OpinionVG ChatOpinionVG ChatElden Ring Is Definitely Not An RPG: A Kotaku DebateTrying to name the five best RPGs of the past 10 years set off a lengthy conversationByZack Zwiezen, Ethan Gach, Kenneth Shepard, Carolyn Petit, and John WalkerPublishedFebruary 26, 2025
OpinionVG ChatOpinionVG ChatIs The Switch 2 Weird Enough?Kotaku writers and editors debate if Nintendo's new console is too predictable.ByZack Zwiezen, Carolyn Petit, John Walker, Ethan Gach, and Kenneth ShepardPublishedJanuary 16, 2025
OpinionVG ChatOpinionVG ChatDragon Age: The Veilguard’s Character Creator Is Incredible, But It Could Be Even BetterWe spent a long time in the RPG’s character creator and were blown away by how much has and hasn’t changed since Inqu…ByKenneth ShepardPublishedSeptember 19, 2024
OpinionVG ChatOpinionVG ChatWe Need To Talk About Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s EndingThe Kotaku staff chats about how the second game in the Remake trilogy caps things offByKenneth Shepard, Claire Jackson, Jen Glennon, and Moises TaverasPublishedMarch 6, 2024
OpinionVG ChatOpinionVG ChatMass Effect’s N7 Day Teasers Say A Lot With Very LittleKotaku’s Mass Effect nerds decompress after N7 Day’s teasersByKenneth Shepard, Isaiah Colbert, and Alyssa MercantePublishedNovember 8, 2023
OpinionVG ChatOpinionVG ChatWhat We Loved And Hated In Spider-Man 2 On PS5We finished the latest open-world Marvel adventure from Insomniac and have thoughts to shareByZack ZwiezenPublishedOctober 30, 2023
OpinionVG ChatOpinionVG ChatCyberpunk 2077’s 2.0 Update Feels Like A Different GameThe Phantom Liberty expansion is exciting, but the 2.0 update makes the game better than it’s ever beenByKenneth Shepard and Claire JacksonPublishedSeptember 14, 2023
OpinionVG ChatOpinionVG ChatStarfield Chat: Our First Few Hours With Bethesda’s Space EpicHow does its opening rank amongst other Bethesda games? What's the combat like? How's inventory management?ByAlyssa Mercante, Ethan Gach, Levi Winslow, Carolyn Petit, Claire Jackson, and Zack ZwiezenPublishedSeptember 1, 2023
OpinionVG ChatOpinionVG ChatWe Have Opinions About Baldur's Gate 3's Approach To RomanceIs the 'anyone's an option' approach in Larian's RPG oddly artificial or welcomingly inclusive?ByCarolyn PetitPublishedAugust 11, 2023
OpinionVG ChatOpinionVG ChatMourning Overwatch 2's Story Mode, A Tragedy That Didn't Need To HappenWith Blizzard gutting Overwatch 2’s story mode, we find ourselves asking ‘why did we need a sequel again?’ByIsaiah Colbert, Alyssa Mercante, and Kenneth ShepardPublishedMay 17, 2023
OpinionVG ChatOpinionVG ChatDiablo IV’s Beta Has Us Kinda Obsessed With HellThe open beta to Blizzard’s loot-grinding RPG has ended, and we discuss some of our fave aspects of the gameByLevi Winslow, Ethan Gach, and Eric SchulkinPublishedMarch 27, 2023
OpinionVG ChatOpinionVG ChatLet’s Talk About How One Piece Film: Red Is The Best Anime Movie We’ve Seen This YearThis jubilantly stylish movie has a lot to say about celebrity and oppressionBySisi Jiang and Isaiah ColbertPublishedNovember 8, 2022
OpinionVG ChatOpinionVG ChatGotham Knights Is Kinda MidWarner Bros. new Batman game might be better than Marvel's Avengers, but it's no Spider-ManByEthan Gach and Levi WinslowPublishedOctober 29, 2022
OpinionVG ChatOpinionVG ChatLet’s Talk About Stray’s Weird Bummer Of An EndingUnlike a real cat, the Annapurna-published adventure game doesn’t land on all four feetByAri Notis and John WalkerPublishedAugust 3, 2022
OpinionVG ChatOpinionVG ChatLet’s Discuss The Mind-Blowing Ending To Obi-WanDarth Vader, the Third Sister, and everyone’s favorite grizzled Jedi master made for a memorable finaleByAri Notis, Ethan Gach, and Zack ZwiezenPublishedJune 23, 2022
OpinionVG ChatOpinionVG ChatDiablo Immortal Is Far Too Good To Be FreeWe sit down to chat about Blizzard’s latest ARPG after playing it for the past weekByZack ZwiezenPublishedJune 8, 2022
OpinionVG ChatOpinionVG ChatLet's Talk About How The Witch Queen Just Turned Destiny 2's Universe Upside DownNew reveals have big implications for the future of Bungie's sci-fi shooterByEthan GachPublishedMarch 12, 2022
OpinionVG ChatOpinionVG ChatLet's Talk About How Horizon Forbidden West's Ending Went Off The RailsWe break down the biggest twists facing Aloy and Sylens at the end of Sony's latest open world gameByEthan Gach and Ari NotisPublishedMarch 7, 2022
OpinionVG ChatOpinionVG ChatA Promising Weekend With Halo Infinite's BetaHalo Infinite's first public multiplayer test showed a lot of promise (and dead bots)ByAri Notis and Zack ZwiezenPublishedAugust 2, 2021