Genre Bests, Personal Top 10 Lists And More: One Last Look Back At 2023
Image: The Pokémon Company / KotakuPokémon’s profit margins probably don’t reflect it, but the franchise had a rough year in 2023. Without a new mainline role-playing game to dominate the series’ headlines, Pikachu and friends were,...
From Chill Jusant To Punishing Lies Of P: Levi Winslow’s Top 10 Games Of...
Image: Team NinjaAnother Soulslike found a spot on my list this year and for good reason. Team Ninja’s Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty was one of my most-played Soulslikes before Lies of P released thanks to its...
The Baldur's Gate 3 Cats, Ranked
Screenshot: Kotaku / Larian StudiosHis Majesty may provide comedic relief and, potentially, the most accurate depiction of a cat you’ve definitely met IRL before, but Myshka is my baby. You can find this poor thing roaming...
Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom And Everything Else That Blew Me Away: Ethan Gach’s...
I love the idea of annual top 10 lists until it comes time to actually make one. Then my perpetually indecisive brain freaks out about whether the game I spent 100 hours playing was actually any good, the...
Kotaku Readers Share Their Favorite Holiday Gaming Gifts
For me, it has to be Christmas 1991. I was in the second grade, and my birthday is a month before Christmas and falls around Thanksgiving. My parents set up a play date with a kid from school...
The Best RPGs Of 2023
The last few years have been full of amazing RPGs, but 2023 took things to a whole new level. It was the year we got Final Fantasy XVI, Diablo 4, and Bethesda’s long awaited Starfield. It was also...
Your GOTY Picks, Favorite Holiday Gaming Gifts And More Of This Week's Opinions
Photo: Claire Jackson / KotakuThe design of the video game controller as we’ve known it has largely remained the same for the last 20 years: a d-pad, two analog sticks, four face buttons, and four shoulder...
This PS5 Controller Will Never Drift, But It's Not All Good News
The design of the video game controller as we’ve known it has largely remained the same for the last 20 years: a d-pad, two analog sticks, four face buttons, and four shoulder buttons. It persists from the first...
Christmas Miracles, Terrific Memes, And More Of The Week's Best Gaming News
Photo: Valve / Kotaku / Roman Samborskyi (Shutterstock)A Steam user on Christmas Eve had a question: How do you earn just one measly little Steam Point? They were at 68,999 points and wanted...
Pokémon’s 2023 Showed The Darker Side Of The Pikachu Machine
Pokémon’s profit margins probably don’t reflect it, but the franchise had a rough year in 2023. Without a new mainline role-playing game to dominate the series’ headlines, Pikachu and friends were, instead, shrouded in controversies throughout the past...
