Playing God

Pokémon bookended a year filled with a lot of gay shit

As Sony prepares to fully shift its focus from the PS4 to the PS5, it's also building the PlayStation brand in other…

The 8-bit carnage of Vampire Survivors and the faded grandeur of Elden Ring captivated me this year

Designed by geniuses who'd worked on Street Fighter and Fatal Fury, Sega's GBA sequel brought new joy to the…

Mine counterintuitively involve playing Call of Duty with random people online, despite hating random people online

A good year for Game Pass, but a weird year for Xbox and studios like Activision

The Otaku of Kotaku’s favorite manga of 2022 include One Punch Man, Hell’s Paradise, and more

The next-gen update brought many pretty things, like a new set of Netflix-themed armor and swords in a brand new…

While the games are struggling with new ambition, at least the franchise is trying something new

In 2022 I was surprised by games both big and small, ranging from God of War Ragnarök to Neon White