Roku Wants To Place Ads On Your TV When You Pause Your Game

Roku Wants To Place Ads On Your TV When You Pause Your Game

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

Stellar Blade Won’t Have Microtransactions, Says Dev

Stellar Blade Won’t Have Microtransactions, Says Dev

Stellar Blade, the stylish character-action game with the drippiest protagonist in recent memory, launches as a PlayStation 5 exclusive on April 26. Ahead of its imminent release, developer Shift Up has spilt some tea on what to expect from updates after the game comes out, which’ll include more outfits for Eve and a New Game … Read more

Ex-GTA Dev Explains Suicidal NPC, Ghost Cars & Crashing Planes

Ex-GTA Dev Explains Suicidal NPC, Ghost Cars & Crashing Planes

A former developer at Rockstar North, the studio behind the immensely popular Grand Theft Auto franchise, has revealed the reasons why sometimes planes in GTA: San Andreas would just randomly crash near the player. He also provided some insight into why a particular NPC in the game would take a photo and then walk off … Read more

Stellar Blade’s Demo Is A Tasty Amuse-Bouche Of Stylish Action

Stellar Blade’s Demo Is A Tasty Amuse-Bouche Of Stylish Action

Y’all, the Stellar Blade demo is finally live on PS5. It’s a short little vertical slice of developer Shift Up’s character action game, so while we still need to see a lot more before we come to any conclusions, I can at least say that the demo has me stoked for the full release. Why? … Read more

How To Fix FF7 Rebirth’s G-Bike UPA Expert Score Glitch

How To Fix FF7 Rebirth’s G-Bike UPA Expert Score Glitch

Players trying to complete everything in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth are running into a roadblock at the very end of the game after the recent 1.020 patch broke one of the very last side quests. And until it’s patched by Square Enix, only those who own the game physically can complete the quest, get the … Read more

GTA 6 Delay Possible As Rockstar Pushes Staff Back To Office

GTA 6 Delay Possible As Rockstar Pushes Staff Back To Office

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

Final Fantasy 16’s Rising Tide DLC Gets A Release Date

Final Fantasy 16’s Rising Tide DLC Gets A Release Date

Image: Square Enix The last major piece of content for 2023’s Final Fantasy XVI now has a release date. The Rising Tide, the second of two planned post-release DLCs, is coming to PlayStation 5 on April 18. It will cost $19.99, or players can purchase the $24.99 Expansion Pass to gain access to both The … Read more

Alone In The Dark Nails What I Love About Survival Horror

Alone In The Dark Nails What I Love About Survival Horror

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

Into The Light Reveals New Horde Mode, Onslaught

Into The Light Reveals New Horde Mode, Onslaught

Image: Bungie We’ve still got a couple more months to wait for Destiny 2’s next expansion, The Final Shape, which is set to launch June 4. But players finally have something to get excited about, thanks to a new developer stream. Into the Light, the game’s next update launches on April 9 and during the … Read more

Helldivers 2 Is Filled With Odd Blue Lasers, Fans Have A Theory

Helldivers 2 Is Filled With Odd Blue Lasers, Fans Have A Theory

Recently, players fighting for democracy in online co-op sci-fi shooter Helldivers 2 have spotted strange blue lasers flying across the sky. Others have recorded video clips showing the mysterious blue lasers taking out players with one shot. Some online are convinced that these blue laser bolts are a sign that a new enemy faction (seen … Read more