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Pokémon Ruby And Sapphire Defined Pokémon As We Know It Today

From monster designs to a more fleshed-out world, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire represented the moment we knew Pokémon was more than just a childhood craze

Rebekah Valentine and Kenneth Shepard Published August 11, 2026

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Saros Reviews Are Glowing, But Its Embargo Restrictions Make It Harder To Talk About

The Kotaku crew talks about restrictive review embargoes, why they happen, who they help, and who they hurt

By Kenneth Shepard Published April 24, 2026

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We Say Goodbye To Andor, One Of The Best TV Shows Of 2025

The Star Wars series wrapped up its second and final season last night with a bit of hope

By Zack Zwiezen Published May 14, 2025

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Andor’s Latest Episodes Are The Best Yet And We Aren’t Ready For It To End

The best Star Wars show continues as we discuss what happened in episodes 7-9 of Andor season 2

Zack Zwiezen & Ethan Gach & Carolyn Petit Published May 9, 2025

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Andor Is Only Getting Better As Its Second Season Continues

Disney's latest Star Wars show remains some of the best television around right now

By Zack Zwiezen Published May 2, 2025

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Andor Season 2 Is So Good We Can’t Stop Talking About It

The first three episodes of the returning Star Wars Disney+ show are incredible

By Zack Zwiezen Published April 25, 2025

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What We Loved (And Hated) About The Marathon Alpha

Bungie's upcoming sci-fi extraction shooter has some good bits, but we aren't so sure about it yet

Zack Zwiezen & Ethan Gach Published April 24, 2025

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Elden Ring Is Definitely Not An RPG: A Kotaku Debate

Trying to name the five best RPGs of the past 10 years set off a lengthy conversation

Zack Zwiezen & Ethan Gach & Kenneth Shepard & Carolyn Petit & John Walker Published February 26, 2025

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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

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Character Creator Is Incredible, But It Could Be Even Better

We spent a long time in the RPG’s character creator and were blown away by how much has and hasn’t changed since Inquisition

By Kenneth Shepard Published September 19, 2024

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We Need To Talk About Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s Ending

The Kotaku staff chats about how the second game in the Remake trilogy caps things off

Kenneth Shepard & Claire Jackson & Jen Glennon & Moises Taveras Published March 6, 2024

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Mass Effect’s N7 Day Teasers Say A Lot With Very Little

Kotaku ’s Mass Effect nerds decompress after N7 Day’s teasers

Kenneth Shepard & Isaiah Colbert & Alyssa Mercante Published November 8, 2023

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What We Loved And Hated In Spider-Man 2 On PS5

We finished the latest open-world Marvel adventure from Insomniac and have thoughts to share

By Zack Zwiezen Published October 30, 2023

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Cyberpunk 2077’s 2.0 Update Feels Like A Different Game

The Phantom Liberty expansion is exciting, but the 2.0 update makes the game better than it’s ever been

Kenneth Shepard & Claire Jackson Published September 14, 2023

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Starfield Chat: Our First Few Hours With Bethesda’s Space Epic

How does its opening rank amongst other Bethesda games? What's the combat like? How's inventory management?

Alyssa Mercante & Ethan Gach & Levi Winslow & Carolyn Petit & Claire Jackson & Zack Zwiezen Published September 1, 2023

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We Have Opinions About Baldur’s Gate 3‘s Approach To Romance

Is the 'anyone's an option' approach in Larian's RPG oddly artificial or welcomingly inclusive?

By Carolyn Petit Published August 11, 2023

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Mourning Overwatch 2’s Story Mode, A Tragedy That Didn’t Need To Happen

With Blizzard gutting Overwatch 2 ’s story mode, we find ourselves asking ‘why did we need a sequel again?’

Isaiah Colbert & Alyssa Mercante & Kenneth Shepard Published May 17, 2023

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Diablo IV’s Beta Has Us Kinda Obsessed With Hell

The open beta to Blizzard’s loot-grinding RPG has ended, and we discuss some of our fave aspects of the game

Levi Winslow & Ethan Gach & Eric Schulkin Published March 27, 2023

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Let’s Talk About How One Piece Film: Red Is The Best Anime Movie We’ve Seen This Year

This jubilantly stylish movie has a lot to say about celebrity and oppression

Sisi Jiang & Isaiah Colbert Published November 8, 2022

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Gotham Knights Is Kinda Mid

Warner Bros. new Batman game might be better than Marvel 's Avengers , but it's no Spider-Man

Ethan Gach & Levi Winslow Published October 29, 2022