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There's Too Much Chadley In Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
7.3.2024
Almost everything I do in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth involves interacting with or talking to Chadley. I’m not even done with Square Enix’s massive RPG sequel yet, and I’ve had enough. I’m done. Stop this Chadley-stravaganza, I want to get off. Read more
8 Hopes And Dreams For Pokémon Legends: Z-A
7.3.2024
On February 27, Game Freak announced its next Pokémon RPG will return to the Kalos region with a new game in the Legends subseries. Pokémon Legends: Z-A is still many months away, as The Pokémon Company is skipping a year and releasing the Switch game in 2025. But the announcement was also pretty...
Toyota Is Making A Real, Rideable Pokémon, And It Looks Incredible
7.3.2024
Every Pokémon fan has dreamt of riding one of the series’ monsters instead of using more mundane methods of transportation. Cars, trains, boats, and planes are just not as cool as riding a Pokémon friend to get where you need to go. Well, Toyota has made at least one rideable Pokémon a reality,...
Unicorn Overlord: The Kotaku Review
7.3.2024
There is a satisfaction that comes from being told you are too weak to face a challenge and then quickly handing your enemy their defeat on a silver platter regardless. Being the David to your enemy’s Goliath and leveraging not just physical but strategic power to overcome the odds is a thrill that...
Splatoon And Marvel Snap Inspired FF7 Rebirth's Best Minigame
7.3.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s in-universe card game Queen’s Blood has taken players by storm. Whether it’s the thrill of the hunt for a new card, or besting your opponent with a broken deck, the Final Fantasy series has another standout card game to go alongside Final Fantasy VIII’s revered Triple...
12 Years Ago, Mass Effect 3’s Ending Was Ahead Of Its Time
6.3.2024
Today is March 6, 2024, and that means it is the 12th anniversary of the release of BioWare’s epic RPG, Mass Effect 3. The finale in the blockbuster trilogy is still, to this day, considered one of the most important in video games—not because it was beloved, but because it was incredibly divisive....
Sony Has The Final Fantasy 7 Remake Trilogy On Lock
6.3.2024
I hope you weren’t holding your breath for Final Fantasy VII Remake,Rebirth, and whatever the threequel will be called to come to a non-PlayStation console. Because tough luck, Sony and Square Enix have agreed to make the Remake trilogy a PlayStation exclusive forever and ever.Read more
Persona 3 Reload Getting Much-Requested DLC, But There's A Catch
6.3.2024
It turns out that Persona 3 Reload, a remake of the original game released earlier this year, will be getting its much-requested DLC “The Answer” after all. As part of today’s Xbox Partner Preview, Atlus announced that the DLC, called “Episode Aigis,” is releasing in September as part of Persona...
Square Enix’s Horror Classic Should Be Adapted To The Silver Screen
6.3.2024
On a snowy Christmas Eve, rookie cop Aya Brea attends the opera at Carnegie Hall. In the middle of the performance, while the star performs a haunting aria, the theater and people within it burst into flames. Screams and crackling wood form a symphony with the still-singing star. This is...
Elden Ring Has Been Teasing Shadow Of The Erdtree All Along
6.3.2024
FromSoftware’s award-winning 2022 RPG Elden Ring is full of secrets. Its most evocative ones are hidden in environmental details and item descriptions, and when they’re discovered they offer information about The Lands Between’s characters and lore. Apparently, one of those secrets may have been...
Dragon's Dogma 2 Could Be 2024's Breakout RPG
5.3.2024
As my fearsome archer walks across a bustling sand-coated bazaar, my coin purse must be jingling, because countless town folk are vying for my attention. Nestled on a mountain top, this dust-coated medieval market city is abuzz with activity. A fully clothed, purring cat-man beckons me towards...
Mass Effect’s Original Crew Is Reuniting For An Unexpected Mission
5.3.2024
Mass Effect’s original Normandy crew is reuniting. No, not in the upcoming fifth Mass Effect game (probably, hopefully), but in a new tabletop game that will set up to four players on a new mission during the events of Mass Effect 3.Read more
Loveless Embodies One Of FF7 Rebirth’s Biggest Flaws
5.3.2024
In extending one 40-hour RPG into three separate, equally long, titles Square Enix has found a lot of ways to build out the world of Final Fantasy VII. Rebirth, the second entry in the trilogy, takes it a step further than in its predecessor by packing the now-sprawling world full of activities....
Hey, Listen: You Can Skip Chadley’s Calls In FF7 Rebirth
5.3.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is a massive open-world RPG, filled with dozens of side quests, activities, and mini games. Accompanying those activities is a certain cyborg companion from Remake: Chadley, who has given you a “CHAD Module” so that he can call you all the damn time. And those calls aren’t...
Fans Deem Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s Moogle A Freaky Little Guy
5.3.2024
Moogles, one of the consistent mascots of the Final Fantasy franchise, have taken many different forms over the series’ lifetime. While they’re always mammalian in some way, they’ve resembled different animals such as bears, bunnies, cats, and bats across iterations. These little guys are usually...
FF7 Rebirth: Where To Find All Seventh Infantry Members
4.3.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Square Enix’s latest entry in the ongoing FF7 remake project, contains recreations of several classic moments from the original, such as the parade honoring President Rufus Shinra’s newly acquired title. During this sequence, you’ll be asked to round up a few stray...
Stop Telling People They Can Play Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Without Remake
4.3.2024
Over the weekend, an old quote from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth co-director Motomu Toriyama started recirculating on social media that, after finishing the game myself, nearly turned me into the Joker. It originated in a social media Q&A with the development team, and one question was, “Do I need...
Chrono Trigger Director Asks What Fans Would Want In A Remake
4.3.2024
If there is one game that fans would love to see return more than any other in the midst of the industry’s remake fever, it would have to be Chrono Trigger. The 1995 time-traveling RPG made by a dream team of developers who had worked on Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy remains one of the best games...
How To Steal The Tonberry King’s Crown In FF7 Rebirth
4.3.2024
As an RPG, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has no shortage of side quests and tough bosses. A combo of the two in Rebirth tasks you with taking out one of Final Fantasy’s iconic creatures: Tonberries! This time, however, you’ll need to not only take down the Tonberry King as one of the steps of the “Saga...
Kotaku Readers Pick The Best Final Fantasy For Newcomers
4.3.2024
With the recent release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth once again putting the spotlight on the long-running series of RPGs, there are more newcomers to the franchise than maybe ever before. But Rebirth, being a direct continuation of 2020’s Remake and a kind of metatextual commentary on the original...