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Image: Bungie Bungie announced on Thursday that Destiny 2’s Witch Queen expansion will be free to access for all players through the weekend. With a flashy new expansion, Lightfall, coming in hot on February 28, it’s a perfect time to give one of the best sci-fi shooters around a second chance. Or a third, or

Hugh Mcdonalid
February 24, 2023

Image: Naughty Dog / Sony We get it, new-gen games are expensive. At $70 a pop for PlayStation’s most sought after first-party games that are jam-packed with all the goodies you’d want in a PS5 game (like ray-tracing, higher frame rates, and less load times), it’s understandable if you don’t have an extensive collection just

Hugh Mcdonalid
February 24, 2023

Image: WB | Kotaku Warner Bros., this is not how it is done! There are rules and guidelines in place for how video games are revealed in 2023, and “quickly mentioning it in passing on a phone call” breaks all of them! Watch CC Off English What Other Games Could Use Bayonetta 3‘s Family-Friendly Mode?

Hugh Mcdonalid
February 24, 2023

Photo: Laurence Griffiths (Getty Images) The world received some very sad news earlier today when we learned that legendary English football commentator John Motson, whose career spanned decades (and included very long stints in video games), had passed away at the age of 77. Watch CC Off English Why The Hot New Redfall Gameplay Trailer

Hugh Mcdonalid
February 24, 2023

Image: Hello Games No Man’s Sky consistently contributes to its quest to become one of video games’ greatest redemption stories with regular, important updates, and the next one is no exception. The upcoming Fractal Update is actually going to make Hello Games’ open-universe space sim prettier nearly seven years after its original launch. No Man’s

Hugh Mcdonalid
February 23, 2023

Image: Ubisoft I know this isn’t the most pressing issue facing the video game community, but I just think it’s funny: someone at Ubisoft has finally got around to fixing a bug that has impacted one particular version of Assassin’s Creed on one specific platform that has been bugging people (or maybe just one person?)

Hugh Mcdonalid
February 23, 2023

Screenshot: Warner Bros. Games / Kotaku I’m walking the hallowed halls of Hogwarts, accompanied by twinkling classical piano music and random, startling interjections from a raucous moving painting or Peeves the Poltergeist. A student materializes in front of my eyes, shimmering into existence as their Disillusionment Charm fades; the mirrors in the bathroom snidely comment

Hugh Mcdonalid
February 22, 2023

Image: Bungie Expansions have a way of making Destiny 2 feel like an entirely new game, and Lightfall appears to be no exception. Now less than a week away, the massive update will add lots of new content as well as overhaul the loot shooter in some pretty big ways. Here’s a roundup of everything

Hugh Mcdonalid
February 22, 2023

“November Rain” intensifies.Illustration: Hirohiko Araki / Viz Media /Shueisha / Kotaku Last week, the world (specifically Japanese citizens) read the latest installment of Hirohiko Araki’s mega-popular manga series, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: The JOJOLands. While I was uneasy about whether or not Araki should continue the series with yet another saga since its previous part, JoJolion,

Hugh Mcdonalid
February 22, 2023

Image: Bungie Bungie’s two-year legal battle against a Destiny 2 cheat maker finally concluded last week. The judge agreed that cheat maker AimJunkies had violated Bungie’s copyright and ordered it to pay over $3.6 million in damages and $700,000 in legal expenses. Watch CC Off English Team Ninja’s Next Game Is Giving Me Sekiro PTSD

Hugh Mcdonalid
February 22, 2023