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  • The Last Stardew Valley 1.6 Patch Note Is Here

    Mon 5:30pm By Moises Taveras
    It is the eve before Stardew Valley’s 1.6 update drops and developer ConcernedApe has delivered us one last sneak peek by way of patch notes. In case you’ve missed the last week of chaos, Stardew Valley’s developer has been releasing spoiler-free teases…
  • New AI Demo Shows Why Games Writing Should Be Left To People [Update]

    Mon 4:50pm By Moises Taveras
    Unity and Convai have released a trailer for their AI demo, Project Neural Nexus, and it predictably looks and sounds like shit. Project Neural Nexus is meant to be a proof-of-concept AI demo that’s also powered by Unity— you know, the company behind the…
  • Balatro Hits One Million Copies Sold In Less Than A Month, Mobile Port Incoming

    Mon 4:45pm By Zack Zwiezen
    Balatro, the popular roguelike deck-builder quickly taking over the world, has now sold over 1 million copies in less than a month. And good news to all you Balatro sickos out there (myself included): the hit card game is getting ported to mobile devices, too.…
  • Twitch Streamers Are Playing Games On Boobs And Butts

    Mon 4:15pm By Levi Winslow
    There’s a new way to watch broadcasts on Twitch, and it’s not just pulling up a livestream on your monitor or TV and calling it a day. No, actually it’s a sort of Inception situation, where you’re now watching something like Fortnite projected onto a…
  • FF7 Rebirth’s Best Materia For Buffing Your Party

    Mon 4:00pm By Claire Jackson
    Speccing out your party in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is essential to surviving its toughest fights. While weapons, armor, and accessories will go a long way to boosting stats, the magical orbs known as materia pack even greater resources for buffing your party…
  • Get Five Of 2023's Best Indie Games At Nearly 50 Percent Off

    Mon 3:45pm By Willa Rowe
    This year’s Steam Spring sale only has a few days left until it ends on March 21. We’ve already done a roundup highlighting 12 of the best games you can get for cheap during the annual sale, ranging from 2023’s big AAA tentpoles, to some older hidden…
  • Overwatch 2 Devs Fear Story Missions Have Been Canceled

    Mon 3:30pm By Kenneth Shepard
    In the last few months, Overwatch 2 fans have grown increasingly worried about the state of the hero shooter’s story missions. These missions were a pillar of the sequel’s initial pitch at Blizzcon 2019, the shiny new thing that merited making a new game…
  • Helldivers 2 Matches Currently Filled With Strange, Unexplained Blue Lasers

    Mon 2:45pm By Zack Zwiezen
    Recently, players fighting for democracy in online co-op sci-fi shooter Helldivers 2 have spotted strange blue lasers flying across the sky. Others have recorded video clips showing the mysterious blue lasers taking out players with one shot. Some online are…
  • New Star Wars Show The Acolyte Is Out Sooner Than You Thought

    Mon 1:15pm By Germain Lussier
    It’s official. The next live-action Star Wars that’ll hit your eyeballs is The Acolyte, and it’s coming sooner than you may think. Disney just revealed a teaser poster for the show with an intriguing tagline, lightsaber, and the release date of June 4.…
  • MrBeast's Amazon Game Show Makes History With $5 Million Prize

    Mon 1:00pm By Zack Zwiezen
    MrBeast, one of the most popular content creators in the world, will be producing and hosting one of the most lucrative game shows in history on Amazon Prime Video. Beast Games will feature a $5 million prize for the winner, which Amazon claims is the…
  • Fallout TV Series Creator Says Pleasing Fans Is A ‘Fool’s Errand’

    Mon 12:45pm By Levi Winslow
    As an artist, you can’t always please everyone—especially if you’re stepping into an established fandom. Jonathan Nolan, the creator of the upcoming Fallout TV series for Amazon Prime Video, seems to understand that. In fact, he recently said that trying…
  • Hyper Light Breaker Dev Really Wants You To Know It's Not A Sequel

    Mon 12:00pm By Ethan Gach
    Hyper Light Breaker might share a similar name to its 2016 predecessor, and it even takes place in the same universe (though it’s set 15 years earlier), but it’s a very different game from the atmospheric Zelda-like that blew fans away eight years ago.…
  • Now’s Your Chance To Play HoYoverse’s Next Game Ahead Of Launch

    Mon 11:45am By Willa Rowe
    Zenless Zone Zero, the next game from HoYoverse, still doesn’t have a concrete release date, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get your hands on it soon. For fans eager to get a taste of what the Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail developer has cooking,…
  • Apex Legends Tournament Postponed After Players Hacked Mid-Game

    Mon 11:30am By Levi Winslow
    A big Apex Legends tournament came to an abrupt end after a handful of pro players were hacked during one of the final matches of the competition. Developer Respawn Entertainment and publisher EA have yet to comment on the situation, leaving folks frustrated…
  • At Last, Stardew Valley Will Let You Drink Mayonnaise

    Mon 11:15am By Moises Taveras
    Stardew Valley’s upcoming 1.6 update finally launches tomorrow, March 19, and its developer has been prepping us for the occasion by sharing a spoiler-free line from his patch notes daily. The lead-up to the patch’s release has been momentous for the…
  • Sony Reportedly Halts PSVR2 Production As Headsets Fail To Sell

    Mon 10:30am By Kenneth Shepard
    The PlayStation VR2 is struggling, it seems. According to a March 17 Bloomberg report, Sony has paused of the PS5’s virtual reality headset after its initial supply has failed to pick up sales momentum, resulting in an overflow of unsold stock.Read more...
  • How To Get Goat Milk In Unicorn Overlord

    Mon 10:15am By Willa Rowe
    Of all the creatures and enemies you expect to encounter in Unicorn Overlord, a goat isn’t on that list. Yet goats abound in Vanillaware’s tactics RPG, at least on Albion, an island kingdom that players reach late in the game. These goats are friendly, and…
  • 21 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Mini-Games, Ranked From Worst To Best

    Mon 9:15am By Kenneth Shepard, Claire Jackson, Jen Glennon, Moises Taveras, and Carolyn Petit
    Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has a lot of mini-games. Some might argue it has too many, some also might argue that there are more than we put on this list. The truth is, Rebirth is full of so many diversions from the strategic, action-based combat that you could…
  • The Best Mario Ever, Rise Of The Ronin, And More Of The Week's Hottest Takes

    Sun 9:15am By Kotaku Staff
    The third week of March was an eclectic one for gaming news. We’re still hyped for Unicorn Overlord, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and the upcoming samurai adventure Rise of the Ronin. But we’re a little less enthusiastic about the new Star Wars remasters.…
  • All The Unicorn Overlord And FF7 Rebirth Tips You Need

    Sat 10:30am By Kotaku Staff
    We get it, you’re probably very into Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Unicorn Overlord this week. So are we. And if you’re stuck on a tricky boss fight, unsure of who to take out on a date, or want to finish that capture quest, we’ve got you covered.Read more...
  • Mario Day Announcements, Stardew Valley Revelations, And More Of The Week's Big News

    Sat 9:15am By Kotaku Staff
    Gaming culture is vast and multifaceted, stretching beyond the realm of digital play itself and into areas like online streaming, fast food merchandise and, of course, ill-advised celebrity clothing lines. This week’s news was something of a sampler platter.…
  • FF7 Rebirth’s Best Healing And Revival Materia (And Where To Find Them)

    Fri 5:30pm By Claire Jackson
    Epic RPG Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has a lot of fighting. Like a lot. Naturally, you’ll want to up your damage output, cast buffs and debuffs to get through these fights, but healing materia is one of the most essential orbs you can snag and slap into your…
  • Rumored PS5 Pro Will Have 'Spectral Super Resolution,' Whatever That Means

    Fri 5:15pm By Levi Winslow
    The PS5 Pro rumor mill is turning once again. While some analysts believe Sony’s PlayStation refresh will launch sometime this year, likely before GTA 6 comes out, we still don’t know too much about the console. Now, a new leak suggests the improved PS5…
  • Nearly 30 Percent Of The Top 100 Steam Deck Games Aren’t Verified

    Fri 5:00pm By Zack Zwiezen
    Recently, Valve published a list of the top 100 most-played Steam Deck games over the last 12 months. Digging into this much data is fun, and the full list is both a snapshot of recent trends and a reminder that old favorites are some of the most popular…
  • Stardew Valley's 1.6 Update Will Fix Your Marriage

    Fri 4:15pm By Moises Taveras
    Stardew Valley’s developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has fired off his latest patch note for the game’s upcoming 1.6 update, and it’s quite possibly the funniest one yet. ConcernedApe is tweeting out a single detail from the 1.6 update’s patch…
  • Halo 2 Multiplayer Is So Back

    Fri 3:01pm By Willa Rowe
    In 2010, Microsoft shut down Xbox Live servers for the original Xbox. That meant the online components of titles like Phantasy Star Online, Star Wars: Battlefront II, and Halo 2 were completely unavailable to play. While not everybody in 2024 still has access…
  • Finally, You Can Dunk On Madame Web From The Comfort Of Home

    Fri 2:45pm By James Whitbrook
    Just a little over one month since we were celebrating the Valentine’s Day of Madame Web, Sony’s latest, occasionally greatest, often just most bizarre Spider-Man spinoff is connecting its web to a digital home release. You know, in case you just…
  • Helldivers 2 Now Has Its Very Own ‘Let Me Solo Her’ Guy

    Fri 2:30pm By Moises Taveras
    Third-person co-op shooter Helldivers 2 has captured the hearts and minds of players around the world and the community that has formed around it is enthralling to watch. Players have fully surrendered to the game’s humor and roleplay as soldiers of Super…
  • Be Careful: Update Minecraft And Your Worlds Might Get Destroyed

    Fri 2:15pm By Zack Zwiezen
    If you are playing Minecraft on PC using the Xbox app, be careful before you update the popular open-world survival game. Developer Mojang says you might end up destroying your saved worlds—unless you do some digital repairing. Read more...
  • The Among Us Animated Show’s Cast Is Stacked

    Fri 2:00pm By Kenneth Shepard
    If you didn’t know or, like me, completely jettisoned the information from your brain, popular social deduction game Among Us is getting an animated series by way of CBS Studios. Today, Variety reported the series’ cast, and it’s absolutely stacked with…