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Horizon Forbidden West Reusing Animations Isn’t A New Phenomenon (And It's Not Bad, Either)

Folks online are calling developers like Guerrilla Games lazy and uncreative for reusing short animations

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No Man's Sky Dev Brings Back Older Games To Brighten One Kid's Life

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Halo Infinite's Ranked Capture The Flag Matches Are Too Long

343 Industries got rid of Behemoth, but ranked CTF is still a buzzkill

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Call Of Duty Maker Reveals Plan To Squash Union Effort

Activision Blizzard calls for studio-wide vote after refusing to voluntarily recognize Raven QA union

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Zombie Atari Celebrates 50-Year Legacy With NFT Loot Boxes

The gaming brand that just won’t die has found a new gimmick to latch onto

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Riot Forced To Explain A Valorant Character Is Not Into NFTs

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Hitman 3 Had A Bad Steam Launch, So Everyone Gets An Upgrade

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How To Get Free Wishes In Genshin Impact

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5 Excellent Starting Words for Wordle and 5 Products Only Tangentially...

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Save a Few Bucks on Pokémon Shining Pearl and Brilliant Diamond

Explore the Sinnoh region once more in these remakes of the 4th generation …

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Fortnite's Klombos Are Majestic Beasts

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It Takes Two Achieves Near-Perfect Design Harmony

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Impressions: Forza Horizon 5

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ANNO: Mutationem Kaiju Boss Fight Gameplay

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Welcome To The Last Generation, A Look Back At Seven Years Of Video Games

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Hello Kotaku, It's Me, Your New EIC

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Microsoft Closing In On $70 Billion Deal To Buy Activision Blizzard

The Xbox owner is close to buying the beleaguered Call Of Duty publisher

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Report: Bobby Kotick Is Still Trying To Hide The Scale Of Activision's Problems

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Longtime Blizzard Employee Spouted Hateful Garbage On Discord Server

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Activision Blizzard Devs Announce Strike Fund To Support Work Stoppage

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Call of Duty Studio Vaguely Promises To Do Better A Month After Sexual Harassment Report

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My, Link, How You've Grown

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Ubisoft Executive Says Users 'Don't Get It' In Extraordinary NFT Interview

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Riot Forced To Explain A Valorant Character Is Not Into NFTs

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Hitman 3 Had A Bad Steam Launch, So Everyone Gets An Upgrade

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The 19 Best Games For The Nintendo Switch

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The 15 Best Games on PC

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The Best Games For The Game Boy Advance

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The 12 Best Games on PlayStation Now

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The 21 Best Games On Xbox Game Pass

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The Best Dreamcast Games

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Year in Review

Speedrunning

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Mario Odyssey Speedrunner Completes Absurd, Nearly Unplayable ‘HUD Challenge’

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Nine Months Later, Breath of the Wild Player Is First To Collect 'Impossible' Arrow

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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 Wiz Completes Each Level In One Enormous Combo

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Meet The ‘Lesbian Skip,’ An Essential Deltarune Speedrunning Strat

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A Look Inside Nintendo’s Old Kyoto Headquarters

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Japanese Internet Reacts To Microsoft's $70 Billion Proposal To Buy Activision

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Report: Live-Action Lost Judgment TV Series In The Works

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Final Fantasy VII Writer Doesn't Want To Talk About His Games On Twitter

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My, Link, How You've Grown

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The Art Of Halo Infinite

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Hold! Hold!

Board Games

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Company Of Heroes: The Kotaku Review

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Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Of Venice: The Kotaku Review

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Who Goes There?: The Kotaku Review

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Playing Pandemic Legacy In 2021 Was Not The Best Time

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Anime

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Belle Is A Spiritual Sequel To Summer Wars And A Modern Beauty And The Beast

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Your Winter 2022 Anime Guide

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AMC Gets Serious About Anime By Acquiring Sentai Filmworks And Hidive

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