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Animal Well: The Kotaku Review

A sublime trip down a rabbit hole of devilish puzzle design

By Ethan Gach Published May 9, 2024

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Forspoken: The Kotaku Review

Forspoken tells a great story, but suffers the technical jank of an iffy PS3 game

By Claire Jackson Published January 30, 2023

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This Is As Close To A Real-World Escape Room As You’ll Find

Escape Simulator offers a series of one-room escape challenges you can play with a friend

By John Walker Published May 30, 2022

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Anno: Mutationem: The Kotaku Review

ThinkingStars' cyberpunk RPG is marred by a combination of convoluted storytelling and buggy boss fights

By Isaiah Colbert Published March 30, 2022

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Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War: The Kotaku Review

Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War launched on November 13 across multiple platforms, marking the first Call of Duty title to support cross-gen crossplay. Even during a pandemic and a shortened development cycle, we get all the Black Ops goodness we could expect from a Treyarch Call of Duty. There’s a paranoid-filled campaign with…

By S.E. Doster Published November 16, 2020

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Divinity: Original Sin 2: The Kotaku Review

I’ve put 81 hours into Divinity: Original Sin 2 over the last 12 days. When I wasn’t playing, I was thinking about it, or talking about it. It’s brilliant and frustrating in turns, and occasionally both at the same time. I adore it, but for now I’m glad to be done with it. Divinity: Original…

By Nathan Grayson Published September 26, 2017