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The team behind EA’s Black Panther game was working on a vertical slice before it was killed this week . That’s according to a new report by Bloomberg that sheds some light on what the canceled project was shaping up to be, including its story based around the alien Skrull and the evolution of Middle-Earth: Shadow of… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/4KmkgYQ via New free games

Cooperation is the name of the game in Elden Ring Nightreign, so it’s good to know how to communicate well with your party to help one another succeed. And since loot is one of an expedition’s most important aspects, you’ll want to be certain everyone’s working together to find the best stuff for each member of your… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/PdbiNun via New free games

The Activision Publisher Sale 2025 is happening now on Steam and ends on June 6. It includes some Crash Bandicoot and Spyro games as well as some older Activision-published PC games. But the big news for many is that nearly every Call of Duty game can be bought at a nice discount during the sale. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/NUDp1Gn via New free games

Helldivers 2's Galactic War has come to Super Earth and it’s going very, very badly. Players have lost every major city on the planet save for two, but are making a triumphant last stand against the Illuminate as fans from across the real world band together to hold the line. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/laJAPWF via New free games

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The next season of HBO Max and DC’s Peacemaker starring John Cena is bringing back the dancing intro seen in the first season. But this time around, it will feature more characters, new dance moves, and a fresh song. And yes, Eagly fans will get to see the bird shake its tail feathers. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/TZUuWLC via New free games

A Black Panther action game that was in development at Electronic Arts has been killed and the studio behind it is no more. The Madden publisher announced it’s shutting down Cliffhanger Games, previously formed by ex-Monolith Productions leadership, according to a new report by IGN . Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/3H4OQcb via New free games

Sony’s massive Days of Play sales event is live now on the PlayStation Store, and it contains some great (and not so great) PS5 games marked down to super low prices. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/KIkPAms via New free games

Everyone plays ARPGs differently. And in Last Epoch, it can take a player anywhere from 25 to 50 hours to fully delve into all of the game’s mechanics and reach the endgame. For that journey, you’re likely to stick with a single class instead of swapping between characters. For Season Two—Tombs of the Erased—I decided… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/MNgIYes via New free games

Thanks to a bizarre and unlikely confluence of events including an ongoing trade war with China , you can currently get a PlayStation 5 Pro for less than the most expensive Xbox Series X. That deal isn’t likely to last long but it speaks to what a mess video game pricing has been this console generation. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/WxZ5BfR via New free games

Solo dev WhyKev’s PaperKlay is a charming 3D platformer with environments made of paper and cardboard. In this short, but sweet, adventure, players control a chicken named Chick and his sidekick Nugget as they set out on an adventure to rescue stolen eggs. It’s a simple but cute premise for a game, and it should… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/vYe3r7R via New free games

Lilo & Stitch, Disney’s latest live-action remake, has already pulled in more money than the original 2002 animated film. The new remake also beat out Tom Cruise’s latest (and possibly last) Mission: Impossible film at the box office, while both films helped set a new Memorial Weekend record. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/GbtI3Vk via New free games

Beautiful 3D platformer Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is hitting PS Plus this month. The hyper-stylish homage to Jet Set Radio arrives alongside NBA 2K25 and a Destiny 2 takeover in June. Some noteworthy classics are also joining the subscription service catalog, including PlayStation 2's Grand Theft Auto 3. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/vcfTmV7 via New free games

Nintendo’s emphatic dislike of sharing has reached a bizarre new level, with the Nintendo Today app now stopping users from screenshotting or videoing its advertising material. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/heZfPzb via New free games

We made it, everybody. We’ve reached the end of HBO’s The Last of Us . Wait, sorry, I’m getting word in my earpiece that…we’re only halfway done with it because this show’s going for four seasons. At this point, I’m mostly feeling deflated. Last week’s episode was such a catastrophic bummer that it cemented for me that… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/3x65Cyd via New free games

Whether you need help locating some of Doom: The Dark Ages, want to make the most of Verso in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, or you’d just like to learn some essential things that Oblivion Remastered doesn’t tell you, read on, we’ve got all this info and more. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/mzusXRC via New free games

Disney has enchanted us for decades with its resplendent animation and fantastical stories of princesses, wicked witches, and fire-breathing dragons, but music has always been its most indelible sprinkle of pixie dust. There are songs that move us, make us dance, and help us understand the characters that have already… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/Xe923oy via New free games

Apparently there’s a new Mission: Impossible movie coming out soon. But what there isn’t is a new Mission: Impossible video game, and we’d like to hear someone explain why not . It’s outrageous. The 1960s TV show has games. The first of Cruise’s movies, 1996's Mission: Impossible, has a game. (No Tom Cruise likeness in … Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/hyqEmcL via New free games

A massive amount of Warhammer 40K games are currently on sale across PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam as part of the annual Warhammer Skulls event. If you’ve been wanting to kill some Orks, there’s never been a better time. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/3jTH2eq via New free games

Blue Prince is the second highest-reviewed game of 2025 and now players on PlayStation 5 can finally plumb the depths of its deepest secrets without worrying about a gnarly game-breaking bug corrupting their save files. After weeks of tragically ensnaring some of the puzzle adventure’s biggest fans, a new patch fixes… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/R2jKAzm via New free games

When you finally get to him, the Performer will speak in wistful poetic prose about his homeland, playing lovely shamisen music in a moonlit courtyard, with a gentle lilt in his voice. And no amount of beautiful shamisen playing or poetic turns of phrase changes the fact that the Fox Onryo hired pirates to traffick… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/swXHOBC via New free games

Peter Quill, AKA: Star-Lord, is a very straight-forward, powerful hero with the ability to keep consistent pressure on the enemy team and flexibility to fit in as both a frontline fighter and a powerful flanker, able to engage against any type of enemy effectively with his suite of tools. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/mM36nSQ via New free games

Despite having spent 45 hours with the game, I’m still not quite ready to slap “The Kotaku Review” on anything I write about The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy yet. Too Kyo Games’ tactical RPG has 100 endings and I’ve only seen a handful, the game’s “true” route not among them. But, my god, I gotta get more of my… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/eR1YGJP via New free games

Shigeru Miyamoto , Nintendo’s legendary game designer and the creator of Mario, Zelda, and more, is a busy guy these days. He’s helping Nintendo make movies while also being involved in the construction of Mario theme parks at Universal Studios. But really, it seems like Miyamoto just wants to make more Pikmin games,… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/cZ9j1as via New free games

The Pokémon card scene is getting out of control again. Things appeared to die down for a bit following a pandemic-fueled collecting frenzy, but new sets in 2025 are selling out and prices on the secondhand market are skyrocketing. And it’s coming to a head at GameStop, the unlikely new epicenter for Pokémon TCG… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/fbgz8ms via New free games

Tom Cruise is one of the most famous and successful actors in history. He’s starred in huge movies and franchises. He’s pulled off some of the most amazing stunts ever performed on film. And he’s become Hollywood’s ambassador of Going To The Movies. But I can’t relate to any of that. So let’s talk instead about how… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/ZdJeTLj via New free games

We still don’t know much about the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel currently in the works at CD Projekt Red. Development on the RPG, code-named “Orion,” is in full swing after the studio wrapped support for the original game last year , but the team is still keeping most details about it under wraps, other than a few informal… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/Khe5ZL3 via New free games

In one corner, you have a whole army full of impressionable young men looking for clarity and guidance in uncertain times where their religions, community leaders, and social structures have failed, and in the other, you have a big meaty lummox who can’t string two polysyllabic words together. Nevertheless, people… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/H16qnaD via New free games

Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima’s return to the stealth shooter genre, Physint, was first revealed by Sony over a year ago. Called a “next-gen” espionage game at the time, the director recently said it’s still “five or six” years away from release, all but confirming it’ll be developed for PlayStation 6. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/uFIyNBz via New free games

WizKids announced a new collection of Baldur’s Gate 3 miniatures last fall that featured Karlach, Gale, Shadowheart, and other memorably party members from the hit 2023 Dungeon & Dragons-based RPG. The $50 box set has since been released and the figurines look so bad fans are being promised their money back. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/X1Kr3vU via New free games

One of the most interesting additions joining the fray in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 3 Reloaded (what a mouthful!) is the Ladra submachine gun. It’s a fast-firing SMG reminiscent of the Tec-9. But with such a high rate of fire comes a lack of control, which we’ll aim to resolve with the right attachments. While… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/TdJVX2M via New free games

Look, y’all, I try to start these recaps with lighthearted jokes and gags that all of us, both lovers and haters of The Last of Us season two , can enjoy, to set a welcoming and pleasant tone before I start unleashing my critiques of a given episode. However, I don’t think I have it in me this week. I’ve been dreading… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/KdFwR43 via New free games

This week we’ll tell you how to which upgrades to grab early in Doom: The Dark Ages as you strive to become the best Doom Slayer you can be. We’ll also help you master Sciel in Clair Obscur, find the right home for you in Oblivion Remastered, and more. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/wflpMHN via New free games

This week was an odd one. We shook our heads at Bungie doing an absurdly obvious plagiarism with Marathon and were provided no assurances the Switch 2 will stay at its launch price (it could go higher), all while Sony also called to say “hey, the PS5 might have a price hike .” We’re also dealing with our new reality in… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/0o7pRTn via New free games

An AI Darth Vader chatbot voiced by a digital clone of James Earl Jones’ voice joined Fortnite on Friday and players wasted no time trying to break it. It took no time at all for them to get it to start cursing at them , but the controversial Star Wars experiment has yielded all kinds of other weird interactions as… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/IHjPJOs via New free games

Little Kitty, Big City packs a lot to do in its meowtropolis (sorry, that’s my first and only cat pun), all of which is as cute and fun as you’d expect for a game about a lost kitty in a big ‘ol city. But this city is actually more bite-sized than you might anticipate by the game’s name, offering a brief but enjoyable… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/G3eIXUt via New free games

Minecraft was first made publicly available in May 2009. A year later the game was already very popular and getting frequent updates packed with new features. And it was during 2010 that saddles were added to Minecraft , letting you ride pigs and, later, horses. Weirdly, however, for a game all about crafting things,… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/ZLqiwg7 via New free games

As you explore the lands of Cyrodiil, you’ll find that waiting in the entrance of a cave or renting a room at the local inn doesn’t suffice for very long. You desire more, a place to call your own, a spot to put down roots in this fantasy land. You need a house in Oblivion Remastered for numerous reasons, and it’s not… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/xAV6pjE via New free games

If you’re considering checking out The Midnight Walk, I sincerely recommend you do so. With its disturbing claymation art style, unique and compelling mechanics, and utterly beautiful soundtrack, it’s one of 2025's must-play indie titles. From beginning to end, this intriguing horror-themed expedition subverts… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/JytuqVv via New free games

Same old goddamn story every time. An old crush comes calling saying it’s been a while, we should get lunch, catch up. Also, by the way, I know we haven’t been close in a real long time but it’s been a rough couple of months, will you murder several dozen people in honor of my dead brother the warlord? I’m usually not… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/reqtmYu via New free games

Aside from a more ambitious narrative scope, Doom: The Dark Ages also introduced semi open-world areas where you can take in the level at your own pace. “Ancestral Forge,” the ninth mission in the game, is the second of these, after “ The Siege Part One .” Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/5r4mb9f via New free games

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 came out of nowhere. Yes, it made waves at Microsoft’s Xbox showcase last summer . And true, it continued to look exceptional as it revealed its star-studded cast . But I don’t know that anyone expected it to get quite so much love as it has, and not just from diehard RPG fans. It’s currently… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/YmJW6fD via New free games

When you reconnect with Sciel in the Gestral Village, she’s been champion at their local arena tournament for a while, and absolutely dominant at that, like a sexy, French Roman Reigns or something. It’s not till you finally get around to using her in your party that you really figure out why. She obviously took it… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/UFWVzhi via New free games

“Next-gen” upgrade fees are coming to Switch 2 . Ahead of the console’s launch in June, more and more publishers are sharing new details about the Switch 2 versions of games that are already on Switch, and many will require a $10 fee in order to unlock them. But what exactly are you paying for? Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/bFd2Yta via New free games

I don’t go here (Magic: The Gathering, that is), but I’m obsessed with the new MTG and Final Fantasy collaboration . I swore off trading card games when I realized how much money people dump into cracking packs, but I can still appreciate some good Final Fantasy art when I see it. Something I also appreciate is a good… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/ba5VfCL via New free games

The Office’s first spin-off finally has a name and a release date. The new show is called The Paper, is set in the same universe, and will arrive exclusively on Peacock in September. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/qWSajOt via New free games

If you’re diligent about fully clearing each mission in Doom: The Dark Ages , you’ll eventually have enough gold and rubies to purchase every upgrade in the game to become the ultimate version of the Doom Slayer. In the long run, which upgrade paths you prioritize will be based on which guns and abilities you vibe with… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/GIvYxN9 via New free games

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 is set to launch in July . But even though the latest entry in the long-running franchise is not even out yet, fans are already looking beyond it to the series’ future. Specifically, many want to know if Tony Hawk’s Underground and Underground 2 will get fancy remakes one day. According to… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/S7pkU5M via New free games

Giant Bomb’s future is uncertain following a showdown with parent company Fandom, which also owns GameSpot, over editorial interference. Creative director Dan Ryckert announced on a recent livestream that he would no longer be appearing on the Giant Bombcast and co-host Jeff Grubb confirmed on social media on Thursday… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/zio5nlw via New free games

The Weeknd has revealed his true life’s passion... and surprisingly, it’s not music. The “Starboy” musician admitted that his rise to superstardom in the music industry was really just “a little detour” he used to pursue his number one passion. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/XjIEVe6 via New free games