Perhaps it was an understatement when we said Cyberpunk was having its first “good day” when it creeped its way to the top of the Steam charts earlier this year. As it turns out, the beleaguered role-playing game, which has received a number of updates…
The Week In Games: The Last Week Of 2021
Congrats, everyone! We made it. This horrible, awful year (filled with some pretty good games…) is nearly over. Now, I know that a new year doesn’t magically change anything. But at least we can all collectively look back at 2021 and say “Fuck off” t…
Zack Zwiezen’s Top 10 Games Of 2021
Well, 2021 was a wild, awful mess of a year. I don’t need to recap what made 2021 so bad because, if you are reading this, you already know. We all live on Earth (I assume) so no point going over it all. Just, yeah, what a shitty year, huh?Read more…
PlayStation Store Has A Ton Of Games On Sale Right Now
PlayStation’s holiday sale is feeding gamers well this year. A ton of titles have prices marked down, including games scooping up awards or that just came out. And since just about all of these are available on both the PlayStation 4 and 5, you won’t h…
Makers of Controversial Upcoming School Shooting Game Level Remind Team To Have Some Tact
In late December, Void Interactive, makers of upcoming tactics game Ready or Not, suddenly lost its publishing partner. While not directly confirmed at the time, speculation online heavily suggested the first-person shooter shake-up was due to a recent…
Gog Sale Includes Some Of The Top Games Of 2021
Video game deals have become a holiday tradition for most gamers looking to get the best prices on games they missed out on over the year. And Gog.com has some of Kotaku’s favorites from 2021, and years past, on sale through the new year.Read more…
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…
What’s Worth Picking Up From Nintendo’s End-Of-Year Hidden Gems Switch Sale
As the death bell tolls for 2021, Nintendo and a suite of independent publishers have chosen to give us some final indie game sales before sending this garbage year off into that sweet night. All things considered, it’s a pretty excellent send-off, com…
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 Best Games To Check Out During Steam’s Massive Winter Sale
Yes, Gamers, it is that time of year again—time for the Steam Winter Sale, which becomes more of a normal seasonal sale and less of a gamified mess with every year that passes (for better and for worse). 2021 was a pretty great, albeit odd, year for vi…