Fads and trends

Veteran game developers from Bungie, EA, and Kongregate have come together to form a new video game studio, Look North World. And this…
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Only Up! quickly became a smash hit on Steam thanks in large part to its simple premise and its popularity on the streaming site Twitch.…
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If there’s one thing the internet loves, it’s spreading misinformation for the memes. In the midst of news flooding (sorry) through the…
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A meme that has likely felt apt the past few days if you’re in New York, the “This is Fine” meme has long been a symbol of catharsis for…
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Image: Epic GamesThe International Committee of the Red Cross has partnered up with a bunch of Twitch streamers to encourage gamers to…
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Image: Respawn / KotakuNo two battle royale matches are alike. Clever, spontaneous tactics springing from the generative collision of…
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The blockbuster industries of pop music and gaming have been collaborating for almost as long as games have existed—at least since 1983,…
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Battle royales are everywhere. From first-person shooters like Warzone to (now-defunct) third-person spellcasters such as Spellbreak, the…
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Aydan Conrad is one of the biggest competitive Call of Duty streamers with over 3 million followers on Twitch and over a million on…
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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds went from a mod for zombie survival game DayZ (itself a mod for milsim ARMA2), to an instantly successful…
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It’s Aries season, Women’s History Month, the start of spring, and Kotaku Royale week. What’s that last one, you ask? Well, we’re…
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I’m hiding in a small shack on a lonely hill surrounded by a deadly storm of energy that will destroy me in seconds if I touch it.…
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Last week, Epic Games revealed its exciting new Unreal Editor for Fortnite, which gives players incredible freedom to design their own…
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Since its release in November 2022, Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 has undergone immense scrutiny from the community due to its rocky launch.…
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Image: Epic GamesThis week, Epic Games revealed Unreal Editor for Fortnite, a toolset that expands on the battle royale’s existing…
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Screenshot: Atlas CreativeLast week, Epic Games announced that it would graft its industry-standard game engine into the most popular…
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It is indisputable that Fortnite is one of the biggest games in the world, its cultural dominance so pronounced that our so-called…
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Image: RumbleverseIn August 2022, Epic Games—developers of Fortnite, custodians of the Epic Games Store, creators of the Unreal Engine,…
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Image: Epic Games / KotakuYesterday, after 1,410 days (or 3 years and 10 months) the Grim Medicine cosmetic set—complete with the popular…
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Image: Epic GamesEpic Games will pay a whopping $520 million combined settlement after a Federal Trade Commission investigation found it…
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