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Disco Elysium Is Coming To Mobile To ‘Captivate The TikTok User’
13.3.2025
You ever want to get excited for something but then get put off by how the people making it talk about it? That’s what I experienced when looking at the newly announced mobile version of Disco Elysium that the remnants of developer ZA/UM showed off today. From the looks of it, the studio isn’t just...
That Elder Scrolls Oblivion Remake Is Reportedly Launching Soon
13.3.2025
The long-rumored Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remake, which Kotaku confirmed was real in January, reportedly might be announced very soon and could launch as early as next month. Read more
The 17 Best Co-op Games You Can Play Right Now
13.3.2025
Split Fiction, the latest co-op adventure from Hazelight, has just arrived, and it’s another example of how the It Takes Two developer is leading the charge on games that are designed around what’s possible when you have two players working together to accomplish a common goal. With the unique...
Chrono Trigger Still Blows Me Away 30 Years Later
11.3.2025
Occasionally the stars align and a once-in-a-generation group of creatives come together to make something spectacular and ahead of its time. That’s how Chrono Trigger was made, an RPG for the SNES that came out 30 years ago this week and still blows me away. Playing it was a formative gaming...
AI-Powered Aloy From Horizon Zero Dawn Demos Our Terrifying Chatbot Future
11.3.2025
Horizon Forbidden West’s Aloy is a clone in a post-apocalyptic future who uses a bow and spear to fight giant robot animals and corrupted AI programs. It’s a neat premise for what happens to be a very cool sci-fi action-RPG series. But what if Aloy was also controlled by an AI program and could...
Disco Elysium Studio Finally Gives Us A Tease Of Its Long-Awaited Next Game
11.3.2025
ZA/UM Studio, the entity which at one point released Disco Elysium, a critically acclaimed detective RPG about navigating the ruins of capitalism and solving a murder, has finally revealed its next game nearly six years later. Instead of Disco Elysium 2, it’s a spy RPG still mostly shrouded...
What You Need To Know About Suikoden I & II HD Remaster
10.3.2025
The Suikoden series may not have the mainstream appeal of a franchise like Final Fantasy, but its first two entries have long been considered some of the best RPG games of all time by genre aficionados. Now, with the release of Suikoden I & II HD Remaster, both returning fans and first-time players...
Nintendo’s 30 Best Switch Games, Ranked
10.3.2025
This month marks the eighth anniversary of the Nintendo Switch’s release. With the Switch 2 looming later in 2025, this is likely the last year we’ll see Nintendo develop and publish most of its games on the handheld hybrid that revolutionized how we play console-quality games. Over those eight...
How To Snag Avowed's Best Weapons, 5 Great Mods To Make Monster Hunter Wilds Even Better, And More Hot Tips
9.3.2025
If, like us, you’re currently spending a lot of your spare time in the Living Lands of Avowed, you may want to check out our pointers on where to find some of the game’s best weapons, as well as some of its rarest upgrade materials. We’ll also point you to a handful of mods that can make your time...
24 Games We're Stoked For In March, Great Switch Games On Sale For Mario Day, And More Of The Week's Top News
8.3.2025
This week, we got some insight into what prompted Ubisoft to add a “canon mode”—which strips out all narrative choices in favor of adhering to one set story path—to the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Also, we looked at 24 games coming out in this fairly packed month that we can’t wait to...
Kotaku's Weekend Guide: 6 Cool Games We're Excited To Get Back To
7.3.2025
March has arrived and it’s full of uncertainty. Will Borderlands 4 suck? Will Grand Theft Auto VI cost $100? What beloved game studios will be closed so massive publishers can get back their swagger? Will tariffs kill physical games or is Trump’s trade war still in early access? The only thing...
The Best RoboCop Game Is Getting A Sequel And Is Only $10 On Steam Right Now
7.3.2025
RoboCop: Rogue City is getting a standalone sequel, and that’s awesome. It is easily the best RoboCop game ever made. And we don’t have to wait long for the new installment, as RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business is set to arrive later this year. Oh, and if you haven’t played the first game...
Avowed's Best Spear Is A Poisonous Pointy Stick Called Umpara
7.3.2025
It’s hard to deny that spears are a cool weapon, as few things scream “deadly” quite so much as a stick with a pointy end. Avowed features a few solid Spears to choose for your melee weapon, but the poisonous Umpara’s Spear and its excellent critical damage bonus makes it one of the best choices...
Avowed's Most Powerful Spellcasting Comes From The Grimoire Of Embers
7.3.2025
Casting spells is one of the best ways to deal out huge damage and control packs of enemies in Avowed. So it goes without saying that keeping a grimoire around is a great idea, allowing you to keep your foes burning, frozen, or electrified as much as possible. That first option tends to give...
A Bunch Of Excellent Switch Games Are $20 Off For Mario Day
6.3.2025
The day of Mario is nearly upon us. In celebration of the overall-wearing plumber and his ongoing gaming franchise domination, Nintendo has marked down a bunch of Switch games that are normally $60. It’s also released a new Super Mario Bros. Wonder Switch OLED bundle, in case you wanted to pick...
Disappointed Fans Inspired Ubisoft To Create A Canon Mode For Assassin's Creed Shadows
5.3.2025
After a few delays and leaks, Ubisoft’s next main entry in the Assassin’s Creed franchise, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, is nearly here. And, in a series first, it comes with a mode that removes many choices, instead adhering to one “canonical” narrative path. Now Ubisoft has explained why this option...
After Years Of Waiting, Suikoden Finally Gets The HD Glow-Up It Deserves
5.3.2025
Almost every major Japanese publisher had to have a big RPG franchise in the PS1 era. Square Soft had Final Fantasy. Enix had Dragon Quest. Capcom had Breath of Fire. Bandai Namco had Tales. And so, Konami made Suikoden. Its innovation was trading a set party of heroes for a cast of 108 total...
2025's Latest Retro Surprise Looks Like A Mashup Of Hades And Golden Axe
5.3.2025
Absolum is a just-revealed side-scrolling brawler from some of the best teams in the genre. It looks like the beautiful art of Hades mixed with the soul of Golden Axe. It’s the latest neat-looking retro surprise in a year shaping up to be full of them. Read more
Here's How To Upgrade Everything You Love In Avowed
5.3.2025
Picture this: You’ve just capsized and crashlanded on a remote island with a fort looming overhead. You’re defenseless, and a strange blue being is sifting through your ship’s remnants. You need a weapon, and in the moment, anything will suffice, like the dagger or wand on the ground before you....
The Best Games Of 2025 So Far
5.3.2025
It’s only the beginning of March but 2025 already has some bangers worth spotlighting, including real standouts like Split Fiction and Avowed, so we decided to start compiling the best games of the year early and update this list as the days, weeks, and months go by. Here are some of the best games...