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Oof, That Magic Diablo Clone Didn't Even Survive Its Beta
Surprise: Two More Control Games Are In The Works
Final Fantasy V And VI Disappear From Steam Next Month
Here's Xbox Live Games With Gold For July
Sony Snipes At Microsoft's Spending Sprees
RIP The Xbox Game Pass Joke
Hello Kotaku, It's Me, Your New EIC
The Best Games For The PlayStation 5
Sony Acquires Housemarque, Developer of PS5's Returnal [Updated]
Traditional Japanese Handicrafts Meets Pokémon Seems Like A Great Idea
Fans Unhappy Iconic Anime Characters Are Being Used For Tokyo Olympics
Anime-Style Streetscapes That Are Actually 3D Models
Shipping Prices For Board Games Have Gone Through The Roof
Reverse-Engineered Grand Theft Auto Games Are Back, Baby
PUBG Mobile Bans Almost Four Million Players In A Single Week
Lil Nas X’s BET Awards Outfit Might Have A Naruto Reference
Police Are Searching For Twitch Streamer’s Daughter, Missing Since June 25
Faze Clan Members Skewered By Fans Following Huge Crypto Losses
Top Twitch Streamers Fight Over Sketchy Gambling Streams
Dante In Smash Bros. Turned Into Some Real Monkey's Paw Crap
How To Change Your Switch's On-Screen Joy-Con Colors
Demon Slayer Game Gets October Release Date
Nier Re[in]carnation Comes Stateside July 28

Oof, That Magic Diablo Clone Didn't Even Survive Its Beta

Posted: 29 Jun 2021 01:00 PM PDT

Magic: Legends, the ARPG that combined Diablo-style aesthetics with the card game mechanics of Magic: The Gathering, will shut down October 31.

Posted: 29 Jun 2021 12:30 PM PDT

Today, Remedy Entertainment and 505 Games announced plans for a multiplayer spin-off to Control, the mind-bending third-person shooter released in 2019. The project, codenamed Condor, is being developed for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

Posted: 29 Jun 2021 11:30 AM PDT

Heads up: Next month, Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI will no longer be available via Steam. Square Enix will replace those games with the recently announced "Pixel Remaster" versions. Eventually.

Posted: 29 Jun 2021 09:29 AM PDT

Another month, another batch of Games With Gold. As always, these games are only "free" if you have an active subscription to Xbox Live Gold. July's Games With Gold are:

Posted: 29 Jun 2021 08:30 AM PDT

After a year of watching Microsoft throw around billions buying up game studios, Sony has returned fire with a small acquisition of its own. The purchase of Returnal developer Housemarque is only the second studio Sony has acquired over the last decade, however, marking a clear difference in the two companies'…

RIP The Xbox Game Pass Joke

Posted: 29 Jun 2021 08:15 AM PDT

Fact: If you cover games, someone will call you a "shill" at some point. Over the weekend, a contingent of games-focused writers and influencers pushed back on that claim by plastering Twitter with tongue-in-cheek posts about the purported value of Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft's subscription-based games-on-demand…

Hello Kotaku, It's Me, Your New EIC

Posted: 29 Jun 2021 07:00 AM PDT

Hello, Kotaku. We meet again. But this time, nobody can stop me.

The Best Games For The PlayStation 5

Posted: 29 Jun 2021 06:30 AM PDT

Congratulations! You weathered the queues and were able to nab a PlayStation 5. You've somehow finagled the thing into your TV stand and turned it on without issue. So, what comes next? Of all the options at your fingertips, which games deserve your time and energy?

Posted: 29 Jun 2021 04:30 AM PDT

Today, Sony announced that Housemarque had officially become an in-house studio.

Posted: 29 Jun 2021 03:30 AM PDT

Earlier today, a 48-second, live-action clip appeared on Pokémon's official Japanese YouTube channel, featuring traditional Japanese crafts, culminating with a Metapod made from grasses. Then, tantalizingly, "Coming soon."

Posted: 29 Jun 2021 02:00 AM PDT

The Tokyo Olympics kicks off next month in Japan. To promote the games, iconic characters like Sailor Moon, Astro Boy, and Naruto have been enlisted.

Posted: 28 Jun 2021 07:45 PM PDT

Jaume Rovira Llorca is an artist from Spain.

Posted: 28 Jun 2021 06:05 PM PDT

Board games had a very bad 2020, with the industry hit hard by Covid thanks to manufacturing issues and the fact people literally couldn't get together to play. Things were looking slightly up for 2021, until freight shipping prices just decided to fire themselves into space.

Posted: 28 Jun 2021 05:15 PM PDT

In February, fans managed to reverse-engineer the source code for Grand Theft Auto III and Vice City. A week later, publisher Take-Two went after them and had the projects taken down. Now in June, they're back again.

Posted: 28 Jun 2021 04:30 PM PDT

A lot of online games announce ban numbers from time to time. It's a nice little piece of PR to let players know that they're at least trying to keep the playing field level. Yet PUBG Mobile's latest ban tally made me do an old-timey cartoon double-take, giant bulging eyes and all.

Posted: 28 Jun 2021 03:30 PM PDT

Lord of Hell and homophobes' worst fucking nightmare Lil Nas X turned heads at yesterday's BET Awards in an ensemble that may have had references to characters from Naruto.

Posted: 28 Jun 2021 02:30 PM PDT

Authorities in Carlisle, Ohio are looking for information regarding the whereabouts of Sarah Nicole Perkins, daughter of Twitch streamer Michael "MikeyPerk" Perkins. The teen went missing on the evening of June 25.

Posted: 28 Jun 2021 02:00 PM PDT

Faze Clan, a video game group known for its vlogs and streetwear releases, is under hot water over cryptocurrency endorsements that have cost fans money. While a scam has not been outright proven, many are questioning whether or not members of the group capitalized on their fame to put a bad investment in front of…

Posted: 28 Jun 2021 01:30 PM PDT

Gambling streams are nothing new on Twitch. For years, streamers have sunk money into slot machines and poker, often in conjunction with casino websites and other gambling companies. Though allowed on Twitch, these channels have a history of engaging in sketchy behavior. Recently, some of the biggest names on Twitch…

Posted: 28 Jun 2021 01:00 PM PDT

Nintendo revealed some new Mii Fighter costumes coming to Super Smash Bros Ultimate today, including one based on Dante from the Devil May Cry series. While fans have long wanted the demon-killing Dante to appear in Smash, this was not what they were asking for—and it has led to a lot of sad and frustrated memes and…

Posted: 28 Jun 2021 12:30 PM PDT

For years, Switch users have changed the color scheme of their Switch Joy-Con controllers through the use of wraps and custom paint jobs. Less common: Changing a Joy-Con's color virtually.

Posted: 28 Jun 2021 12:09 PM PDT

After blowing up the box office with the highest opening weekend of a foreign language film, the Demon Slayer anime is coming to consoles and PC on October 15. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles is an arena fighter published by Sega and developed by CyberConnect2, which made Asura's Wrath and the …

Posted: 28 Jun 2021 12:00 PM PDT

Now that the Japanese have had a couple of months to stew in Yoko Taro's first mobile journey into the Nier universe, it's time for North America, Europe, and Korea to have a go. Free-to-play role-playing game Nier Re[in]carnation launches in those territories on July 28 for iOS and Android devices.

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