Garry’s Mod Successor Faces Flood Of AI Slop On Steam

How do you combat user-generated game junk in the age of AI slop? Why did some players just get a cool, free otter backpack in Final Fantasy 14? And today’s big Arc Raiders update accidentally messed up a key feature. It’s your daily Kotaku Checkpoint for April 28, 2026. Everyone is dunking on the price of…

Denuvo dealt major blow as crackers claim all non-VR games with the anti-tamper have been bypassed

The war on videogame piracy may, for now, be a losing one, especially for Denuvo DRM maker Irdeto. According to a popular cracking forum, every non-VR game using what has become the industry’s go-to anti-tamper software has successfully had its protective layer circumvented. Sensing the danger posed by the recently-developed Hypervisor bypass, which is chiefly…

Pokémon Go Fest 2026 Global event now free for all players

Pokémon Go players who can’t make it to Chicago, Copenhagen, or Tokyo for this year’s in-person Pokémon Go Fest events have some very good news: Pokémon Go Fest: Global will be free for all players during the weekend of July 11-12, developer Niantic announced Tuesday. That includes access to Pokémon Go Fest: Global’s Special Research,…

Report: Studio Behind Unique RPGs Shutting Down After 18 Years

There’s apparently no hope for Spiders to survive its current debt restructuring amid parent company Nacon’s insolvency. French outlet Origami reports that the court procedures the RPG maker is currently going through are essentially just a “formality” at this point as sources within the 18-year-old Parisian studio scramble to find other jobs. “The CSE is…

Nintendo & Illumination Are Releasing An Untitled Movie In April 2028

Image: Nintendo / Illumination With The Super Mario Galaxy Movie rolling in the dough right now, it makes absolute sense that Nintendo and Illumination are looking ahead to the future. And, it seems like the two studios have a plan. Universal Pictures International Spain’s release schedule lists an unannounced movie from the gaming and animation…

Popular PS5 Action Game 60% Off on PS Store, Lowest Price

A popular PS5 and PS4 action game is 60% off in a limited-time PS Store deal that ends next week. Developed by Behaviour Interactive, Dead by Daylight is a one-versus-four multiplayer game in which one player takes on the role of a killer while the other four try to survive. Dead by Daylight (PS5, PS4)…

Total War Warhammer 3 overhauls mod manager, so you’ll no longer have to fight Chaos before even starting the game

It’s imperative to mod Total War Warhammer 3 for the best experience. The strategy game is an impressive beast even if you just play vanilla, but a handful of crucial mods make things feel a lot smoother. The only problem is, installing and managing these mods is a bit of a faff, especially when you…

As if Final Fantasy 14’s free trial wasn’t already generous enough, it now includes the best expansion in the entire game

And so, the Final Fantasy 14 free trial copypasta gets longer once more. The MMO has been show-ponied around by the community for its rather generous free trial for ages now. First it was up to level 60 including Heavensward, and then in 2023 was extended to include Stormblood. And as of today’s Patch 7.5,…

When Is The Steam Deck 2 Coming Out? Not Until Valve Is Satisfied That It's Better Than The Original

Valve is still working on a Steam Deck 2 handheld gaming PC, but don’t expect to see a release window revealed for it yet. With the company also focused on new devices like the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and the May 4 launch of the Steam Controller, a Steam Deck successor will only be out…

Diablo 4 DLC, Saros, And More: Every Game Release This Week

April is closing out on some big games that seem to be living up to the hype. Our own review of Saros said Housemarque’s now collected lightning in a bottle twice, following up Returnal with this latest run at the shooter roguelike genre. The way Saros sands off some of Returnal‘s rougher edges might prove divisive, but…