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When I think about diversity in last year’s crop of big-budget games I can see the bright spots. Some of…

Through a bit of luck, I managed to acquire an Xbox Series S for the holidays. I’ve only had it for about a week…

Mass Effect 2. It’s widely regarded as one of the best games of all time, a sweeping space opera that set the…

On a trip to a state park, I’m pretty sure my partner, my dog, and I stumbled into a video game. My own personal isek…

Ahh! My first “Top 10 Games” post for Kotaku, so exciting! Arriving here has fundamentally changed my relationship…

There are a lot of “want to play something cyberpunk without playing Cyberpunk 2077” posts going around and I have…

The thing that interested me the most about Cyberpunk 2077 was its character creator. I’m someone who’s spent a lot…

I have not been able to stop thinking about the Mass Effect trailer from last night’s Game Awards. After the…

A new Mass Effect was teased during the the 2020 Game Awards. Once a critical darling, the future of the Mass Effect…

Earlier this week, BioWare tweeted that it would be offering a sneak peek at Dragon Age 4 during The Game Awards.…

The Callisto Protocol is a new survival horror game from the creators of Dead Space. “The game challenges players to…

Last week, two prominent BioWare employees, Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah, announced their departure from the studio.…

This year’s Dragon Age Day was a mess. Two of BioWare’s beloved executives quit, a voice actor for one of Dragon Age’…

Back in May, shortly after the murder of George Floyd, the juggernauts of the gaming industry issued statements in…

I really didn’t want to have to think about my country’s carceral state while playing a video game and yet, while…

In honor of the Dragon Age games arriving on Xbox Game Pass and in celebration of today’s Dragon Age Day—and as…

Yesterday BioWare general manager Casey Hudson and lead Dragon Age series writer Mark Darrah resigned from BioWare,…

Casey Hudson is leaving BioWare, again.

My Shadowlands experience has been an interesting curve. It started poorly in Bastion, picked up in Maldraxxus, and…

Baldur’s Gate 3 has a new patch filled with nifty quality of life adjustments, as well as new story changes that I’m…