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  Tips & Guides

  Borderlands 4 Makes 11 Fantastic Changes And 3 That Ain’t Great

  Gearbox's latest looter shooter makes some very smart changes, both big and small, to the franchise

  By Zack Zwiezen Published September 11, 2025
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  Tips & GuidesTry This Out

  Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 4 Cool Games We’re Declaring Independence With

  Maybe you’re not in a patriotic mood? Neither are we. Here’s some video games!

  Claire Jackson & Carolyn Petit & Ethan Gach & Kenneth Shepard Published July 3, 2025
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  ReviewsYear in Review

  16 Great Games That Flew Under The Radar In 2024

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

  By Ethan Gach Published December 20, 2024
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  Tips & Guides

  How To Beat The Encore: Overture Exotic Quest In Destiny 2

  We’ll get you through Episode: Echoes’ hardest challenge, and put Chorus Of One in your hands in no time.

  Justin Clark Published September 10, 2024
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  Tips & Guides

  Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Engrossing Games To Distract You From The World

  Yes, the internet’s back on. But stop doomscrolling and play some video games!

  Claire Jackson & John Walker & Moises Taveras & Willa Rowe & Carolyn Petit Published July 19, 2024
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  OpinionImpressions

  Every Game We Played At This Year’s Not-E3 Summer Game Fest Extravaganza

  Our brains are hyped goop after playing 36 of the biggest, coolest, and weirdest games coming out in 2024 and beyond

  Alyssa Mercante & Ethan Gach Published June 14, 2024
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  Tips & Guides

  Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 7 Games To Take You To Worlds Beyond

  This weekend, we’re dipping into horror, epic fantasy, gripping emotional journeys, and battling Warner Bros. characters

  Claire Jackson & Moises Taveras & Ethan Gach & John Walker & Carolyn Petit & Willa Rowe Published May 31, 2024
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  The Bests

  13 Video Game Boss Fights That Should Be Crimes Against Humanity

  Creating boss fights is an art form and some games should consider a career in STEM

  Kotaku Staff Published April 14, 2023
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  CultureFeature

  10 Meh Games That Became Killer With Updates

  If you’re feeling down and hopeless, these comeback stories ought to provide sufficient inspiration for what’s possible over time

  By Claire Jackson Published March 28, 2023
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  The Bests

  The 11 Best Metroidvanias To Get Lost In Right Now

  While you wait for Hollow Knight: Silksong, Metroid Dread and Bloodstained are just a few of the great games to hold you over

  By John Walker Published January 24, 2023