Skip to content
Art shows a woman facing a mystical monster.

There Is No Reason Not To Play South Of Midnight Anymore

With Compulsion Games now newly independent, their BAFTA-winning game is now free from Xbox and anything else that might have kept you from trying it

By Ash Parrish

Pikachu crying while holding a hat
Pokémon Is Finally Burning The Bridge Between Old And New Generations
Tokon Review
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls: The Kotaku Review
Hammerfell
Fans Are Convinced They’ve Guessed The Name Of The Next Elder Scrolls Game
Clefairy Tales Pokemon Anime
Games

How To Get All The Pokémon You Forgot About Out Of Pokémon Bank Before The Service Shuts Down

Do not ask me how to get them out of the GameCube games, I will cry
Rebekah Valentine
Culture

Marvel Tōkon Datamine Both Delights And Underwhelms With Potential DLC Characters

Commentary

Things I Said Out Loud, To No One, While Suffering Through FromSoft’s Grueling Dark Souls Predecessor For Kotaku’s Warp Week

Reviews

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City: The Kotaku Review

Tips & Guides

• View all
Winston looking sad at something off-screen

I Need Every Overwatch Player To Change This Setting Immediately

Fields Of Mistria Trailer 1

13 Fields of Mistria Tips For First-Time Farmers

Tokon

Marvel Tōkon PC Patch Improves Struggling Steam Version: ‘Maybe PS5 Players Will Play With Us Now’

A screenshot of Haunted Chocolatier showing a character running in front of the chocolate shop.

Everything We Know About Haunted Chocolatier, The Stardew Valley Creator’s Next Game

Top Games

• View all
007 First Light

007 First Light

Resident Evil Requiem

Resident Evil Requiem

Pragmata

Pragmata

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced

Entertainment

• View all
Marvels tarwars

The First Official Crossover Between Marvel And Star Wars Is Happening Next Year

Jeffkiller

Jeff The Killer Movie In The Works As Hollywood Chases The Next Backrooms Hit

Small Creators Are Feeling The Crunch Under YouTube’s New Monetization Rules

Payday Is Getting A TV Show With 50 Cent As Executive Producer

Deals

• View all
Samsung Ssd

Samsung Cuts 62% Off the 870 EVO SATA SSD 2TB to Clear Out Stock on Amazon, Better Value Than Smaller Drives

Tclc1

Who Needs TV When TCL’s 4K Smart Projector Hits a Record Low With 120-Inch Display and Dolby Audio?

Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon 25th Anniversary Collectible

Forget Buying From LEGO, Amazon Has the Star Wars Millennium Falcon at Its Lowest Price

9:15 AM

Amazon Clears Out the Ring Indoor Security Camera at Below Black Friday Pricing, With Live View and Two-Way Talk

8:45 AM

Dell Quietly Drops Its 27-Inch 240Hz Gaming Monitor to a Record Low for Back to School on Amazon

8:15 AM

DJI Osmo Pocket 3 Hits Its Lowest Price, With the Creator Combo Practically Throwing In the Wireless Microphone

7:45 AM

Amazon Practically Gives Away Govee Smart Light Bulbs (4-Pack), Works With Alexa and Google Assistant Ready

7:15 AM

Samsung SSD 9100 PRO Gen5 1TB Is Now Priced Like a Used Drive at Nearly 30% Off, With 14,700MB/s Read and 13,300MB/s Write Speeds

6:45 AM

Anker 100W GaN Charger Drops to an All-Time Low, Practically Throwing In the USB-C Cable

6:15 AM

Forget the Google Pixel Watch 5, Samsung Galaxy Watch9 Is Already at Its Lowest Price on Amazon

Aug 12

Forget Shokz, Amazon Clears Out Soundcore Sport X20 by Anker at 30% Off

Aug 12

Sonos Move 2 Sees Quiet Price Drops to an All-Time Low, the Perfect Portable Bluetooth Speaker for Back-to-School

Reviews

• View all
Servant2

Rusty Lake Returns With Servant Of The Lake, But Gets Tangled In Its Roots

Kingsfield42

I Played This Brutal PS2 Action RPG For Ten Hours And Only Died To Poison Like 50 Times

Morrowind Warp Week

The Elder Scrolls’ World Is Bigger, More Beautiful, And More Customizable Than Ever In Its Latest Adventure

Mario Sunshine Warp Week

Critics Adore Super Mario Sunshine: ‘My Apartment Is In Shambles. Mario Has Arrived’

Retro

• View all
Switch 2s

Super Mario Sunshine Is Coming To Switch 2

Auron looks down at Tidus.

Final Fantasy 10 Still Has The Best Game Opening In The Series

Rare games appear on a handheld.

RAMageddon Is Even Ravaging Retro Gaming Hardware Makers: ‘This Is Vastly Different To Everything Else We’ve Ever Seen’

Titus and Yuna appear at sunset.

How The PS2 Hardware And Lord Of The Rings Shaped The Development Of Final Fantasy 10

Kotaku Video

• View all

Ring Psychology: Understanding The 6 Phases Of A Wrestling Match Through Heel Era John Cena

10:59

Disney+ Pulls The Abyss Over Controversial Rat Scene — Again

02:08

A Hot-Fix Is On The Way For MindsEye’s Frustrating CPR Mini-Game

02:00

PlayStation News

• View all
Phantom Blade Zero Official Promo Image S Games

Phantom Blade Zero Pre-Orders Are Entirely Digital, Prompting Concern That It’s Not Getting A Physical Release

Stop Killing Games Official Logo

Stop Killing Games Joins Lawsuit Against Sony Over Its ‘Total Control Of PlayStation Store Pricing’

Xbox News

• View all
Two rings appear in space.

Halo Co-Creator Says The Remake’s New Ring Is ‘Damn Ugly’

Xbox Red Ring3

Xbox Says July’s Massive Outage Was Made Far Worse By A Bug That’s Now Been Fixed

Nintendo News

• View all
Golden Sun Warp Week

I Can’t Believe They’re Already Making A Sequel To Golden Sun, The Best Game Boy Advance RPG

Mariorepairs

Nintendo Offers Free Repairs To Consoles Damaged In Kumamoto Earthquake

PC News

• View all

The 10 Best Star Wars Games Ever Made

Art for various games from 2025

The Best Games Of 2025 (So Far)

🕹️ Level up your inbox

Don’t miss the latest reviews, news and tips. Sign up for our free newsletter.