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After the crowning achievement that is Alan Wake 2 , you’d think developer Remedy Entertainment would take a break. Yet in the subsequent expansions to the 2023 survival horror game, the studio has poked and prodded further at the base game’s thesis, teasing out even more fascinating aspects of its world. The Lake House Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/J4uoRZl via New free games

Overall, this year has been a somewhat mixed bag in the entertainment space. We’ve had massive hits and flops at the box office , as well as shows like Agatha All Along, which was mostly sublime throughout its run but ended with the same thud most Marvel shows do . We’re predicting an equally messy November, with… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/qeATUkp via New free games

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is, understandably, a pretty big deal. The franchise has been in a bit of a lull lately, despite routinely setting new sales records, and this game especially needed to be a slam dunk given its unique position. As the first Call of Duty game to release on Game Pass following Microsoft’s… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/yF5rb81 via New free games

At this point, with only a day left until Halloween, it feels like almost every game under the sun is on some kind of sale. Storefronts like Steam , GOG , and PlayStation all have big sales running right now that you can take advantage of. Not to be outdone, Capcom has joined the club, offering its own bounty of treats… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/mETQCRt via New free games

As we all prepare to buy extra bags of our favorite candy this Halloween, knowing full well that trick-or-treaters will only see a fraction of the bowl because your partner ate most of the fun-size bars the night before, it’s dawning on many that the cost of chocolate is exorbitantly high this year. Of course, ever… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/4MuAsZ9 via New free games

AI looms over us daily, encroaching upon creative territory long held by human artists in various forms. It would seem the film industry is feeling the sting of this new technology, as renowned movie stars such as Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson have spoken out against the possibility of AI replicating their… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/juJneOT via New free games

Firewalk Studios is shutting down, PlayStation co-CEO, Hermen Hulst, announced in a press release on Tuesday. The team was responsible for Concord, the company’s sci-fi hero shooter that bombed so badly it was taken offline just weeks after its launch earlier this year. The news comes less than two years after the… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/vuRpXz1 via New free games

Sandwiched somewhere among the countless Halloween sales available in October, Warner Bros. Games is offering some of its own stellar discounts. That means some big-name franchises like the Arkham games, Mortal Kombat , and everything Lego are currently on sale. The WB Games Publisher Sale is running on Steam until… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/aR7LiFh via New free games

Over the years, Wizards of the Coast has worked tirelessly to expand its Universes Beyond releases, with crossovers including Stranger Things, Hatsune Miku, and Warhammer 40,000, to name but a few. In 2025, they’re expanding further with Final Fantasy, featuring cards spread across all sixteen mainline franchise… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/I0wQqoM via New free games

It’s been a few months since Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm lost sponsors and had his YouTube channel demonetized after he admitted to “inappropriate” contact with a minor on Twitch. The controversial online personality is still playing and streaming games on the Google-owned platform, however, even though his request to… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/8hPfIqc via New free games

This week’s tips roundup includes a helpful hint for recovering MP in Metaphor: ReFantazio, as well as pointers for tackling Sonic X Shadow Generations. We’ve also got tips of another kind, highlighting some great games to snag on sale this Halloween season. And if you’re wondering just what the deal is with Batman:… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/SuJ6BzI via New free games

Surprise! According to Steve Asbell, the head of Disney-owned 20th Century Studios, Predator Badlands isn’t the only Predator film releasing in 2025. Oh, and we might get another Alien Vs. Predator film, too. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/CPieoxB via New free games

Fallout Day, a holiday made up in celebration of the in-game date that the bombs dropped and ushered in the post-apocalyptic era of the popular RPG series, has come and gone. This year, Bethesda used the occasion to make a slew of announcements about the immediate future of Fallout 76 , the now-good MMO that the studio… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/fEjJMIO via New free games

The first patch for Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is out and it has demolished Yajirobe players even more ruthlessly than that Saibaman wasted Yamcha. There is no coming back from this nerf, bean daddies. But at least the game runs better now due to some menu improvements and other bug fixes, even if a corrupted save… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/E24sOLy via New free games

With only two episodes left until the end of the season, Agatha All Along simply refuses to stop throwing twists and reveals at viewers. Episode seven of the Disney+ MCU series is no different, even one-upping the amazing reveals that have come before. The mic drop of Aubrey Plaza’s character’s true identity may be… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/dqa9bjH via New free games

Over the last few years, Peely , a disturbing anthropomorphized banana , has become Fortnite’s de facto mascot. We here at Kotaku don’t like that. This creepy bastard keeps coming back, even after death. So we are all happy to learn that Fortnite has finally skinned and flayed Peely. The bastard deserved it. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/6p8iXVq via New free games

With Halloween just a week away, it’s high time you delve into as much horror media as you can. One of the best ways to do that is by embracing all the fantastic stories about vampires out there. Movies offer no shortage of incredible bloodsuckers to enjoy, but video games aren’t to be left out. If you’d rather play… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/2GIn4dJ via New free games

Few games released in the past decade have managed to live up to the masterpiece that is Dishonored 2 . The immersive sim from Arkane Studios was the work of a team at the top of their game and it’s still as impressive as it was in 2016. And it’s just one of the many great games Arkane has made, all of which are worth… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/9I754Ud via New free games

Just like stepping out of a faulty time machine, Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is a blast from the past. The high-speed action and humongous character roster are just as welcome as they were nearly 20 years ago. Another returning element is quick-time events (QTEs), which are called Impact Actions in-game. The general… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/jdv7QfB via New free games

83-year-old Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders will join two of Twitch’s biggest stars to talk politics on Tuesday night as the neck-and-neck 2024 presidential race reaches its endgame. He’ll be stumping for Vice President Kamala Harris and talking about everything from the minimum wage to climate change with Imane… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/TFLkSOb via New free games

A few traffic pylons in Grand Theft Auto V might not seem like something people would care about. But a recent GTA Online update has changed how these fan-favorite pylons react when hit. This has annoyed many and led to people begging Rockstar to fix the pylons and stop changing GTA V. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/UfX9F6i via New free games

Last week, Elon Musk revealed his Robotaxis at a Tesla Cybercab event on a Hollywood movie lot filled with theatrical flourishes aimed at evoking a neon-fueled sci-fi future. A new lawsuit filed on Monday now accuses the tech billionaire of using AI to generate Blade Runner 2049-style imagery after one of the… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/XzT0x3f via New free games

The upcoming Lego Horizon Adventures , a spin-off of the main Horizon franchise, is recasting the character of Sylens after the death of actor Lance Reddick in 2023. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/qWS2Bre via New free games

People do a lot of things for love, and that list widens when you’re in high school. You may tape about 1,000 magazine photoshoots of One Direction to your bedroom wall, as I did dutifully, or you may invoke several agitated spirits with a ouija board, like Vivian, the protagonist of Fear the Spotlight . The short… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/6zfGAw4 via New free games

When Nintendo announced a secretive 10,000-person playtest for an NDA-enwrapped project, speculation naturally ran wild. While something to do with the upcoming reveal and release of the Switch’s successor seemed the most popular idea, others wondered if it might be some sort of expansion of the Switch Online… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/GXSEJBu via New free games

People will no doubt call Sonic X Shadow Generations a “love letter” or “tribute” to Shadow the Hedgehog , Sonic’s brooding rival who debuted back in 2001’s Sonic Adventure 2. But as a person who grew up seeing the black-and-red hedgehog as the emotional center of the franchise, it feels more like an apology. Sega has… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/ZR7K290 via New free games

Want to play a game? The original Saw film is returning to theaters for its 20th anniversary later this month, making it the perfect time to revisit the entire horror series. Back in 2004, director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell transformed an ingenious idea and a $5,000 short film into a billion-dollar… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/e9sbOak via New free games

Halloween is on a Thursday this year, which means those parties you’ll be hitting will arrive almost a full week earlier than the spooktacular holiday. With the festivities beginning as early as Friday, October 25, your annual chance at costumed debauchery is frighteningly close, and you have even less time to… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/oxIthpF via New free games

I’ve been a grumpy old man about all things Dragon Ball for far too long. As your typical non-manga-reading, mainstream-anime-watching child of Toonami, I drew a line in the sand a few episodes into Dragon Ball Super when I first gave it a chance. I wasn’t going to continue watching because its earliest episodes… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/yx0Jopw via New free games

In the summer of 2024, an entertainment project went more spectacularly wrong than possibly any entertainment project in human history. A venture that cost an approximated $400 million, and is thought to have made back only $1 million, representing a flop that dwarfs the likes of movie disasters Joker: Folie à Deux … Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/hjFA0Ls via New free games

Do me a favor and look at the nearest calendar really quickly. I don’t know about you but I was shocked when I realized how close it is to Halloween . If, like me, you are a procrastinator, that means you probably haven’t figured out what you will wear when trick-or-treating, handing out candy, or attending costume… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/21a8Kfr via New free games

I don’t have the money or the space to buy my all of my favorite Lego sets anymore, but I’m very tempted to splurge on the brick homage to the X-Men mansion that’s coming not long after X-Men ‘97 on Disney+ reignited my spandex-covered mutant imagination. Maybe not $330 tempted, but close! Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/XT5oE7V via New free games

If you hadn’t heard, there was a massive data leak out of Game Freak , the team that makes the Pokémon RPGs and has its hands in most of the multimedia franchise in one way or another. As files and information gradually surface, most of what we’ve seen so far has been early assets and concept art for old games over the… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/6cVZN0i via New free games

Yesterday, Twitch suspended an account that belonged to streamer and famous YouTuber Zack “Asmongold” Hoyt after he made racist comments about the death of Palestinians in Gaza. Now, the YouTuber has responded to the temporary ban with a surprisingly clear-eyed assessment of the controversy and what led up to it. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/m2Nqdrf via New free games

My patience with Overwatch 2 is wearing thin, and it’s only getting thinner as the hero shooter enters its 13th season today, October 15. The Halloween-centric season is full of recolors of old skins and a lot of the cosmetic favoritism that has plagued the game in the past year. But it also has a new patch, one that… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/HmQvgTa via New free games

In retrospect, it is a little weird how that otherwise ridiculously generous multi-hour demo for Metaphor: ReFantazio just kinda decided, “You’ve had enough,” after a random boss in Regalith Grand Cathedral. Over a million people have since told Atlus, “We’ll tell you when we’ve had enough,” and bit the bullet on the… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/GNl9YOn via New free games

For many, there was a lingering hope that the first major expansion for Starfield, Shattered Space, would rescue the game from the throes of mediocrity . Then, with a focus on House Va’ruun and their home planet of Va’ruun’kai, the story-based DLC launched and immediately plummeted, becoming one of Bethesda’s most… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/yThbC1i via New free games

It feels like only yesterday that Red Dead Redemption 2 arrived back on PS Plus , daring everyone to finally go ahead and finish the overwhelmingly big open-world Western. But now it’s leaving the PlayStation subscription service again in October, along with a bunch of other cool stuff. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/x5QyIgu via New free games

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero perfectly encapsulates what people love about the series: the giant energy beams, passionate screaming, and even the comedy is intact, with characters like Yajirobe creating an online meta with appropriate antics. And of course there are the eponymous mystical Dragon Balls, and the various… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/FpSgjhb via New free games

A total overhaul for New World certainly wasn’t on everyone’s bingo sheet, but here we are, pleasantly surprised. New World Aeternum completely revamps the original game from the ground up, making MMORPG more user-friendly, approachable, and, in some spots, downright fun. With such a massive, open experience, new… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/ZzepVTf via New free games

Horror games scare you in ways that nothing else can. The tactility of their terror and the immersiveness of their worlds can make it hard for scaredy cats to even give one a chance, let alone get through it. Beating a horror game is one of the most triumphant feelings you can experience as a gamer, as it marks not… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/AqWmgOI via New free games

Scalpers are just capitalism working efficiently. As such, they’re absolute scumbags who ruin fun things, proven yet again with the release of Larian’s physical “Collector’s Edition” of Baldur’s Gate 3. The enormo-box, sold out by official means, is now being listed for prices over $3,000. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/zsFGdvO via New free games

Few comic book characters are as beloved as Spider-Man. With such a simple and understandable set of powers and a memorably iconic guiding ethos, Marvel’s signature character is a shining example of what it means to be a hero. Created in 1962 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man has a rich… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/s8TyuPN via New free games

With the release of Vessel of Hatred, Diablo IV has seen its most significant changes since its original launch in June 2023. Adding a completely new region, Nahantu, along with a wealth of added characters and modes and a brand-new story, the expansion pack is the very definition of a game changer. But it goes even… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/tO5QF2S via New free games

Pokémon maker Game Freak has suffered a massive data breach that saw employee info as well as tons of details about past games and upcoming sequels stolen from the developer. Fans are calling the leaked data the “Teraleak” as insider accounts pore over everything from unused Pokémon designs to the codename for the… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/2Uql4tf via New free games

With both the epic role-playing gameMetaphor: ReFantazio and Diablo IV’s Vessel of Hatred expansion having just released, we’ve got heaps of pointers to help you start off on the right foot in both. Also, players are getting their butts kicked by Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero’s Great Ape Vegeta , and we’ve got tips on… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/ahws1g9 via New free games

First announced years ago, the ability to begin streaming games you own on Xbox but that aren’t part of Game Pass will go into testing for insiders beginning in November. It’ll add another meaningful perk to the Netflix-like subscription program, letting players stream games like Baldur’s Gate III and Elden Ring that… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/aBvk4pd via New free games

Keep Driving is a newly revealed indie game that looks to provide a chill RPG experience about driving across the country in the early 2000s in your beat-up and crappy first car. And I’m here for it. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/aOEHmqC via New free games

When Disco Elysium came onto the scene in 2019 it completely shook up RPG storytelling , spearheading new ways to immerse players and build worlds. Surely it was just the start of something new, bold, and exciting. Instead, things got very messy, very quickly. Now, multiple teams made up of former staff are racing to… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/5tZoHOd via New free games

Fans of role-playing games have been eating well in 2024. There’ve been big hitters like Persona 3 Reload , Final Fantasy VII Rebirth , Dragon’s Dogma 2 , and the fantastic Metaphor: ReFantazio . Combined, they offer hundreds of hours of incredible gaming. So how about I just throw another massive RPG on the pile for you… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/9PLjAWy via New free games

It’s a new month, which means it’s time for another drop of free games via Amazon’s Prime Gaming subscription. In case you don’t know—and who could blame you—being an Amazon Prime subscriber neets you a whole bunch of benefits beyond two-day shipping and Prime TV. For example, you also get benefits on Twitch like… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/1n5aPQB via New free games