Although exact details are far and few between, a brand-new Fallout game was reportedly in development at a non-Bethesda Microsoft-owned studio before being canceled as of earlier this year. This Fallout news is bad in and of itself, but it’s worse when considering how the sharks are circling Bethesda and…

Thanks to backend information and data, Steam users already know 3 games, plus 1 additional freebie, that are coming to its popular Free-to-Keep Promotion in July and August 2026. Unfortunately, with the way the promotion works, no one knows when these games will go live. Steam’s Free-to-Keep Promotion turns paid,…

The Indie250 celebrations continue this Indie-Penance Day, as Kotaku celebrates the birth of our great indie nation some 250,000 years ago. (Look, I’m British, I barely understand this American nonsense and frankly it should all probably still be mine.) Below are ten more fascinating, fantastic new or upcoming independent games you’ve…

A gamer would have to be living under a rock to not have heard about PlayStation’s controversial decision to stop producing discs. And while players were assured they’ll still be able to pick up games physically for a few more years, PlayStation’s main production facility for physical copies reducing output…

The recent Xbox reshuffling has many questioning the future of the company’s biggest studios, and a new insider claim states that while Halo is safe, the company is reevaluating the development studio’s direction. Halo has been Xbox’s bread-and-butter franchise for over two decades, but recent releases have left the series…

A newly announced Steam game is already drawing comparisons to Palworld, but it’s more about how it innovatively combines that formula with Monster Hunter Stories-style anime aesthetics. Indeed, as is the case with many creature-collecting games, sometimes innovation isn’t in introducing something new but in combining new specific niches in…