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Bad video games are released all the time. A raft of factors conspire to influence the quality of the outcome. Maybe…

Forget graphics—for my money, audio is the most vital aspect of a video game. It's the thing that makes me get lost…

I would love to have been a fly on the wall during the pitch meeting for Dishonored. "Well, it's Deus Ex meets BioSho…

[Editor's Note: What follows is a story about someone who took drugs and writes honestly about her experience. We do…

Click, kill, loot, level up. Click, kill, loot, level up. Loot, sell, re-equip. Rinse, repeat. Your weapons get more…

Blizzard isn't just famous for its games, it's famous for a lengthy and considered development output. It's one of a…

Final Fantasy VII's Wikipedia entry is 6,596 words.The Wikipedia entry for William Shakespeare is 5,999 words. Let's…

Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where Tina I round up all of this week's best content.

I played two PC ports of two big, exciting new games this week. One of them worked. One of them didn't.

Team Fortress 2's long awaited Mann vs. Machine update launched yesterday and so far it's been a mixed bag. As…