Midway point of the year is when I sometimes put out a call for folks' favorite pieces of games journalism/criticism, YTD, for Games Journalism Award long list consdieration. Got anything you really liked so far, going back as far as last November? As usually, don't be afraid to share your own work!

Hey indie peeps. I'm going to be doing Kotaku's Indie Penance Day on Friday July 3 this year. If you have an upcoming or recently released game that deserves eyes, please email me at [email protected] with the subject "INDIE PENANCE 2026", and include a store link and YouTube video. Rules follow.

Yes, some of the EVO game announcements were what everyone hopes happens to their favorite game. Yes, it comes from waaaaaaaaay left field. And no, you probably should not support them

Had a few buyers and I really appreciate yall spreading the word.✨ Still got a decent amount of arcade controllers and even an RetroTINK 2X that could use new homes!

After two years of managing global creators at Respawn, EA has laid me off. Said my role was no longer needed, etc. You heard it all before. Same old story. So now I have to decide what's next: Focus on my FGC career Work with another studio Gaming themed restaurant LMK if you're down to chat

Oh man. Riot partnering with the fascist streamer platform is extremely not good. www.riotgames.com/en/news/riot...

I've been seeing a few people who came into games writing/journalism like a decade after I did and they talk about my peers who've got some of the few jobs remaining as if they "made it" and I would like to be clear: virtually none of us made it, even (perhaps especially) the people who seemed to

I've seen videos claiming that Demon's Souls began development as an "Oblivion killer," but no citations and nothing else to corroborate the claim. Has anyone else heard this? Is there a source?

Tekken reaction content is already insufferable. It will go full sewer this week

Wednesday: "Maybe I'll just play through the intro to DA: Inquisition. Stroll around for a second" Friday: Still refusing to leave the Hinterlands until the map is clear This was a mistake

Hi! I'm looking to speak to anyone who is finding ways to resist/work around mandatory AI usage policies at work. Mostly games industry-related, but happy to speak to anyone adjacent as well! Published quotes can of course be anon if desired. DM me here or email at [email protected], thanks!

Making clips of the last few streams and it feels like Twitch is taking, uh, FOREVER to save and export them. Anyone running into this?

this is officially the last thing i'll write about the fgc. very fitting that it's on kotaku. please check it out.

Very cool video. As someone that was there for some of it at the time, hearing Koster describe the early scrapped plans is fascinating www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAv0...

Ah, yes. Being charged $80 for PS+ is the pleasant surprise I was hoping for today

Ok, I've been mainlining Dragon Age games for the past month and I might need a break

Like so many journalists, I have been ruminating over "pivoting to video." So when @jasonschreier.bsky.social launched his YouTube channel, I wanted to know everything. The process. The inspiration. The strategy. The answers I got were not what I expected. www.readergrev.com/p/why-jason-...

Want to hear something weird? A bunch of old interviews with Hidetaka Miyazaki seem to be vanishing from the internet, and from larger outlets. We're talking Rolling Stone for starters

Yes, very kind of Capcom to make this new Onimusha for me specifically

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Turns out that a big project that I wanted out in the world by now is running into some roadblocks. And now I'm thinking of doing something on YT that I've been actively avoiding IYKYK

29 years ago, a small team at Capcom known as Dirty Beret were given the reigns for the 3rd entry in the Darkstalkers series to "reinvent what it means to be a monster." Vampire Savior is my favorite fighter, so let's explore this experimental masterpiece: youtu.be/bbl1856uGI0

A dungeon crawler in 64x64 pixels (yes, less than a windows icon). A bunch of combat nuns on an island full of dinosaurs and the undead. #pixelart #gamedev

Fuck this turd forever

There's no pain quite like seeing a game you adore get a crummy sequel that fundamentally misunderstands everything that made the first one so special: kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2023/06/23/f...

Ugh video game (companies) were a mistake

It's Saturday. Show me your games

This game kinda rocks

Well, it's summer, so it's absolutely time for the power to go out. Again.

Today is "Buy Nadia's Book" Saturday. It's a religious holiday of the highest order. I cleared it with the Pope and everything. No work, no confession (unless it's sexy/spicy). Read the book and be blessed. Extra blessings if you leave a review on GoodReads. 🙏👼 www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

I've seen a few interpretations of this story going around today implying that there's some sort of investor push to get From to develop DS4 (safe sequels) as opposed to doing what it wants. I don't know if that's true or not, but the actual investor deck is 100% about self-publishing.

Yes, but don't be an asshole about it

There are people I know that should tatoo whole sections if this on their bodies like in Memento

You may not be surprised to hear that I am turning into a Mina the Hollower true believer

When this image was shown without knowing what it was, I thought it was a port of Wild Card and thought, holy cow, that was gutsy

Jesus. The cart and the horse Never change, SE

These are nice things to see

Oh wow

Hang on, wasn't this a mobile game?

"Thanks for taking this pitch meeting. The team and I are working on an open world, melee combat-focused RPG with deep lore building upon a great classic franchise" "Does it take place in an academy/high school/ college?" "No but-" "GTFO out of this office"

Lords of the Fallen II trailer followed by Lies of P: Complete is funny to me

If you asked me 10 years ago which big publisher I'm most excited about in a given year, I don't think I would have said Capcom, but here we are

I'm on a bit of a stream/YouTube hiatus at the moment, so I hope anyone talking about the Castlevania trailers is having a good ol time

I am looking for video creators who are skilled at retrospective content, year in review, long form video, and covering GAAS titles. Not concerned about size or language, just consistency. The opp is organic. If you don't know what any of that means, please ignore and look at these pancakes.

Uh, holy shit

Just kind of catching up on trailers and this new Virtua Fighter looks so good. Never really been a VF guy myself, but holy cats, baby

The combat in the ff7r games is best in class. I hated playing the last game, but I will never say no to more of that fighting