feeds.kotaku.com.au

From baking sourdough bread and working out, people have kept themselves busy in a variety of ways during the pandemic. Manga piracy, it seems, is also one of them. An organisation called ABJ (Authorised Books of...

Wow, it’s almost the new year! How on earth did we get here? It’s really flown by, hasn’t it? Image: Ruby Innes / Kotaku Australia It’s crazy when a year feels so short and so long at the same time. It feels...

Games rooted in abstract systems or that see you controlling vast armies of faceless soldiers can be great, but sometimes you want something that feels a little more intimate and human. Something where the characters...

Fans of Stardew Valley have naught to fear when it comes to a core feature of the farming game making it’s way to Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone’s next title. ConcernedApe’s Haunted Chocolatier was announced...

It seems like Tomb Raider has defeated the Epic Games Store. According to a report by The Verge, Epic’s Fortnite was having issues for quite a number of hours, resulting in many players unable to access the game....

Talk about redefining “unfriggenbelievable.” A Halo Infinite player recently went 100-and-0 during an impressive spree of free-for-all matches in 343 Industries’ popular multiplayer shooter. Remy “Mint Blitz,”...

If you’ve been on Twitter recently, you may have noticed people posting a bunch of differently coloured squares. No, this is not a psy-op you are being unfairly excluded from, rather it’s the Twitter manifestation...

2021 was a year, wasn’t it? The pandemic is still causing unnecessary disruptions despite the widespread availability of vaccines. The semiconductor shortage is whipping the economy’s arse. Black and queer people...

Legendary NFL coach John Madden died on the morning of Tuesday, December 28. While many took the occasion of his passing to celebrate the man’s coaching, broadcasting, and video game legacy, others used it as an...

Last Friday, Amy Schneider became the highest-earning woman in the history of the quiz show Jeopardy! That makes her the fourth-highest-earning contestant overall for regular season games, and fifth for overall...

Christmas may be over, but the Epic Games Store isn’t done handing out free gifts just yet. Its latest free game is actually three free games in one. Until January 6, you can head over there and grab the 2013 Tomb...

I’ve always had a thing for June Chikuma’s music, though it took me a while to realise it. Even today, I often find myself humming the “mantra” track from Faxanadu, the difficult, side-scrolling action-RPG for...

More than 40% of the world’s population play video games. But besides being entertaining, digital games are a product. The need to bring in money from players is integral to game design. A popular method of monetising...

It’s no secret that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was an incredibly influential game. It spawned numerous copycats while shifting both our understanding and expectations of what open-world games can be. But...

Legendary coach and broadcaster John Madden died Tuesday morning, the NFL announced. For fans, no one is more synonymous with football than Madden, and perhaps no one person has done more to bring new people into the...

Even with millions of people enjoying incredibly popular titles like Fortnite or League of Legends, it’s hard to imagine games played by more people than Microsoft’s Solitaire and Minesweeper — the latter of which...

Despite my annual letter writing campaign, the schools still close during the Christmas period. As such, your home might become far more plagued by small children, whether they’re your own or those of family or...

The most shocking moment in Halo Infinite isn’t about exploding a derelict ancient space station or accidentally awakening a once-slumbering threat. It’s a brief exchange between two main characters, one that...

I’m not an accommodating video game critic. A game either sinks its hooks into me within the first hour, or I immediately bounce to something else. I’ve never had any patience for this “it gets good after ten...