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Microsoft unveils AI-generated demo 'inspired' by Quake 2 that runs worse than Doom on a calculator, made me nauseous, and demanded untold dollars, energy, and research to make

You really should play Sultan's Game, a beautiful, cruel card shuffler which launched on Steam recently

Five new Steam games you probably missed (April 7, 2025)

That game jam based on Oblivion's terrible persuasion wheel actually produced some good, weird ideas

The rights to one of the greatest PC games of all time languished in the vault of a Midwestern insurance firm until a frustrated player bugged them about a re-release, 'But they asked me if I wanted to do System Shock 3'

Superb city-builder Against the Storm will round off its roster with a DLC of bats, who 'take pride in enduring what breaks others and cannot stand being favored'

In 'a bit of an experiment' Rust's latest update makes softcore mode even softer, and some changes may be brought over 'to the vanilla game in future'

Pacific Drive's 'largest ever' update adds endless expeditions to the vehicular survival game, but it's a big change to how saving works that has me pondering a reinstall

Dishonored and Prey's director says 'I could see myself working on Dishonored 3 right now' but the chances of that happening is in the realms of 'science fiction'

How To Snag Assassin's Creed Shadows' Legendary Weapons And More Of The Week's Top Tips

Party with wizards and get stuck in a Medusa timeloop in Indiepocalypse's latest anthology of unusual games

Today's Wordle answer for Sunday, April 6

The Tomb Raider board game will let you shoot dogs while sitting around the kitchen table at last

YouTube has started age restricting Balatro videos for alleged gambling-related content, and creator LocalThunk is clearly getting sick of this sort of thing

Overwatch and World of Warcraft art director Bill Petras has died

The remaster of D&D classic Neverwinter Nights 2 still hasn't been announced, but it's already Steam Deck verified

The Internet Reacts To The Switch 2 Price And Falls In Love With A Mario Kart World Cow As Last Of Us Discourse Revs Up Once Again

Assassin's Creed Shadows fixes Valhalla's biggest mistakes

'Sweet Liberty, the automatons are invading Minecraft!' Helldivers 2 player commemorates the game's most famous battle by recreating it in Mojang's survival game

Terra Invicta, the space 4X from the creators of XCOM's Long War mod, just got a massive update that adds exofighters, improved diplomacy, and 'advanced weapons' for its alien menace

Nintendo's Big Switch 2 Reveal, Pre-Orders Delayed Due To Trump's Tariffs, And More Of The Week's Big News

After a whopping 13 years in development, the Battle for Middle-earth's Extended Edition mod finally gives the beloved RTS the full Peter Jackson treatment

Abiotic Factor's next update will bring a whole new upgrade system and fix attacks on your base: 'We've heard a lot of feedback about base assaults and how they just kinda stink'

Check out the beautiful illustrations in Liam O’Brien’s Critical Role fairy tale book

By playing every heel in a wrestling tournament, Brennan Lee Mulligan has reached peak Dungeon Master

Netflix’s latest horror-comedy was inspired by Silent Hill 2 — and Katamari Damacy??

Today's Wordle answer for Saturday, April 5

We haven't even gotten over the sting of $70 games and now Nintendo's asking people to pay $80 for Mario Kart

After being laid off from his triple-A 'dream job', this developer made a game about a disgruntled ex-employee seeking revenge on the corporate world

Arkane founder Raphael Colantonio gave up on the System Shock remake because the cyberspace sequences were 'too hard,' and I can't tell you how disappointed I am right now

Phasmophobia events for 2025: Easter, Halloween, and holiday haunts

I’m worried the Switch 2 might be too heavy for me to enjoy

I loved the Nintendo Switch, but the Switch 2 looks like every other console now: A worse PC with a few exclusive games

Blue Prince is a mystery-packed mansion that will crank open your mind

Trump’s trade war swallowed the Switch 2 — but what happens next?

Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2?

Dropout.tv subscriptions are about to get more expensive

Disney Villains Cursed Café is the Modern AU of my dreams

Nintendo built the Switch 2 for the next societal shutdown

Nintendo won’t tell us how the Switch 2 Joy-Cons will avoid drift

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate did 2 protagonists first — and best

Untitled Goose Game is a good excuse to talk about Australia

‘Cozy horror’ game The Midnight Walk feels like walking through a Mad God world

How a 25-year-old Dutch game developer reclaimed her childhood

Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Games To Welcome In April

How the Righteous Gemstones brought sci-fi to church with the magic of jetpacks

If John Wick director Chad Stahelski ‘could get away with it,’ he’d fully pivot to anime

Best Kilo 141 loadout, class build in Black Ops 6

Best CR-56 AMAX loadout, class build in Black Ops 6

Netflix’s Black Mirror season 7, The Last of Us season 2, The Pitt finale, and more new TV this week