Have you ever wanted to be a badass hero who saves the Earth from its alien oppressors? Or perhaps you've wanted to awaken, and then put to slumber, ancient Aztec gods? Maybe you're the kind of person who wants to really stick it to the Naz...

Far Cry 5 is undergoing a major change of scenery for its first add-on. It's ditching the culty backwoods of Montana for the Agent Orange-ravaged jungles of Vietnam. Just this morning, Ubisoft released a teaser trailer for Far Cry 5: ...

[Update: EA has confirmed to Kotaku that Battlefield V will not feature any loot boxes.] EA held a reveal event for Battlefield V today and confirmed a whole lot of details. For one, the game will be returning to World War 2 and giving us t...

Alt box art options rock. A few AAA games have picked up the trend over the years and while it's not a big deal to some people, but as a collector I like the idea of swapping out box art you cant' stand to look at with something unique. Bet...

Epic Games' first 3D title, Unreal, is 20 years old this year (and now I feel old). The game and its incredible follow-up, Unreal Tournament, played a massive part of my childhood and helped get me into PC gaming in a big way. I recommend t...

While unknown to most people, developers Tor Frick, Arcade Berg, Erik Gloersen and Jonathan Heckley have been making some great games over the last decade. Their combined portfolio includes the likes of Bulletstorm, Far Cry 3, Gears of War,...

Epic Games is on top of the world right now with Fortnite, and you can be sure that the company will continue making big investments to maintain the battle royale game's breakout success. Today, Epic announced it's setting aside $100 millio...

Overwatch is getting another new deathmatch map, good news for those of you that dig that particular mode. It's called Petra, and it was shown off during last night's Overwatch League festivities. The thing is we won't have to wait long for...

Destiny. Love it or hate it, players know that the franchise's raid encounters are some of its best and most challenging endgame content. If you're one of those who'd find certain boss fights and phases fairly complex or time-consuming, it ...

After spending a bit of time on the test servers, Miramar's ready for all Xbox's PUBG players. During the third episode of Inside Xbox, it was revealed that PUBG's desert map is coming to Xbox on May 24. That's just one week from now. Remem...

Six days after Walmart's notorious E3 leak, Gearbox is debunking its involvement. Borderlands 3 was one of the many titles to officially debut at E3. Now, it seems that isn't so. Shacknews is reporting that at a pre-E3 event yesterday,...

Just in case you haven't played the original Rage and don't understand the gist -- think post-apocalyptic wasteland, and you're just about on the money. Rage 2, after being outed by a Walmart leak, is now confirmed by Bethesda, and today th...

As a child, I always wanted a slip and slide, a flat lawn slide that pivoted slipping to death into family fun. I asked my parents over and over until my dad said: "Son, where do you think you're going to set that up, in this apartment buil...

2018 is looking to become the year of the retro FPS revival, as there is now another competitor in the ring. Hellbound is an old-school styled shooter in the vein of id Software's classics that is looking to recapture the glory of the '90s....

The out of nowhere Fortnite/Infinity War crossover will be coming to an end soon; tomorrow, in fact! Epic Games has announced that Thanos will be leaving Fortnite's realm at an undisclosed time tomorrow. Today will be your last day to wield...

Bethesda is typically the king of debuting new insane file sizes for consoles. The PS4 and Xbox One require installs regardless of whether or not you own a game on physical media, so carving out space for 40GB, especially before external HD...

As of next week, Overwatch will have been out for two years. As I've said several times it feels like it just came out, and it's hard to believe that the PC edition has been updated with tons of free content for $40 at launch -- loot box sh...

SUPERHOT is a super cool game, but you knew that already. In fact, the game's coolness is known as far as Japan, where it's getting a spinoff of sorts in the form of what's currently being called "SUPERHOT JP". Coming from Tokyo-based ...

Every so often studios will put time into crafting alternate reality games. Some of them don't go so well, like the time Capcom scattered fake body parts throughout a major city, but some are pretty awesome. I think this recent Destiny 2 st...

I've been subconsciously looking for a reason to get back into Hunt: Showdown, Crytek's monster-filled PvPvE horror shooter, and I think I have my answer. The studio's first major content update is out. There are a ton of changes and additi...

It's been a long, sordid affair for Destiny 2, and developer Bungie has taken a lot of flak -- some of it well-deserved given the issues with the game. But has it come to a point when a player's frustrations over the game take precedence ov...

Today marks the release of Spire of Stars, Destiny 2's latest raid "lair," followed by the proper raid Leviathan, packed in the base game, and the micro-raid Eater of Worlds, released with the first disappointing Curse of Osiris D...

This is pretty awesome. Despite only being available in an inherently silly separate mode, Thanos, essentially a new boss character in the limited time Infinity Gauntlet gametype in Fortnite, has been nerfed again. Shortly after launch his ...

Blizzard recently released a skin for Overwatch's angelic healer Mercy to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (available until May 21), and the wording on the PSN specifically tripped up a few people. While on the P...

There's currently a lot of buzz surrounding Bethesda's Rage because it sure seems like a new game is going to be announced next Monday. The Smart Money is on a sequel or some narrative that makes use of the same post-apocalyptic settin...