Image: Push Square Sony’s updated its Welcome Back widget with two new animated backgrounds, based on a couple of 2025’s biggest games. The new animated wallpapers for Battlefield 6 and NBA 2K26 can be applied to the hub screen, giving a military or sports flavour to your system, depending on which you fancy. While these wallpapers will only apply to …
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Over 250 developers at MindsEye maker Build A Rocket Boy were laid off earlier this year following the AAA open-world shooter’s disastrous launch. Now, over 90 current and former staff have signed an open letter blasting the studio’s management, including founder and long-time Grand Theft Auto producer Leslie Benzies, over what they claim were poor working conditions and a chaotic layoff …
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From a dozen to just one: Scarred “32 Chunk” was crowned the fat bear champion of Alaska’s Brooks River, organizers announced Tuesday. The annual competition drew in tens of thousands of votes and lasted a week. Chunk beat out rival bear “856” in the final polling, 96,350 votes to 63,725, the organization that runs the livestream cameras at the Katmai …
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Following up an award-hoarding hit with a sequel is a tough gig – innovations and new content may upset those that worshipped the original, and the expectation bar will always be set sky high. Hades 2 has faced this very challenge, but Supergiant has given it plenty of cooking time in early access to create what appears to be the …
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The Kansas City Chiefs have finished their preseason with a 29-27 loss to the Chicago Bears. By 3 p.m. (Arrowhead Time) on Tuesday, they — and the rest of the NFL’s teams — must have their roster down to 53 players. As always, we do our best to predict what the team will do — but it’s a fool’s erraad. …
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Topline An English dub of “Ne Zha 2,” the Chinese animated movie that shattered box office records and has grossed more than $2 billion to date, mostly in China, opens in American theaters this weekend as Western critics give it positive reviews. Michelle Yeoh stars in the English dub of “Ne Zha 2.” (Photo by Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images) …
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As always, we conducted a Poll over the weekend, gathering the Push Square community’s thoughts on the selection. It is a strong lineup this month, and the results reflect that. 57% of voters said they’re happy with the PS Plus Extra games, with Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered being the title you’re looking forward to playing most. When it comes to PS …
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It’s that time of year once again when hundreds and hundreds of people bring their PCs to a big convention center in Texas to celebrate all things id Software. Yup, QuakeCon is back and starts on August 7. And as is often the case, Bethesda and id Software are doing a giant QuakeCon sale on Steam, offering up a huge …
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Reader, do you trust me? Hm, maybe that’s a bit broad. Reader, do you trust Kotaku to recommend a game with its whole chest, even if we can’t really tell you what it’s about? and Roger (yes, that’s how the title is stylized) is one of the most memorable games of 2025, and explaining its premise would ultimately ruin, well, …
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There’s no better way to commemorate a trip to the largest fighting game celebration of the year than by picking up some official Evo merch! The Evo 2025 store is our largest collection yet, with a variety of items including t-shirts, hats, posters, and…fuzzy dice? There’s something for every kind of fighting game fan in this year’s lineup! Evo 2025 …
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