Welcome to the 250th edition of Indie-Penance Day! Running annually on Kotaku since 1776, each year we celebrate the emancipation of indie games from the tyrannical publishers that once ruled the land ...

Plummer is the man who claims to have created some major Windows features, including the original Task Manager application. Now, the YouTuber and retired developer shared ...

Meta has quietly launched Pocket, a new AI-powered app that lets users create, play, and share mini-games simply by describing them in plain English.

Filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s newest movie, The Odyssey, releases on July 17, and ahead of that, an official companion game ...

As consoles make the shift to becoming fully digital, the unintentional secrets that only be found hidden in unpatched ...

Riot Games' use of generative AI over the past few years has been met with criticism from fans of its games, but it doesn't seem to be slowing the publisher/developer down. On June 8, Riot employed a ...

Polygon Summer Game Fest 2026 Live game reveals, world premiere trailers, and what’s next from 40+ developers, publishers, and hardware makers. The trailer shows Claire Redfield entering a run-down ...

Two flaws in the widely used open-source editor can be triggered through manipulated configuration files, prompting security updates from the project's maintainers. Two arbitrary code execution ...

A quantum computer has been used to create a horror video game called Quantum Backrooms – and it’s available to play online. The game draws inspiration from “the Backrooms,” a horror legend developed ...

Cheat codes were once one of the most exciting parts of gaming. Before live-service updates, online walkthroughs, and paid unlocks became common, players traded secret button combinations, hidden ...

The record books survived the Enhanced Games. With the exception of one event and a giant asterisk, that is. The multi-sport event that gained notoriety by allowing the athletes competing to take ...

Mark Sammut serves as the lead editor of the Evergreen gaming list department for GameRant, along with contributing to other department like anime lists and resources. In a previous life, he also ...