A California man was arrested in February for continuing to stalk a World of Warcraft streamer who goes by the handle Nalipls online. Evan Baltierra, a former United States Marine and Los Angeles ...

Disney had a round of layoffs today, reportedly hitting Pixar and National Geographic the hardest. This is, somehow, the company’s third round of layoffs in 2026, something that seems to have become ...

Another week, another series of reminders that the video game industry is in serious trouble. Pillars once thought unshakeable are collapsing right and left as AI renders hardware unaffordable to all ...

Compared to the PAXes or even MAGFests of the world, Awesome Games Done Quick is itsy bitsy. Around 2,000 speedrunners and fans mill about in Pittsburgh’s Wyndham Grand hotel, with a theater where ...

One of the last pieces I wrote at Kotaku that I remember actually having fun with was a guide to the submarine and research vessels owned by Valve boss Gabe Newell. At the time it was important ...

I’ve seen some pretty peculiar ways for companies to preview their new jawns, but the way Crunchyroll has opted to drop Smoking Behind The Supermarket With You early feels like a Rube Goldberg machine ...

Onimusha: Way Of The Sword uses the likeness of Toshirō Mifune for its main character. It is both very well done and oddly placeless in his life. What should be a victory celebration for a breakout ...

"I feel like the company dragged its feet and did a lot of posturing and wasting time until the very, very last moment." ...

Demonschool developer Necrosoft Games is hosting an itch.io bundle directing funds to the Communication Workers of America's United Videogame Workers Game Industry Hardship Fund. The bundle pulls ...

When the Steam Machine was first announced, a non-zero number of people zeroed in on a single accessory in the video. The Steam Machine takes swappable faceplates, allowing for customization, and the ...

Polygon is not dead, but under new owner Valnet, it has been forcefully contorted into something it wasn’t even just a few weeks ago. Websites are their people; laying off the majority of a site’s ...