Erosion Creative Director Talks Adventure Time Influence And Creating A Reactive World That Changes Each Time You Die

Erosion was one of the most promising upcoming titles I checked out during Summer Game Fest.  Developed by a small team at Plot Twist (makers of The Last Case of Benedict Fox), the voxel-based game stars a nameless cowboy on a mission to rescue his kidnapped daughter; the twist is that time advances 10 years…

10 More Amazing Indie Games To Wishlist This Indie-Penance Day

The Indie250 celebrations continue this Indie-Penance Day, as Kotaku celebrates the birth of our great indie nation some 250,000 years ago. (Look, I’m British, I barely understand this American nonsense and frankly it should all probably still be mine.) Below are ten more fascinating, fantastic new or upcoming independent games you’ve most likely not heard of…

Aura Monster Simulator codes (July 2026)

It’s leg day! Grind aura like you mean it with these new Aura Monster Simulator codes. As one of the most straightforward incremental simulators you’ll find on Roblox right now, new codes will either help you climb faster or reduce how far you need to climb. Either way works. Honestly, it’s largely dependent on how…

GTA Online Doesn’t Tell You These Things, But It Should

If you’ve been playing GTA Online for a little while now, you might be familiar with the basics but there’s so much more hidden under the surface. The game has come a long way since its 2013 launch, adding new businesses, heists, vehicles, and other improvements that make Los Santos more accessible than ever. Whether…

Shigeru Miyamoto Wants To Bring “New Characters To The World” Outside Of Nintendo Games

Image: Nintendo Life Nintendo designer and legend Shigeru Miyamoto says he wants to expand Nintendo’s IP outside of video games to include “new characters” beyond Mario and Zelda. Speaking at Nintendo’s recent investor Q&A (the official the English translation has now been published), one of the 19 questions put to Nintendo’s board asked about the…

Anakin and Padmé’s awkward love story is the best part of the Star Wars prequels

I’m not going to lie and say the Star Wars prequels are good. They’re objectively bad movies and some of the most baffling blockbusters ever made. The prequels are best observed as relics of pop culture, but regardless of their quality, they mark an important moment for the franchise, serving as an entry point for…

Microsoft Announces New AI Company Days Before Mass Layoffs

I was cruising my feeds today, minding my own business as I cooked in my sweltering 90-degree home office amid another global warming heat dome, when I was stopped dead in my digital tracks upon seeing what I can only describe as 17 words strung together into one of the worst sentences ever to appear…

Slay the Spire 2 just got 15 new cards out of nowhere, including some big co-op heavy hitters

A new Slay the Spire 2 patch has just hit the beta branch, and this is a big one. In fact, you might want to pay attention even if you aren’t one to toy around with the testing side of the roguelike deckbuilder, because there’s a whole heap of additional cards that are designed to…

Top scientists uncover way to make Kingdom Come: Deliverance more complicated—turn it into a board game

Kingdom Come: Deliverance – The Board Game | Official Announcement Trailer – YouTube Watch On Here’s my problem with Kingdom Come: Deliverance—it’s simply not finicky enough. It’s too straightforward, I am too able to keep its rules and demands in my head, the game does not compel me to keep track of enough small things….

Koei Tecmo’s PS5 Action Game Gets Intense Trailer, Release Date

An upcoming action game for the PS5 officially has a release date window, as well as a brand new gameplay trailer. The highly anticipated third Attack on Titan game has unveiled even more footage for fans to check out. The highly anticipated Attack on Titan 3 has an official release date During a new presentation…