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To describe why Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward was my favorite game of 2012 is to describe why I fell in love…
Speak Up on Kotaku may be no more, but its legacy lives on in The 2012 Speakys, organized by and voted on by our…
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Far Cry 3 should not be my nomination for 2012 game of the year. I'm not a huge fan of first-person shooters. While…
On Monday, January 7, you will know what Kotaku's 2012 Game of the Year is. But before then, you're going to see us…
We're gearing up for our Kotaku-official game of the year nominations set to be ready for your eyes next week, but…
After several weeks of debate, discussion, and deliberation, Kotaku's 2011 Game of the Year Award came down to a…
Just as its sister site ModDB picks the top PC gaming mods of the year, IndieDB rounds out the year with a…
The hardest thing at the end of the year is to parse yourself from the hype you're experiencing and think back to…
What Valve did this year seemed impossible: they improved on the perfection that was the first Portal. That feat…
Commenter GiantBoyDetective has posted the winners of the 2011 Speakys, the unofficial video game awards of our Spea…
This may sound off-key coming from the guy who nominated the 12th edition of annual sports franchise for overall…
I played a ton of games in 2011. More, probably, than any other year of my life. So when it came time to choose the…
Oh look. Somebody is voting for Skyrim as Game of the Year. How shocking.
While high atop Kotaku Tower we sit in high-backed chairs around a marble and gold inlaid table pondering our…
If you'd asked me yesterday morning my pick for Game of the Year, I would probably have said The Elder Scrolls V:…
Rarely considered for overall video-game-of-the-year honors, the uncommon diversity of sports video games support a…
Good things come to those who wait. Rockstar's Western hit Red Dead Redemption returns to retail on October 11,…
In today's award-winning edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, cold-hearted commenter Monsieur.Froid wonders if other…
Website Cracked ran the same joke last year, but this year, it's even funnier. Or, depending on your point of view, s…
It was a contentious fight: Which game of 2010 was the absolute best of the year? But we've reached a conclusion…