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'Who’s Deciding The Fate Of This Game?' The Secretive Process Of Getting A Game With Sexual Content On Steam

'You work six years on a game, you line up press and events for the launch, and then some guy at Valve clicks on a checkbox and blocks everything.'

By Jay Castello

/ 17 Aug 2026

'Who’s Deciding The Fate Of This Game?' The Secretive Process Of Getting A Game With Sexual Content On Steam

Pro Jank Footy Is A Game Of Two Halves

'Pro Jank doesn't want to respect the intricacies of Australia Rules Football, it wants to make you scream at a screen with a friend'

By Luke Plunkett

/ 17 Aug 2026

Reliving Kotaku’s Theme Week About 2002, From 2036

Back and then forward and then back again to the future

By Nathan Grayson

/ 14 Aug 2026

Reliving Kotaku’s Theme Week About 2002, From 2036

This Is Hopefully The Last Time I'm Writing About 1666: Amsterdam

'I can ask the AI to give me 75 different variations of one thing, but I cannot have 75 different illustrators come up with a variation in three seconds'

By Luke Plunkett

/ 14 Aug 2026

This Is Hopefully The Last Time I'm Writing About 1666: Amsterdam

Let These Avengers Radicalize You

When a radical leftist gets their hands on the Avengers, incredible things happen

By Joshua Rivera

/ 14 Aug 2026

A cropped comic book cover with the Ultimates (Iron Lad, Doctor Doom, Sif, Captain America, Thor, The Wasp, and Giant Man) assembled

The Onion’s Infowars Is Destroying What’s Left Of Alex Jones’ Reputation And Getting Sandy Hook Families Paid

"If you take all of his stuff and then spend a long time saying, 'You have to be a moron to believe what this guy thinks,' that’s how you actually affect change here"

By Nathan Grayson

/ 14 Aug 2026

The Onion’s Infowars Is Destroying What’s Left Of Alex Jones’ Reputation And Getting Sandy Hook Families Paid

Twitch Won’t Label Which Streams Are And Aren't Using AI, So Streamers Are Doing It Themselves

Streamers have taken to labeling their broadcasts with tags like "AIOptedOut," "NoGenAI," and "NoAI"

By Nathan Grayson

/ 13 Aug 2026

Twitch Won’t Label Which Streams Are And Aren't Using AI, So Streamers Are Doing It Themselves

Netflix Closes Two More Game Studios, Expects Us To Believe It Still Sees ‘Opportunity’ In Games

RIP Oxenfree

By Nathan Grayson

/ 13 Aug 2026

Netflix Closes Two More Game Studios, Expects Us To Believe It Still Sees ‘Opportunity’ In Games

You Can Feel The Love That Went Into Veritas Tales

Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle is a lovingly crafted game by a Vanillaware veteran, and you can feel the love in every page.

By Chris Person

/ 13 Aug 2026

You Can Feel The Love That Went Into Veritas Tales

I Melted My Microwave Kiln

Oops!

By Nicole Carpenter

/ 13 Aug 2026

Tomb Of The Bloodletter Is A Tough But Goofy Typing Game

A word game that's trickier than it looks

By Riley MacLeod

/ 13 Aug 2026

Tomb Of The Bloodletter Is A Tough But Goofy Typing Game

Saber Interactive's CEO Matt Karch Can Get In The Bin [Update]

'I would frankly in retrospect have been happy to replace her with AI'

By Luke Plunkett

/ 12 Aug 2026

Saber Interactive's CEO Matt Karch Can Get In The Bin [Update]