Hot on the heels of announcing plans to head in a somewhat new direction over the next five years, Riot Games has expanded its Queue Dodge buyout program–normally available to new hires during the first six months of their employment–to all employees. …
Rockstar, Take-Two Remember Midnight Club Exists
During an investor call earlier today, Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two Interactive (the parent company of Rockstar Games) listed off some of the publisher’s most popular and successful franchises. And it was during this meeting that Take-Two and Rocks…
Kotaku’s 2021 Games Of The Year
Here, as is our custom at Kotaku, are our collective picks for the 12 best games of the past year, shared in the early days of the new one. But before we get to the games, I want to say a few words about the list, and why we present it the way we do, u…
Longtime Blizzard Employee Spouted Hateful Garbage On Discord Server
Geoff Fraizer, a former early Blizzard employee who was responsible for much of the company’s web content over the past 23 years, has been posting bigoted and hateful messages in a Discord server going back to May 2021. ABetterABK founder and organizer…
Riot Games Reaches $100 Million Settlement In Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
Back in 2018, former Riot Games employees Melanie McCracken and Melanie McCracken and Jes Negrón filed a class action suit against the League of Legends publishe over endemic gender-based discrimination and fostering a “men-first” environment. A settle…
Makers of Controversial Upcoming School Shooting Game Level Remind Team To Have Some Tact
In late December, Void Interactive, makers of upcoming tactics game Ready or Not, suddenly lost its publishing partner. While not directly confirmed at the time, speculation online heavily suggested the first-person shooter shake-up was due to a recent…
Pokémon Twitch Streamer Stunned At Hitting Shiny Monster Jackpot
It’s incredibly rare to encounter a Shiny Pokémon in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. It’s even rarer to encounter two in a row in the same battle. Several thousand times rarer, in fact. But that’s exactly what happened to one Twitch stream…
Mass Effect 2 Players Suspiciously Successful At Infamous ‘Suicide Mission’
Today, publisher EA released its annual “Year in Gaming” report, which details player behavior from across its portfolio of games. Most of the data are relegated to the realms of sports games, Apex Legends, and The Sims 4, but there are some juicy tidb…
Modders Hack Elden Ring Demo, Sprinkle In Some GTA San Andreas
Elden Ring isn’t coming out until February 25 of next year, but that hasn’t stopped modders from adding some truly hilarious content to the game. Thanks in part to the newfound ease of jailbreaking the PS4, one modder was able to add Grand Theft Auto S…
Rockstar Apologizes For Busted GTA Trilogy, Offers Free Games To Owners
Today, Rockstar Games released a statement where the publisher apologizes for the various technical and visual issues players have documented in the recently released Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition. More importantly, Rockstar is pro…