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  CulturePokemon

  How A One-Off Pokémon Anime Gag Led To One Of The Best Games Of The Year

  Pokémon Pokopia’s Ditto protagonist probably wouldn’t have looked like it does if not for a nearly 30-year-old anime episode

  By Kenneth Shepard Published April 1, 2026
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  EntertainmentHorror

  Apparently The Five Nights At Freddy’s Movie Could Have Had A Stranger Things Vibe

  A version of the script from the mid-2010s followed a group of young friends who called themselves 'the Warlocks'

  Bee Wertheimer Published March 20, 2026
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  Tips & Guides

  A Semi-Complete Guide To The Utterly Bonkers Lore Of The Resident Evil

  With Requiem almost here, we'll bring you up to speed on all the wild happenings that have come before

  Justin Clark Published February 24, 2026
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  ReviewsMultiplatform

  Reanimal: The Kotaku Review

  An unremarkable successor to the beloved Little Nightmares series

  Janet Garcia Published February 11, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Former Konami Composer Wins $2,600 For ‘Emotional Distress’ Over Abandoned Crowdfunding Game

  The dream of Steam Pilots is long gone but the legal battle only just wrapped up

  Lewis Parker Published February 4, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Ex-Marathon Art Director Talks About The Game’s Evolution And Leaving Bungie

  Joseph Cross said the extraction shooter had a big design shift midway through

  By Ethan Gach Published January 20, 2026
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  ReviewsYear in Review

  The State Of PlayStation 5 In 2025

  Sony says the PS5 is its “most successful” console ever, but at what cost?

  By Kenneth Shepard Published December 16, 2025
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  ReviewsSwitch

  Kirby Air Riders: The Kotaku Review

  The pink puffball's frenzied racer wears its shallowness on its sleeve

  Jake Steinberg Published December 9, 2025
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  ReviewsSwitch

  Metroid Prime 4: Beyond: The Kotaku Review

  Nintendo’s final big game of 2025 doesn’t really deliver after all the years of waiting

  By Zack Zwiezen Published December 8, 2025
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  Report

  I Went To See The Abandoned Yoshi That’s Been Sitting On The Subway Tracks For Weeks [Update]

  ‘I’m going to save him one day,’ a passerby says as she waits for her train

  By Kenneth Shepard Published December 5, 2025