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Review: Juttering Jetpacks Put BLUEY'S QUEST FOR THE GOLD PEN in the Dunny

Denshattack! review — speed and style collide in this trick-driven, off-the-rails arcade adventure

Picking up the best parts of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater trick mechanics and Jet Set Radio's style, Denshattack! winds up being gerater than the sum of its parts.

Gambonanza review - "Checkmate (or is it?)"

Nowadays, the Balatro-like has become a genre all to itself. After Localthunk's massive smash-hit roguelike deckbuilder took the world by storm, many others have been inspired to c...

Rhythm Heaven Groove: The Kotaku Review

Pa pi pu pe po

World of Tanks: HEAT Is A Well-Constructed Sandbox That Suffers From Mechanic Issues [Review]

World of Tanks: HEAT is a wild expansion of Wargaming’s World of Tanks property. The series has always been at home as a powered-up take on military action games, with a preference...

Review: Voidling Bound | Steam

Skylanders in Space Finally Clicks I have been following Voidling Bound for the best part of a year. I previewed it off the back of that DNA-splicing reveal, spent a good while arg...

Denshattack! review: the summer's best game is in love with Sega Dreamcast

Tony Hawk, Jet Set Radio and SSX Tricky walk into a train station…

The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time Review – More than just a tribute

Every once in a while a game comes out that uses the medium to push the boundaries of interactivity and adds new facets to what it means to play it. Titles like Doki Doki Literatur...

Pragmata Game Review

I welcome any high-budget, high-production value, mostly linear experience with a clear story to tell that clocks out right on time.

Review: Lego back with its winning formula in new Batman game

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight lives up to its name by taking on the rather ambitious project of assembling a vast swathe of Batman material into a narrative.

Review: MOTORSLICE | Steam

The Indie Parkour Game That’s Hard to Put Down When I dropped a Short of MOTORSLICE on the socials a few weeks back, one of the comments was a quick observation that “movement look...

Deltarune Chapter 5 – The Festival: The Kotaku Review

Alone together

Directive 8020: The Kotaku Review

In space, no one can hear you sigh

Rune Dice Review

Live by the die, die by the die.

KAZ Review

The internet is filled with keyboard warriors, and maybe you have been one of them, furiously typing away to get your point across and defeat an opponent, or correct someone who wa...

4PGP review (PS5): a 90s-style arcade racer with a modern edge

More than Sega nostalgia.

Finally, A Fun NBA Game That Doesn’t Ask For All My Time And Money

If you're going to take on a juggernaut like NBA 2K, you'd better have a strong gameplan. Built from the cherished streetball memories of yesteryear and the charismatic vibes of to...

Review: LEGO 40926 SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive Console

My first-ever video game console was a SEGA Master System, a hand-me-down from a very cool aunt who had just decided to switch sides to Nintendo, anticipating the release of the Su...

Review: 007 FIRST LIGHT is a rough gemstone

The gameplay in IO Interactive's James Bond reboot could be improved, but it's still an excellent new take on the legendary character.

Slime Rancher review - "Lots of Slimes, little directions"

Slime Rancher was first released back on PC in 2017, and it was one of those games that I often saw played, but I didn't actually get the chance to sit down and play. Slime Rancher...

NBA The Run Review

NBA The Run gives the impression that it’s a spiritual successor to the beloved NBA Street series, swapping indoor courts for locations around the world hosting energetic 3v3 match...

Review: Rival Stars Horse Racing | Xbox

Rival Stars Horse Racing has been on Steam and Meta Quest for a while now, but arriving on Xbox Series X felt like a genuine event. This is the horse management and racing game I’d...

Bounty Brawl: Most Wanted Review – A Throwback To The Xbox Live Arcade Era, For Better And Worse

If you’re around my age, you remember back when gaming wasn’t indie or triple-A; it was just games. Things changed a lot for console players when Xbox Live Arcade appeared, and sud...

Demon Lord: Just A Block Review: So Much More Than Just A Block

It’s easy to forget that roguelikes are meant to be turn-based. Most of the ones we get these days are some variety of real-time, often with an action spin, but that’s not how it u...