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Nobody ever asks why anyone stopped playing Halo 2. No response would merit it. The game came out in 2004, and three…

New Super Mario Bros. U is the second-best 2D Mario game. New Super Luigi U is an incredible showcase of inventive…

For a game that’s already taking heat from its player base for the price of its extra cosmetic items, Black Ops 4's…

Capcom once filed suit in an attempt to get Fighter’s History pulled from arcades. And today, you can play it on…

Sex is weird, and sometimes funny. A late entry to 2018's internet joke canon proves that.

At the close of every year, Kotaku highlights not just video games but gamers—people who did noteworthy or…

There are 6,970 ellipses in the main story of the epic Japanese role-playing game Xenogears, according to one…

Fallout 76 is filled with intriguing ideas, set amid an appealing post-apocalyptic sprawl ripe for exploration. It’s…

Fallout 76 is out today, three years after the last game in the series, Fallout 4. Unlike its predecessor it’s not a…

Red Dead Redemption 2 is an absurdly big game, full of secrets, systems, and hidden surprises. It’s possible to just…