Kingdom Hearts’ Opening Is Still Incredible

Part of my goal in putting together Guiding Key, Kotaku’s year-long Kingdom Hearts book club, is to interrogate how much the memes about Square Enix’s supposedly convoluted Disney and Final Fantasy crossover series have distorted what it actually is. That means seeing just where it is in this 25-year-long journey that Square Enix decided Kingdom…

Valve has just upgraded Steam Achievements, and you can try it out now

Valve is giving Steam Achievements a fresh look, with the introduction of a new system called Achievement Sets that are designed to reflect the longer lifespan of modern games. While that’s the initial purpose, Sets also promise the ability to segment out the various aspects of a game to make it clear if you’ve mastered…

The Ocarina of Time Remake Is Stunning

It’s a new week on The Game Informer Show, and we’ve got a ton of games to get into! First, Brian is here to report back on his hands-on impressions of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake. After the break, Charles and Wes hop on to discuss their reviews of Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse…

Fans Are Calling GTA 6’s Latest Trailer A Blurry ‘Downgrade’

Rockstar Games served us with a new minute-and-a-half-long trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 yesterday, and it’s got everything—army backstory stuff, a steamy shower sex scene, Jason throwing a dude off of a boat, the guy that says “Grand Theft Auto,” and, most importantly, a very blurry camera lens. Wait—hold up, I thought the internet…

Runescape Reignited’s cancellation is the right move, despite my own hype

Less than two weeks after it was announced, Runescape Reignited has been officially canceled by developer Jagex. Described as a “relaunch of the game we all love,” it would have introduced a new, separate economy for players who wanted to start from scratch as if the MMORPG was released for the first time today. As…

Impressions: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Campaign – Switch 2 Does Its Best With One Hell Of A 'Popcorn Game'

Chutes too narrow? Nearly 13 years since Nintendo gamers last had the chance to answer the Call of Duty (2013’s Ghosts on Wii U, RIP), Activision has finally redeployed this storied series on Nintendo platforms. Given the technical gulf between Switch 2 and competition, not to mention PC, the cynical among us might have read…

PS5 Remaster of Beloved PS2 Adventure Game Leaked

News Home » PS5 Remaster of Beloved PS2 Adventure Game Leaked A new leak involving a classic PS2 adventure game could be good news for PlayStation 5 users. The leak reveals a remastered version of the 2004 game with updated graphics, new features, and expanded co-op options. According to Gematsu, a Microsoft Store listing for…

The Cyberpunk 2077 movie won’t be ‘a film adaptation of the game,’ CD Projekt chief says

We learned last week that a Cyberpunk 2077 movie is in the works, an announcement I used mainly to talk about a completely different cyberpunk movie starring Keanu Reeves as a guy named Johnny who’s having a bad week. Now we’ve got a bit more insight into what CD Projekt Red has in mind for…

8 New TV Shows to Watch This Weekend on Netflix, Disney, and Hulu (October 16-18)

Happy weekend! It’s a good time to be a TV fan. Over the past weeks, Mike Flanagan’s Carrie remix and an anime based on an Anthony Bourdain manga have made their long-awaited debuts, offering something that suits everyone’s interests. Avatar is also back, inspiring numerous Polygon articles about Seven Havens and what the new series…

Ready Or Not: The Kotaku Review

“Bring Order To Chaos.” That’s how tactical shooter Ready or Not sums up your role as part of Special Weapons and Tactics, or SWAT. As a commander, you lead an “element” of four officers through a gauntlet of ripped-from-the-headlines catastrophes in fictional Los Suenõs, California—the “City of Dreams,” not angels. Some missions merely touch a…