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Overwatch 2 Promises ‘Groundbreaking Changes’ And With Marvel Rivals‘ Success, It Had Better Deliver

Blizzard is promising big things for Overwatch 2 this year, but will it be enough to regain lost ground?

By Kenneth Shepard Published January 30, 2025

OpinionCommentary

Trading Is Live In Pokémon TCG Pocket And Even Worse Than Everyone Feared

Players have to destroy a bunch of rare cards to get a few back

By Ethan Gach Published January 29, 2025

Opinion

Six Things Marvel Rivals And Overwatch 2 Can Learn From Each Other

NetEase’s shooter took a lot from Overwatch , but Blizzard could learn a thing or two from Marvel Rivals as well

By Kenneth Shepard Published January 29, 2025

OpinionCommentary

Could Everyone Please Stop Liking Everything Wrong?

The reaction to the latest Superman teaser has been ludicrous and utterly inaccurate

By John Walker Published January 28, 2025

OpinionImpressions

New Game Pass RPG Is One Of The First Great Games Of 2025

Eternal Strands is an impressive action-adventure game despite some wonky bits

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 27, 2025

OpinionCommentary

Play The Best New Dungeon Crawler In Over A Decade

Tower of Mask takes the classic Dungeon Master format and enlivens it with feisty combat

By John Walker Published January 27, 2025

Opinion

Games We Want On Switch 2, Hands-On With Assassin’s Creed Shadows, And More Of The Week’s Takes

We also make a case that Mario Kart 9 should be an RPG

Kotaku Staff Published January 26, 2025

OpinionCommentary

Pokémon‘s New Prismatic Evolutions Cards Are Selling For Crazy Money

Sold out almost everywhere, this is the most explosively pricey set ever released

By John Walker Published January 24, 2025

OpinionImpressions

Star Wars Jedi Power Battles Is A Perfect Remaster Of A Bad Game

I'm not really sure the world needed a modern port of Power Battles

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 23, 2025

OpinionImpressions

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Might Be Able To Do The Impossible And Satisfy All Fans

Ubisoft is using its two protagonists to try and offer two very different experiences

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 23, 2025

OpinionCommentary

7 Of Last Year’s Best-Selling Games Didn’t Even Come Out In 2024

Plenty of old games are still topping the annual sales charts

By Ethan Gach Published January 23, 2025

OpinionCommentary

One Of The Greatest Games Critics Of All Time Has Died

Jonathan Nash was a mysterious, unreasonably talented and incredibly funny man, who influenced generations of writers

By John Walker Published January 23, 2025

OpinionCommentary

This Guy Is Spending Way Too Much On Pokémon TCG Pocket

Maybe this is just me, but perhaps don't spend $38,000 a year on a mobile card game

By John Walker Published January 22, 2025

Opinion

Phantom Blade Zero Could Be The Next Black Myth: Wukong

The flashy PS5 action game gets a slick new trailer, but there's still no release date

By Ethan Gach Published January 22, 2025

OpinionCommentary

Hear Me Out, Mario Kart 9 Should Be An RPG

Nintendo, prepare yourself for the best argument ever made by humankind

By John Walker Published January 20, 2025

Opinion

Our Reactions To The Switch 2 Reveal And More Of The Week’s Takes

Also, the Pokémon TCG is in trouble, and at least some industry analysts think GTA 6 should cost $80 or more

Kotaku Staff Published January 19, 2025

OpinionImpressions

Pokémon TCG‘s Prismatic Evolutions Is A Fantastic Set, If You Can Find It

Pull rates are a weird mix of generous with new alts but deeply with the Special Illustration Rares

By John Walker Published January 17, 2025

OpinionCommentary

There’s A VR Game All The Kids Are Playing, And They’re Convinced It’s Haunted

Free Meta Quest VR game Gorilla Tag is a simple idea buried beneath extraordinary conspiracy theories

By John Walker Published January 17, 2025

OpinionVG Chat

Is The Switch 2 Weird Enough?

Kotaku writers and editors debate if Nintendo's new console is too predictable.

Zack Zwiezen & Carolyn Petit & John Walker & Ethan Gach & Kenneth Shepard Published January 16, 2025

OpinionImpressions

Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii Hands-On: The Next Act In Gaming’s Greatest Variety Show

As the Yakuza games keep riffing on old ideas in new genres and subgenres, I have to wonder how far it can go

By Kenneth Shepard Published January 16, 2025