OG Solid Snake David Hayter Finally Played Metal Gear Solid V
Image: David Hayter / Konami / KotakuMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain was Hideo Kojima’s final Metal Gear Solid game, and it was an odd one. Despite having some of the best sneaking action and...
Steam’s Big Winter Sale Slashes Prices On A Ton Of Great Games
Image: Larian Studios / FromSoftware / Bethesda / KotakuThe winter solstice is upon us and Valve is once again celebrating the cosmological event by discounting a bunch of great PC games big and small. The Steam...
Overwatch 2 Left A Trail Of Broken Promises In 2023
In 2023, Blizzard opened up Overwatch’s world for third-party collaborations. The first was a set of skins and other cosmetics based on the anime/manga One-Punch Man, which naturally turned Overwatch’s own “one-punch man,” Doomfist, into the titular hero...
The Biggest Gaming Disappointments Of 2023
Image: Kotaku / Sweet Anita / AnnaStills (Shutterstock)The internet, instead of finding new ways to elevate voices that aren’t white and/or already wealthy, continued to find ways to make women feel unwelcome in...
Bobby Kotick’s Goodbye Letter Calls Xbox ‘The World’s Most Admired Company’
We knew that Activision Blizzard’s longtime CEO, Bobby Kotick, would be stepping down at the end of this year following Microsoft’s historic acquisition of his company—but we didn’t know that he’d officially leave on the last workday of...
Alyssa Mercante’s Top 8 Games Of 2023
You’ve heard it time and time again—2023 was a huge year for game releases, which made the battle for game of the year (GOTY) at sites and award shows across the globe hard-fought and difficult. Baldur’s Gate 3...
Sad News: Zack Snyder Willing To Direct Live-Action Fortnite Movie
Zack Snyder, Film director and guy-who-spells-Zack-correctly, is out promoting his new Netflix film, Rebel Moon. But because he’s talked about Epic’s popular battle royale shooter Fortnite in the past, people keep asking him about the game and recently,...
2023's Biggest Video Game Leaks, From Wolverine To GTA
Image: Sony / Warner Bros. / Nintendo / Rockstar Games / Ubisoft / Sega / EA / Kotaku / Andrey_Popov (Shutterstock)2023 is nearly a wrap. As we close the books on what was...
Kenneth Shepard’s Top 10 Games Of 2023
Damn, what a year 2023 was, huh?When I started writing about video games in 2013, I was filled with a lot of hope. Playing The Last of Us had completely shifted my professional trajectory, and I wanted to...
Steam Keys For This Gaming Disaster Are Being Sold For Hundreds Of Dollars
You thought we were done with The Day Before shenanigans? Think again. Currently, Steam keys for the troubled zombie game are being listed on unauthorized third-party key reseller sites for more than $300. Suffice it to say, you...
