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Outriders Could Really Use A Self-Revive

3 hours ago Kotaku

Outriders is a game about balance, but it’s not always finely balanced. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the game’s revive mechanic, which is seriously biased toward players of the game’s cooperative mode. Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

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SNK Removes ‘Porn’ Sign From King Of Fighters XV

4 hours ago Kotaku

Last night, SNK revealed that Shermie, a fan favorite character who hasn’t appeared in a mainline installment since King of Fighters 2002, is returning to the series in King of Fighters XV. Sadly, they also took something away: a “PORN”…

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We Are Sorry To Report That Pickle Rick Is Now In Rainbow Six Siege

4 hours ago Kotaku

Ubisoft released a Rick and Morty-themed cosmetic DLC for Rainbox Six Siege today, allowing players to dress up as Pickle Rick for $20. In other news, I’m done with the world and I’m leaving Earth for like, I don’t know,…

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The Best LEGO Sets, According To Our Readers

5 hours ago Kotaku

Earlier this week, we asked our readers to tell us what the best LEGO sets were. They might have set a new record for most comments ever on a Co-op post. Readers had some strong opinions on the subject that…

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Destiny 2’s Guardian Games Return With A Tennis Ball Ghost

5 hours ago Kotaku

After debuting last year, Destiny 2’s limited-time Guardian Games event is returning on April 20, alongside a super neat tennis ball Ghost. Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

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Ode To The Bard Who Saved My FF14 Dungeon Run

5 hours ago Kotaku

My journey through Heavensward has slowed down considerably. I have other games to play and review. And generally, the steam that powered this expansion leading up to The Vault encounter has petered out significantly. That’s not to say Heavensward’s sluggish…

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Wasteland 3's First Story Expansion Is The Battle Of Steeltown

6 hours ago Kotaku

Coming June 3 to consoles and PCs, The Battle of Steeltown takes Wasteland 3 players to the towering factory complex that creates the weapons, vehicles, robots, and armor that keeps the Patriarch in power. Apparently, it’s got problems, and it’s…

RIP To Outriders' Weird Cowboy NPC, A Real One

6 hours ago Kotaku

I’m not sure I’ve ever encountered a character creator as aggressively bland as the one in Outriders. All the faces are minor variations on Beefy Woodsman. Hair colors range from black to dull brown. Every decal is an unobtrusive scar,…

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Eight Years Later, Players Find A Hidden Weapon In Guild Wars

7 hours ago Kotaku

Players in Guild Wars found an eight-year-old Easter egg this week after a former developer on the game offered some hints and teases to help move people in the right direction. Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

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Before Game of Thrones Got Big, Intimacy Was Its Greatest Strength

7 hours ago Kotaku

This Sunday marks 10 years since Game of Thrones changed the television landscape as we know it—kickstarting a decade of imitators, influencing the way genre stories were told as prestige drama, and, for most of that decade, expanding itself into…

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Thursday's Best Deals: Surface Laptop 3, AirPods Pro, LG 27″ UltraGear Monitor, Mass Effect 2, Bella Air Fryer, Tacklife Portable Power Station, Happy Dance CBD, and More

8 hours ago Kotaku

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Skate City Rolls Onto PC And Consoles May 6

9 hours ago Kotaku

Skate City, the artful street skating game from Alto’s Odyssey creators Snowman, finally makes the leap from Apple Arcade to PC and console next month, bringing its chill lo-fi beats and dreamy rides to PlayStations, Xboxens, Switch, and PC on…

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The Nintendo Download: That SaGa Frontier Life

9 hours ago Kotaku

Last week we restarted our weekly Nintendo Download feature, highlighting 31 games released for the Switch over the course of seven days. This week only sees 30 new games joining the lineup, including SaGa Frontier Remastered, FEZ, Pocoyo Party, and…

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Oh My God, Mario is Alive Again: Get Super Mario 3D All-Stars for $50

10 hours ago Kotaku

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Brie Larson's Fortnite Loadout Is A Thing You Can Buy Now

10 hours ago Kotaku

Captain Marvel plays Fortnite and now, for the price of 2,000 V-Bucks, you can have her stuff. Brie Larson’s Locker Bundle brings a beautiful new redeco of the Bushranger skin in the purple and green of Larson’s Fortnite squad, the…

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Therapists Are Reckoning With Eco-Anxiety

10 hours ago Kotaku

Andrew Bryant, a therapist based in Tacoma, Washington, felt helpless the first time climate change came up in his office. It was 2016, and a client was agonizing over whether to have a baby. His partner wanted one, but the…

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Pay Your Respects to Anthem, Which is Now $8 at Newegg

10 hours ago Kotaku

Anthem (PC) | $8 | Newegg Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

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At 79 Years Old, Gundam Creator Yoshiyuki Tomino Is Still Competitive

13 hours ago Kotaku

Yoshiyuki Tomino is an anime legend. At his age, you might think he’s checked out, retired, and is taking it easy. You’d be wrong. Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

Playstation

PlayStation's Recycled Boxes Are Very Cool

21 hours ago Kotaku

I am very much developing a thing for more responsible video game packaging, and so this blog by Sony on how they’re cutting down on plastics in their PlayStation boxes was pretty interesting reading. Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

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Let Us Once Again Marvel At How Good This Flight Sim Looks

22 hours ago Kotaku

The DCS series has a (well-earned) reputation as being serious as hell, but I think that stereotype helps people overlook the fact that it’s also one of the best-looking video games on the planet. Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

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Maybe Your 'Pile Of Shame' Is A Problem

23 hours ago Kotaku

Because everything has gone to shit and very few new games are coming out—look at you, you’re all playing Outriders for God’s sake—we’re going to be spending the month looking at backlogs, aka the games we own but haven’t played.…

Playstation

Sony Quietly Adds ‘HDMI Link’ Function To PS5, But It’s Kind Of A Bust

1 day ago Kotaku

Today, Sony released an update for the PlayStation, adding, among other things, support for external storage of PS5 games. But, as reported by The Verge, Sony quietly snuck in a handful of bonus features in the update, including the ability…

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Here’s What Would Happen In A Dragon Age 2 'Snyder Cut'

1 day ago Kotaku

Yesterday on Twitter, former BioWare employee and Dragon Age 2 lead writer David Gaider explained what he’d do with the opportunity to give Dragon Age 2 it’s own “Snyder Cut.” Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

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Gaze Upon My Browser Extensions and Despair

1 day ago Kotaku

They’re not what any of us would call “intimate,” but you can really tell a lot about a person from a quick glance at the browser extensions they use. Is your boyfriend’s browser decorated with favicons from Evernote, Trello, and…

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Minecraft Caves & Cliffs Split In Two, Partially Delayed

1 day ago Kotaku

Citing the ambitious nature of the gameworld-changing update along with the current state of the real world, Mojang today announced it’s splitting Minecraft’s Caves & Cliffs update into two parts. Part one will be out this summer as planned, with…

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Ludwig's Never-Ending Twitch Stream Has Ended

1 day ago Kotaku

On March 14, Ludwig Ahgren started a stream with no set end date. Last night, an entire month later, it finally ended. Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

Capcom Says Covid-19 Made Company Vulnerable To Ransomware Attack

1 day ago Kotaku

Capcom has officially closed the investigation into the ransomware attack against its servers from late last year, concluding that the ongoing covid-19 pandemic—what else—had a hand in the security breach. Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

Nintendo

Everything Announced During Today's Nintendo Indie World

1 day ago Kotaku

Another Nintendo Indie World presentation, another batch of cool little games coming to the Switch between today and months from now. From Fez, The Longing and There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension out later today to next year’s GetsuFumaDen: Undying…

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Help, Returnal Looks Terrifying

1 day ago Kotaku

Today, Sony released a trailer and a collection of artwork for Returnal, an upcoming PS5-exclusive bullet hell game from the makers of Resogun. The game looks neat. It also looks positively terrifying. Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

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Wednesday's Best Deals: Google Pixel 3, EA Play, Titanfall 2, Gooloo 4000A Jump Starter, Aukey Electric Standing Desk, Pacifica Skincare Sale, and More

1 day ago Kotaku

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Overwatch League Live Games Are Back, But Only In China

1 day ago Kotaku

Overwatch League Homestands are back, kinda. Today, the Overwatch League announced Homestands—live match events—will be returning during the 2021 season, but only in China. Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

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Knight Squad 2 Knows How To Party

1 day ago Kotaku

Party games balance on a tightrope. If they’re too rooted in chance, everyone will be at each other’s throats within a round. (See: Mario Party.) If they’re too basic, they’re boring, and if they’re too complex, well, there’s no fun…

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There Is No After

1 day ago Kotaku

Shortly before Christmas last year, I sent a message to Jeff Sharlet, a writer I don’t know, thanking him for memorializing the dead. It was a Sunday night, past 2 a.m., and though I can’t remember the specific thing keeping…

Playstation

Final Fantasy XIV Runs Like A Dream On The PS5

1 day ago Kotaku

If I weren’t holding a DualSense controller while playing the PlayStation 5 beta of Final Fantasy XIV I would think it was running on my gaming PC. Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

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The Challenges of Unravelling Long Covid

1 day ago Kotaku

Mixed into the collective tangle of agony and loss caused by the ongoing covid-19 pandemic are the “long-haulers”—people who become or continue to feel sick after their initial encounter with the virus. But the road to understanding what’s now become…

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Cyberpunk 2077 Still Trying To Fix Cops With Latest Patch

1 day ago Kotaku

A hotfix is out for Cyberpunk 2077 on PC, consoles, and Stadia. Following on the heels of the game’s 1.2 patch, hotfix 1.21 addresses quest bugs, some UI issues, and the game’s police spawning. Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

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Expand Your LEGO Mario Courses With This Master Your Adventure Kit for $48

1 day ago Kotaku

LEGO Mario Master Your Adventure Kit | $48 | Amazon Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

Xbox

Buy 1 Year of EA Play for $22 and Weave It Into 4 Months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Like a Modern Rumpelstiltskin

1 day ago Kotaku

12 Month EA Play Subscription | $22 | Eneba | Use code 12To4Months Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

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Grab Two Sleek Stainless Steel Insulated Water Bottles for Only $20

1 day ago Kotaku

Vessel Double-Wall Stainless Steel Water Bottles (2-Pack) | $20 | MorningSave Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Collection Auctioned As Revenge On Cheating Husband, Apparently

1 day ago Kotaku

Recently on Yahoo! Auctions Japan, a seller posted images of unopened Yu-Gi-Oh! cards, writing the following: “This is the first time I’ve sold something (here). I’m putting up my husband’s collection as revenge for getting cheated on.” Read more… Continue…

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On-Demand Printing For New Pokémon Snap Comes To Japanese Convenience Stores

2 days ago Kotaku

Starting April 30, Lawson convenience stores across Japan will be offering a New Pokémon Snap printing service. That way players can print out their favorite snaps. Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

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Nier: Automata's Broken Steam Version Is Finally Getting An Update

2 days ago Kotaku

Nier: Automata’s original PC release on Steam was busted in all kinds of ways, so much so that fans had to go and make their own patches. Now, fours years after it was released—and only a few months after a…

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Oh Hey It's Yet Another Persona 5 Spin-Off

2 days ago Kotaku

Persona games and spin-offs, name a more iconic duo. Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

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Garrus Vakarian, I Am Free For Dinner On Thursday

2 days ago Kotaku

The Mass Effect Legendary Edition is a month away. Today, BioWare put out a new video and developer blog detailing the process that went into graphically updating the Mass Effect trilogy. Weeding through all the technical information, I have come…

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After Nonstop 31-Day Stream, Ludwig Breaks Ninja's All-Time Twitch Subscriber Record

2 days ago Kotaku

For 31 days, Ludwig Ahgren’s stream has been up and running all day every day. He hasn’t been awake the entire time, but he and his moderators have ensured that it’s grown to be one of Twitch’s most consistent and…

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Giving Up On Cyberpunk 2077 Not An Option, Says CD Projekt Red CEO

2 days ago Kotaku

Speaking with Reuters, CD Projekt Red president and joint CEO Adam Kiciński said that the developer is in it for the long haul when it comes to fixing Cyberpunk 2077. Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

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Battle For The Grid Turns Street Fighters Into Power Rangers (Again)

2 days ago Kotaku

Don’t call them Chun-Li and Ryu. The two new characters coming to fighting game Power Rangers; Battle for the Grid on May 25 are the Blue Phoenix Ranger and the Crimson Hawk Ranger. Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

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Sega, You Might Want To Choose A Different Font

2 days ago Kotaku

Sega recently announced a new Ultimate Quest for Phantasy Star Online 2 known as “Anal Battle: Space-time Interstice.” Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

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Army of the Dead Is Zack Snyder's Full Vision, in More Ways Than One

2 days ago Kotaku

No need for hashtags this time. When Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead is released by Netflix on May 21, it will be his “Snyder Cut” and SnyderVerse, all rolled into one. “This is the movie,” Snyder said during a…

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Roblox Player Fakes Their Way Into White House Press Briefings

2 days ago Kotaku

An independent journalist named Kacey Montagu has spent the last few months integrating herself within the White House press corps, lying about her connections to outlets both real and fictional to ask the Biden administration questions during official briefings. But…

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Discord Blocks All iOS Users From Accessing NSFW Servers

2 days ago Kotaku

If an iPhone is your main window into Discord’s cacophonous void of yelling gamers, your options just got a lot more limited. Read more… Continue Reading at Source.…

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