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Starting Strong In Sniper Elite: Resistance, Snagging The Best Deals In Nintendo's Latest Sale, And More Of The Week's Tips
2.2.2025
This week, we’ll help you hook up your PS VR2 to your PC, start strong in Sniper Elite: Resistance, and snag the best deals in Nintendo’s current Switch sale. Read on for these tips and more.Read more
There's A Great New RPG On Game Pass And A Fantastic New Dungeon Crawler On Steam
1.2.2025
This week, our roundup of takes includes a recommendation for a very cool new RPG on Game Pass and an even stronger rec for a new dungeon crawler on Steam. Also, we look at what certain reactions to a new Superman TV spot reveal about how some fans relate to movies nowadays, and see why the trading...
YouTube Remonetizes Dr Disrespect, The Creator Of Final Fantasy Is Making One Last RPG, And More Top Stories
1.2.2025
This week saw the return of the first 2 Sims games, the revelation that another big open-world samurai game is coming to PC alongside Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and YouTube allowing controversial streamer Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm remonetize his channel. Also, No Man’s Sky got a colossal update,...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 4 Awesome Games We’re Ready To Kick Back With
31.1.2025
Oh hey, it’s another weekend. Hopefully that means you have some time off from work, the chaos of the 21st century, or other annoying responsibilities and realities. And what better way to escape from that stuff than by jumping into the beautiful interactive art form that most of us refer to...
Games We Want On Switch 2, Hands-On With Assassin's Creed Shadows, And More Of The Week's Takes
26.1.2025
There was no shortage of things for us to have opinions on this week. First, we shared our picks for the games we most want to see make their way to the Nintendo Switch 2. We also shared our impressions of Assassin’s Creed Shadows after some recent hands-on time with the game, and look ahead...
What To Snag In Steam's Big Sale, How To Get Started In Dynasty Warriors: Origins, And More Of The Week's Tips
25.1.2025
This week’s hodgepodge of gaming tips, helpful info, and other stuff kicks off with a look at the best deals in Steam’s first big sale of the year. We also have a look at Xbox Game Pass’s strong assortment of new additions to close out the month, a recommendation for the best way to learn Disney...
Xbox Holds Big January Showcase, Elon Musk Admits To Cheating At Games, And More Of The Week's Top Stories
25.1.2025
This week, Microsoft held its Xbox Developer Direct which showcased four pretty promising-looking games coming out throughout the year ahead. Also, after a period of controversy surrounding his seeming lack of knowledge and skill at Path of Exile 2 in a livestream, Elon Musk admitted that he hadn’t...
Kotaku Weekend Guide: 6 Awesome Games We Can't Wait To Escape Back Into
24.1.2025
Hey you. Yes, you. How’s it going? Feeling okay? Taking care of yourself this week? Need some ideas for what to play? While it’s important not to hide from reality, no matter how harsh or sideways it gets, we also all need a happy place we can go to play, feel inspired, and recharge. Here are some...
Our Reactions To The Switch 2 Reveal And More Of The Week's Takes
19.1.2025
This week, we share some of our own thoughts on the reveal of the Switch 2, as well as look at reactions from across the internet. We also talk about a serious problem impacting the Pokémon TCG, consider the suggestion that GTA 6 should cost $80+, and go hands-on with the upcoming Like a Dragon:...
Ranking Marvel Rivals' Heroes, Spotting Details In The New Mario Kart, And More Notes For The Week
18.1.2025
This week’s catch-all of nifty tips, info, and observations features rankings of two of the three groups of heroes in Marvel Rivals: the support heroes and the damage dealers. So if you’ve got strong feelings about where, say, the Punisher should land in such a tally, you can see for yourself just...
Is The Switch 2 Weird Enough?
16.1.2025
Earlier today, Nintendo revealed the Switch 2. In many ways its what everyone wanted and hoped for: A new version of the Switch that’s more powerful, sleeker, and supports all the old games. However, is this new console too...safe? Boring? This is what Kotaku’s staff debated shortly after...
A Can't-Miss Amazon Blu-ray Sale, Eight Great PS VR 2 Games, And More Tips And Recs
12.1.2025
This week, our tips and recommendations hodgepodge will point you toward a 4K Blu-ray sale at Amazon that you don’t want to miss, help you get the most out of your PlayStation Portal, and suggest which of Marvel Rivals’ Vanguards will most effectively give you the edge over the competition. Click...
Kotaku Weekend Guide: 5 Great Games We Can’t Wait To Dive Into
10.1.2025
We’re two weekends into January. How’s everyone’s 2025 going? Have you kept up with your New Year’s resolutions? I’m ten days without soda, but less than 30 minutes without an existential crisis about the state of the world. So it’s been a “mixed bag,” as they say. But another one of my resolutions...
Our 27 Most Anticipated Games Of 2025
7.1.2025
After a quieter year for bigger releases in 2024 (though there was still plenty of great stuff overall), 2025 has the potential to blow the lid off things with a ton of blockbusters ranging from the unexpectedly delayed Assassin’s Creed Shadows to the long-awaited Grand Theft Auto VI (which could...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Awesome Games We’re Settling Into 2025 With
3.1.2025
If you’re reading this right now, you did it: you made it through 2024. Time will tell if 2025 ends up being even messier and more chaotic for games and everything surrounding them but in the meantime, a short respite! Here are some great games (and game-spectating experiences with the return...
Kotaku’s 15 Most-Read Stories Of 2024
31.12.2024
If you wind up on the wrong side of Reddit or YouTube, you’ll likely come across bold declarations proclaiming “what gamers want.” Nine times out of ten, these takes are given in bad faith, often by people more concerned with imposing what they want than with understanding what the majority...
The Best Video Game Characters Of 2024
31.12.2024
Every year we play a ton of great games that we celebrate in December, and those games can be great for all sorts of reasons: amazing level design, incredible atmosphere, outstanding combat or exploration, you name it. But more often than not, it’s the heroes and villains of a great game that stick...
Every Official 'Kotaku Review' Of 2024
30.12.2024
Writing a review is a tall order. Especially at a place like Kotaku, where we have a whole headline format meant to declare our “definitive” word on a game, movie, or show. It can come off as if we’re putting an authoritative stamp of approval or disapproval on whatever we’re critiquing, which...
The Best Video Game Remakes And Remasters Of 2024
29.12.2024
2024 was a really good year for video games. (But not so good for the people who make them.) And while it featured a ton of new games, both big and small, this was also a year with a lot of remasters and remakes. Read more
The 15 Biggest Video Game Disappointments Of 2024
24.12.2024
Wow! Another year down. It feels like 2024 went by in a flash, and also feels like I spent half my life slowly trudging through this mostly awful year filled with a lot of bad news.Read more