Ethan Gach

On the heels of The Game Awards, this week saw the launch of two expansions for fan-fave games: God of War Ragnarok and Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. We also took a meaty deep dive into Analogue’s latest and greatest new retro console and did…

Despite The Game Awards officially capping off the end of video game news for 2023, we’ve still got stories to share, from GTA 6 controversies to the inglorious end of E3. Here’s your cheat sheet for the week’s most important stories in…

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, but decidedly less enthusiastic about…

Gaming’s biggest night has come and gone, and perhaps the biggest surprise of all was just how little time devs were given to thank their family, fans, and recently deceased colleagues during their acceptance speeches. But before that, we…

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. In order to do that,…

Gif: Brian Lindenhof / KotakuPlay it on: Windows (VR required)Current goal: Don’t punch my damn window againBuy it from: SteamI love how VR can make video games physical in ways they’ve never been before. Consider Climbey. Here’s a game all…

Play it on: Windows (Steam Deck YMMV)Current goal: Stop playing Hexcells every dayBack in September I waxed on about the virtues of the Hexcells trilogy, riveting logic puzzlers of the highest quality. Then I ended up replaying all three,…

Screenshot: Kira LLC / KotakuPlay it on: Windows (Steam Deck OK)Current goal: Stop wasting all my silver on heal potionsIt’s beautiful when folks who grew up loving video games start making their own, spinning out fresh, oft-strange takes…

id Software / Liam TriforceSo momentous was Doom’s impact that PC gaming itself can be rather cleanly divided into two eras: before Doom, and after it. id Software’s December ‘93 atom bomb of a first-person shooter plunged players into a…

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 released October 20 with fanfare worthy of the vibrant New York City where it’s set, becoming the fastest-selling PlayStation exclusive and igniting pertinent conversations about its protagonists’ asses. Below the…