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  ReviewsYear in Review

  The Best Video Game Characters Of 2025

  From the weirdest little guys to the bravest heroes, here are our favorite characters from this year

  By Kenneth Shepard Published December 23, 2025
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  CultureOdds and Ends

  Black Ops 7 Multiplayer Is More Of The Same—That’s Why I’m Playing It

  The strange comfort of Call of Duty’s repetitive multiplayer

  By Alyssa Mercante Published November 26, 2025
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  CultureNews

  Star Wars Outlaws Uses A Game Key Card Thanks To A Flaw With The Switch 2

  An Ubisoft developer says the game simply cannot run well enough from a game card

  By John Walker Published September 5, 2025
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  CultureNews

  Square Enix To Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Switch Players Wanting To Upgrade To Switch 2: Buy The Whole Game Again

  There is 'no upgrade path...available or planned' for the forthcoming RPG remakes

  By John Walker Published July 15, 2025
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  OpinionCommentary

  Game Genres Are Completely Meaningless, And It’s All Your Fault

  The ignorance of the crowd has taken a broken system and made it absolutely useless

  By John Walker Published March 25, 2025
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  OpinionCommentary

  Pokémon GO‘s Big Weekend Accidentally Reminded Us The Game Used To Be Fun

  Pokémon Go Fest 2024 being bright, fun and generous highlights how dull, grim and stingy the game has become

  By John Walker Published July 15, 2024
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  CultureNews

  12 Of The Best Games To Get During Steam’s Spring Sale

  From Baldur’s Gate 3 to Ace Attorney , there’s a lot of good deals on offer

  By Willa Rowe Published March 14, 2024
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  Opinion

  The Week’s Hottest Gaming Takes, From The Game Awards And Fallout To GTA 6

  Maybe it's just time to call it Winter E3 and let someone else do an awards show?

  By Kotaku Bot Published December 10, 2023
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  CultureHip Hop: 73 Till Infinity

  The 20 Best Nerdy Video Game Rap Lyrics

  From Super Mario , Mortal Kombat, and Street Fighter references to an old-school cheat code, we’ve got the best video game references in rap

  By Alyssa Mercante Published July 18, 2023
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  The Bests

  The Best Games Of 2023 (So Far) [Updated]

  From Alan Wake to Mario , here are the standouts of 2023 thus far

  Kotaku Staff Published June 6, 2023