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Apple's Video Game Industry Satire Gets Season 4 Release Date And Spin-Off

Mythic Quest season 4 finally has a release date. Apple TV’s workplace comedy starring Rob McElhenney and Charlotte Nicdao about a video game studio and its lovable but emotionally stunted staff returns for another raft of episodes in January. This time around, however, the show is also getting a micro-spin-off series…

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10 Games To Play After Metaphor ReFantazio

Metaphor: ReFantazio is a stunning RPG that exemplifies almost everything that makes Atlus-developed games great. With the social elements of Persona, battle mechanics from Shin Megami Tensei, a mix of real-time and turn-based combat, and a traditional RPG class system, there is an enormous amount to love about Metapho…

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That Half-Life 2 Remaster Is Looking Really Good In New Trailer

Last year, Nvidia announced that a group of talented modders were working on fully remastering Half-Life 2, including adding new textures, models, and ray-traced visuals. And now, a new trailer shows us more of this impressive-looking project that turns Half-Life 2 into a sleek-looking modern FPS.

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The Best Cards from Pokémon TCG Pocket’s Genetic Apex Expansion

Pokémon TCG Pocket has introduced a decent amount of cards through its Genetic Apex expansion. And even though all of its many currencies and systems can make for a confusing impression, it didn’t take long for players to figure out metas. And now we can share that information with you! From the three available…

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Everything We Learned About The Next Big Trails RPG

The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II will arrive in the West early next year, less than 12 months after its predecessor finally found its way stateside. While the sequel doesn’t sound like it will be as good of a jumping-on point as the first Trails Through Daybreak was, it will bring some meaningful…

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Sonic 3’s Post-Credits Scene: 12 Characters That Could Set Up The Next Movie

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is a little over a month away. The third live-action movie starring the blue blur will premiere on December 20, and will include the proper debut of Keanu Reeves’ Shadow. But Paramount is apparently thinking ahead, as well. According to director Jeff Fowler, the third film will include a tease of…

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Ranking Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D's Classes From Best To Worst

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake may have beautiful, updated graphics, but the soul of this adventure is as old-school as ever. As one of the first tasks of your adventure, you’ll need to make your way over to Patty’s Party Planning Place to recruit three companions. Whether you choose to take along the premade…

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10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Playing Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is the epitome of a new twist on an old classic. At its core, this HD-2D remake plays like an NES or SNES game with a fresh coat of paint. Yet, by the same token, it injects several new features and quality-of-life adjustments that will make this version of Dragon Quest III feel new for…

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Denzel Washington Says His Gay Kiss Was Cut From Gladiator II

Gladiator 2 arrives in theaters this weekend, and if you were hoping to see Denzel Washington’s character kiss a man, well I’ve got bad news for you. While that scene was apparently filmed, it was cut because, according to Washington, the people in charged chickened out.

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Last Of Us Director Has Been Working On A New Game Since 2020

Fans have been patiently waiting for word of what Naughty Dog’s next big single-player game will be following The Last of Us Part II and multiple remasters. While studio head Neil Druckmann didn’t hint at what that project might be, he reportedly confirmed during a recent roundtable discussion that he’s been working…

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These Two Classic Shooters Just Became Completely Free, Forever

Epic, now primarily known for Fortnite and the Unreal Engine, has given permission for two of the most significant video games ever made, Unreal and Unreal Tournament, to be freely accessed via the Internet Archive. As spotted by RPS, via ResetEra, the OldUnreal group announced the move on their Discord, along with…

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Pokémon TCG Pocket Teases New Booster Pack Release Date With Trading Coming Next Year

We’re just a couple weeks into Pokémon TCG Pocket’s life out in the wild and the devs behind the hit mobile card game adaptation have already teased some big upcoming plans. Those include new booster packs before the end of the year, the arrival of trading in 2025, and other new features that are still in development.

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Watch Hugh Grant Do The Worst Jar Jar Binks Impression I've Ever Heard

Hugh Grant stars as a strange and dangerous villain in Heretic, A24's new horror flick that debuted with $11 million last weekend. And at one point in the film he does an impression of Star Wars character Jar-Jar Binks and folks, it’s the worst impression of the hated alien I’ve ever heard.

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What Pokémon TCG Pocket Needs More Than Anything Is A Dark Mode

It’s midnight. The room is pitch black. I gingerly creep into bed so as not to disturb the amorphous blob of children that may be residing somewhere near its center. I’m sleep-deprived but unable to turn my brain off. I pull out my phone and see a tiny notification out of the corner of my eye that my booster pack…

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How To Unlock Every Hero And Weapon Evolution In Vampire Survivors Ode To Castlevania DLC

Vampire Survivors draws tons of inspiration from Castlevania, so it is no surprise that the new Ode To Castlevania DLC is fantastic. I’m here to guide you through unlocking each Hero and evolving each weapon, because that’s how you’ll end up accessing everything the Ode To Castlevania level has to offer. After all,…

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Overwatch Players, Y’all Lived Like This In 2016?

I started playing Overwatch in 2019. By the time I was pushing payloads and getting Play of the Game with a well-placed Tactical Visor, a lot of the old hero kits and team compositions that were infamous when the hero shooter launched in 2016 were more like cautionary tales for relative newbies. But since I never…

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Is Black Myth: Wukong Coming To Xbox? Phil Spencer Knows, But Won't Say

Mega hit action-adventure game Black Myth: Wukong is one of the biggest games of 2024. However, it’s only been available on PlayStation 5 and PC since launching earlier this year. Now, Microsoft CEO of gaming Phil Spencer says he knows whether or not Black Myth: Wukong is coming to Xbox...he just won’t tell us.

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World Of Warcraft Is Finally Getting Player Homes After 20 Years

Blizzard has announced that two decades after its release, World of Warcraft is finally going to let players build a home and live in it. The feature has long been requested by WoW players and now it’s finally coming in the game’s next expansion.

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Classic RTS Games Warcraft and Warcraft 2 Fully Remastered And Out Now

Blizzard has announced that the original Warcraft and Warcraft 2, as well as its expansions, are being remastered and re-released as part of a new Battle Chest. This new package also includes Warcraft 3 Reforged, which has received a new update improving its visuals. And all of this is available today.

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Hardest Choice Has Fans Scouring For A Way Out

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a game about choice and consequence. One of the decisions that has the most immediate impact happens at the beginning of the game’s final quest. The effect this decision has on the remainder of the game and, presumably, any future Dragon Age games, has devastated fans in the kind of “hurts…

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Xbox Boss Says No 'Red Line' With Exclusives, Including Even Halo

Earlier this year, Xbox brought some of its games to PlayStation 5 and Switch. Apparently that worked pretty well, as Microsoft’s CEO of gaming Phil Spencer says more of its games are coming to other platforms, and that might even include the Xbox’s crown jewels, like the next Halo game.

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PlayStation Plus Brings Back Grand Theft Auto V And A Bunch Of Other Big Games

The last few months of PlayStation Plus’ subscription catalog have been a rollercoaster ride of great new additions and some big departures. November continues the whiplash with a bunch of big names joining the paid service including Grand Theft Auto V and Dying Light 2. If you’ve somehow managed to go 11 years…

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Here's Our Favorite Cosplay From Dragon Con 2024

Atlanta’s Dragon Con draws vast crowds to Georgia every year, for the big ol’ mix of all geek culture and celebrity spotting. It also draws in crowds of fantastic cosplayers, and with them, Kotaku’s favorite photographer, Mineralblu.

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Final Secret Level Trailer Teases Warhammer 40K, Armored Core, And Concord's Final Send-Off

Secret Level continues to look like a sizzle reel for a new console launch lineup, but in a good way. The Prime Video series featuring over a dozen stories set in the fantasy and sci-fi worlds of actual video (and tabletop) games has one last trailer before its premiere, and it’s packing in a lot, including the…

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Breaking: Nintendo Says Not To Let Your Pets Piss On Your Switch

No! Stop! It turns out your shouldn’t let your dog piss all over your Switch. This is the radical new advice coming from Nintendo Japan’s customer service, where a statement posted on X explains that pet urine will, in fact, cause your electronic devices some manner of harm.

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Xbox Is Working On A Gaming Handheld But It's Still A Few Years Out

Rumors have been flying all year that Xbox is working on a PC gaming handheld. On Wednesday, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer confirmed that plans are underway, though it sounds like an actual portable device is still a few years out.

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Online Gaming Store GOG Launches New Scheme To Save Games From Disappearing

In 2008, when GOG.com was launched, it was called Good Old Games. As Steam was on the rise and digital distribution was clearly to become the future of gaming, a Polish company that had just released its first game—a relatively obscure RPG called The Witcher—wanted to get in on the act. The goal was updating and…

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Lego Horizon Adventures: The Kotaku Review

I really liked Lego Horizon Adventures, a game that’s exactly what it sounds like. It tells an embellished version of the events of Horizon Zero Dawn, the first game in Guerrilla’s series of post-apocalyptic open-world adventures, with colorful Lego bricks and the slapstick humor you’d expect from a lovingly made…

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Squid Game Creator Lost Teeth And Had Nightmares Because Of The Show

Whatever anxiety you felt watching people get killed for not licking a cookie fast enough or standing still for long enough in the first season of Netflix’s Squid Game is nothing compared to what series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk felt while making it. According to the acclaimed South Korean director, the stress of making…

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Pokémon TCG Pocket Devs Won't Confirm If The Pack You Pick Matters

Opening up a booster pack in the newly released mobile hit game Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket involves a few steps, including having to choose which pack to open. Does the pack you pick matter and influence what cards you get? Good question! And one that the devs won’t answer.

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