31 March 2026
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Ethan Gach

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Epic Lays Off An Employee With Terminal Brain Cancer Who Can’t Get Life Insurance Now [Update: Epic Responds] - Kotaku

TechnologyMarch 31, 2026

Last week, Epic Games announced it was laying off over 1,000 employees to “keep the company funded.” One of them was Mike Prinke, a programmer who had been at the Fortnite maker for just under sev...

Boomer Shooter Dev Calls For Nvidia Boycott Over DLSS 5 Generative Upscaling ‘Trained On Instagram Models And Epstein Memes’

CryptoMarch 27, 2026

Dave Oshry isn’t ready to let the blowback to DLSS 5 simply blow over. The CEO of boomer shooter publisher New Blood Interactive called for people to boycott Nvidia over what many have accused of be...

PlayStation Closes Shooter Studio Recently Formed By Ex- Call Of Duty Lead - Kotaku

TechnologyMarch 26, 2026

Jason Blundell’s PlayStation studio Dark Outlaw Games has been shut down, Sony announced internally on Tuesday. The Treyarch veteran known for his work on Call of Duty Zombies was tapped to bui...

Switch 2 Handheld Boost Mode Battery Life Sucks But Is Worth It - Kotaku

TechnologyMarch 21, 2026

Nintendo rolled out a nice surprise for Switch 2 owners earlier this week. It’s called Handheld Boost Mode, and it runs Switch 1 games as if they were docked, even while in handheld mode. Sound...

Marathon Testing Duos Mode Right Away After Fans Begged For It - Kotaku

TechnologyMarch 17, 2026

Players beg for it. Developers shake their heads. But eventually it gets added. Marathon is the latest multiplayer game that’s getting a duos mode following tons of requests. It’s only c...

Marathon Dev 'Truth Nukes' Claim Bungie Lost All Its Halo Talent - Kotaku

TechnologyMarch 17, 2026

Players have rightfully become skeptical whenever a studio touts that one of its projects is from the makers of several other popular and critically acclaimed franchises. That was a point YouTuber La...

Slay The Spire 2 Promises To Patch Out 1 Billion HP Exploit As It Sells A Whopping 3 Million Copies In Just One Week - Kotaku

TechnologyMarch 16, 2026

Slay the Spire 2‘s first week is in the books, and it’s been a wild one. The deckbuilding roguelike blew the first game’s launch out of the water, and it’s barely even gotte...

The Division 2 Comes Roaring Back On Steam After Plummeting To $3 Bargain Bin Territory - Kotaku

TechnologyMarch 9, 2026

The Division 2 is having a mini-renaissance on Steam this weekend thanks to a massive discount and a recent roadmap outlining the game’s future and all of the content still coming to Ubisoft’s sev...

New Steam Hit Made Back Its Entire 7 Year Budget In Just 3 Hours - Kotaku

TechnologyFebruary 13, 2026

Mewgenics is the king of Steam, at least for a day. Disney’s new boss has some weird ideas about what people want to do in Fortnite. And No Man’s Sky just became a space trash truck sim. It’s th...

New Nintendo Direct Rumors Point To An Incoming Flood Of Switch 2 Ports - Kotaku

TechnologyJanuary 31, 2026

The usual suspects are buzzing about an upcoming Nintendo Direct to kick off February. This one will reportedly be a Partner Showcase, so while I wouldn’t expect teases for anything wild like a new ...