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[ad_1] Super Mario Odyssey is all about freedom, and it is glorious. Unlike recent Mario games, the red-hatted plumber no longer must move forward in a straight line. The timer is gone, and each level—from the glorious wilderness of Fossil…

[ad_1] Photo: Greg Williams (Getty Images) It’s been over four years since Daniel Craig’s final appearance as James Bond in No Time to Die and we still don’t know what the franchise’s future holds or who will take the reins…

[ad_1] Screenshot: Beijing Enlight Media Ne Zha 2, a new Chinese animated movie, has brought in $1.7 billion at the box office and dethroned Pixar’s Inside Out 2 to become the highest-grossing animated flick in history. 10 Creatures We Wanna…

[ad_1] Screenshot: Obsidian Entertainment / Kotaku Avowed is a sprawling role-playing game with hundreds of secrets to uncover throughout its 30+ hours of content. However, one of its first hidden areas can be found during the tutorial segment—a hidden room…

[ad_1] A surprising contradiction sits at the heart of PC gaming: the medium’s most open platform is nevertheless dominated by a single storefront. That storefront belongs to Valve, it’s called Steam, and despite plenty of challenges in the two decades…

[ad_1] Screenshot: Obsidian Entertainment / Kotaku Very early in your adventure through Avowed’s tutorial island, you’ll come across a prisoner named Ilora. She spins a yarn about her crew going feral and slaying one another, but her demeanor is quite…

[ad_1] Image: Aspyr / Kotaku Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2 are currently available to download for free on mobile, with just a few catches. The first is you have to have an Android smartphone. The…

[ad_1] Screenshot: Khorgos Fangchi Network Technology / Kotaku Pocket Monster: Remake was released back in 2015. The mobile game played almost identically to Pokémon, even using the art, names, and move sets form the existing franchise. A decade later, The…

[ad_1] When you’ve been on the internet as long as I have, you get the distinct displeasure of watching cycles of toxicity repeat themselves ad nauseam, usually over things that don’t matter in the grand scheme of things. The world…

[ad_1] Screenshot: Obsidian Entertainment Part of the appeal of a large-scale role-playing game is customizing your character in ways that compliment your preferred playstyle. But as you play through a sprawling game like Avowed, you may find that the way…

[ad_1] Screenshot: Bethesda / TES Renewal Project / Kotaku The modders behind the highly anticipated Skyblivion PC mod aren’t concerned that Bethesda might be gearing up to release its very own official Oblivion remake. Instead, the team is just “excited” to…

[ad_1] Image: Team D-13 / Bigmode Star of Providence is a bullet hell roguelike shooter that mostly went under the radar when it came to Steam back in 2017. But since then, it’s won over a devoted fan following, including…

[ad_1] Image: Bill Watterson / Obisidian / Kotaku Avowed features very customizable characters, so you’ll likely spend quite a while in the character creation suite getting things just right. Granted, you won’t be able to see your character very often…

[ad_1] Update: 02/21/2025, 2:40 p.m. ET: Activision has added a countdown timer to the official Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater website. This article’s headline has been updated to reflect this. Unboxing The Baldur’s Gate 3 Collector’s Edition The new timer uses…

[ad_1] Image: NetEase Marvel Rivals has been a huge hit for NetEase. The Chinese publisher recently reported the free-to-play hero shooter had over 40 million players. But the Overwatch clone was almost canceled over the licensing fees the company would…

[ad_1] Long-time Sega producer Toshihiro Nagoshi left the Sonic publisher in 2021 to form a new studio under Chinese gaming giant NetEase. After establishing the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series as one of the best action-RPG sandboxes around, he had the…

[ad_1] Obsidian Entertainment’s Avowed is a wonderful single-player RPG featuring large fantasy zones to explore and chatty companions. But that wasn’t always the plan. In fact, it was originally designed as an online game similar to Destiny. The Week In…

[ad_1] Spring is almost here. I can practically feel it quietly blossoming between the 25-degree overnight lows and the desperate last flurry of snowflakes coating my driveway this week. Until then, we’re feasting on 2025’s early bounty of games ahead…

[ad_1] Screenshot: NetEase / Marvel Today, Marvel Rivals launched its big mid-season update, adding two new characters, a fresh map, and some balance tweaks. But the developer behind the online character shooter also warned PC players to stop using a…

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