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Nintendo is adding a steady flow of classic games to its Switch Online platform, from the most obvious to the most obscure, but perhaps never something as significant as the NES version of Tetris. Why such a big deal? Because not only will this be the very first time the game has been made available on any platform…
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Xbox giveth and Xbox taketh away. November saw some big names come to the Game Pass subscription service, like Stalker 2, Flight Simulator 2024, and Aliens: Dark Descent, but December sees some some real bangers removed. One of them—Forza Horizon 4—is even worse affected, entering the misery of a storefront delisting.
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It wouldn’t be shocking if FromSoftware decided to follow its most successful game with a sequel, but the studio recently confirmed that Elden Ring 2 isn’t currently in the works. Instead, the company behind the open-world RPG is working on other projects. I hope one of them is Armored Core VII.
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With no official announcement yet in sight, hints at the upcoming Switch 2 continue to leak. The latest apparent indicators of Nintendo’s approaching console announcement are accessories that have appeared on the Chinese commerce site Alibaba, and point to a similar design and device dimensions from previous alleged…
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Neva is an emotional rollercoaster of a game. It’s easy to recommend it to anyone willing to shed a tear. Though the game seems to function primarily as an allegory for pollution and protecting the planet, it can also hit particularly hard for those of us who have lost pets, as it deals with love, loss, grief, and…
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Sony’s big Black Friday sale has rolled into its PlayStation 30th anniversary sale without missing a beat. There are lots more games that are heavily discounted on PSN right now, from blockbuster PS5 exclusives to some equally amazing but lesser-known games that might not be on your radar.
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Lindsay Lohan’s third Netflix movie, the second released this year, is out now, and the romcom’s intro credits are melting our brains.
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WWE’s 38th annual Survivor Series, held in Vancouver, was a perfect follow-up to last month’s Crown Jewel spectacle. It featured some incredible moments, such as Shinsuke Nakamura defeating the extremely popular LA Knight to capture the WWE United States Championship, and the OG Bloodline claiming a commanding victory…
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After a seventeen-year gap since the last entry in the Budokai Tenkaichi series, you might think Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is a much different game. While it certainly has plenty of new characters and fresh features to spruce things up, there are many returning mechanics from previos games. The Z Burst Dash and Sonic…
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Many expected a Switch 2 reveal this fall. Instead, it looks like Nintendo fans will close out 2024 without even an official tease. But that hasn’t stopped rampant speculation and alleged leaks from filling the information void. A new video shows what could be a first look at the Switch 2's new and improved Joy-Con—if…
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Lego is getting in on all the Cyber Monday deals and sales with a host of discounts on many different items, including some Star Wars and Disney-themed Lego sets and accessories.
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Disney Dreamlight Valley is home to an absolutely staggering amount of ingredients that you’ll need to find if you want to make every meal in the base game and its two expansions. And speaking of expansions, The Storybook Vale hasn’t shied away from adding a wide variety of new meals and new ingredients to make them.…
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We are officially in December, which means the promo campaign for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is ramping up. Trailers are playing before every age-appropriate film in theaters, Times Square has billboards with Sonic and Shadow’s faces on them, and merchandise fills every toy store. That includes a new promotion with…
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Bloodborne fans have spent years waiting for a sign of anything—a sequel, remaster, port—being done to their favorite PlayStation 4 exclusive. But as time has passed without even a whiff of a PS5 update, some have lost hope. Now, Sony has hit back with the perfect troll that can be read as a either a sign of fresh…
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I have had a sudden surge of excitement for Marvel Rivals, NetEase’s swing at a superpowered hero shooter akin to Overwatch. Is it because the game is a few days away from launching on December 6? Could it be because it’s a game my friends and I might actually play together after almost all of them stopped playing Over…
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This morning, PS5 owners booted up their consoles and (assuming they had auto-updates turned on) were greeted with a surprise: The original and iconic PlayStation 1 console boot-up logos and music. It’s all part of Sony’s ongoing 30 years of PlayStation celebration. And there’s more beyond the PS1 intro, though sadly,…
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Blizzard is delisting Warcraft I and II from GOG, the only PC gaming storefront the real-time strategy classics were available on outside of the company’s own Battle.net launcher. The move comes after the recent launch of its own expensive and lackluster remasters of the two games, but GOG is using that now-standard…
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Poor old Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League hasn’t had a good year. Launched to be Warner’s big live-service hope for 2024, it instead belly-flopped to very low player counts and deeply middling reviews. This all followed a very difficult development, and things haven’t improved much since launch. So, wanna buy…
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Very few actors have a resume as impressive and wide ranging as Denzel Washington. Since he hasn’t been in a giant franchise…yet, his box office numbers aren’t as big as some of his contemporaries. However, he’s made up for it with nine acting Oscar nominations and two wins. His new film “Gladiator II” is already…
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Thanksgaming 2024 is over, but the effects of that food coma are probably still lingering. Read on to catch up on the tips, deals (if they’re still good) and reviews you may have missed during the holiday week.
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This may have been a short workweek, but the chaotic world of gaming never rests. Read on for Kotaku’s top stories from Thanksgiving week.
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If you, or the severed you who binge-watches television, need a refresher on Apple TV+’s breakout hit Severance, two of the main men behind it have you covered. Debuting on January 7, ten days before the show’s second season debuts, Severance executive producer Ben Stiller and the show’s leading man Adam Scott will…
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Thanksgaming 24 continues into Bleak Friday, to bring joy and light into the darkness. Here are another 20 games you’ve almost definitely never heard of before, but each offering something unique, special, or outright bizarre. Get your wishlist-clicking fingers ready.
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Honestly, most of us are just grown children, even Award-winning directors. On a recent episode of The Town podcast, Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve allows his intrusive thoughts to win when he explains how his childhood disappointment in Return of the Jedi is still preventing him from ever directing a Star…
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After getting stale for a bit too long for a launch month, Pokémon TCG Pocket has finally launched a new event into its rather echoey corridors—the Venusaur Drop Event. And oh wow, it comes with a winnable card that’ll go straight to the top of your binder.
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We’re nine months through 2024 now, and this year has carried over two significant trends for the video game industry from 2023 into 2024: a lot of excellent games are coming out, and, unfortunately, the people who make them are suffering. We’ve gotten some fantastic new games like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and the…
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Nintendo, currently predicting 2024 net sales of $8.4 billion and operating profits of $2.4 billion, is continuing its furious crackdown on those modding or emulating its systems and games. Its latest target, via a story by Game File, is the Reddit sub SwitchPirates, while also asking to subpoena information from a…
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Once upon a time, the United States of America would enjoy a holiday called “Thanksgiving.” However, over time, as culture shifted and the country changed, it eventually evolved into the day of celebration we now all know and love. That’s right, Thanksgaming! It’s the day of the year when everyone in America—and all…
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As Nintendo gears up to take down Palworld for its aping of Pokémon game design elements, another high-profile court case seems inevitable with Tencent’s announcement of Light of Motiram (thanks Gematsu), a game that looks uncannily similar to Sony’s Horizon Zero Dawn.
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Back in October, Microsoft announced that come November, it would be able to finally start selling Xbox games via its app on Android devices. This, as The Verge points out, has not yet happened. Now Xbox president Sarah Bond has taken to social media to lay the blame for this delay squarely at Google’s feet.