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TV and Movies

Knuckles Is Barely In His Paramount+ Show

Despite having top billing, the echidna plays second fiddle in his own mini-series

Kenneth Shepard

TV and Movies

The Knuckles Show Isn’t The Spin-Off Its Hero Deserves

The Paramount+ show leans into the Sonic movies’ worst tendencies at its lead’s expense

Kenneth Shepard

Culture

Fallout TV Show Easter Eggs, Old Gaming Kiosks, And More Big News

The Fallout TV series is really good, guys, and that's news!

Kotaku Staff

News

LittleBigPlanet Server Apocalypse Wipes Hundreds Of Thousands Of PlayStation Players' Creations Without Warning

Sony has taken the PS4 game offline permanently after a technical outage earlier this year

Ethan Gach

Feature

Meet The Guy Who Spent $90K On One Of The Rarest Copies Of Castlevania In The World

A mysterious trove of vintage video games has collectors buzzing

Ethan Gach

News

Fallout 3's Reveal Led To Death Threats And Bethesda's First Security Guard

The artist behind Fallout 4’s Deathclaw reveals just how bad things got back when Bethesda took over the series

Zack Zwiezen

TV and Movies

Knuckles Is Barely In His Paramount+ Show

Despite having top billing, the echidna plays second fiddle in his own mini-series

Kenneth Shepard

TV and Movies

The Knuckles Show Isn’t The Spin-Off Its Hero Deserves

The Paramount+ show leans into the Sonic movies’ worst tendencies at its lead’s expense

Kenneth Shepard

Culture

Fallout TV Show Easter Eggs, Old Gaming Kiosks, And More Big News

The Fallout TV series is really good, guys, and that's news!

Kotaku Staff

News

LittleBigPlanet Server Apocalypse Wipes Hundreds Of Thousands Of PlayStation Players' Creations Without Warning

Sony has taken the PS4 game offline permanently after a technical outage earlier this year

Ethan Gach

Feature

Meet The Guy Who Spent $90K On One Of The Rarest Copies Of Castlevania In The World

A mysterious trove of vintage video games has collectors buzzing

Ethan Gach

News

Fallout 3's Reveal Led To Death Threats And Bethesda's First Security Guard

The artist behind Fallout 4’s Deathclaw reveals just how bad things got back when Bethesda took over the series

Zack Zwiezen

News

Target Confirms It Will Stop Selling Some Physical Media In Stores, Like Movies

The days of walking into a store and buying a DVD are coming to an end, it seems

Zack Zwiezen

News

Dragon’s Dogma 2's Dreaded Dragonsplague Will Be Easier To Deal With

Levi Winslow

News

Taylor Swift Namedrops Grand Theft Auto On Latest Album

The range of reactions to the throwaway line has been outstanding

Moises Taveras

News

Cities: Skylines 2 Botches Beachfront DLC So Badly Players Are Getting Their Money Back

The sequel to the SimCity-killer has lost all player trust

Ethan Gach

News

Bungie Working To Avoid Launch Day Server Woes For Destiny 2: The Final Shape

Bungie has already overhauled its server setup and is continuing to work on it to ensure a smooth launch in June

Moises Taveras

News

Kotaku Game Diary

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Kotaku Game Diary

Fighting FF7's Sephiroth Is Way Harder In Kingdom Hearts

Square Enix's prince of evil made me do the unthinkable: snap a controller in two

Levi Winslow

Kotaku Game Diary

I Started Baldur’s Gate 3 While Sick, Now I’ve Got Faerûn Fever

I finally tried Larian Studios’ award-winning RPG, and it blew my illness-addled mind

Alyssa Mercante

Kotaku Game Diary

I’m Torturing Modern Warfare III Players With An Exploding Drone

The breacher drone is an especially lethal piece of Call of Duty equipment

Alyssa Mercante

Kotaku Game Diary

Lords Of The Fallen’s Undead World Has A Seriously Frightening Enemy

Nothing adds pressure like the relentless Scarlet Shadow hunting you nonstop

Levi Winslow

Odds and Ends

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Fallout’s Michael Esper Shares His Go-To Helldivers 2 Stratagems

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Star Wars Outlaws Lost Me With Its Story Trailer

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This Retro Yoyo Platformer Is The Best Game We Saw At PAX East

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Fan Casting The Dredge Film Adaptation

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Retro

That Time Space Ghost Narrated A Cartoon Network-Themed Smash Bros Clone

As we celebrate 30 years of Space Ghost Coast To Coast, let’s remember Punchtime Explosion

Zack Zwiezen

Retro

PS1 Handheld Is A Retro Gamer’s Dream Come True

Using ‘lots of hot glue’ and magnetic wire, a modder has created a cool piece of hardware

Levi Winslow

Retro

Sealed OG Castlevania Fetches $90K At Auction But Could Be Worth Way More

A collector reportedly spent ‘over 23 years’ searching for Konami's 1987 NES classic

Levi Winslow

Cosplay

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Gallery

Our Favorite Cosplay From Katsucon 2024

The first major cosplay event of 2024 gave us Final Fantasy fits, Baldur's Gate 3 babes, and more

Alyssa Mercante

Gallery

Our Fave Cosplay Looks From Holiday Matsuri 2023

The Orlando, Florida convention was full of incredible Zelda, World of Warcraft, and anime costumes

Alyssa Mercante

Gallery

Our Favorite Cosplay From Anime NYC 2023

The best looks from New York City's three-day anime convention, from Sailor Moon crossovers to several buff Demon Slayer characters

Alyssa Mercante

Gallery

BlizzCon 2023 Gave Us Some Great Cosplay Moments

Blizzard's biggest weekend had Overwatch and Diablo IV reveals, a K-Pop performance, and great cosplay

Alyssa Mercante

Six Months Later

Gotham Knights Six Months Later: Better, But Still Mid

WB Games Montréal’s Batmanless superhero RPG has undergone some changes since its October 21 launch

Levi Winslow

Six Months Later

Outriders, Six Months Later: Meh

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

Behind the Voice

Baldur's Gate 3 Actors Share Their Most-Flubbed Lines

The second part of our interview with Baldur’s Gate 3 actresses Devora Wilde and Jennifer English

Baldur's Gate 3 Actors: Intimacy Coordinators Should Be 'Industry Standard'

The first part of our interview with Baldur’s Gate 3 actresses Devora Wilde and Jennifer English

Baldur's Gate 3's Karlach Actor On Playing The Beloved Barbarian

Actor Samantha Béart has their own thoughts on how Baldur's Gate 3’s top tiefling would want to go out

Eric Schulkin

Behind the Voice

Starfield Daddy Sam Coe On Bisexuality, Console Wars, And Cowboy Hats

In an exclusive interview with Kotaku, voice actor Elias Toufexis tells us all about the beloved character

Alyssa Mercante

Feature

Meet The Guy Who Spent $90K On One Of The Rarest Copies Of Castlevania In The World

A mysterious trove of vintage video games has collectors buzzing

Ethan Gach

Feature

Hyper Light Breaker Dev Really Wants You To Know It's Not A Sequel

Ethan Gach

Feature

Is This Reality TV Dude Really The Face Of Assassin’s Creed’s Protagonist?

Former Vanderpump Rules star Jax Taylor claims his face was used on the box art for Ubisoft’s action-adventure game

Alyssa Mercante

Feature

Operation Galuga’s Director On Capturing That Classic Contra Feeling

WayForward director Tomm Hulett talks about bringing the beloved Konami series into a new era

Carolyn Petit

Feature

Sweet Baby Inc. Doesn’t Do What Some Gamers Think It Does

No, one company isn’t ‘forcing’ diversity into all your favorite video games

Alyssa Mercante

Feature

Star Wars Galaxies Was 'No Man's Sky In 2003,' Says MMO Legend

Tom Regan

Feature

Pacific Drive Is Unlike Anything You've Ever Played On PS5

Ethan Gach

Feature

Tales Of Kenzera: Zau Creator On The Pressures Of Black Storytelling

Alyssa Mercante

Total Recall

E3

We Asked The Games Industry To Share Their Favorite E3 Memories

Games industry members reminisce about their fave moments from the world's biggest gaming convention

Alyssa Mercante

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

Fine Art

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Fine Art

Afternoon Stroll

Tonight's Fine Art looks at the work of Luc Courtois

Luke Plunkett

Fine Art

Prepare For Trouble, Make It Double

Tonight's Fine Art looks at the work of Ruth Bosch

Luke Plunkett

Fine Art

Concept Art From A Canceled, Live-Action Robotech Movie

Sony's first attempt to turn Macross into a movie ended up in the bin, but we can still enjoy some of its art

Luke Plunkett

Fine Art

Any Sufficiently Advanced Technology Is Indistinguishable From Magic

Tonight's Fine Art looks at the work of Sara Hermellin

Luke Plunkett

Game Awards

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Game Awards

Let Me Dress You For The Game Awards 2023

The gamer drip discourse is back, baby, but this time I’m here to help

Alyssa Mercante

Game Awards

The Best Fits At The Game Awards 2022

Kotaku had everybody quaking and stepping their fashion game up this year

Alyssa Mercante

Game Awards

Your First Look At Quantic Dream's Dramatic New Star Wars Game

The studio behind Detroit, Heavy Rain, and Beyond: Two Souls are working in a galaxy far, far away

Luke Plunkett

Game Awards

All The Big Announcements At The 2020 Game Awards

Finally, after the longest year in recorded history, we did it: We reached the light at the end of the tunnel. I speak, of course, of The Keighleys, which some of you call The Game Awards for some reason. It’s that magical time of the year when…

Nathan Grayson

Game Awards

Developer On Pranking Game Awards With Golf Balls: 'It's A Boring Show'

Some would tell you that The Game Awards are gaming’s Academy Awards. Those people are hilariously wrong, given that the show largely serves as a vehicle for commercials announcing upcoming games, with the awards themselves coming off as a distant…

Nathan Grayson

Game Awards

All The Big Announcements At The 2019 Game Awards

The new Xbox was shown off at the fifth annual Game Awards, during a show that also saw a slew of new game announcements, release date reveals, and trailers.

Stephen Totilo

Game Awards

Let Me Dress You For The Game Awards 2023

The gamer drip discourse is back, baby, but this time I’m here to help

Alyssa Mercante

Game Awards

The Best Fits At The Game Awards 2022

Kotaku had everybody quaking and stepping their fashion game up this year

Alyssa Mercante

Game Awards

Your First Look At Quantic Dream's Dramatic New Star Wars Game

The studio behind Detroit, Heavy Rain, and Beyond: Two Souls are working in a galaxy far, far away

Luke Plunkett

Game Awards

All The Big Announcements At The 2020 Game Awards

Nathan Grayson

Game Awards

Developer On Pranking Game Awards With Golf Balls: 'It's A Boring Show'

Nathan Grayson

Game Awards

All The Big Announcements At The 2019 Game Awards

The new Xbox was shown off at the fifth annual Game Awards, during a show that also saw a slew of new game announcements, release date reveals, and trailers.

Stephen Totilo

Pokemon

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Pokemon

Pokémon GO's New Character Creator Is Out And Everyone Hates It

The new avatars have weird eyes, androgynous bodies, and a horrible case of bowlegs

John Walker

Pokemon

Pokémon’s All-Pervading Positivity: How The Euro Championships Spread Infectious Joy

The electric mouse and his magic friends still offer a life-changing atmosphere

John Walker

Pokemon

How Pokémon's Regirock Became An Absurdist Punchline

One TikTok account has made Regirock the star of every major viral video of the last decade

Kenneth Shepard

Pokemon

New Mega Evolutions And 7 More Predictions For Pokémon Legends: Z-A

Game Freak hasn’t said much about its next Pokémon RPG, but we can speculate

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

Baldur's Gate 3 Speedrunner Races To Bear Sex

YouTuber Weedmoder got the Druid Halsin to put out in just 50 minutes and 30 seconds

Levi Winslow

Speedrunning

This Impossible-Sounding Fallout 4 Speedrun Took Over 2,000 Hours

After 415 attempts, streamer Vrexia has finally put an end to his no-damage, 100-percent challenge

Levi Winslow

Speedrunning

World's Coolest Dog Set To Speedrun Unbeloved Nintendo Game

Peanut Butter, a Shiba Inu gamer, will be the first dog to speedrun Gyromite at Awesome Games Done Quick 2024

Isaiah Colbert

Speedrunning

Dang, Someone Beat Baldur's Gate 3 In Under 11 Minutes

Twitch streamer Professor Palmer has speedrun Larian Studios’ RPG again, this time on the hardest difficulty

Levi Winslow

Splitscreen

Let’s Pick Winners For The 2021 Game Awards

On the eve of this year’s Keighley-fest, we choose our champions of this year’s Game Awards

Mike Fahey

Splitscreen

We Are Still Living With The Revolution GTA 3 Started

With Rockstar’s GTA Trilogy just around the corner we talk about our first run-ins with the pivotal series

Ethan Gach

Splitscreen

Talking MMORPGs, From Ultima Online To Amazon's New World

With stops at EverQuest, World of Warcraft, and FFXIV along the way

Mike Fahey

Splitscreen

Let’s Reminisce About A Little Series Called Smash Bros.

From Super Smash Bros. humble beginnings to Kingdom Hearts’ hero Sora joining the fray

Mike Fahey

Splitscreen

10 Years Later, We Can't Stop Watching Nintendo Directs

Reflecting on 10 years of Animal Crossing teases, Bayonetta trailers, and more

Ethan Gach

Splitscreen

What Deathloop Gets Right And Wrong About Time Loops

Arkane Studios' shooter takes a new stab at an old trope

Ethan Gach

Splitscreen

Let’s Pick Winners For The 2021 Game Awards

On the eve of this year’s Keighley-fest, we choose our champions of this year’s Game Awards

Mike Fahey

Splitscreen

We Are Still Living With The Revolution GTA 3 Started

With Rockstar’s GTA Trilogy just around the corner we talk about our first run-ins with the pivotal series

Ethan Gach

Splitscreen

Talking MMORPGs, From Ultima Online To Amazon's New World

With stops at EverQuest, World of Warcraft, and FFXIV along the way

Mike Fahey

Splitscreen

Let’s Reminisce About A Little Series Called Smash Bros.

From Super Smash Bros. humble beginnings to Kingdom Hearts’ hero Sora joining the fray

Mike Fahey

Splitscreen

10 Years Later, We Can't Stop Watching Nintendo Directs

Reflecting on 10 years of Animal Crossing teases, Bayonetta trailers, and more

Ethan Gach

Splitscreen

What Deathloop Gets Right And Wrong About Time Loops

Arkane Studios' shooter takes a new stab at an old trope

Ethan Gach

Twitch

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Twitch

Popular Streamer xQc Gets Banned From DayZ Server

The controversial Kick streamer got a message on the DayOne Chernarus server that read, 'Thanks, but no thanks'

Levi Winslow

Twitch

Twitch Bans Using ‘Intimate’ Body Parts As Green Screens

The livestreaming platform won't allow content that lingers on 'the buttocks, groin, or breasts' anymore

Levi Winslow

Twitch

Twitch Streamers Are Playing Games On Boobs And Butts

Risqué creator Morgpie got streamers playing games on her green-screened behind

Levi Winslow

Twitch

Pokimane Leaves Twitch After A Decade With The Streaming Platform [Updated]

Imane ‘Pokimane’ Anys calls it ‘the end of an era’

Levi Winslow

Very First

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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