Alyssa Mercante's posts

Investigating why LGBTQIA+ Overwatch players gravitate towards the support role

A Twitch streamer getting caught red-handed ignited a conversation around the treatment of female streamers and…

Blizzard is 'aware of some community pain points with competitive and matchmaking' and has improvements coming down…

Catch me spinning circles in the [looks around quickly] Altus Plateau

The ranking system still baffles, the matchmaking frustrates, and yet I’m logging in and playing almost every night

The controversial healer got a controversial change in the latest Overwatch 2 patch notes

Take care of both ends: wipe your ass with Star Wars toilet paper and brush your teeth with some lightsaber…

If Edgerunners didn’t satisfy your hunger for great cyberpunk storytelling, don’t miss Kathryn Bigelow’s Strange Days

After much debate, several questionnaires, and far too many spreadsheets, we have Kotaku's top 10 games of 2022,…

Everyone’s favorite Twitch streamer and brocialist had a banger year, from roasting Andrew Tate to getting a cracker…

FromSoftware’s magnum opus was all anyone could talk about all year

From the OG PlayStation to a well-wrapped Nintendo Game Boy, we reminisce on the best presents from our childhoods

The dance from Netflix’s Wednesday series somehow brought an 11-year-old Lady Gaga song to the radio

Some video-game-inspired items I’d actually buy (or already own), from Mass Effect vinyl to Pokémon Pumas

Kotaku’s fashion police picks her favorite games of the year

The latest from Justin Roiland’s Squanch Games is as chatty and cursey and gross as an episode of Rick and Morty,…

Kotaku had everybody quaking and stepping their fashion game up this year

From Death Stranding 2 to Hades II, The Game Awards 2022 gave us a ton to get excited about

Please, no more blazers and t-shirts at The Game Awards, I’m begging you

It’s seems like nobody wants to play rhythm games anymore. Get your ass up and play rhythm games.