Xbox's Big 2024 Exclusive Looks Intense AF

Screenshot: Ninja Theory / KotakuDeveloper Ninja Theory showed up and showed out during The Game Awards, dropping a new trailer for the atmospheric and brutal action-adventure game Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, and I’ve got chills running...

Guilty Gear -Strive- Elphelt Valentine Gameplay Starter Guide

Learn all about the latest character to be added to GG Strive, Elphelt Valentine! Read More

Kotaku's Weekend Guide: Apparently It's RPG Week

Screenshot: Square Enix / KotakuPlay it on: PS5, PS4, Switch, Windows (Steam Deck OK)Current goal: Get the Orchestra Super Specialty music out of my headBefore I was a journalist, I wanted to be a literature professor....

How Games Get SMGs Wrong – Loadout

From Call of Duty to Counter-Strike, the sub-machine gun has dominated virtual battlefields, so much so that nearly every shooter has at least one that players would label “overpowered”. Today, some consider the weapon to be niche or...

The Week's Hottest Gaming Takes, From The Game Awards And Fallout To GTA 6

It was a big week for the scantily clad at Kotaku this week, with both GTA 6 and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth giving players plenty of skin. We’re also feeling very excited about the new Fallout show,...

I’m So Ready For Square Enix To Finally Make A Good Mana RPG Again

It’s been 15 years since the last proper game in the Mana series, and that one wasn’t even any good. The Final Fantasy action-RPG spin-off’s legacy has been marked by more downs than ups, but the peaks still...

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth – Kiryu's Bucket List Story Trailer

Reflect on Kazuma Kiryu’s story and watch the new Bucket List trailer before Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth launches on January 26, 2024. Read More

The Best Part Of The Game Awards This Year Was The Fashion

Screenshot: The Game AwardsLast year, I caused a bit of a ruckus by saying the fashion at The Game Awards was indicative of the industry’s identity crisis. I lamented the t-shirt and blazer uniform and begged...

Fortnite’s Huge Update Almost Feels Like Fortnite 2

Fortnite First Released Dec 31, 2015releasedAndroidiOS (iPhone/iPad)+ 6 moreNintendo SwitchPCPlayStation 4PlayStation 5Xbox OneXbox Series XIn Fortnite, players and their friends lead a group of Heroes to reclaim...

If The Game Awards Is All About The Devs, Then Let Them Speak

At the opening of last night’s 2023 edition of The Game Awards, host Geoff Keighley hyped the event as an evening “to recognize outstanding creative work in games in 2023.” But as the night went on, the luminaries...