A new report claims Xbox CEO Asha Sharma pulled a planned Halo: Campaign Evolved trailer from Sony’s recent State of Play presentation at the last minute.
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YouTuber Smash JT’s Kotaku Detected Website Shut Down After Second Wind Editor Nick Calandra Called For Mass Reporting
YouTuber Smash JT reports his website SmashJT.com, which featured a Kotaku Detected page, was shut down after a coordinated campaign was organized by Second Wind Editor-in-Chief Nick Calandra. Smash JT had a page on his site titled Kotaku Detected that he described as...
‘Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2’ Claims To Have No Microtransactions, But Features Season Pass And Paid Cosmetic Options
Developers for the upcoming Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 game declare that the game has no microtransactions, but in the same breath they revealed the game does have microtransactions via paid cosmetic options. In a blog post uploaded to the game's Steam page,...
Elon Musk Weighs In On ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Black Samurai Controversy
Elon Musk weighed in on the possibility of Ubisoft's upcoming Assassin's Creed Shadows game featuring a gay black samurai. Musk weighed in while responding to X user Ian Miles Cheong. Cheong wrote, "Should Ubisoft delay Assassin’s Creed Shadows in response to...
Ninja Theory’s ‘Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II’ Posts Worse Player Numbers Than Original Game
Ninja Theory's recently released Senua's Saga: Hellblade II performed worse at launch compared the original game Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. According to SteamDB charts the original Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice had peak concurrent players of 5,654 back in August...
Naughty Dog Studio Head Neil Druckmann Teases His Next Project As “Most Thrilling Yet” And “Could Redefine Mainstream Perceptions Of Gaming”
Neil Druckmann, the Studio Head and Head of Creative at Naughty Dog, recently teased his next project as the "most thrilling yet." In an interview with Sony regarding the evolution of storytelling across mediums, Druckmann was asked if he could "share a personal...
Bloomberg Video Game Reporter Cecilia D’Anastasio Bemoans YouTubers Eating Away “At Journalism’s Mindshare”
Bloomberg video game reporter Cecilia D'Anastasio, who previously worked at Kotaku, bemoaned the fact that YouTubers are eating away at "journalism's mindshare." D'Anastasio bemoaned this fact following the news that IGN Entertainment acquired the Gamer Network which...
Grummz Calls For Second Wind Co-Founder Nick Calandra To Be Banned From X, YouTube, Discord, And Patreon For Doxxing Him
Mark Kern aka Grummz, called for Second Wind co-founder and Editor-in-Chief Nick Calandra to be banned from X, YouTube, Discord, and Patreon for doxxing him. In a post to X, Grummz wrote, "I just got Doxed. My family has been doxed. Second Wind and former EIC of...
‘Helldivers 2’ CEO Explains Why Game Is So Successful: “A Game For Everyone Is A Game For No-One”
Newly appointed CEO of Arrowhead Studios, the development company behind Helldivers 2, Shams Jorjani recently explained why the game is so successful. In an interview with Games Industry, Jorjani detailed, "Arrowhead’s philosophy has always been 'a game for everyone...
‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Makes Franchise History With Most Disliked Trailer Of All Time
Assassin's Creed Shadows made Assassin's Creed franchise history by having the most disliked trailer of all time. The official world premiere of the trailer on Ubisoft's YouTube channel has 7.1 million views, 265,000 likes, and over 595,000 dislikes. READ: CD Projekt...
Report: Shift Up Corporation Developing New Project While Also Discussing Sequel and PC Version For ‘Stellar Blade’
A new report details that Stellar Blade developer Shift Up Corporation is discussing a PC version of the game as well as a sequel along with confirming they are working on a new cross-platform title going by Codename: Witches. The report comes from X user Kami who...
CD Projekt Red Senior Lead Weapon Artist Apologizes For Noting Criticism About ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Is Valid
CD Projekt Red Senior Lead Weapon Artist Michal Kalisz apologized for claiming that the criticisms Ubisoft and its development team are receiving for Assassin's Creed Shadows are valid. Initially, Kalisz took to X and wrote, "The concerns and criticism around...
Kotaku Senior Editor Alyssa Mercante Threatens Legal Action Against YouTuber Smash JT
Kotaku Senior Editor Alyssa Mercante threatened to take legal action against YouTuber Smash JT claiming he's emboldening harassment against her. Mercante's threat came in response to YouTuber MasteroftheTDS, who hosts the Gothic Therapy channel, implying that Mercante...