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  CultureFeature

  5 Metroidvania Games To Play If You’ve Been Defeated By Hollow Knight: Silksong

  If you want all the platform action without the brutal difficulty, here are five excellent alternatives

  By John Walker Published September 17, 2025
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  Tips & Guides

  Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: Eight Eclectic Games We Love

  Epic fantasies, a return to a cult classic, and math (Bet you’re real excited about that last one, huh?)

  By Claire Jackson Published June 28, 2024
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  CultureSummer Game Fest 2023

  15 Innovative Games Spotlighted Today That Deserve Your Attention

  Pokémon Volleyball, Tony Hawk Hades , and more will restore your faith in gaming

  By Ethan Gach Published June 8, 2023
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  The Bests

  The 17 Best Boss Fights In The Legend Of Zelda Series

  Ganondorf may be the big bad, but he’s not the only memorable foe Link faces

  Kotaku Staff Published May 10, 2023
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  CultureFeature

  PlayStation 5: What To Expect From Sony’s Console In 2023

  Spider-Man 2 and PlayStation VR2 are exciting, but much of Sony’s 2023 is a mystery

  By Kenneth Shepard Published January 26, 2023
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  OpinionImpressions

  Curse Of The Dead Gods Is A Roguelike Roguelike Likers Will Like

   

  By Ian Walker Published March 3, 2020
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  Porn Game Developers Are Making Big Money Thanks To Crowd-Funding

   

  Luke Winkie Published July 24, 2018
• Reviews

  Gravity Rush 2: The Kotaku Review

   

  By Kirk Hamilton Published January 20, 2017
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  I Played The Witcher 3 And I Still Have Some Doubts

   

  By Nathan Grayson Published January 26, 2015
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  Cavemania Is A Grab Bag of Genres in Casual Game Form

   

  By Eric Jou Published September 23, 2013