A new patent recently filed by TV and streaming device manufacturer Roku hints toward a possible future where televisions could display ads when you pause a movie or game. This Summer Soulslike Keeps Looking Better And Better For Roku, the time in which the TV is on but users aren’t doing anything is valuable. The … Read more
Grand Theft Auto VI is likely one of the most anticipated games in history, with millions of players around the world waiting for any scrap of info or screenshot of the upcoming open-world crime simulator. However, as remote workers struggle with an unwanted return-to-office mandate from Rockstar Games, Kotaku has learned from sources with knowledge … Read more
Alone in the Dark, a 2024 reimagining of the 1992 survival horror classic that paved the way for generations of horror games after it, is out on March 20, 2024 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows. Following the story of either Emily Hartwood (played by actress Jodie Comer from Killing Eve) or Edward Carnby … Read more
Kung Fu Panda 4Photo: DreamWorks Animation As predicted earlier in the weekend, Kung Fu Panda 4 has maintained its lead against Dune: Part Two for a second week in a row, but only by the tiniest margin—as in, less than $1 million. Panda 4 made $30 million, bringing it to a solid $107 million after … Read more
Metal Gear Solid is a confusing franchise. As someone who’s never played an entry all the way through—other than the superb Revengeance, which isn’t really a Metal Gear Solid game—I’m familiar with the series but always found myself perplexed by its intricate narrative threads that span decades. Thankfully, David Hayter, the voice of the legendary … Read more
The first game since 2005 with Princess Peach in the starring role launches on Switch on March 22. That’s not far from now. And while we have a demo for Princess Peach: Showtime and have seen plenty of trailers for it, we still don’t know who actually developed Showtime. Weirdly, when asked directly, Nintendo just … Read more
Left: Nicholas Braun (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images), Right: Jim Henson (Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) Among the various pop culture gods who hover benevolently over our modern society, few are more sacred than Jim Henson. We’d go so far as to argue that much of our enduring affection for Henson’s most … Read more
Fox Corp. Chief Executive Officer Lachlan Murdoch said the new sports streaming service he’ll launch later this year with Walt Disney Co. and Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. is projected to reach 5 million subscribers after five years. Murdoch, speaking at the Morgan Stanley technology, media and telecom conference on Monday, said the service is aimed … Read more
This story originally appeared on Kotaku. It’s fair to say that Helldivers 2 is having a good week. Beating GTA V’s concurrent Steam players records, the extraction shooter is outdoing everyone’s expectations, including its own, and it seems this success is spilling over. Because if there’s one source that Helldivers owes the most to, it’s … Read more
The top story of spring training so far has nothing to do with the seams and stitches on a baseball. Instead, the talk of spring is all about the seams and stitches of the new jersey that Major League Baseball’s on-field uniform provider has rolled out for this season: the Nike Vapor Premier. Nike claims … Read more