Apple is increasingly focusing on building its own devices and expanding its ecosystem by taking steps towards a more native experience for users and relying less on third-party accessories. While the Cupertino-based tech giant's HomePod and AppleTV have left quite the mark in the smart home category, it generally relies more on outsourcing cameras and other hardware for smart homes. Now, a new report suggests that the company intends to create a fully integrated experience by developing its own smart home accessories. Gurman hints about Apple working on making smart home products like security cameras for a more integrated experience […]
We’re continuing our Best of Black Friday posts today with a look at the best current deals on power stations and their respective bundle options. Folks across the country and beyond have been steadily investing more and more in the industry for a vari...
Blizzard has announced that two decades after its release, World of Warcraft is finally going to let players build a home and live in it. The feature has long been requested by WoW players and now it’s finally coming in the game’s next expansion.Read m...
Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds will receive the Godspawn update, adding a new 50-player boss battle, a new 10-player raid, and a legendary spear. Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds is getting the first major update "Godspawn" on November 19th, expanding the story with new story chapters The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 by ArenaNet is receiving its first major update for the Janthir Wilds expansion soon. It's the first of three major updates, and it'll land on November 19. The update will add new content to the game for the players. The Janthir Wilds expansion DLC was released in August this year, […]
On Christmas Day, a big GTA 5 leak revealed that Rockstar Games had some single-player DLC planned for the open-world crime sim. Though none of them were released, what was uncovered by online sleuths is interesting all the same.Read more...
Having been originally released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and not having received a current generation update, Red Dead Redemption 2 does not support ray tracing, which is a shame, as it would make the game look even more incredible than it already does. A new 8K video put together by Digital Dreams shows the latest entry in the series by Rockstar Games running with the Complete Ray Tracing Reshade preset by Nice Guy, a screen space ray tracing shader that lets users add global illumination with effects like Diffuse Illumination and Specular Reflection, ambient occlusion and glossy reflections […]
A Florida man is calling on Rockstar Games to pay him $2 million for showing literally one second of a character who looks like him in the reveal trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6. Lawrence Sullivan, AKA “Florida Joker,” accused the studio of stealing his...
Last week, we asked y’all what you’d like to see from GTA VI now that we know Rockstar Games will drop an official trailer on December 5. Any response was welcomed here. You could get creative, tossing out ideas that are probably less than likely. Or y...
Earlier this week, we asked you all to give us your choice for the best video game sequel. Any sequel would count and everyone was free to suggest any game they wanted, no matter how old, obscure, or divisive. And we tallied up all the answers, crunche...
The Last of Us Part II might only be about three years old, but the popular PS4 sequel from Naughty Dog will be remastered for PS5 next year. And as you might expect, when we asked Kotaku readers (you fine folks!) about this, you all had a lot of thoug...
Despite having been released a few years back, very few open-world games look as good as Red Dead Redemption 2. On PC, however, the game can look considerably better than it does on consoles, thanks to some excellent mods. A new 8K resolution video put together by Digital Dreams showcases the latest entry in the series running with the Visual Redemption mod, a visual overhaul developed by Razer Mods, the same team behind the excellent NaturalVision Evolved mod for Grant Theft Auto V. Needless to say, the weather system overhaul, improved shadow distance, improved water reflections and all the other […]
Today Grand Theft Auto fans got news they’ve been eagerly awaiting for a very long time, when Rockstar officially announced the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI will arrive sometime in December. Meanwhile, today also saw Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive release their latest quarterly earnings, which included a few more tidbits about what’s happening at the GTA studio. Q2 2024, which ran from the beginning of July to the end of September, was a solid one for Take-Two, as they brought in $1.44 billion in revenue. That represents a small year-on-year decline, but is still respectable considering T2 […]
A recently uncovered Rockstar Games patent suggests the developer could be using new technology to make NPCs in its games more immersive, particularly when it comes to the highly anticipated action-adventure crime sim GTA VI.Read more...
Despite having been released a while back, Red Dead Redemption 2 continues to be one of the best-looking open-world games ever released, especially on PC with the right mods. A […]
A new Red Dead Redemption 2 mod that is now available for download makes the game look outright stunning with improved weather conditions, lighting, shadows, and much more. The Visual […]
Update 09/27/2023 4:00 p.m. ET: The Brazil Ratings Board has removed the Nintendo Switch from its list of consoles for Red Dead Redemption 2, suggesting that it was mistakenly added. Original article continues below.Read more...
On Christmas Day, a big GTA 5 leak revealed that Rockstar Games had some single-player DLC planned for the open-world crime sim. Though none of them were released, what was uncovered by online sleuths is interesting all the same.Read more...
Having been originally released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and not having received a current generation update, Red Dead Redemption 2 does not support ray tracing, which is a shame, as it would make the game look even more incredible than it already does. A new 8K video put together by Digital Dreams shows the latest entry in the series by Rockstar Games running with the Complete Ray Tracing Reshade preset by Nice Guy, a screen space ray tracing shader that lets users add global illumination with effects like Diffuse Illumination and Specular Reflection, ambient occlusion and glossy reflections […]
A Florida man is calling on Rockstar Games to pay him $2 million for showing literally one second of a character who looks like him in the reveal trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6. Lawrence Sullivan, AKA “Florida Joker,” accused the studio of stealing his...
Last week, we asked y’all what you’d like to see from GTA VI now that we know Rockstar Games will drop an official trailer on December 5. Any response was welcomed here. You could get creative, tossing out ideas that are probably less than likely. Or y...
Earlier this week, we asked you all to give us your choice for the best video game sequel. Any sequel would count and everyone was free to suggest any game they wanted, no matter how old, obscure, or divisive. And we tallied up all the answers, crunche...
The Last of Us Part II might only be about three years old, but the popular PS4 sequel from Naughty Dog will be remastered for PS5 next year. And as you might expect, when we asked Kotaku readers (you fine folks!) about this, you all had a lot of thoug...
Despite having been released a few years back, very few open-world games look as good as Red Dead Redemption 2. On PC, however, the game can look considerably better than it does on consoles, thanks to some excellent mods. A new 8K resolution video put together by Digital Dreams showcases the latest entry in the series running with the Visual Redemption mod, a visual overhaul developed by Razer Mods, the same team behind the excellent NaturalVision Evolved mod for Grant Theft Auto V. Needless to say, the weather system overhaul, improved shadow distance, improved water reflections and all the other […]
Today Grand Theft Auto fans got news they’ve been eagerly awaiting for a very long time, when Rockstar officially announced the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI will arrive sometime in December. Meanwhile, today also saw Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive release their latest quarterly earnings, which included a few more tidbits about what’s happening at the GTA studio. Q2 2024, which ran from the beginning of July to the end of September, was a solid one for Take-Two, as they brought in $1.44 billion in revenue. That represents a small year-on-year decline, but is still respectable considering T2 […]
A recently uncovered Rockstar Games patent suggests the developer could be using new technology to make NPCs in its games more immersive, particularly when it comes to the highly anticipated action-adventure crime sim GTA VI.Read more...
Despite having been released a while back, Red Dead Redemption 2 continues to be one of the best-looking open-world games ever released, especially on PC with the right mods. A […]
A new Red Dead Redemption 2 mod that is now available for download makes the game look outright stunning with improved weather conditions, lighting, shadows, and much more. The Visual […]
Update 09/27/2023 4:00 p.m. ET: The Brazil Ratings Board has removed the Nintendo Switch from its list of consoles for Red Dead Redemption 2, suggesting that it was mistakenly added. Original article continues below.Read more...