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Dustborn: The Kotaku Review

Dustborn: The Kotaku Review

Born of dust is sort of the humanitarian friend who you know means well but is completely at his wits’ end trying to accommodate the needs of so many people. Red Thread Games’ adventure/rhythm/beat-em-up hybrid has its strengths, and when it works as a socially conscious, modern take on a Telltale Games adventure, the lives ...

Fallen Aces: The Kotaku Review: Mafia-Themed Deus Ex

Fallen Aces: The Kotaku Review: Mafia-Themed Deus Ex

There aren’t many video games where I can throw a trash can into a 1940s gangster’s groin and then spinkick him off a pier into shark-infested waters. Thankfully, Fallen Acesnow available for PC via Steam Early Access, allows me to do just that and a lot more. Kotaku hopes for the (reported) comeback of Spyro ...

Hi-Fi Rush: The Kotaku Retrospective Review

Hi-Fi Rush: The Kotaku Retrospective Review

There is a late scene HiFi Rushthe rhythm action game by now defunct Tango Gameworks, in which protagonist Chai explores a museum dedicated to the antagonistic, oppressive megacorporation Vandelay Technologies. In it, the company tells a sanitized version of its own story that glosses over the influence of its founder and her ousting in order ...

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Kotaku ranks all 3D Sonic games

Kotaku ranks all 3D Sonic games

Online gaming site I city took on the difficult task of ranking all the 3D Sonic the Hedgehog video games that have been released over the years, starting with Sonic 3D explosion on SEGA Mega Drive and SEGA Saturn. This list will obviously be divisive for some, and you can see their picks below. Here ...

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Knuckles: The Kotaku Review

Knuckles: The Kotaku Review

It’s a good thing ankleThe six-part Paramount+ miniseries arrives amid feverish hype Sonic the Hedgehog 3. The series debuts on the streaming service on April 26th, at a time when fans are eager to get back into the live-action universe thanks to announcements like… Keanu Reeves play the Blue Blur’s rival, Shadow the hedgehog. And ...

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Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection: The Kotaku Review

Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection: The Kotaku Review

Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection, which combines remastered versions of the first two games developed by Pandemic, is now available on consoles and PC. And while I enjoy the opportunity to replay this favorite of mine from yesterday, errors and other issues make it difficult to recommend in its current state. The week in games: ...

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Kotaku readers share their biggest video game crushes

Kotaku readers share their biggest video game crushes

Screenshot: Square Enix In the spirit of the season of love, we asked you, dear readers, to share this with us Your biggest video game crushes. The answers are there, and they are diverse. It turns out that there are plenty of characters to love in tons of video games. Heroes, rogue, buddies, whatever, someone ...

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Kotaku readers share their favorite games for 2023

Kotaku readers share their favorite games for 2023

“I loved Pikmin 4 a lot more [than Tears of the Kingdom]. I had so much fun with it, dude. The level of detail that went into such tiny things, as well as the craftsmanship of all areas, enemies and music was simply unparalleled. It was the best in my opinion Pikmin-related entry so far ...

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Kotaku readers share GOTY tips and vacation gaming memories

Kotaku readers share GOTY tips and vacation gaming memories

photo: Claire Jackson/Kotaku The design of the video game controller as we know it has remained largely the same over the past 20 years: a D-pad, two analog sticks, four face buttons and four shoulder buttons. It ranges from the DualShock of the first PlayStation to the DualSense of the modern PS5 to various Xbox ...