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News

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Learns Hard Lesson: Don't Mess With Disney Lawyers

DeSantis' attempt to seize control of Disney World’s special district has hit a comical brick wall

Zack Zwiezen

News

Warzone 2 Frustration Is Fueling Some Wild Cheating Conspiracies

Some CoD fans think cheaters are being paid bounties to keep players off of Warzone 1

Claire Jackson

News

Horizon Forbidden West’s DLC Is A PS5 Exclusive Because...Clouds, Apparently

Burning Shores will have better looking clouds at the cost of exclusivity

Sisi Jiang

News

Retro Atari Game Found After Being Lost For 40 Years

Sonar is described as a 'toy version of Battleship'

Kenneth Shepard

News

Kotaku Game Diary

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Kotaku Game Diary

As A Resident Evil 4 Newcomer, Remake's Village Fight Is Shockingly Brutal

Survival horror fans, y’all lived like this in 2005?

Sisi Jiang

Kotaku Game Diary

Resident Evil 4 Remake’s Auto-Sort Feature Has Changed The Game

I never thought I would leave behind the joy of case sorting, but here I am

Lisa Marie Segarra

Kotaku Game Diary

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty’s Most Frustrating Enemy Can Go To Hell

Team Ninja's latest Soulslike has lots of frustrating enemies, but the assassins are the worst

Levi Winslow

Kotaku Game Diary

I Met The Most Annoying Yakuza NPC In Like A Dragon: Ishin!

Like some people in real life, Sakiko will test your patience with her meandering stories

Sisi Jiang

Odds and Ends

Resident Evil 4 Remake Makes EXCELLENT Use Of The PS5's Adaptive Triggers

The DualSense really lives up to its name on the PS5 edition

Luke Plunkett

Odds and Ends

A Letter To The Fortnite Weirdos Who Play Past Midnight

Athalia Norman

Odds and Ends

Resident Evil 4 Vets Are Trolling Rookies, Telling Them To 'Shoot The Lake'

Zack Zwiezen

Odds and Ends

11 Battle Royale Players You'll Always Match With (Or Die To)

Alyssa Mercante

Odds and Ends

Pedro Pascal Has No Right To Look This Good At A Damn Game Event

Lisa Marie Segarra

Watch

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This Horror Game Turns Fishing Into Psychological Warfare

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Diablo IV’s Beta Has Us Kinda Obsessed With Hell

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8 Minutes Of Diablo IV's Character Creator

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The Week In Games: Fishing For Mysteries And Gang Wars

Retro

Who Knew A Game Boy's Insides Could Be So Beautiful?

Grid Studio is turning old Game Boys, DSes, PSPs and more into mechanical works of art

Mike Fahey

Retro

Play These Classic Games Created In Communist Czechoslovakia

A project by the Slovak Game Developers Association sees them receive their first English translation

John Walker

Retro

Atari’s New Collectible Game Cartridges Off To A Rocky Start

Atari is making game cartridges again, but it’s a little foggy on some of the details

Mike Fahey

Cosplay

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Gallery

Our Favorite Cosplay From Katsucon 2023

The DC spectacular marks the start of 2023's cosplay calendar

Luke Plunkett

Gallery

Our Favorite Cosplay From Holiday Matsuri

Just because a nerd show is in December doesn't mean it has to be cold

Luke Plunkett

Gallery

Our Favorite Cosplay From Los Angeles Comic Con 2022

A gallery and video showcase of some incredible cosplay

Luke Plunkett

Gallery

Our Favorite Cosplay From Anime NYC 2022

A music video and collection of photographs from November's big show

Luke Plunkett

Six Months Later

Outriders, Six Months Later: Meh

The game's most notorious issues are fixed, but it still has some fundamental flaws

Ari Notis

Six Months Later

Genshin Impact, Six Months Later

Sisi Jiang

Six Months Later

Marvel's Avengers, Six Months Later

Ari Notis

Six Months Later

Ghost Of Tsushima, Six Months Later

Ari Notis

Six Months Later

Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Six Months Later

Ari Notis

Behind the Voice

The Last Of Us' Merle Dandridge On How She’s Like Marlene

As the Firefly commander, she's the only cast member to hold the same role in both the game and the show

Sonic Prime's Lead Voice Actor On Bringing Swagger To The Iconic Role

Deven Mack voices the speedy hedgehog in his latest animated series releasing December 15 on Netflix

Chainsaw Man's English-Language Cast Weighs In: Subs Vs. Dubs

The manga adaptation's Denji, Makima, and others share their thoughts on the age-old debate

Chainsaw Man Voice Actor Says Makima Is More Than Just A ‘Dommy Mommy’

Suzie Yeung, the English-language voice actor for Makima, shares some insight into the character

Eric Schulkin

Feature

Fortnite Is The Future Of Music Streaming

Epic has been taken music licensing to new levels to fill out Fortnite’s radio stations

Nadine Smith

Feature

The 8 Most Controversial Rides In Disney Theme Park History

Kevin Wong

Feature

PUBG's Creative Director On The Success Of Battle Royales

It seems that the simple premise of winner-take-all is where the magic happens

Claire Jackson

Feature

10 Meh Games That Became Killer With Updates

If you’re feeling down and hopeless, these comeback stories ought to provide sufficient inspiration for what’s possible over time

Claire Jackson

Feature

Welcome To Kotaku Royale, Exploring The Genre That's Defining Modern Gaming

We're covering Apex Legends, PUBG, Fortnite, Call of Duty: Warzone, and more all week.

Alyssa Mercante

Feature

Bringing Authenticity And Humor To Like A Dragon's 'Western Renaissance'

Isaiah Colbert

Feature

Escape Room Worker Uses Metal Gear Solid Sneaking Skills To Help Unwitting Players

John Walker

Feature

The Fierce Microsoft Battle That Led To One Of The Biggest Video Games Of All Time

Kyle Orland

Total Recall

E3

Nintendo Scores Highest Peak Viewership Of E3

3.1 million people tuned in to watch Kazuya Mishima kill Captain Falcon

Ash Parrish

No More Heroes 3 Hired Shao Kahn To Voice A Cat

A bold, new direction for the No More Heroes franchise

Ian Walker

Guardians Of The Galaxy Devs Say It's Single-Player For Better Storytelling

Guardians of the Galaxy wants you to hang with the team, not control them

Ian Walker

Fine Art

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Fine Art

Crash Landing

Tonight's Fine Art looks at the work of Anshuman Kashyap

Luke Plunkett

Fine Art

The Art Of God of War Ragnarök

A collection of illustrations and concept art that went into the game's creation

Luke Plunkett

Fine Art

The Art Of Ghost Of Tsushima

A huge collection of artwork and models from Sucker Punch's modern masterpiece

Luke Plunkett

Fine Art

Some Of My Favorite Images From ArtStation's AI Protests

Breathing, human artists have spent the week giving AI-generated imagery--and ArtStation--the middle finger

Luke Plunkett

Pokemon

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Pokemon

It's Never Been Easier To Find A Shiny Pokémon, For Better Or Worse

How much easier is it to find different-colored Pokémon after all these years?

Kenneth Shepard

Pokemon

As First Anime Ends, Ash Ketchum’s Pokémon Voice Actor Takes Her Victory Lap

Sarah Natochenny reflects on 17 years as the voice behind the star of Pokémon

Kenneth Shepard

Pokemon

Pokémon TCG Scarlet & Violet's New ex Cards Are Ridiculously Powerful

However, the new era offers some disappointing pull rates after the high of Crown Zenith

John Walker

Pokemon

We're Losing More Than We Realize When These Classic Pokémon Games Get Pulled

Pokémon has always been synonymous with Nintendo handhelds, and the 3DS has been the last bastion of preserving its past

Kenneth Shepard

Shop Contest

'Shop Contest: Giant Stuffed Leek, Winners!

This is the end, beautiful friend. This is the end, my only friend

Zack Zwiezen

Shop Contest

'Shop Contest: Giant Stuffed Leek

Give me your biggest leek....no...that's too big...

Zack Zwiezen

Shop Contest

'Shop Contest: Father's Day, Winners!

Congrats to the winners of this week's Photoshop Contest

Zack Zwiezen

Speedrunning

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Speedrunning

Breath of the Wild’s Hottest New Speedrun Is Getting All The Hoes

Twitch streamer Limcube collected all 11 gardening tools in under 30 minutes

Levi Winslow

Speedrunning

Sekiro God's No-Damage Run Was Three Years In Making

YouTuber TheUrbanOrb studied for over 4,000 hours to destroy FromSoftware’s ninja game

Levi Winslow

Speedrunning

Only A Computer Could Do This Super Mario Bros. Trick—Until Now

Discovered in 2018, the 'top clip' trick had been considered too difficult for human speedrunners to achieve

Sisi Jiang

Speedrunning

Elden Ring Speedrunner Decides Eyes Are OP, Beats Bosses While Blindfolded

Speedrunner 'star0chris' has already slain Radahn and Rennala, now has Malenia and Maliketh in his sights

Levi Winslow

Twitch

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Twitch

Twitch Says It’s The Best Place For Creators Right After A Series Of Disasters

Pay no attention to the layoffs, executive departures, or deepfake porn controversies

Ethan Gach

Twitch

Twitch Star Hasan Gives $25k So Shelter Dogs Find Forever Families

He talked on-stream about how financial barriers to pet ownership are part of keeping dogs out of shelters

Sisi Jiang

Twitch

Twitch CEO Steps Down After 16 Years Following Controversy-Filled Year [Update: 400 Laid Off]

Amazon's streaming platform changes leadership at a tumultuous time

Ethan Gach

Twitch

Twitch Streamer Caught With Deepfake Porn Of Friends Returns, Wants To Help [UPDATED]

Brandon ‘Atrioc’ Ewing returned to Twitch claiming he’s spent the last six weeks working to help the women affected

Alyssa Mercante

Very First

3D Monster Maze Was The Very First Horror Game

Long-running video game franchises and genres all have to start somewhere, and it’s not always pretty. Looking back to that origin point can show us not just how the greats began, but how far they’ve come since. Today we unearth the very first…

Zack Zwiezen

Very First

The Very First Skateboarding Game Was A Rad Arcade Hit From The '80s

Long-running video game franchises all have to start somewhere, and it’s not always pretty. Looking back to that origin point can show us not just how the greats began, but how far they’ve come since. Today we unearth the very first skateboarding…

Zack Zwiezen