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Mourning Overwatch 2's Story Mode, A Tragedy That Didn't Need To Happen
17.5.2023
Yesterday, Blizzard held a livestream in which it announced that, yes, a new tank hero, map, and cinematic are coming to Overwatch 2. It also announced that its PvE story mode, y’know, the whole reason it said it was making Overwatch 2 in the first place, is getting nerfed into the ground. Deep...
Mortal Kombat Movie Sequel May Have Found Its Johnny Cage
5.5.2023
It sounds like the Mortal Kombat movie sequel has found its Johnny Cage in The Boys and The Lord of the Rings actor Karl Urban.Read more
15+ Games We Simply Must Install On Every New PC
7.4.2023
Every new PC requires the obligatory christening of your browser of choice, Steam, other game storefronts, and miscellaneous productivity apps (in my case, that’s Obsidian, VCV, Reaper, Guitar Pro, and Reason..new computer days are super busy for me) are obvious immediate downloads. But once you’ve...
What Your Overwatch 2 Skin Says About You: Brutal Callout Edition
5.4.2023
When Overwatch 2 was announced as the not-so-sequel-sequel to the original 2016 first-person shooter, the first thing most players wondered was, “What about my skins?”Read more
The Best Games To Play With A Partner To Save And End Relationships
14.2.2023
For many, a date night with your partner might mean dinner, a movie, or watching the sunset. Something out of a romantic comedy from 2005. Here at Kotaku, it means gaming on the couch together (and sometimes those other things, but mostly gaming on the couch).Read more
10 Video Game Kisses We Can’t Forget
9.2.2023
The glorious thing about a kiss is that it can mean anything while, for the most part, looking the same—lips on other lips. In a video game, though, a kiss becomes even more monumental, accompanied by mounting background music and unbound by normal facial muscles. A video game kiss, free...
Forspoken: The Kotaku Review
30.1.2023
Forspoken is a painfully flawed game. With a variety of rampant inconsistencies, its stilted presentation belies a gem of a story that centers women and feminine expression. In some ways that makes Forspoken a welcome breath of fresh air for fantasy games, as its 15 to 20 hour open-world campaign...
Let’s Talk About How One Piece Film: Red Is The Best Anime Movie We’ve Seen This Year
8.11.2022
What a world. A One Piece movie about a pop star was one of the highest-grossing anime films in Japan earlier this year. Just released here, I watched One Piece Film: Red during its debut weekend to see what all the hype was about. I was blown away by the film’s bombastic style and emotional...
13 Things I Wish I Knew Before (Re)Starting Cyberpunk 2077
5.10.2022
Cyberpunk 2077’s been having a bit of a renaissance lately. The hit Netflix spinoff anime Edgerunners, which fellow Kotaku staff writer Isaiah Colbert described as “Studio Trigger at its finest,” has pulled people into the dark and gritty world of this game once more. Add to that a number...
13 Games Making 2022 A JRPG Bonanza
29.7.2022
Valkyrie Profile, Tactics Ogre, and Front Mission are all due out in the months ahead. What year is it again? It’s 2022, and it’s already been glorious for fans of new and classic JRPGs alike. But some of the most exciting stuff is still ahead. Years after the genre was left for dead, it’s never...