AI Put In Charge Of Café Is About To Run It Out Of Business

Back in 2024, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman predicted that generative AI would quickly begin reshaping the economy. “We believe that, in 2025, we may see the first AI agents ‘join the workforce’ and materially change the output of companies.” Two years later, AI agents still can’t even properly run a café. San Francisco-based startup Andon…

T1’s League of Legends Academy team now has a Faker doppelganger

There are around seven people that look exactly like you on this earth. Doppelgangers, they’re called. Keira Knightley and Natalie Portman. Margot Robbie and Emma Mackey. Me and that other me that exists somewhere. T1’s League of Legends academy team, however, has perhaps done the impossible: it hasn’t just found a Faker doppelganger – I’m pretty sure…

inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories Review (Switch 2)

Captured on Nintendo Switch 2 (Handheld/Undocked) Tokyo-based studio Nagai Industries’ inKONBINI does what it says on the tin: it puts you in a konbini. Whether you know or care what a konbini is will probably indicate your chances of getting along with this game, too. It’s a shortening of the Japanese pronunciation of “convenience store”,…

Crimson Desert’s latest patch is huge, includes surprise minigame

Pearl Abyss released the latest update for Crimson Desert on Monday, issuing a long list of new content, bug fixes, and quality of life changes. The 1.06 update arrives just days after Crimson Desert‘s previous patch, and includes a few surprises. One of those surprises is a new claw machine game at the Laughing Marionette,…

New PS5 Sci-Fi Game Gets Strong Reviews Ahead of This Week’s Release

A big PS5 sci-fi game is out this week, and ahead of its release, the upcoming game has gotten a ton of strong reviews. What PS5 sci-fi game is getting strong reviews? Supermassive Games’ upcoming sci-fi title Directive 8020, starring Lashana Lynch as an astronaut trying to survive a shapeshifting alien threat, is set to…

End of Abyss Is A Sci-Fi Horror Game With Classic Nintendo And Metal Gear Solid Inspirations | New Gameplay Today

Brothers Mattias and Marcus Ottvall and Gustaf Heinerwall worked on Little Nightmares and its sequel for Tarsier Studios, but recently branched off to create an original game with their original studio, Section 9 Interactive. End of Abyss is Section 9’s first game and it combines an impressive collection of inspirations from games like classic Zelda,…

New Ghost In The Shell Anime Gets Its Biggest Reveal Yet

Will Lies of P 2 use AI slop for concept art? Is the WWE the secret to when the new Gears comes out? And what if we get an update about Dragon Quest 12 at Summer Game Fest instead of Final Fantasy 7 Remake part three? It’s your belated Kotaku Checkpoint roundup for May 11,…

Microsoft fires head of Israeli subsidiary and other managers over surveillance of Palestinians

As reported by Globes, Microsoft has ousted Alon Haimovich, the general manager of its Israeli subsidiary, as well as other managers from the division, following an internal investigation. The decision is further fallout from a 2025 report from The Guardian and +972 Magazine on Israel’s use of Microsoft Azure cloud services to store data intercepted…

No Pokemon on PC? Try this 86%-rated monster creator collector game on Indie Pass

The main barrier to entry with Pokemon is, of course, the Nintendo Switch. If you want to play any of Game Freak’s classic creature catchers, you’ll have to splash out the cash for both the games themselves and a new console every few years. It’s a tough pill to swallow. We’ve seen a million and…

Discord Partners With Xbox, Bringing Game Pass To Nitro Subscribers

Discord launched its Nitro subscription almost 10 years ago, and it’s changed a lot over the years. While its current tiers mainly offer users more emojis, higher quality streaming, and generally more customization options, it used to include complementary games, but that perk was discontinued in 2019. Today, the company announced plans to revive that…