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Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and…

Reused NPCs. An environment you’ve already spent dozens of hours in. Contrived progress gating based on time. On…

Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense tells the story of the early years of legendary strategy game…

I’m not a fan of wireless headsets, mainly because I’ve had some bad experiences with them. So I was hesitant about…

Survival is a term you hear a lot in video games, but what does it actually mean? For some, it’s all about crafting…

Nintendo’s first big release of 2021, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury, packages together a re-release of a…

If there’s one thing Kotaku can’t get enough of, it’s Hitman 3. Between the wide-open levels, rapid-fire costume…

Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, still the streaming world’s best-known crossover sensation even years after the peak of his…

The eternally burning tire fire that is 2020 hasn’t exactly been a laugh riot. And yet, as I reflect on what have…

This time last year, Microsoft’s current flagship console was little more than a swanky video spot aired during a…