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Dear Metroid Dread: Samus Doesn’t Need To Be An Emotionless Robot To Be Badass

Samus Aran is an iconic Nintendo character, but better writing could make her so much more

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Animal Crossing Fans Are Deeply In Love With Wardell The Manatee

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Valve's New Rating System Shows Which Games Play Best On Steam Deck

Players can see at a glance which games play best on the spiffy handheld

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Seven Weeks After Launch, Fewer Than 800 People Are Playing Aliens: Fireteam Elite

The shooter launched with solid numbers, but a lack of content and stiff co-op competition seems to have destroyed its player base

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Pokémon Unite's Halloween Event Is Its Biggest And Most Exciting Patch Yet

Is that new squirrel Pokémon Greedent gonna spit nuts at me now?

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Blue Box Studios Asks Gamers To Stop Sending Death Threats, Please

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11 Things You Might Have Missed From The Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo Direct

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PlayStation 5 Ends Switch's Three-Year Run As Best-Selling Console

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Check out the best deals of the day for Monday, October 18, 2021.

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This Curved Gaming Monitor From Dell Is Down to $270

Save $60 on a 27 inch curved gaming monitor with 1440p and 165Hz.

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Nickelodeon's Super Smash Bros.-Inspired Platform Fighter Is $8 Off

Grab Nickelodeon All-Stars Brawl is only $42 on PS4.

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What's A 4X Game, And Why Do They Rule?

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The BioShock Problem: When Gameplay And Narrative Clash

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The Best New Games on Xbox Game Pass in September 2021

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It Takes Two Achieves Near-Perfect Design Harmony

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Ubisoft Studio Under Investigation Over Sexual Harassment, Workplace Discrimination Reports

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Ubisoft Workers Decry Industry's 'Culture Of Abuse'

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Upcoming Ubisoft Game Unleashes Awful Cover Of 'Gangsta's Paradise' On Unsuspecting Ears

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The Messy, Stalled Reckoning At An Assassin's Creed Co-Developer

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$440 Super Mario Bros. x One Piece Crossover Has Wonderful Hair

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Dead By Daylight Is Selling Some Bullshit Hellraiser NFTs

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Animal Crossing Fans Are Playing Again After Months Of Hopelessness

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The 18 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 17 Best Games On Xbox Game Pass

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New Glitch Could 'Break' BotW Wide Open, Speedrunners Say

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Mario Kart 8 Speedrunner Has Nearly Perfected Blowing Himself Up

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These 10 Award-Winning Super Mario World Levels Want To Murder You

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Somehow We’re Still Learning New Things About BotW In 2021

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Legendary Namco Graphic Designer Hiroshi Ono Dies At 64

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After Iconic Sega Arcade Closes, A New One Will Open Soon Nearby

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In Japan, The Xbox Series X/S Is Doing Better Than The Xbox One

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Japanese Pokémon Fan Theory Links The Regis To World War II

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Oh No Oh No

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Player 67

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The Art Of Deathloop

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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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Dune: Imperium: The Kotaku Review

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A Closer Look At The New Dragon Ball Anime Movie's CG

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Your Fall 2021 Anime Guide

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I Just Read 1,025 Chapters Of One Piece, And It's A Damn Masterpiece

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