The Games We Loved And Hated This Week, And Other Opinions


Opinions are like Kotaku — they’re a bunch of assholes! I think that’s how that saying goes. Anyway, this week, we liked Pragmata and hated Crimson Desert, felt skeptical of Xbox’s forthcoming handheld and thankful for the Switch 2, and, perhaps most urgently, had a great many things to say about promotional popcorn buckets. And if you read until the end, there’s a treat for you in the form of 11 games we think you should be excited for based on what we played at Summer Game Fest.
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