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Also known as kotaku.com

Kotaku is a video game website and blog that was originally launched in 2004 as part of the Gawker Media network. Notable former contributors to the site include Luke Smith, Cecilia D'Anastasio, Tim Rogers, and Jason Schreier.

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Vinony's link graph records 5,541 inbound references to Kotaku, and connects out to PlayStation Official Magazine UK, TelevisaUnivision and Wired.

It is catalogued under topics including 2025 mergers and acquisitions, American gaming websites and Gawker Media.

Vinony links it to 29 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Website.name
Kotaku
Website.logo
Kotaku logo.svg
Website.caption
Kotaku, the Gamer's Guide
Website.commercial
Yes
Website.type
Gaming blog
Website.owner
Keleops
Website.creator
Brian Crecente

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official website
www.kotaku.co.uk
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inception
2004-10-00
Alexa rank
3544
web feed URL
kotaku.com/rss
terms of service URL
g-omedia.com/terms-of-service
privacy policy URL
g-omedia.com/privacy-policy
social media followers
359000
Commons category
Kotaku
official shop URL
store.kotaku.com
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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Origins and Gawker Media
  • Univision and G/O Media
  • Keleops Media
  • Controversies
  • Blacklistings
  • <span class="anchor" id="Gamergate"></span><span class="anchor" id="Gamergate controversy"></span> Gamergate harassment campaign
  • Bobby Kotick
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Kotaku is a video game website and blog that was originally launched in 2004 as part of the Gawker Media network. Notable former contributors to the site include Luke Smith, Cecilia D'Anastasio, Tim Rogers, and Jason Schreier.

On July 2, 2025, it was announced that Keleops Group had completed its acquisition of Kotaku.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kotaku” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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