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The Best (And Worst) Super Bowl Video Game Ads

From the Pokémon to God of War , here’s what video game companies spent millions of dollars showing to football fans

By Kenneth Shepard Published February 9, 2026

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The Best Way To Play Fallout: New Vegas In 2026

There are some great and not-so-great ways to hop into this classic RPG from Bethesda and Obsidian

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 29, 2026

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The 27 Best Games For The Nintendo Switch

From Zelda to Mario , here are our favorite Switch games

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 26, 2025

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The Best Games Of 2025 (So Far)

The year is almost over and the list of games that have made their mark in 2025 is filling up

Kenneth Shepard & John Walker & Ethan Gach & Zack Zwiezen & Carolyn Petit & Claire Jackson Updated November 27, 2025

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Disney’s Revival Era Animated Films, Now Including Zootopia 2, Ranked From Worst To Best

With Zootopia 2 in theaters, we look back at Disney’s past decade and a half

By Kenneth Shepard Published November 26, 2025

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Every Battlefield 6 Map Ranked From Worst To Best

Yeah, you better believe New Sobek City is at the bottom of this list

By Zack Zwiezen Published November 25, 2025

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The 12 Best Games On Xbox 360

The Xbox 360 had a treasure trove of shooters, RPGs, indies, and more

Kotaku Staff Published November 22, 2025

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The 21 Best Games For The Xbox Series X/S

From Battlefield 6 to Keeper, here are the must-plays on Microsoft's current-gen consoles

Kotaku Staff Published November 19, 2025

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The 23 Best Games For Sony’s PlayStation 5

From Helldivers 2 to Astro Bot, here are the best PS5 games

Kotaku Staff Published November 17, 2025

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Every Pokémon Mega Evolution, Ranked From Worst To Best

Legends: Z-A added a ton of new powerful transformations, so let’s decide the best of the best

By Kenneth Shepard Published November 10, 2025

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It’s Halloween Again, Let’s Rank The Best Ghost-Type Pokémon

Ghosts were once rare, but the Pokémon series has added so many creepy monsters over the years we had to choose the best

By Kenneth Shepard Published October 31, 2025

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Every Halloween Candy, Ranked From Worst To Best

We reviewed and ranked 40+ different candies including Milky Way, KitKat, Tootsie Rolls, and Starbursts

Zack Zwiezen & Ethan Gach Published October 27, 2025

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Nine Digimon Games Worth Going Back To After Time Stranger

If you’ve never played a Digimon game before, the series is a bit of a mixed bag with one definitive standout

By Kenneth Shepard Published September 26, 2025

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Every Super Mario Game, Ranked From Worst To Best

Gaming’s favorite Nintendo mascot has had his ups and downs. Here they are

By Ethan Gach Published September 13, 2025

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20 Video Game Deaths That Broke Our Hearts

From Final Fantasy VII to Red Dead Redemption, here’s to grieving the video game heroes we play alongside

Kenneth Shepard, Carolyn Petit, and Zack Zwiezen Published August 18, 2025

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Every MCU Movie, Ranked From Worst To Best (Now With Fantastic Four: First Steps)

With the Fantastic Four finally joining the MCU, we look back at 17 years of Marvel's sprawling superhero saga

Kenneth Shepard & John Walker & Zack Zwiezen & Keith Nelson Jr Published July 25, 2025

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The Nintendo Console Launches, Ranked From Worst To Best

With the Switch 2’s launch fresh in our minds, we look back at the best and worst of Nintendo’s opening acts

Kenneth Shepard & Carolyn Petit Published June 19, 2025

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The Mario Kart Games, Ranked From Worst To Best

Mario Kart World is leading the Switch 2 charge, but where does it rank against the rest of the series?

Luke Plunkett & Kenneth Shepard Published June 16, 2025

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Every Stroomtrooper Variant In Star Wars, Ranked From Best To Worst

The Empire loves creating hyper-specific trooper variants for every possible scenario

By Zack Zwiezen Published May 2, 2025

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12 Of The Biggest Choices We’ve Agonized Over In Games

From Life Is Strange to The Witcher 3 , here’s some of the most difficult decisions games have asked us to make

By Kenneth Shepard Published March 26, 2025