Build and Grow

You may have missed it this year amid all the arguing about whether Nintendo should bail out of making gaming…

On a Friday night in Logan Square, a dozen friends have gathered to play some video games. There aren’t enough…

I’ve grown up — rather fondly, I might add — with Pokémon. Over the years the several different hundreds of pocket…

The Xbox officially has a new boss today—former Windows boss and long-time Microsoft veteran Julie Larson-Green. No…

After an earlier report said that he'd be leaving Microsoft, Don Mattrick has just been announced as CEO of Zynga.…

Before Sid Meier was Sid Meier—the iconic video game designer whose name is stamped on classic titles like Pirates!…

Few games are as relaxing and enjoyable as Animal Crossing—that much hasn't changed with the newest iteration. Now…

Mass Effect’s genophage is one of the few fictions in gaming that is easiest to match to real science. We can…

Welcome to the first official Ask Kotaku column, where I will provide weekly answers to the questions you send me.…

Open-world horror isn't the easiest thing to do right. Horror relies on timing, and open-world games put so much…