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If someone asks you to play a board game of Monopoly, do them and yourselves a favour: play literally anything else instead. → Read More
Mr. Card Game is a story about a loving tribute, a failed Kickstarter and a reminder of the failures of crowdfunding. → Read More
Board games are incredible, and every successful one will have an expansion. But most of the time, board game expansions aren't worth it. → Read More
When does a game cease to be a game? What exactly is a game anyway? → Read More
Everyone needs a good party-game which involves you ruthlessly lying and backstabbing your friends. Here's the why and the how of playing Resistance.... → Read More
Let me be clear: there is one way to play Stealing Santa. → Read More
Making outstanding coffee is alchemy is as much art as science. → Read More
We're definitely in the quiet end of the gaming season. The AAA titles are done. The notable indies have all come and gone. Most people are checked out for Christmas. And yet, as is the case every year, there's still a last little tranche of games trickling out before the public holidays.... → Read More
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. → Read More
After nearly a decade of work, the team behind the open-source OpenRA modding project have revealed that the first public test of something that's not Red Alert: the Australian post-apocalyptic RTS Krush Kill 'N Destroy.... → Read More
Aussie data digger Lance McDonald has sorted through the files of Nier: Automata and found a very interesting, and complete, score attack mode that is not accessible in the final game.... → Read More
Self-discovery and introspection are integral parts to any comic book that tells the origins of a character, but the very best stories always manage to find a way to make a character’s reflections about themselves feel relatable.... → Read More
2016's Your Name is not only the most successful anime film in history, it also cemented director Makoto Shinkai as one of the greats in modern-day anime. Now, Shinkai has finally announced his long-awaited follow up to his iconic anime. And yes, it is being released internationally.... → Read More
QUOTE | “I know a lot of people are going to have some strong opinions about that. Cool. Have those opinions.” - Coffee Stain Studios community manager Jace Varlet explains why the company ditched a planned Steam launch for its first-person building game Satisfactory and will now release it exclusively on Epic... → Read More
A new Ms. Marvel ongoing is on the way from Marvel Comics—but it heralds the end of an era. For the first time, writer G. Willow Wilson, who helped bring Kamala to life four years ago, will not be penning her creation’s adventures.... → Read More
Following allegations of sexual abuse against Border Town creator Eric M. Esquivel, multiple sources reported today that DC Comics has announced its plans to cancel the series - which had been one of the major titles behind the publisher’s push to revitalise its Vertigo imprint.... → Read More
Last night, Blizzard announced plans to scale down Heroes of the Storm, moving its developers to other games and putting an end to its Heroes of the Storm Global Championship (HGC) esports league. The news came as a shock to hundreds of Heroes of the Storm players and broadcasters, many of whom say they now find... → Read More
It’s holiday season in Destiny, a video game in which players travel through space trying to get at least one exotic drop before they die. That means it’s time for The Dawning, an annual event devoted to sleighs and snow. Last year’s Dawning was full of Grinchy loot boxes, but this year’s is stuffed with... → Read More
Though I appreciate the rocky cliffs and craggy hills of Forza Horizon 4's new Northern Isles-inspired Fortune Island, I worry that once I finish all the expansion’s treasure hunts I’ll lose my appetite for brown emptiness.... → Read More
Below came out today, after five years in development. I’ve spent about six hours with the game. Despite going in with very few expectations, the game still managed to defy them.... → Read More