Gaming

An indie developer familiar with making games for the original Switch has explained why that brief look at Mario Kart 9 suggests the Switch 2 is “significantly more powerful.” The Nintendo Switch 2’s grand hardware reveal last week swept many off of their feet. However, one thing that Nintendo has been suspiciously quiet about is the technical prowess of its …

Following the 2023 release of Stronghold: Definitive Edition, Firefly Studios is back with Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition, an updated version of the 2002 RTS city-builder. The upgraded version of the game was unveiled in all its isometric splendor via a reveal trailer posted to the official Firefly Studios YouTube channel, giving players a closer look at what the definitive edition …

I’ve been staring at the moon for so long that the man in it’s taken out an injunction. I’m no longer allowed to come within landing distance of his little ball in the sky. I may never find out if it’s made of cheese. It’s a necessary sacrifice. Because I think the moon might have something to say about GTA …

Nintendo made an interesting decision with Mario Kart 8. They chose to make it so good, and so comprehensive, that it removed the need to make any more. It has now been over ten years since Mario Kart 8 first released, more than double the length that’s ever come between an entry in the series before. Honestly, they could re-re-release …

The developer of Days Gone has said it still plans to create “cool s**t” after parent company Sony canceled its unannounced live-service game. Last week, Sony canceled two unannounced live-service games that were in development at Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games. The Bluepoint game was reportedly a live-service God of War game, according to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier. Bend Studio’s live-service …

Amazon’s awesome 3 for $33 4K Blu-ray sale ends tonight, January 20, at 11:59 PM PT. You’re effectively paying $11 per movie, which is quite the deal–especially when you check out the eligible films. Hundreds of movies are featured in Amazon’s 4K Blu-ray sale, including a bunch of great sci-fi, fantasy, and horror films. To make it easy to browse, …

February 2025, a month that’s famously not going to feature many big video game releases (to be fair, one of those has since been delayed), has just been revealed as the arrival point for another cool thing you might want to play. It’s Keep Driving, the driving RPG thingy that has you fight stuff in turn-based fashion while accumulating stuff. …

Image: The Pokémon Company / Kotaku Update: 1/15/2025, 9:55 a.m. ET: We’ve received a statement from The Pokémon Company International regarding this situation, which is reproduced in full below. In it, the company states that it is attempting to print more cards for the sniped sets, as well as promising restocks on the Pokémon Center websites in the U.S., UK, …

While many were expecting the U.S. to shut down TikTok within its borders if parent company ByteDance didn’t sell it to a Western buyer, it was a bit more of a surprise when Marvel Snap went dark as its publisher is also owned by the same company. TikTok officially went offline for those in the U.S. on Saturday, January 18, …

Marvel Snap was made unavailable in the US shortly after the TikTok ban went into effect on January 19. This was presumably because the game’s publisher, Nuverse, was owned at the time of its release by TikTok parent company Bytedance. However, TikTok has now come back online, but Marvel Snap hasn’t yet. “Unfortunately, Marvel Snap is temporarily unavailable in U.S. …