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Kotaku’s roundup of the best video games, consoles, series, and more.

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Jumpstart AAPI Month With Thai Survival Horror And Five More Hidden Gems

These surprising games will challenge what you think you know about Asian gaming

By Ashley Bardhan Published May 6, 2022

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The Best Dreamcast Games

The console's finest, from Jet Set Radio to Ikaruga

By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2022
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The Best Xbox Game Pass Games To Binge In A Weekend

From Death’s Door to The Pedestrian , Microsoft’s games-on-demand service is more than a list of endlessly long blockbusters

By Ari Notis Published March 18, 2022
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The Best Switch Games To Play On A Flight

From Fire Emblem to Ace Attorney to Mario + Rabbids , these games make air travel a breeze

By Ari Notis Published February 3, 2022
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All The Big Pokémon Games, Ranked From Worst To Best

Pokémon has come a long way since the days of Red , Blue , and Yellow

By Ari Notis Published January 31, 2022

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The Persona Games Ranked From Worst To Best

There are many games, and versions of those games, in the Persona series, and we’ve done the work of helping you pick the best

By Renata Price Published January 11, 2022
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Video Game Gear: Eight Things We Got In 2021 That We Now Can’t Live Without

From mousepads to headsets and everything in between, these were our favorite items

Kotaku Staff Published December 31, 2021
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Ranking Super Smash Bros. Ultimate‘s New Character Introductions Over The Last 5 Years

From Sephiroth to those dreaded Fire Emblem characters, here are Sakurai's greatest reveals

By Levi Winslow Published December 20, 2021
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Every Halo Game, Ranked From Worst To Best

From Combat Evolved to Halo Infinite , here’s how every game (including the spinoffs) stacks up

Zack Zwiezen & Ari Notis Published December 19, 2021
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The Best Games Hidden Inside Other Games

But listen, right, what if that game had a game inside it too...

By John Walker Published December 16, 2021

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The Best Free Games Of 2021

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

By Sisi Jiang Published December 16, 2021
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The Best Video Games Of 2021 So Far

Despite the [waves hands], 2021 has produced killer games like Hitman 3 and Death's Door

Kotaku Staff Published December 15, 2021
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The Top 15 Halo Multiplayer Maps

Xbox's biggest franchise has a history of great maps, but which ones are truly the best of the best

By Zack Zwiezen Published November 25, 2021
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The Best Switch Carrying Cases

From budget to high-end, hardshell to leather, regular to OLED, there's a case for everyone

By Ari Notis Published October 29, 2021
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Every Far Cry Game, Ranked From Worst To Best

From Far Cry 6 to Blood Dragon to even those weird Xbox ports, we ranked every one of ‘em

By Zack Zwiezen Published October 23, 2021

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The Best GameCube Games

17 of the best from Nintendo's little console that could

By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2021
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The 14 Best Games For The Xbox One

From Halo to Hades , here are the best Xbox One games

Kotaku Staff Published August 25, 2021
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All The Mental Worlds In Psychonauts, Ranked

While all minds are different, not all of them are good.

By Zack Zwiezen Published June 27, 2021
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The Best Moments In E3 History, RIP Edition

The ESA has officially killed and buried E3, so let’s look back at the show’s brightest moments

Luke Plunkett & Levi Winslow Published June 7, 2021
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The Best Star Wars Video Game

Not the best game set in the Star Wars universe, the most Star Warsy game of them all

By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2021

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