Words of Fate

The 8-bit carnage of Vampire Survivors and the faded grandeur of Elden Ring captivated me this year

How teambuilding can become room-wrecking as players get over-enthusiastic

With climate change only getting worse, we need the hopefulness of '90s JRPGs now more than ever

With his latest JRPG epic, Tetsuya Takahashi has reached the culmination of a profound artistic quest

Kotaku's guide writer and everything enthusiast, Ari, is placed on the spit and roasted

The Switch’s dated hardware struggles to keep up with Monolith’s gorgeous open world

Dainsleif’s pain over losing his homeland is valid, but his praxis is ultimately misguided

Some players of DICE's new shooter are putting the subreddit's moderators in a difficult position

From grand open-world adventures to murder mystery dating sims, it’s been a good year for free-to-play games

Master Chief’s latest is somehow both a return to form and a revelatory evolution for 343 Industries