GOTY: Kotaku's Top 12 Games Of 2023, RankedIn a year jam-packed with big releases like Tears of the Kingdom, Baldur's Gate 3, and Spider-Man 2, which games…ByAlyssa MercantePublishedDecember 22, 2023
Overwatch 2 Left A Trail Of Broken Promises In 2023From pricey cosmetics to major hero reworks and confusing competitive ranks, Overwatch 2’s first full year was a…ByKenneth Shepard and Alyssa MercantePublishedDecember 21, 2023
I Started Baldur’s Gate 3 While Sick, Now I’ve Got Faerûn FeverI finally tried Larian Studios’ award-winning RPG, and it blew my illness-addled mindByAlyssa MercantePublishedDecember 21, 2023
Connections, Halo, And Other Weird Ones: Alyssa Mercante's Top 2023 GamesOlder games with solid updates, a New York Times daily puzzle, and more round out this GOTY listByAlyssa MercantePublishedDecember 20, 2023
Bobby Kotick’s Goodbye Letter Calls Xbox ‘The World’s Most Admired Company’The controversial CEO will depart after 32 years as head of the gaming companyByAlyssa MercanteUpdatedWednesday 2:20PM
The 10 Biggest Kotaku Stories Of 2023From Spider-Verse secrets to 'unintended' vaginas, here are your most-read Kotaku stories of the yearByAlyssa MercantePublishedDecember 18, 2023
We Asked The Games Industry To Share Their Favorite E3 MemoriesGames industry members reminisce about their fave moments from the world's biggest gaming conventionByAlyssa MercantePublishedDecember 12, 2023
[BREAKING] E3 Is Officially Dead, Press 'F' To Pay RespectsThe once-massive annual video game conference is done—for real this timeByAlyssa MercantePublishedDecember 12, 2023
The Best Part Of The Game Awards This Year Was The FashionThe attendees of the 2023 awards show took my fashion advice seriously, and everyone came correctByAlyssa MercantePublishedDecember 8, 2023
We Have To Talk (Again) About How War Games Depict The Middle EastNarratives perpetuated by games like Call of Duty contribute to the tone of the Israel/Palestine conflictByAlyssa MercantePublishedDecember 7, 2023
GTA 6 Will Be The Most Florida-Ass Game EverAlligators, Everglades, Florida men, and glistening twerking bodies are everywhere in the trailer for the Rockstar…ByAlyssa MercantePublishedDecember 5, 2023
Phil Spencer Wants You To Play Starfield For A DecadeSpencer said he has a ‘ton of confidence’ that Bethesda’s RPG will retain playersByAlyssa MercantePublishedDecember 4, 2023
Do British Gamers Actually Want These £150 Tea-Branded Controllers?Yorkshire Tea is offering ‘custom printed' gamepads for double the cost of a typical controllerByAlyssa MercantePublishedNovember 30, 2023
Call Of Duty Breaks Silence On Skill-Based Matchmaking'We haven’t spent the time to pull together all of our work to share with you our insights and improvements over the…ByAlyssa MercantePublishedNovember 30, 2023
Game Awards Honorees Demand Show Acknowledge Gaza Humanitarian Crisis‘When you trusted us to be champions of a better future, you gave us the duty to tell you when and how you could do…ByAlyssa MercantePublishedNovember 29, 2023
Let Me Dress You For The Game Awards 2023The gamer drip discourse is back, baby, but this time I’m here to helpByAlyssa MercantePublishedNovember 24, 2023
I’m Torturing Modern Warfare III Players With An Exploding DroneThe breacher drone is an especially lethal piece of Call of Duty equipmentByAlyssa MercantePublishedNovember 21, 2023
Kotaku’s Ultimate 2023 Gift GuideIt’s the most wonderful time of the year, after allByAlyssa Mercante and Jen GlennonPublishedNovember 21, 2023
Admit It, You Don’t Understand Skill-Based Matchmaking (And Neither Do I)The implementation of the popular FPS matchmaking system has shifted and changed within the last two decadesByAlyssa MercantePublishedNovember 21, 2023
The Funniest Twitch Streamers You Should Watch ImmediatelyTwitch isn’t just for video games, it’s also for laughing your ass offByAlyssa MercantePublishedNovember 17, 2023