait To Check Out

October hits different. The spooky month is often bursting with new games to play ahead of the end of the year, and 2024’s buffet of releases is keeping the tradition alive. From PC to Nintendo Switch,...

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Guy Crashes $200,000 Sports Car While Streaming And Gets Banned For Life

Popular YouTuber and Kick streamer Jack Doherty made news over the weekend after he crashed his pricey sports car into a guardrail. The crash happened during a livestream on Kick and he has been banned...

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DOOM Eternal Leads A Hell Of A Strong Month Of Free Prime Gaming Titles This...

It’s a new month, which means it’s time for another drop of free games via Amazon’s Prime Gaming subscription. In case you don’t know—and who could blame you—being an Amazon Prime subscriber neets you...

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