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I wrote in January that Assassin’s Creed Valhalla was too damn long, and that was before two whole expansions were released for it over the course of this year. Now the game is getting _another_one, as well as some missions for its predecessor Assassin’s Creed Odyssey as well.
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So, Battlefield 2042, huh. People sure have opinions about Battlefield 2042. In fact you could drive a main battle tank through the divide between a lot of the critical and popular reaction to DICE’s latest, the first modern (or in this case near-modern) _Battlefield_since 2013's Battlefield 4.
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Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon is one of those games where all of the obvious ways to describe its constituent parts don’t do them, or it, justice. It’s a falling-block match game in which you score more gems by chaining together more and more of the same enemy . It’s a roguelite in which you unlock different weapons…
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December 13, 2021 may go down in history as the day the PlayStation 4 finally got blown wide open, as a trio of noted console hackers just released a new, ready-to-run kernel exploit for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4 Pro that works on firmware version 9.00 and earlier. In other words, running homebrew apps and…
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It looks like Netflix, flush off their success adapting Cowboy Bebop, have cast their eyes towards another beloved Japanese character: Mega Man.
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Xbox’s 20th birthday was all about killing the Xbox.
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The launch of the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S provided companies with an opportunity to charge more for their console games and many jumped at the chance. With Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade and_Forespoken_, that new $70 price tag is making a controversial appearance on PC, a platform that’s traditionally seen at…
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Earlier this year, documentary group People Make Games reported that game creation platform Robloxwas deceiving some of its young users. Roblox allows users to monetize their creations, but very few become popular enough to make the time investment worthwhile. All the while, Roblox promises users riches and fame if…
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Hot off the heels of last week’s announcement about _Grand Theft Auto Online’s_next major update, Rockstar has provided details on what new and old music is coming to the game to accompany the fresh story content. As part of an upcoming update, titledThe Contract, GTA Online will see one brand-new radio station, while…
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You may have heard that Halo Infinite is a terrific first-person shooter, a solid return-to-form for an old Xbox series. What you might not know is that Halo Infinite is also really freakin’ funny. And nowhere is that more true than in the one-liners fired off by grunts, the lowest-ranked cannon fodder you encounter…
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The Analogue Pocket is the ultimate Game Boy. It can play nearly any Game Boy, Game Boy Color, or Game Boy Advance game, on a bright and colorful LCD with 10 times the resolution of the original Nintendo Handheld, sound piping through a pair of superb stereo speakers. That’s just for starters.
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Sony revealed today that a year after launch, the PlayStation 5 is finally getting color swaps for its giant plastic covers. There are five new variants in total, and new DualSense controllers to match, set for a global launch starting in January 2022. Hopefully they don’t suffer from the same shortages as the new-gen…
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If you’re a fan of Super Robot Wars, then no doubt you know who Takanobu Terada is. The longtime Super Robot Wars series producer has announced that he’s left Bandai Namco Entertainment subsidiary B.B. Studio to go freelance.
Terada recently made the announcement on a livestream (via Famitsu), saying that he left the…
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After being delayed by Covid-19, Shin Ultraman has a release date for Japan: May 13, 2022. The following spring—March 2023, to be exact—will see the domestic theatrical release of Shin Kamen Rider, meaning back to back years of eagerly awaited tokusatsu movies.
How cool is that?
The latest trailer has a first look at…
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Cycle Circle is an artist based in China.
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Royal2, a player with Sentinels, has been suspended after Halo Championship Series (HCS) officials determined that he had cheated during a tournament qualifier by “geofiltering”.
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Shovel Knight might be everywhere, but I can’t be mad about it. The pixel art hero is back again in a brand new game. This time, however in Shovel knight Pocket Dungeon, the tough shovel-wielding warrior has to solve puzzles to proceed. I assume with a shovel, of course.
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This past Thursday, The Game Awards 2021 happened. It was a messy, ad-filled event that did, every once in a while, give out some awards. But before Geoff Keighley was in charge of The Game Awards, he was running Spike TV’s Video Game Awards. And in 2011, a decade ago this weekend, his old award show debuted a trailer…
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I’d like to go one weekend without having to write or think about NFTs, but apparently, we all live in Hell. I mean, how else do you explain a Ghost Recon NFT helmet that can only be acquired after playing the game for 600 hours?
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Have you been wondering what ol’ Peter Molyneux has been up to lately? Well, in a move that very few will find surprising, the infamous designer is jumping into the world of blockchain gaming and NFT bullshit. His next game, Legacy, is built entirely around the technology and “crypto gaming.”
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Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon.
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The year of our lord 2021 blessed us with a stacked year of mondo cool anime, especially during the winter and fall seasons. Like a goudere Moses descending [the Hokage Rock](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Hokage_Rock#:~:text=The%20Hokage%20Rock%20(%E7%81%AB%E5%BD%B1%E5%B2%A9,always%20watch%20over%20the%20village.) to deliver the good word to the people, it’s my turn as the otaku of _Kotaku_to present my favorite anime of the year. Here’s a list of 11 anime…
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343 Industries has confirmed today that Halo Infinite_’_s next update on December 14 will add a Slayer playlist to the game’s popular multiplayer mode, as well as playlists for Fiesta, Free-For-All, and Tactical Slayer aka SWAT. Plus some welcomed tweaks to the game’s challenge system.
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Ubisoft needs to grab some Flex Seal, because a bunch of new screenshots and info about the next big Assassin’s Creed Valhalla DLC have leaked via early listings found on Chinese stores and shared on Reddit and elsewhere. As previously rumored, this new DLC is titled “Dawn of Ragnarok,” and according to Ubisoft—via…
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Legends say that deep in the caves of Zeta Halo you can find something large and delicious. A sandwich created by the Forerunners, designed to satisfy even the largest, most wild hunger. They called it... Giant Sandwich. And now, only a few days after Halo Infinite’s release, players have found this weird Easter egg.…
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Video game shooters once dominated the gaming landscape. Today, well okay... they sort of still do. But, the variety and diversity of shooters has truly blossomed in the last few years. Now we have hardcore military sims, colorful live games filled with wild quests, VR titles pushing the bounds of what we can do in…
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Keiko Nobumoto, the acclaimed writer behind Cowboy Bebop, Tokyo Godfathers, and Macross Plus, passed away on December 1 after a battle with esophageal cancer. The news of her passing was confirmed by fellow anime writer Dai Sato on Facebook. A private funeral service was held for her on December 4. She was 57.
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Today, IGN released a massive report on workplace culture, crunch, and hiring practices within Bungie, the development studio behind _Destiny_and the original Halo series. The report includes dozens of stories from current and former Bungie employees describing a deeply poisonous company culture, and the studio’s slow…
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With Activision Blizzard employees more organized than ever in the wake of the company’s multiple sexual harassment lawsuits and layoffs in quality assurance, a top executive apparently felt the time was right to send out a fear-mongering email warning workers about the vague “consequences” of unionizing.
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2–Sorry, sorry. The Sequel to The Legend of–Actually, you know what? Screw it. We all know this is a sequel, and the awkward dance around its name is just cloying at this point. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 started trending on social media last night, following the…