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Find out which Kotaku opinions, reviews, and news stories gamers spent the most time reading this year

Who are the heroes and villains that stuck with us this year?

Some characters in the hero shooter are becoming worse at lower framerates

From our time with The Last of Us Part II Remastered in January to December's Sonic 3 review, we've put 53 takes in…

The Netflix thriller switched up key parts of the show to keep the suspense rolling, for better or worse

Sony's console was a powerhouse, even in an 'off year'

This year sucked, but at least Balatro is awesome and we're getting more Elden Ring soon

This year has been one of the most challenging for the video game industry, so what games managed to stand out among…

Months after Concord’s massive failure, one of the year's most surprising successes proved we aren’t quite done with…

Check out some of this year's hidden and underappreciated gems