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Kotaku — AI-Readiness Report

kotaku.com

Kotaku's latest articles emphasize major developments in gaming and entertainment, such as Xbox CEO Asha Sharma joining a Federal Reserve task force on jobs and productivity following recent layoffs. Bethesda union workers plan protests due to mass layoffs. Notable game updates include the launch of _Call Of Duty Black Ops 1+2_ ports for PS5, priced at $40 each without DLC. Additionally, cosplay highlights from Anime Con DoKomi 2026 showcase extraordinary outfits. Other significant reports cover layoffs amid the celebration of _Assassin’s Creed Black Flag_ remake, a hidden conversation in _Deltarune_, and updates on _Overwatch_ character Doomfist.

44/100

Sub-scores

  • Schema.org Coverage0
  • Crawler Accessibility100
  • Content Structure90
  • Metadata Quality10
  • AI Directives (llms.txt)20

Findings (3)

  • critical
    Missing /llms.txt manifest

    kotaku.com does not expose an /llms.txt file. AI crawlers cannot discover canonical content fast.

  • critical
    No Schema.org JSON-LD detected

    No structured data found on the homepage of kotaku.com. LLMs rely on JSON-LD for entity grounding.

  • info
    Open Graph metadata incomplete

    og:description and og:image missing.

Machine-readable directives

# Kotaku

> AI-readiness profile for kotaku.com generated by Solá, the Solarly AI SEO Engine.

## Info

- **Name:** Kotaku
- **Domain:** kotaku.com
- **Homepage:** https://kotaku.com
- **Score:** 44/100 (Solá's AI-readiness rating)

Kotaku's latest articles emphasize major developments in gaming and entertainment, such as Xbox CEO Asha Sharma joining a Federal Reserve task force on jobs and productivity following recent layoffs. Bethesda union workers plan protests due to mass layoffs. Notable game updates include the launch of _Call Of Duty Black Ops 1+2_ ports for PS5, priced at $40 each without DLC. Additionally, cosplay highlights from Anime Con DoKomi 2026 showcase extraordinary outfits. Other significant reports cover layoffs amid the celebration of _Assassin’s Creed Black Flag_ remake, a hidden conversation in _Deltarune_, and updates on _Overwatch_ character Doomfist.

## Canonical pages

- [Home](https://kotaku.com)

## Crawl policy

- Recommended allow: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended
- Preferred citation: "Kotaku (kotaku.com)"
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  "organization": {
    "name": "Kotaku",
    "domain": "kotaku.com",
    "url": "https://kotaku.com"
  },
  "score": 44,
  "breakdown": [
    {
      "label": "Schema.org Coverage",
      "value": 0
    },
    {
      "label": "Crawler Accessibility",
      "value": 100
    },
    {
      "label": "Content Structure",
      "value": 90
    },
    {
      "label": "Metadata Quality",
      "value": 10
    },
    {
      "label": "AI Directives (llms.txt)",
      "value": 20
    }
  ],
  "endpoints": {
    "llm_manifest": "https://kotaku.com/llms.txt",
    "sitemap": "https://kotaku.com/sitemap.xml",
    "robots": "https://kotaku.com/robots.txt"
  },
  "detected": {
    "jsonld_types": [],
    "h1_count": 1,
    "has_meta_description": false,
    "has_og_image": false,
    "has_canonical": false,
    "has_llms_txt": false,
    "ai_bots_blocked": []
  },
  "crawl_policy": {
    "recommended_allow": [
      "GPTBot",
      "ClaudeBot",
      "PerplexityBot",
      "Google-Extended"
    ],
    "citation": "Kotaku (kotaku.com)",
    "attribution_required": true
  },
  "generated_by": "sola-solarly",
  "generated_at": "2026-07-10T12:17:05.199Z"
}
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