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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
Fans Think Sony Is Teasing A New Uncharted Starring Nathan Drake’s Kid
30.1.2023
Sony may have just teased its next Uncharted game in a new commercial about a supposed end to the PlayStation 5 console shortage. In between vignettes for announced games like Spider-Man 2 is a brief clip of a woman carrying a torch through a cave, and fans think it might be pointing to a...
Smash Bros. Pro Got Hurt Jumping Out Of Illegal Taxi On Way To Tourney
27.1.2023
A big fighting game tournament, Genesis 9, took place from January 20-23 in San Jose, California. Top talent from around the world, including Super Smash Bros. competitors Leonardo “MkLeo” Lopez and Samuel “Dabuz” Buzby, gathered at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center to play games like Guilty...
The 11 Best Metroidvanias To Get Lost In Right Now
24.1.2023
The Metroidvania is by far the most esoterically named genre of video games. A portmanteau of Metroid and Castlevania, it pretty much boils down to: non-linear platform games with ability-gated exploration. Or, you know, you explore until you reach a point that requires a skill you’ve yet to pick...
A 16-Bit Ninja Game Asks What If Mega Man But Body Horror
11.1.2023
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider has everything you’d want from an indie tribute to 16-bit action platformers: there’s detailed industrial pixel art, crunchy death animations, and plenty of spike pits. It’s brief but explosive, and would be right at home in any ‘90s arcade cabinet hidden in the back...
This Action Game Asks What If Ninja Gaiden Let Its Hair Down
10.1.2023
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17 Fantastic Games That Went Under The Radar In 2022
30.12.2022
A lot of fantastic games came out in 2022. Maybe not as many as we would have liked, especially with blockbuster after blockbuster getting delayed to 2023. But push beyond the Elden Rings and God of War Ragnaröks and you’ll discover a cornucopia of overlooked, underrated gems that run the gamut...
New Micro FPS Is The Coolest Game Of 2022
20.12.2022
Are you feeling a bit tired of all the big games this year or all the online service games that seemingly never end? Looking for something weird, fun, and only about an hour long? Well, then stop reading this (Editor’s note: Don’t do that.) and go play the recently released Chop Goblins, one of...
Black Friday Isn’t Worth It, Not If You Really Want To Play Games
23.11.2022
I remember being disturbed by the talking mannequin while watching the 2009 rom-com Confessions of a Shopaholic who convinces Isla Fisher that a $120 Henri Bendel scarf is all she needs to conquer a job interview. It was disturbing because I, aching for anything loose and glamorous in the West 34th...
Netflix's Sonic The Hedgehog Show Has Some Real Spiderverse Vibes
17.11.2022
Today, Netflix released a new trailer for its upcoming animated Sonic show, Sonic Prime, that is jam-packed with fun new multiverse designs for its colorful cast of characters.Read more
Latest Videogamedunkey YouTube Sparks Sonic Frontiers Review Bombing
15.11.2022
The Metacritic page for the PlayStation 5 version of Sonic Frontiers is currently being review-bombed, seemingly in response to the latest video from popular gaming YouTuber Videogamedunkey. As you’d expect, Sonic stans are coming back just as hard, defending the virtues of the blue hedgehog’s...
That New Sonic Game Is A Weird, Lonely Mess (That I Can’t Stop Playing)
10.11.2022
Usually, you play a few hours of a game and you can confidently give your thoughts on it. Not a full review or anything, but you can usually say, “Oh yeah, that’s a good one” or “Nah, pass, it’s awful” or something like that. But not Sonic Frontiers. A few hours in and I’m not sure at all what...
Sega Is Hiring A Sonic Lore Master To Keep Up With All His Nonsense
7.11.2022
Today in job listings that exude a menacing aura: Sega is looking to hire a Sonic loremaster to keep track of the blue hedgehog’s canon and non-canon antics. Read more
Sonic Frontiers Is Nostalgic But Tedious, Say Critics
7.11.2022
Sonic Frontiers reviews have just hit the internet. From what we’ve seen so far, critics think it’s a good game. It’s just not necessarily a great one. Nostalgia softened some of the disappointment, but it couldn’t completely paper over its numerous shortcomings. The story is just okay, but you’re...
Star Citizen Has Now Raised Over Half A Billion Dollars
21.9.2022
Star Citizen, a video game that exists as a Forever Promise, was first revealed to the world back in 2012 via a Kickstarter campaign that raised $2.1 million. In the decade since, through the announcements of spin-offs, modules, in-game economies and countless other features and half-baked ideas...
1995 Gargoyles Game Is Getting A Remaster
12.9.2022
Disney had a big event last week that, I’ll be honest, I let wash over me because announcements like Avatar games and Alien games that aren’t an Isolation sequel aren’t really for me. One thing they didn’t really cover, though, and which I wish they had done in a lot more detail, was the excellent...
Lowkey, This Nintendo Switch Mickey Mouse Game Was The Coolest Thing At Disney’s Showcase
10.9.2022
Revealed today during the somewhat underwhelming Disney and Marvel Games Showcase, Illusion Island is a new 2D, animated platformer being developed by DLaLa Studios and which seems to be heavily inspired by the recent (and fantastic) animated Mickey Mouse cartoon shorts. And weirdly, this...
This Twitch Streamer Just Became The First Person To Beat Every N64 Game
7.9.2022
Samuel “Acegamersam” Girand owns a lot of video games. The 32-year-old Québécois has a vast library of classic console titles, including complete collections of North American Dreamcast and N64 games. Five years ago, with a fledgling Twitch channel, Girand began streaming the Nintendo titles to...
Your Next Game Pass Obsession Is A Great Pikmin-Like
1.9.2022
It’s been years since we got news about Pikmin 4, Nintendo’s next entry in the beloved RTS puzzle franchise. But don’t worry. If you’ve been craving some minion management, puzzle solving, cute worlds to explore, and maybe even some platforming, then you should check out Tinykin. And best of...
Open World Sonic Frontiers Release Date Leaks, New Footage Actually Goes Fast
23.8.2022
Early tastes of Sonic Frontiers indicated an open-world action game that was far off from a publishable state. But if a seemingly unintentional reveal from Sega is to be believed, it’s due out imminently: November 8, 2022, smack in the middle of the busiest release cadence on the horizon.Read more