Image: Microsoft / Kotaku According to a new report, it might get a lot easier—and cheaper—to provide the entire family with Xbox Game Pass as Microsoft plans to launch a five-person option later this year. Windows Central reported earlier Thursday that, after spending nearly a year planning and figuring out the details, Microsoft is ready …
Do you always hear that ta-dum sound whenever you see this logo?Photo: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU (Getty Images) Remember how hard it used to be to watch anime? Depending on where you called home, it was once difficult, if not impossible, to check out the latest shows. It was only a few decades ago that people were …
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Sony’s as-of-yet unannounced plan to compete with Xbox Game Pass could be revealed as early as next week, according to a new report by Bloomberg. However, the subscription service code-named Spartacus is apparently unlikely to feature big first-party blockbusters like 2022’s God of War Ragnarök on launch day. The rival …
Photo: Gizmodo / it8bit A large, privately-owned, and operated museum dedicated to retro computers and video games was destroyed earlier this week in Ukraine as a result of the ongoing and horrific invasion of the country by Russia. While a museum being destroyed doesn’t compare at all to the thousands dead and injured, it’s still …
Image: Sony / Ubisoft / Sega/ Bethesda / Kotaku If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately, you’ve most likely noticed that there are a lot of video game TV shows in the works. In fact, it can sometimes feel like we can’t go more than a week or two without another story or …
Image: Epic / Kotaku Yesterday, Epic launched the next season of Fortnite, and announced that for the following two weeks all the money it makes from in-game purchases in the popular battle royale will be donated to charities supporting humanitarian efforts in Ukraine. Now, just 24 hours later, and with 13 days remaining, Epic has …
Image: EA / Respawn You probably subscribe to Game Pass for the blockbusters. As far as deals go, it’s pretty good: The price of one brand-new AAA game gets you several months of access to a digital library featuring hundreds of games, plenty of which happen to be recent zeitgeist-making tentpoles. But sometimes you wanna …
Photo: Kotaku / Sergey Alimov / Matthew Horwood (Getty Images) The Russian government is looking to legalize at least some software piracy to help its citizens get around the growing list of tech, gaming, and software bans that the country faces due to its ongoing and destructive invasion of Ukraine. It seems Russian leaders and …
Image: God of War Deadline is reporting that Amazon is currently in talks to turn PlayStation series God of War into a television series. While neither Sony nor Amazon were able/willing to confirm the news outside of an official announcement, Deadline’s report says the show will be overseen by “The Expanse creators/executive producers Mark Fergus …
Image: Bones / Telecom Animation Film / LIDENFILMS / Funimation / Kotaku By and large, anime protagonists have inspiring backstories and an iconically infectious resolve. As it turns out, so do many of the actors whose vocal talents help bring these characters to life. While anime originates in Japan, the medium’s relatable and heroic characters, …