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Game Theory: You don't need to wait to play Hades II just because it's in "Early Access"
By William Hughes May 31, 2024 | 1:00pm
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Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II Highlights the Power of Living with Your Demons
By Joseph Stanichar May 30, 2024 | 11:37am
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Game Theory: The video game where Jason Voorhees can murder Steven Universe is coming back
By William Hughes May 24, 2024 | 1:00pm
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MultiVersus Returns from the Dead Next Week, But Will Its New Additions Be Enough?
By Elijah Gonzalez May 23, 2024 | 9:00am
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Boss Rush: Dancing with a Demon in El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
By Garrett Martin May 22, 2024 | 12:15pm
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Simulated City: Supergiant's Transistor at 10
By Emily Price May 20, 2024 | 12:43pm
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Why Is Nintendo Downplaying the Third-Party Studios that Make Their Games?
By Marc Normandin May 17, 2024 | 3:21pm
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Game Theory: 5 fascinating games to sample from Steam's latest buffet of demos
By William Hughes May 17, 2024 | 2:00pm
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25 Year Later, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike’s Reputation is Better Than Ever
By Elijah Gonzalez May 16, 2024 | 12:05pm
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Essay Anthology Critical Hits Is a Dull Rehash that Fails to Engage with Games Criticism
By Grace Benfell May 14, 2024 | 10:15am
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Enter the Chronosphere Is an Eye-Catching Roguelike Where You Stop the Clock
By Elijah Gonzalez May 13, 2024 | 11:00am
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Game Theory: Microsoft killed some damn fine game studios this week
By William Hughes May 10, 2024 | 12:00pm
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Just the Tip: Games as a Service Industry
By Mik Deitz May 10, 2024 | 10:45am
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Boss Rush: The Binding of Isaac’s Mom Is Just the Start of Your Torment
By Jim Vorel May 8, 2024 | 10:49am
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Hear Me Out: Fallout 4
By Garrett Martin May 6, 2024 | 1:52pm
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Game Theory: SpongeBob Squarepants meets Dark Souls, somehow kind of rocks
By William Hughes May 3, 2024 | 1:00pm
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The Steam Deck Made Me Appreciate Gaming Again
By Matthew Reyes May 2, 2024 | 10:00am
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Nintensive Care: How 1979's Sheriff Foreshadowed Nintendo's Success
By Garrett Martin May 1, 2024 | 10:30am
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Nintendo's Excitebots: Trick Racing Is Still Waiting to Be Rediscovered
By Marc Normandin April 30, 2024 | 3:18pm
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Revisiting Days Gone After Five More Years of American Decline
By Madeline Blondeau April 29, 2024 | 2:17pm
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Tales of Kenzera: ZAU Understands the Complexity of Grief
By Kate Sánchez April 26, 2024 | 2:12pm
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Game Theory: Which Fallout game should you play, now that you've finished the show?
By William Hughes April 26, 2024 | 12:00pm
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Destiny 2’s “Into The Light” Update Brought Me Back
By Matthew Reyes April 25, 2024 | 1:57pm
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Boss Rush: Sekiro’s Last Duel Is the Perfect Final Exam
By Elijah Gonzalez April 24, 2024 | 12:30pm
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20 Years Later, Mega Man Zero 3 Remains Brilliant, Brutal, and Eager to Snap You in Half
By Elijah Gonzalez April 23, 2024 | 1:22pm
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Game Theory: Hades II is already incredible, and it's barely getting started
By William Hughes April 19, 2024 | 1:00pm
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Through its Excellent First Few Hours, Hades II Entirely Justifies the Sequel Treatment
By Elijah Gonzalez April 19, 2024 | 10:00am
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Super Metroid Turns 30, and It's the Perfect Time for a Remaster
By Marc Normandin April 18, 2024 | 10:30am
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Negro Leagues Baseball Museum President Bob Kendrick Talks MLB The Show 24
By Patches Chance April 15, 2024 | 2:51pm
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AFK Journey Helped Me Finally Understand Why People Like Auto Chess So Much
By Elijah Gonzalez April 12, 2024 | 1:02pm
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Game Theory: How much bullshit are you willing to sit through to get to the actual game?
By William Hughes April 12, 2024 | 1:00pm
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Reflecting on 11 Years of Warframe, And Hoping You Can Love It Like We Do
By Matthew Reyes April 10, 2024 | 10:30am
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Noise Rock and Hollow Point Rounds: A Chat with Children of the Sun’s Solo Developer, René Rother
By Elijah Gonzalez April 8, 2024 | 1:00pm
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Game Theory: Which amazing games slipped through last year's cracks?
By William Hughes April 5, 2024 | 12:00pm
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Mystic Punks Is Kickstarting a Multiplayer Tabletop RPG
By Garrett Martin April 3, 2024 | 6:00pm
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Final Fantasy VI Is a Game for Losers
By Dave Tomaine April 3, 2024 | 3:45pm
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Game Theory: Dragon's Dogma 2 pulls one of the meanest video game tricks we've ever seen
By William Hughes March 29, 2024 | 12:00pm
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SUDA51 on His Dream Game, Punk Misunderstandings, and the Shadows of the Damned Remaster
By Elijah Gonzalez March 27, 2024 | 1:06pm
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Breaking Up With Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
By Dave Tomaine March 26, 2024 | 2:31pm
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In Dragon’s Dogma 2, You’re a Stumbling Meat Puppet in a World That Hates You (And That’s a Good Thing)
By Elijah Gonzalez March 22, 2024 | 11:00am
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Game Theory: Let's talk about the wild ending of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
By William Hughes March 22, 2024 | 11:00am
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65 Hours with Dragon's Dogma 2
By Dia Lacina March 20, 2024 | 10:00am
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Shiren the Wanderer Returns to Claim the Roguelike Crown
By Marc Normandin March 18, 2024 | 11:00am
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Game Theory: Yes, please, bring on the Vampire Survivors clones
By William Hughes March 15, 2024 | 1:00pm
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Uncanny Suburbia, PSX Nightmares, and Old-School Survival Horror: Behind the Making of Heartworm
By Elijah Gonzalez March 15, 2024 | 11:00am
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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s Ending Poorly Answers a Question It Never Needed to Ask
By Jackson Tyler March 14, 2024 | 11:21am
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Rise of the Ronin’s Open World Is Fine, But its Battles Seem To Forget the Fundamentals
By Elijah Gonzalez March 11, 2024 | 3:00pm
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The Overwhelmingly Deep WWE 2K24 Can't Escape Vince McMahon's Shadow
By Garrett Martin March 8, 2024 | 7:00pm
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Our Favorite Game References in the Fallout TV Show Trailer
By Matthew Reyes March 8, 2024 | 4:29pm
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Game Theory: This free demo is one of the best deals in gaming right now
By William Hughes March 8, 2024 | 12:00pm
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Let's rank all the chores in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth by how much of a pain in the butt they are
By William Hughes March 5, 2024 | 3:00pm
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Game Theory: Thank god, someone finally fixed poker
By William Hughes March 1, 2024 | 3:00pm
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Balatro Hones the Art of Making Numbers Go Up
By Elijah Gonzalez March 1, 2024 | 10:39am
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A.V. Club Readers: Introducing the Kotaku Newsletter
By AV Club Staff February 29, 2024 | 9:00pm
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Finding Order in the Chaos of Solitaire and Balatro
By Mik Deitz February 28, 2024 | 2:43pm
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Mother Is Mothering: Grief, Queerness, and Softness in Mother 3
By Dave Tomaine February 28, 2024 | 10:09am
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Dear God Everybody Needs To Play Pentiment
By Grace Benfell February 27, 2024 | 1:39pm
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Game Theory: Have you done your part for Super Earth today?
By William Hughes February 23, 2024 | 4:00pm
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There’s a Reason Why Horror Games Can’t Forget Silent Hill After 25 Years
By Elijah Gonzalez February 23, 2024 | 11:00am
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An Overlooked NES Classic Is Back on Nintendo Hardware After 36 Years
By Garrett Martin February 22, 2024 | 6:50pm
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25 Years Later People Are Still Overthinking Final Fantasy VIII
By Austin Jones February 21, 2024 | 11:59am
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Inside Soulframe, the "Earthy and Romantic" New Fantasy RPG from the Makers of Warframe
By Moises Taveras February 20, 2024 | 11:00am
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Game Theory: Skull And Bones finally arrives, and it's already out of date
By Sam Barsanti February 16, 2024 | 3:00pm
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Military Madness Established the Foundation for Strategy Games 35 Years Ago
By Marc Normandin February 13, 2024 | 10:45am
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At 10, Threes Remains a Delightful, and Sometimes Necessary, Distraction
By Mik Deitz February 12, 2024 | 12:40pm
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Game Theory: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's first 4 hours made our jaws drop
By William Hughes February 9, 2024 | 4:00pm
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Bone Flutes, Whistling Jars, and Rainforests: Inside the Music of Ultros
By Garrett Martin February 9, 2024 | 9:00am
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Ranking the 10 best video game remakes of all time
By William Hughes February 8, 2024 | 2:00pm
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Suicide Squad: (Please) Kill the Live Service Model
By Matthew Reyes February 8, 2024 | 10:30am
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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Continues the Reinterpretation of One of Gaming's Best Legends
By Moises Taveras February 6, 2024 | 7:01pm
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Apex Legends Celebrates Five Years with Season 20 and Several Changes
By Moises Taveras February 5, 2024 | 11:00am
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Game Theory: Maybe every Silent Hill game should be 2 hours long
By William Hughes February 2, 2024 | 3:00pm
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Martyrdom and Misogyny Are the Machines That Power Kingdom Hearts
By Grace Benfell February 1, 2024 | 2:56pm
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The Batman: Arkham trilogy is still video gaming's best version of the DC universe
By Sam Barsanti January 31, 2024 | 6:00pm
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Ubisoft, Ownership, and the Anti-Consumer Nature of Streaming
By Marc Normandin January 30, 2024 | 3:46pm
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A Toast to the Fallen: Finding a New Main in Tekken 8
By Austin Jones January 29, 2024 | 12:51pm
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Game Theory: Why is everyone playing this Pokémon rip-off that lets you eat your Pokémon?
By William Hughes January 26, 2024 | 4:00pm
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The Games Industry I Loved Is Dead
By Moises Taveras January 26, 2024 | 2:45pm
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It Feels Weird to Celebrate Super Smash Bros.'s 25th Anniversary
By Hope Pisoni January 24, 2024 | 10:45am
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Game Theory: The Finals' twist on online shooting takes your feet right out from under you
By William Hughes January 19, 2024 | 3:00pm
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Why Slay the Spire Has Such Staying Power
By Emily Price January 18, 2024 | 1:23pm
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Mega Man X Has Been Getting the Job Done for 30 Years
By Marc Normandin January 17, 2024 | 3:20pm
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Palworld Bravely Asks "What if Pokémon Had to Pay Rent?”
By Desmond Leake January 16, 2024 | 2:44pm
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Persona 3 Reload's Sleek New Vibe Comes At Too High A Price
By Moises Taveras January 16, 2024 | 8:00am
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Game Theory: Has Tekken 8 finally become the right kind of stupid?
By William Hughes January 12, 2024 | 3:00pm
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Lil Gator Game and the Game of Life
By Maddie Agne January 10, 2024 | 3:33pm
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Kinder World Wants You to Care For Yourself
By Maddie Agne January 8, 2024 | 2:21pm
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Game Theory: The super-charming Cobalt Core got us through the holidays this year
By William Hughes January 5, 2024 | 3:00pm
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Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Promises to Be a True Epic
By Moises Taveras January 4, 2024 | 10:00am
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Game Theory: Against The Storm is a bite-sized, addictive apocalypse
By William Hughes December 29, 2023 | 4:00pm
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Void Stranger Is the Only Dungeon Crawler I Want to Play
By Dia Lacina December 29, 2023 | 12:16pm
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Getting Lost in the Machine in Armored Core VI
By Elijah Gonzalez December 28, 2023 | 2:06pm
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Looking For Tim Breaker's Light in Alan Wake II
By Moises Taveras December 27, 2023 | 3:41pm
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From Bastion to Hades: Supergiant Games and the Eternal Quest for Freedom
By Jim Vorel December 23, 2023 | 12:00pm
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Citizen Sleeper And The Decline Of Digital Town Squares
By Moises Taveras December 22, 2023 | 3:30pm
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Game Theory: It’s been a great year for video games, but not for Xbox’s Game Pass
By Sam Barsanti December 22, 2023 | 1:00pm
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This Holiday, I'm Learning To Love Baldur's Gate 3
By Moises Taveras December 22, 2023 | 11:00am
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Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Injects Its Classic Roots with Metroid-Style Elements
By Alessandro Fillari December 19, 2023 | 10:45am
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I Hope GTA 6 Gives Me Something To Talk About
By Moises Taveras December 15, 2023 | 4:00pm
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Game Theory: So, why did Baldur's Gate III beat Spider-Man 2?
By William Hughes December 15, 2023 | 3:00pm
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The Best Games We Saw At Day Of The Devs 2023
By Moises Taveras December 15, 2023 | 12:15pm
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What will be the biggest gaming trends of 2024?
By William Hughes December 13, 2023 | 2:00pm
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The Videogame Crash of 1983 Helped Turn Games into a Boys' Club. Could It Happen Again?
By Maddie Agne December 13, 2023 | 10:30am
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E3 Was the Right Kind of Bullshit
By Garrett Martin December 12, 2023 | 4:25pm
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Tekken Tiger Mountain (By Strategy): Paste's Tekken 8 Preview
By Garrett Martin December 12, 2023 | 9:00am
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A Doomguy Looks at 30: The Timelessness of DOOM
By Marc Normandin December 11, 2023 | 2:15pm
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Game Theory: We're getting down in the blood and guts of Warhammer 40,000
By William Hughes December 8, 2023 | 4:00pm
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The Game Awards Are Still a Total Fraud
By Garrett Martin December 7, 2023 | 5:26pm
