Falling words

A prominent figure of the ‘hot tub meta’ puts on a master class in literally owning your brand

It has been a tremendously weird year, and I think this list reflects that weirdness

From grand open-world adventures to murder mystery dating sims, it’s been a good year for free-to-play games

An extraordinary mix of upcoming unknown indie projects that should be on your radar

The Game of Roses podcast, along with Bachelor Nation, dissects the mechanics of the reality TV show

Playing Chicory is cheaper (and more fun) than going to therapy

Silent Hill fans are seeing teases of a new game everywhere

That's a wrap on a five-year-old creepypasta-adjacent internet saga

It’s Backlog Month at Kotaku, which means we’re spilling a lot of ink on a plight shared by basically everyone who…

It’s once again time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning…