Nintendo has confirmed that Rosalina will be a playable character in Super Mario Bros Wonder: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park. The game is scheduled to release on March 26, 2026, for the Nintendo Switch 2 platform. This expanded edition of the...
Former Kotaku Senior Editor Alyssa Mercante has reportedly been removing a large number of her past tweets, according to analytics provided by Social Blade. This development, which surfaced shortly after she filed a defamation lawsuit against YouTuber Smash JT, has raised eyebrows throughout the gaming community.
CD Project Red has admitted it didn’t consult The Witcher series author Andrzej Sapkowski regarding their decision to make Ciri a witcher and turn her into the primary protagonist of The Witcher 4.
The website for Sweet Baby Inc.—the controversial narrative consultancy firm run by Kim Belair—went offline today and remained dark throughout the afternoon. Many now wonder if it’s simply experiencing technical difficulties or if the DEI-focused company is intentionally wiping itself from the web.
Ubisoft is not doing well—this is likely the sentiment shared by its executives as they grapple with the fall of a once-incredible gaming giant. But, according to earnings reports, the company could face bankruptcy in 2025 if nothing changes.
Remedy Entertainment, a well-known client of Sweet Baby Inc. and the studio behind the Alan Wake series, removed mandatory pronoun selection from its job applications, according to a report from Smash JT.
The gaming industry stands at a critical crossroads, one where creativity and innovation are increasingly threatened by corporations seeking legal dominance over fundamental gameplay elements. At the heart of this issue lies the unsettling reality of the “gameplay mechanic patent”—a trend that began when Warner Bros. secured exclusive rights to its Lord of The Rings Nemesis System and has now intensified with Nintendo’s recent patent of a core creature-capturing mechanic.
A supposed insider claiming to be a contractor working on BioWare’s upcoming Mass Effect 5 revealed that EA and BioWare might be shifting strategies in the wake of Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s epic failure.
In one of the more egregious narratives to come out of the twenty-four-hour news cycle’s coverage of the assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, NBC News attempted to create a connection between alleged assassin Luigi Mangione and the video game Among Us.
By filing her lawsuit against YouTuber Smash JT (while subsequently revealing his home address to the world), Alyssa Mercante was caught in an embarrassing lie. To make matters worse for the former Kotaku Senior Editor, the gaming community rallied around Smash JT, helping him raise the $25,000 he needed to mount his legal defense with attorney Ron Coleman of the Dhillon Law Group.
Naughty Dog closed The Game Awards last night with a trailer for its new sci-fi adventure Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. The trailer released on YouTube at the same time, but Naughty Dog disabled comments to prevent the avalanche of hate that it clearly knew the game would create. However, that hasn’t stopped the trailer’s dislike ratio from absolutely exploding.
Remember when EA was widely regarded as the worst game company and publisher in the world?
Their reputation was built on scummy practices, pay-to-win loot box controversies, and a history of destroying well-known game studios—either by shutting them down or blaming gamers for their poorly made games. Who could forget the infamous “don’t like it, don’t buy it” comment from EA? It seemed like every week brought another news story exposing EA’s questionable behavior.
Another BioWare whistleblower has come forward to correct and clarify some of the information previously reported on the internal strife at the EA-owned developer and Dragon Age: The Veilguard sales numbers.