OpinionImpressionsOpinionImpressionsOninaki's World Might Be Enough To Get Me Past The Repetitive GameplayOninaki, an action role-playing game from the developers of I Am Setsuna and Lost Sphear, now has a free demo on…ByHeather AlexandraPublishedJuly 23, 2019
7/12/19Final Fantasy IX Retrospective: The Final Fantasy's Final FantasyYou know when you’re playing around with a new recipe and you fall in love with one particular spice? Call it cumin.…ByJason SchreierPublishedJuly 12, 2019
7/5/19An Easter Egg In Half-Life: Decay Can Only Be Found After Hitting A Corpse 600 TimesSome secrets in video games are found after hitting a hidden button or jumping out of a certain area. Sometimes you…ByZack ZwiezenPublishedJuly 5, 2019
ReviewsMultiplatformReviewsMultiplatformBloodstained: Ritual of the Night: The Kotaku ReviewGenre is mostly bullshit. It’s useful for discussion and for imagining where a certain game exists on the continuum…ByJoshua RiveraPublishedJune 28, 2019
6/23/19Ghost Trick Brilliantly Turned Regret And The Supernatural Into A Game MechanicGhost Trick is what you’d get if the film Ghost met Groundhog Day. Directed by the creator of the Ace Attorney…ByPeter TieryasPublishedJune 23, 2019
6/22/19The Classic JRPG About Two Scientists Saving The WorldA mix of The Legend of Zelda and the works of Hayao Miyazaki, Crystalis was an incredible action RPG for the NES…ByPeter TieryasPublishedJune 22, 2019
CultureKotaku Game DiaryCultureKotaku Game DiarySwitching From Healer To Tank Was TerrifyingIf there’s one thing I love doing in Final Fantasy XIV, it’s healing. Saving teammates from huge attacks and making…ByHeather AlexandraPublishedJune 12, 2019
6/6/19Metal Gear Solid Retrospective: 'You Enjoy All The Killing, That's Why'After Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, the titular character went into retirement—both in the series’ fiction and real…ByHeather AlexandraPublishedJune 6, 2019
6/4/19My Dwarf Fortress Game Generated A Royal Line Of Necromancers And It's Cool As ShitAfter generating a new world in Dwarf Fortress, I decided to dig around in its history before embarking on a new…ByGita JacksonPublishedJune 4, 2019
5/31/19The Sad Story Of Steve, The Pet Deathclaw Whose Life Was Cut Short By Fallout 76 BugsMikael Hertell really wanted a pet Deathclaw. He wanted one so bad he spent hours searching through Fallout 76’s…ByEthan GachPublishedMay 31, 2019