How do you create a follow-up to Breath of the Wild? The Switch launch game was a massive rethinking of the Legend…
They say familiarity breeds contempt, and video games often ask you to get extremely familiar with them. This might…
I started playing a new video game yesterday: Ghost Recon Breakpoint. But It might as well have been any other…
Survival game Overland is unusually tough. Resources are limited, enemies are plentiful, and even my best runs have…
The end of the year is always busy here at Kotaku. For many of us, it means a string of reviews to write and games…
For a while, I couldn’t open Instagram without getting an ad for Covet, a styling game similar to Love Nikki. Covet’s…
I’ve enthusiastically expressed my love for role-playing game Skies of Arcadia in a variety of different ways since…
As I watch cars sit at a standstill at an intersection in Mini Motorways, the new game from the makes of Mini Metro,…
I have hit the peak delusional stage of my ownership of the Nintendo Switch. Old delusion? I am going to play all…
I play games because they give me pleasure, but sometimes, that pleasure comes specifically from a desire to master…
I don’t trust waypoints anymore. You know, those little icons on video game maps that show you where your goal is?…
I recently got my hands on Daemon X Machina, the new mech action game for the Nintendo Switch, and I was immediately…
Fire Emblem: Three Houses protagonist Professor Byleth is very good at spying. Three Houses isn’t a stealth game;…
Control checks a lot of my boxes when it comes to not only games but media in general. I love conspiracies and…
I couldn’t tell you the name of the cover athlete of EA’s NHL 20 off the top of my head. For that matter, I couldn’t…
Since video games have significantly lower stakes than real-world decisions, I am, as a rule, happy to be a reckless…
I try to ignore minor problems in games. When I feel myself getting annoyed at a game, I go through a mental…
Lots of games coming up. Got to think this through strategically.
I’m fighting the same video game battle for the 15th time in the past hour. This time, I think, I’m going to beat…
I vividly remember when Final Fantasy VIII came out in February 1999. I coveted it for months but didn’t get it…