The Last Of Us Online Is Officially Canceled
The Last of Us Online is dead. Naughty Dog announced today that the multiplayer spin-off of the hit series is no longer in development, citing concerns about managing ongoing content for a live-service game while still trying to produce the single-play...
Suicide Squad Will Get An Offline Story Mode, Eventually
Always-online multiplayer shooter Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League won’t stay that way forever. Rocksteady Studios confirmed the apparent live service game will get an offline story mode sometime after launch in 2024. Read more...
Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer Drops December 5
Grand Theft Auto VI’s trailer reveal is just days away. Rockstar Games confirmed it will finally show the much anticipated next game in the hit open-world franchise on December 5, indicating that it’s the first trailer of many. Read more...
Destiny 2 Players Are Roasting Its New ‘Starter Pack’ [Update: Bungie Deletes It]
The hardest thing about Destiny 2 is getting any of your friends to play it. Fans of Bungie’s ambitious and imaginative sci-fi shooter have long hoped for a simple on-ramp that would make it easier to get lapsed players and newcomers back into its univ...
Kotaku’s Best Gifts Of 2023 For Xbox Fans
Xbox is kinda cool again. Microsoft’s gaming console saw the release of some big games this year, the addition of massive new gaming studios with the acquisition of Call of Duty company Activision Blizzard, and its Netflix-like subscription service Gam...
Kotaku Asks: Who Got Snubbed At The Game Awards Nominations?
This week, creator and host of The Game Awards, Geoff Keighley, revealed which games are in the running for prizes at his showcase in December. Dozens of games were named across over 30 categories. What was missing?Read more...
Every Game We Saw At Nintendo’s Latest Indie World Showcase
It’s been a surprisingly strong year for the Nintendo Switch even as sales slow and fans eagerly await its successor, and today the company promoted a bunch of indie games that will fill out the console’s release calendar heading into 2024, from a new ...
Laid-Off Dragon Age Testers Will Picket BioWare [Update]
Former quality assurance testers who worked on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf are preparing to picket outside Bioware’s Edmonton offices after being laid off earlier this year. Electronic Arts tried to block the protest but the developers prevailed in a ruling ...
GameStop Keeps Finding New Ways To Rip People Off
Things have been bad at retail chain GameStop for a while now but somehow they’re about to get even worse. Employee benefits are on the chopping block heading into next year as the gaming retailer doubles-down on cost-cutting despite holding $1 billion...
Destiny 2 Maker Bungie Latest PlayStation Studio To Cut Staff
Bungie is the latest PlayStation studio to face layoffs. While the scale of the cuts wasn’t immediately apparent, multiple, now-former staff members began posting on social media on October 30 that they’d been let go by the beloved Destiny 2 maker. Rea...