So, you got your hands on a PlayStation 5. Congrats! You’re officially in the next generation of console gaming, a member of an exclusive club allowed to play games about malicious space tentacle monsters and whatever the hell a lombax is. The PS5 migh…
The Unique Artist Behind Bomberman’s Catchy Beats
I’ve always had a thing for June Chikuma’s music, though it took me a while to realize it. Even today, I often find myself humming the “mantra” track from Faxanadu, the difficult, side-scrolling action-RPG for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Faxanad…
10 Brilliant Games To Play With Your Family This Holiday Season
Despite my annual letter writing campaign, the schools still close during the Christmas period. As such, your home might become far more plagued by small children, whether they’re your own or those of family or friendly invaders. How can you occupy the…
Renata Price’s Top Ten Games Of 2021
2021 has been a tremendously odd year. It has also been my first year with a real job as a games writer. This means that I have a lot of pent-up feelings from the past several years about video games that I love, many of which are embodied by this very…
The Joker Admitting He Plays An RPG Might Be The Greatest Video Game Ad Of 2021
We all know The Joker has lost it. He goes around performing heinous acts of violence, all in an effort to prove life has perennial comedic potential. But how many of us knew he was a *gulp* gamer? I didn’t. That is until a twin set of advertisements f…
【抽選販売!!】RPG『MOTHER』別注モデルのG-SHOCK「GW-M5610UMOT21-1JR」をゲットする方法 – MOTHER×G-SHOCK
人気ゲーム『MOTHER』の別注モデルG-SHOCKが登場！価格は税込23,100円。抽選販売の受付期間は2022年1月20日(木)11:00～1月27日(木)11:00まで。
The Worst Games Of 2021 According To Metacritic
It was the best of games, it was the worst of games. 2021 was another year where we flocked to our gaming consoles and computers for shelter from the virus-ridden world outside. While there were plenty of good games to play this year, there were also t…
The Best Video Game Surprises Of 2021
Face it: The past year has been…not great. Over the course of 2021, the global temperature rose at a once again alarming rate, Marvel released not one but two panned films, and we’ve all gotta come to terms with the sobering realization that this covid…
「OMORI」の日本語版が突然配信開始！ ひきこもりの少年が奇妙な精神世界を冒険する“圧倒的”高評価のインディーRPG
インディーゲームスタジオのOMOCATは12月16日、Steamで配信中のホラーRPG「OMORI」（公式サイト）の日本語版を、同日より配信開始しました。価格は1980円。 同作は2014年より開発を開始し、2020年にリリースされたドット絵ベースのRPG。「MOTHER」や「ゆめにっき」を思わせる温かくも不穏なドット絵と、鉛筆画タッチの手…
The Ten Biggest Kotaku Posts Of 2021
A year ago, many of us had never even heard of NFTs, and Alex Trebek was the only Jeopardy! host most of us had ever known. Well, a lot has changed since then. Relive a time before we knew what a disaster the remastered GTA trilogy would be. Reminisce…