/publications

New Yakuza Prequel Game Uses The Likeness Of An Actor Who Died 12 Years Ago

KOTAKU / MAY 7, 2026

Gabe Newell Lobbied Elon Musk To Meet With ‘Visionary’ Designer Hideo Kojima Over Their Mutual Interest In AI And Space

KOTAKU / MAY 2, 2026

A Surprise Teaser For Alien: Isolation 2 Gives Fans Fresh Hope For The Sequel 12 Years Later

KOTAKU / APRIL 26, 2026

My Hero Academia Voice Actor Dubs Streamer’s Apology For Cheating On His Girlfriend And It Doesn’t Go Well

KOTAKU / APRIL 26, 2026

Dosa Divas strips the love from cooking

A.V. CLUB / APRIL 16, 2026

Northernlion Cancels Streamer Supercruise Just Three Days After Announcing It, Surprising No One But Disappointing Everyone

KOTAKU / APRIL 16, 2026

I Played Dark Souls For The First Time In 2026 And It Really Is The Best Ever

KOTAKU / MARCH 27, 2026

A Love Letter to 'Girl Games'

AFTERMATH / MARCH 25, 2026

You are not in control: How games use player agency to explore addiction

A.V. CLUB / MARCH 19, 2026

This New Games Showcase Just Featured 15 Of The Coolest, Weirdest Games Out There

KOTAKU / MARCH 14, 2026

Let Them Eat Skins: Fortnite Players Are Calling For A Boycott Over V-Buck Price Hikes

KOTAKU / MARCH 13, 2026

Beloved YouTube Channel TheOdd1sOut Suddenly Lays Off Animators Without Warning

KOTAKU / MARCH 7, 2026

Major Fortnite Leaker Actually Worked For Epic Games

KOTAKU / MARCH 6, 2026

Legend Of Zelda Actor Has Thoughts On The Live-Action Movie And Whether Link And Zelda Are Dating

KOTAKU / FEBRUARY 28, 2026

Stardew Valley Fans Aren’t Holding Back About How Much They Hate This Guy

KOTAKU / FEBRUARY 27, 2026

10 years later, Firewatch’s critique of masculinity is just a different shade of toxicity

A.V. CLUB / FEBRUARY 17, 2026

15 Tips If You’re Coming Back To Stardew Valley In 2026

KOTAKU / FEBRUARY 17, 2026

Unity Promises Deluge Of New Games Prompted Into Existence By AI As Its Stock Tanks

KOTAKU / FEBRUARY 17, 2026

6-Year-Old Smashes Girl Scout Cookie Leaderboard And Breaks The Website After Selling Over 100,000 Boxes

KOTAKU / FEBRUARY 16, 2026

Gamepad Controls Elden Ring Streamer IRL Using A Wild Balance Hack

KOTAKU / FEBRUARY 13, 2026

The Analogue 3D Is Giving These Unreleased N64 Colors A Second Chance

KOTAKU / FEBRUARY 6, 2026

Here’s Our First Glimpse Of Sophie Turner As Lara Croft In Action

KOTAKU / FEBRUARY 6, 2026

Why do video game skeletons put themselves back together?

A.V. CLUB / JANUARY 27, 2026

Escape From Tarkov Player Replaced His Friends With AI And Then Things Got Weird

KOTAKU / JANUARY 26, 2026

Marvel Rivals Promises A Crackdown On The Recent Epidemic Of ‘Lord Farming’

KOTAKU / JANUARY 19, 2026

The Last of Us Part 2 Multiplayer Mod Is A Busted But Beautiful Look At What Might Have Been

KOTAKU / JANUARY 12, 2026

Kojima Tries To Describe The Nightmare Fuel Haunting His Sleep, Including Creature Bites And ‘Voluptuous Nude Women’

KOTAKU / JANUARY 12, 2026

Stories of 2025

INTO THE SPINE / DECEMBER 31, 2025

Sam Eng talks Skate Story and New York City

A.V. CLUB / DECEMBER 30, 2025

Distracted gaming: Why nobody pays attention in multiplayer games anymore

A.V. CLUB / DECEMBER 20, 2025

The best games of 2025

A.V. CLUB / DECEMBER 18, 2025

Keep Thanksgiving on track this year with these family-perfect multiplayer games

A.V. CLUB / NOVEMBER 25, 2025

Detective Games Don't Get Better than The Séance of Blake Manor

A.V. CLUB / NOVEMBER 10, 2025

The Absurdity of Proving You're Not a Robot

UNWINNABLE / OCTOBER 31, 2025

The Annual Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival Makes Halloween Special Again

A.V. CLUB / OCTOBER 27, 2025

The Future of Kid-Friendly Online Spaces

A.V. CLUB / OCTOBER 13, 2025

Avalanche Studios Announces Layoffs, Studio Closure

A.V. CLUB / SEPTEMBER 30, 2025

Unlearning Productivity with Baby Steps

A.V. CLUB / SEPTEMBER 29, 2025

I Need the PlayStation Anniversary Reeboks

A.V. CLUB / SEPTEMBER 29, 2025

Consume Me Can be a Bit Too Autobiographical

A.V. CLUB / SEPTEMBER 24, 2025

The Best Worst Dads in Games

A.V. CLUB / SEPTEMBER 22, 2025

Everything Shown At Today's Six One Indie Showcase

A.V. CLUB / SEPTEMBER 18, 2025

Superhero Management Game Dispatch Comes Out In October

A.V. CLUB / SEPTEMBER 16, 2025

Don't Let an Algorithm Pick Your Next Game for You

A.V. CLUB / SEPTEMBER 15, 2025

The Balatro 1.1 Update is Delayed, and It's a Good Thing

A.V. CLUB / SEPTEMBER 15, 2025

New Astro Bot Themed Controller is Available for Preorder

A.V. CLUB / SEPTEMBER 12, 2025

Gorillaz Bring Back Their '90s Flash Game Site

A.V. CLUB / SEPTEMBER 11, 2025

The Best-Selling PlayStation Games are Mostly Call of Duty

A.V. CLUB / SEPTEMBER 10, 2025

Uma Musume's Most Popular Horse has Passed Away

A.V. CLUB / SEPTEMBER 9, 2025

Hollow Knight: Silksong's Most Popular Mods Make the Game Easier

A.V. CLUB / SEPTEMBER 8, 2025

Grasping for Agency

INTO THE SPINE / SEPTEMBER 6, 2025

Layoffs Announced at Civilization Studio Firaxis and Wildgate Publisher Dreamhaven

A.V. CLUB / SEPTEMBER 5, 2025

Tomb Raider Series Starring Sophie Turner Starts Production in January

A.V. CLUB / SEPTEMBER 4, 2025

Australia Did It is a New "Tactical Reverse Bullet Hell" From Rami Ismail

A.V. CLUB / SEPTEMBER 3, 2025

Metal Eden Should Let Go and Embrace the Flow

A.V. CLUB / SEPTEMBER 2, 2025

Paramount Announces a Call of Duty Movie

A.V. CLUB / SEPTEMBER 2, 2025

Should You Get a Degree in Game Design?

A.V. CLUB / AUGUST 29, 2025

The Switch 2 Is Outselling Its Predecessor, By A Lot

A.V. CLUB / AUGUST 28, 2025

Stardew Valley, Psychonauts 2 Come to PlayStation Plus in September

A.V. CLUB / AUGUST 27, 2025

Bennett Foddy's Baby Steps Is the Next Game Delayed Because of Silksong

A.V. CLUB / AUGUST 26, 2025

Ubisoft CEO Summoned to Court Following Sexual Harassment Trial

A.V. CLUB / AUGUST 25, 2025

How Multiplayer Games Like Valorant Could Improve Matchmaking

A.V. CLUB / AUGUST 22, 2025

Hollow Knight Hits All-Time Peak Player Count, Sells 15 Million Copies

A.V. CLUB / AUGUST 22, 2025

The PlayStation 5 Now Costs $50 More

A.V. CLUB / AUGUST 21, 2025

BioShock Studio Faces Layoffs, Now Led By Ex-Diablo Boss Rod Fergusson

A.V. CLUB / AUGUST 20, 2025

Do Tricks on Tracks with Denshattack!, the Train Skating Game

A.V. CLUB / AUGUST 19, 2025

Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Spending $145k in Company Funds on Pokémon Cards

A.V. CLUB / AUGUST 19, 2025

Watch the Kirby Air Riders Nintendo Direct

A.V. CLUB / AUGUST 18, 2025

Magic: The Gathering's Final Fantasy Decks Are Finally Available for a Reasonable Price

A.V. CLUB / AUGUST 15, 2025

GameCube's Chibi-Robo! Comes to Nintendo Switch Online

A.V. CLUB / AUGUST 13, 2025

New Donkey Kong Bananza Speedrun Exploit Lets You Straight Up Fly

A.V. CLUB / AUGUST 12, 2025

CGE Will Donate All Harry Potter Codenames Profits to Trans Charities

A.V. CLUB / AUGUST 11, 2025

Nintendo Announces My Mario, a Product Line for Young Children

A.V. CLUB / AUGUST 8, 2025

Everything Announced at Today’s Nintendo Indie World Showcase

A.V. CLUB / AUGUST 7, 2025

MakeRoom is a Sweet Treat of an Interior Design Game

A.V. CLUB / AUGUST 6, 2025

Japanese Speedrunning Charity Receives Legal Warning from Nintendo

A.V. CLUB / AUGUST 6, 2025

Game Devs of Color Expo Returns in September

A.V. CLUB / AUGUST 6, 2025

Nintendo Raises the Price of the Original Switch

A.V. CLUB / AUGUST 4, 2025

Steam's Video Player Gets Some Long-Needed Upgrades

A.V. CLUB / JULY 31, 2025

Mario Kart World Gets Big Update, 3-Lap Courses Appear More Frequently

A.V. CLUB / JULY 30, 2025

Atari Acquires Thunderful Group and Its Five Game Studios

A.V. CLUB / JULY 29, 2025

Hollow Knight: Silksong Will Be Playable at Gamescom Next Month

A.V. CLUB / JULY 29, 2025

Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson is a Sweet Riff on the Rhythm RPG

A.V. CLUB / JULY 25, 2025

Roblox to Add AI Age Verification and New Communication Features

A.V. CLUB / JULY 17, 2025

YouTuber Claims His Home Was Raided for Reviewing Third-Party Gaming Handhelds

A.V. CLUB / JULY 16, 2025

What's Up with Uma Musume: Pretty Derby, the Game Taking Over the Internet?

A.V. CLUB / JULY 15, 2025

Summer Games Done Quick 2025 Raised Over $2 Million in a Week

A.V. CLUB / JULY 14, 2025

Not Every Co-Op Game is "Friendslop"

A.V. CLUB / JULY 10, 2025

Three Former Ubisoft Execs Found Guilty of Sexual Assault, Psychological Harassment

A.V. CLUB / JULY 3, 2025

Everwild, Perfect Dark Reboot, Zenimax MMORPG Canceled after Microsoft Layoffs

A.V. CLUB / JULY 2, 2025

Riot Games Will Allow eSports Betting Partnerships for League of Legends and Valorant

A.V. CLUB / JULY 1, 2025