Tips For 2023's Biggest Games And What To Watch Out For In Early 2024
Image: Asobo Studio / Flying Wild Hog / KotakuA new month is nearly here, as well as a new year, and that means updates to the PlayStation Plus catalog. January kicks off 2024 with three new...
2024 Is Starting Out With An Avalanche Of Video Games
2023 was a messy and horrible year that, despite itself, gave us some excellent games. You could even argue that this year gave us too many games! If you were looking for a break to catch up on...
The Steam Deck Crushed It In 2023
Valve introduced the world to the Steam Deck in 2022 and it was an instant hit with countless Steam users who jumped at the chance to take their games just about anywhere. As we close out 2023, the...
The State Of The Nintendo Switch In 2023
The Switch is going out with a bang. Ahead of the likely reveal of the Nintendo handheld hybrid’s successor next year, the aging hardware continued receiving an amazing slate of new games in 2023, including The Legend of...
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...
