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Id Software Dev Says Xbox Doesn’t ‘Understand Art’ And That After Layoffs It Is ‘Impossible’ To Make Big Games Like Doom: The Dark Ages

id Software vet Chris Hays says entire departments have been 'gutted'

By Zack Zwiezen

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Freshly Unearthed Demon’s Souls Prototype Footage Reveals FromSoftware’s Original First-Person Take On The Souls Formula
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Robert Pattinson’s Impression of Chris Hansen In Primetime Is The Creepiest Thing In A Movie Full Of Creeps
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10 Things We Still Don’t Know About GTA 6 That Could Be Revealed In Netflix’s Extended Look
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Anime

Texas Man Who Can’t Access His ‘Motherf*cking Anime’ Now Facing Prison After Allegedly Threatening Local Officials

The unhinged rant to the governor's office threatened to stab 'every goddam one of you bitches'
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Culture

Just About Everything Other Than The Music Sells Out In NIN’s 30th Anniversary Quake Collection

Culture

Trump’s New E-Waste Policy Has Vintage Tech Collectors Anxious They’ll Be Caught In The Crossfire

Culture

YouTube Mistakenly Penalizes Popular Science Channel Kurzgesagt For AI-Generated Slop

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Everything We Know About Haunted Chocolatier, The Stardew Valley Creator’s Next Game

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Everything We Know About Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil Movie

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Marvel Tōkon Isn’t Booting Up For People At Launch, But Here’s How To Fix It

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Pokopia’s Massive 2.0 Patch Makes Pokémon Stop Being Divas

Top Games

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007 First Light

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Resident Evil Requiem

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Pragmata

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced

Entertainment

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Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s First Samurai Epic Offers An Alternative To The Doomed Voyage In Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey

The Late Sam Neill Is In The Zelda Movie But He’s Not Playing Ganondorf

Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s Biggest Question May Have Been Answered By This Small Scene In No Way Home

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Deadpool’s Marvel Tōkon Kit Is Packed With Fighting Game References From Street Fighter And More

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Google Pixel 10a Is Already at Its Lowest Price, and an Eligible Trade-In Leaves You Paying Almost Nothing

Lenovo Quietly Drops the Legion Go S Handheld Gaming PC to an All-Time Low, Powered by AMD Ryzen Z2 Go and Radeon Graphics

How to Get AirPods 4 for Under $100 Instead of Paying Full Price at the Apple Store

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Forget Apple’s Price Hike, the A16 iPad Is Back at Its Lowest Price for Back-to-School on Amazon

Aug 7

Why Buy an Off-Brand Monitor When the Dell 27-Inch Plus TUV-Certified Display Drops to an All-Time Low?

Aug 7

Amazon Clears Out Anker 140W 4-Port GaN Charger at Its Lowest Price With a Free 5ft Cable Included

Aug 7

UGREEN’s 9-in-1 Steam Deck Dock Is Practically a Giveaway for Handheld Gamers at a Record Low on Amazon

Aug 7

JBL Go 5 Portable Bluetooth Speaker Is Now Cheaper Than the Previous Generation at a Record Low

Aug 7

Anker SOLIX S2000 Portable Power Station Is Already $500 Off Just Weeks After Launch, With Up to 35-Hour Fridge Backup and 15-year Lifespan

Aug 7

Anker 300W Prime Power Bank Drops to an All-Time Low, With 26,250mAh and Two USB-C Ports Plus One USB-A

Aug 7

Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 Hits Its Lowest Price Across All Colors as Apple Goes Big on Earbuds Deals

Aug 7

LEGO One Piece Set Actually Contains 1,376 Pieces and Hits a 365-Day Low on Amazon

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Beast of Reincarnation: The Kotaku Review

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Big Walk: The Kotaku Review

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Splatoon Raiders: The Kotaku Review

Halo Review

Halo: Campaign Evolved: The Kotaku Review

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Super Mario Sunshine Is Coming To Switch 2

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Final Fantasy 10 Still Has The Best Game Opening In The Series

Rare games appear on a handheld.

RAMageddon Is Even Ravaging Retro Gaming Hardware Makers: ‘This Is Vastly Different To Everything Else We’ve Ever Seen’

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How The PS2 Hardware And Lord Of The Rings Shaped The Development Of Final Fantasy 10

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Ring Psychology: Understanding The 6 Phases Of A Wrestling Match Through Heel Era John Cena

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Disney+ Pulls The Abyss Over Controversial Rat Scene — Again

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A Hot-Fix Is On The Way For MindsEye’s Frustrating CPR Mini-Game

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PlayStation Is Being Sued In 5 Different Countries Over Anti-Competitive Concerns And The End Of Discs Isn’t Helping

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Sony Not Budging On Ending PlayStation Discs In The Face Of Fan Protests: ‘We’re Going To Cautiously Move This Forward’

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Xbox Is Getting The PlayStation Platinum Trophy Equivalent Fans Have Long Asked For

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Candy Crush Bosses Reject Developers’ Union Demands, Saying The ‘Current Operating Model Is The Right Fit’

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Nintendo Offers Free Repairs To Consoles Damaged In Kumamoto Earthquake

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5 Things We Just Learned From Nintendo About How The Switch 2 Is Doing

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The 10 Best Star Wars Games Ever Made

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The Best Games Of 2025 (So Far)

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