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Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Great Games We're Escaping Into After A Crappy Week
2.5.2025
It’s been a week, huh? It looks like we’ll be paying a whole lot more for consoles and games as well as reading and watching a whole lot less great gaming journalism, and on top of all that, GTA 6 isn’t even coming out this year! Read more
Get Started Strong In Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 And The Oblivion Remaster
27.4.2025
This week saw the release of both Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, and we’ve got tips for getting you started on the right foot regardless of which one you might be playing. We’ll also help you master the meta for Marvel Rivals season 2 and make the most...
Our Thoughts On Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, The Marathon Alpha, The Hundred Line, And More Of The Week's Top Takes
26.4.2025
This week we spent some time with the Marathon alpha and tell you what we loved and hated about Bungie’s upcoming extraction shooter. We also found ourselves seduced by Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, smitten with the new time-travel-themed point-and-click adventure Old Skies, and impressed with...
Switch 2 Preorders Open To Pure Chaos And More Of The Week's Top Stories
26.4.2025
This week saw a few massive happenings in the world of games. First and foremost, after being delayed to allow Nintendo to take stock of the potential impact of President Trump’s chaotic implementation of tariffs, the company finally kicked off retail pre-orders for the Switch 2 here in the U.S....
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Games We’re Psyched To Jump Back Into
25.4.2025
Though the weather has taken a turn for the better recently, nothing beats staying inside for some gaming—or, if you prefer, taking a game to go with you on your portable device of choice. Should you be planning on staying in this weekend with some games or looking to log some miles with a handheld...
Oblivion Remake Screens Leak, Nintendo Shows Off Mario Kart World, And More Top Stories
19.4.2025
This week, Nintendo held a Direct dedicated to Mario Kart World and while it was only 15 minutes long, it gave us a better idea of what to expect from the game’s open-world exploration and its competitive offerings, while also showing off some new playable characters and some of the stylish outfits...
The Last Of Us Renewed For Season 3 Like We All Expected
9.4.2025
To the surprise of no one living above ground, HBO won’t be done telling the story of The Last of Us Part II by the end of the TV adaptation’s upcoming second season. Today, HBO announced the Emmy-winning, nightmare-inducing, tear-ripping drama has been renewed for a third, and it needed to...
The Internet Reacts To The Switch 2 Price And Falls In Love With A Mario Kart World Cow As Last Of Us Discourse Revs Up Once Again
5.4.2025
This week, the big Switch 2 reveal dominated online gaming conversations, with people gushing about their excitement for games like Mario Kart World on one hand (and falling in love with a playable cow in particular), and recoiling from the price on the other. Also, with season two of HBO’s...
Nintendo's Big Switch 2 Reveal, Pre-Orders Delayed Due To Trump's Tariffs, And More Of The Week's Big News
5.4.2025
Finally this week, Nintendo pulled back the curtain on the Switch 2 in a big way, giving us details about its screen, specs, and some of the games we can expect to see at launch and in the months that follow. A few days later, however, the company announced that preorders, previously set to go live...
So What The Hell Is Mario Drinking In Mario Kart World?
2.4.2025
On Wednesday, Nintendo held a big Direct dedicated to the upcoming Switch 2. The new console is set to launch on June 5 and will cost $450. And one of the launch games for the console is Mario Kart World, a big, sprawling kart racer that looks like a lot of fun. But uh, what the heck is Mario...
Our Hopes And Predictions For The Switch 2 Nintendo Direct
31.3.2025
We’re less than 48 hours away from the Switch 2 deep-dive everyone’s been waiting months for, and the biggest questions around power, price, release timing, and launch lineup still remain. Will Nintendo play it safe as it seems to have done so far with the new hardware, or has it been patiently...
Everything We Saw At Nintendo's Last Big Direct For The OG Switch And More Of The Week's Top News
29.3.2025
The big event of the week was Thursday’s Nintendo Direct, the last one focused on the original Switch before the curtain gets pulled back on its successor next Tuesday. However, we also have details on some great games that are a steal right now on PSN during Sony’s spring sale, the lowdown on...
Kotaku Weekend Guide: 3 Great Games To Say Goodbye To March With
28.3.2025
March is nearly over, and what better way to spend the final days of the month than curled up at home and playing video games? Welcome to Kotaku’s weekend guide, where we give you a few suggestions of cool games you can play right now if you’re avoiding your backlog or just want to add another game...
A Great New City-Builder, A Terrific New Zombie Shooter, And More Of The Week's Recommendations And Opinions
22.3.2025
Gamers are a passionate bunch, and we’re no exception. These are the week’s most interesting perspectives on the wild, wonderful, and sometimes weird world of video game news.Read more
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Awesome Games To Transport Us To A Better Place
21.3.2025
Happy Ostara to those who celebrate! For everyone else, happy Spring Equinox! Winter is finally friggin’ over, and while the world might still look a little dark and bleak, thank goodness we’ve now got longer days and warmer temps on the way. Read more
Split Fiction Players Complete Super-Secret Level And Win Awesome Prize
19.3.2025
A super-secret and very hard level hidden in Split Fiction, so difficult that only a few of the game’s devs could overcome it, has been completed by a pair of speedrunners. Their reward? A free trip to Sweden to get a sneak peek at Hazelight’s next game.Read more
Kotaku Weekend Guide: 3 Great Games Keeping Us Grounded
14.3.2025
Next week is a big one. Assassin’s Creed Shadows launches on the heels of new reporting that Ubisoft is looking to spin off the franchise into a standalone company backed by Chinese conglomerate NetEase. The 2025 Game Developers Conference kicks off in San Francisco with talks from people behind...
The 17 Best Co-op Games You Can Play Right Now
13.3.2025
Split Fiction, the latest co-op adventure from Hazelight, has just arrived, and it’s another example of how the It Takes Two developer is leading the charge on games that are designed around what’s possible when you have two players working together to accomplish a common goal. With the unique...
Split Fiction Is The Good Time Everyone Needs Right Now
9.3.2025
EA and Hazelight’s latest co-op adventure, Split Fiction, is out now across Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. As with previous Hazelight games, like It Takes Two, Split Fiction is a co-op only experience that features a dazzling amount of gameplay mechanics. One moment you’ll be flying dragons and later...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Could Be Amazing, The Switch Launch Was One For The Ages, And More Of The Week's Takes
8.3.2025
This week, we went hands-on with the imminentClair Obscur: Expedition 33 and think it could be a turn-based RPG classic. We also reminisced, eight years after the fact, about what made the launch of the Nintendo Switch so unforgettable, and gushed about why Monster Hunter Wilds’ Rove is easily...