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The _Wall Street Journal_is reporting that three men—Fox co-founder Barry Diller, Reggie Miller-hating socialite Alexander von Furstenberg and music magnate David Geffen—are currently under two separate federal investigations over suspicions insider trading was involved in their purchase of millions of dollars of…
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I have been running _Fine Art_for 11 years now, and in that time I have never put together bigger posts than I have for both _Destiny_games.
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Hello, and welcome to a fact you may never have considered in your entire life, but which you will now be noticing every single time you ever see a plumber jumping around in a Nintendo game.
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In the week and change since Elden Ring’s launch, conversations about its difficulty have run the same, tired course as those concerning all its FromSoftware predecessors. The biggest point of contention seems to lie with the player’s inability to pause the game, but it turns out you can pause Elden Ring, no mods…
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Amazon Games has addressed the online discourse surrounding its popular 2019 South Korean MMORPGLost Ark and elaborated on future updates geared towards fixing the dated depictions of its female characters.
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A custom Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade model of Cloud Strife wearing a leather jacket drew criticism from the users of mod repository NexusMods earlier this week due to the way it exposed the brooding protagonist’s chiseled abs with a form-fitting crop top.
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Sony’s next State of Play livestream showcasing games for the PlayStation 5 will take place Wednesday, March 9, the company announced today. It didn’t say what will be shown, but Sony did tease new reveals and updates from “beloved Japanese publishers.” Are we finally getting a release date for Final Fantasy XVI?
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On February 27, software engineer Michael Smith surpassed his own previous world record for Konami’s 1981 coin-op classic Frogger, a feat which involved maxing out the game’s score counter multiple times. His new score sits at a comfortable 1,356,520, handily toppling his previous record of 970,440.
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Most games don’t get upgraded for a new console generation even once, let alone twice. After first coming out on Xbox 360 and PS3 back in 2013, Grand Theft Auto V will finally get an “enhanced and expanded” version on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S later this month, but with one pricey wrinkle: GTA V will be $20 cheaper on…
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Welcome to another edition of Kotaku’s Anime Revolution, presented by Acura, a weekly show where the otaku of _Kotaku_look at the hottest shows of the winter season and put them through the three-episode test to see whether they’re worth your time. This week, we’ll be taking a look at Slow Loop, which is streaming on …
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Twitch joins the list of international companies sanctioning Russia over its illegal invasion of Ukraine, telling streamers that it would be withholding payments.
“Payouts to the financial institution associated with your Twitch account have been blocked as a result of sanctions,” read an email Twitch sent Russian…
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Wonder what everyone’s favorite vengeful spirit is up to? When not climbing out of televisions and appearing in Dead by Daylight, she’s making YouTube clips. That’s right, Sadako is now a YouTuber.
KotakuLike so much else over the past couple of years, the pandemic hit the cosplay scene hard, shutting down the conventions that are in so many ways the lifeblood of the community. But after getting things back on track last December with Dragon Con, I’m super pumped to now be presenting our first cosplay showcase for the…
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_Deadline_is reporting that Amazon is currently in talks to turn PlayStation series God of War into a television series.
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Necrosoft Games have put together a bundle of 991 things on itch.io that is available now for a minimum of just $10 .
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Last year a Georgia man was charged by federal prosecutors after allegedly lying to apply for a Covid disaster loan, then turning around and spending it on a single _Pokémon_card. He has now admitted his guilt and been sentenced to prison.
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In the Destiny 2 community, a popular meme has players respond to big, scary villains and deadly space gods with a simple message: I’m going to turn you into a gun. There are many variants of this meme, but the general idea remains a popular joke among players. Now, in the new Witch Queen expansion, Bungie leans into…
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I can’t remember the last time I enjoyed a game as much as Horizon Forbidden West whose big third act reveals ranged from underwhelming to utterly ridiculous. Maybe Mass Effect 3?Forbidden West has different problems, and it feels like the middle of a trilogy rather than the end, but there’s more than a few…
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Despite a recent uptick in goodwill thanks to its massive 1.5 patch, Cyberpunk 2077 spent the weekend beset by negative Steam reviews over a different matter entirely.
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While _Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku_is full of gorgeous scenes, this particularly gruesome one stuck out to me: A wooden boat floated serenely along a foggy river, filled with beautiful flowers. Government officials would find a smiling corpse that had flowers growing out of its dismembered parts. It was a gruesome…
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The call to adventure issued by Elden Ring proved irresistible to many players when it launched on February 25. Perhaps a little too irresistible, as many players’ eagerness to dive headfirst into the game’s breathtaking and brutal landscape, coupled with the game’s own tendency to obfuscate things that other games…
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Parents of an Activision Blizzard employee who died by suicide on a 2017 work retreat at Disneyland are now suing the Call of Duty publisher alleging workplace sexual harassment contributed to their daughter’s wrongful death. Activision Blizzard had previously dismissed the tragedy as having “no bearing whatsoever” on…
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Elden Ring has had three unopenable colosseum doors since launch. The mysterious areas have fans scratching their heads and wondering if they’re possible clues to future DLC.
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You gotta love the glove. And soon that will be much easier to do. Announced today, the 1998 N64 game _Glover_is heading to Steam via a new PC port that will be released on April 20. The port is a brand new version of the game developed for modern PCs and built using the original N64 source code. And no, the 4/20…
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Legendary voice actor Megumi Ogata recently won the Best Voice Actress award at the Seiyu Awards, an annual ceremony to recognize voice acting in Japan. At first, Ogata thought about declining the award, but decided to accept the honor to make a larger statement about gender, identity, and voice acting.
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Two decades ago, the first Xbox went on sale in Japan. In the U.S., Microsoft’s gaming machines have always been big hits, but that’s not been the case in Japan. To date, only 2.3 million Xbox consoles across all generations have been sold in the country.
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This weekend, Activision Blizzard, Microsoft and Epic Games announced that they were suspending their services in Russia, due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. They join big names like Netflix, EA Games and CDPR in essentially boycotting the country over its illegal war.
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Batman movies are kind of like seasons of Doctor Who. Every now and then a new season with a new Doctor will come along and give a perspective on a classic character that will appeal to a new group of fans. In a similar way, The Batman employs a new pool of creative talent to give us a version of the DC Comics hero…
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Bandcamp, best known as an online music distributor and lorded over as a hub for independent artists and labels, announced on Wednesday that they would be joining Epic Games in a blog post written by CEO Ethan Diamond. The price Epic Games paid for Bandcamp is currently unknown.