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 ...

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.

“Honestly, AI slop [pull requests] are becoming increasingly draining and demoralizing for #Godot maintainers,” Verschelde ...

Microsoft's Xbox has canceled its deal with IO Interactive to develop the "Project Fantasy" game. Hideo Kojima’s "OD" is still in the works.

AI and vibe-coding have fueled a massive surge in mobile game releases, but the top 1% of publishers still control the vast ...