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13 Frightening Moments In Games That Live In Our Heads Rent Free

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Gotham Knights Sounds Like A Big Disappointment

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Elden Ring Players Are Flocking To Thrust Weapons After The Patch, And With Good Reason

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Marvel Snap Is Probably The Best Digital Card Game Out There Right Now

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Now Is The Perfect Time To Dive Into The Dragon Quest Series

Clean A Demon's Sex Toys In This Punk Slice-Of-Life Game

A Plague Tale: Requiem’s Rats Rule, But The Bugs Are Less Welcome

The Week In Games: Rats, Rabbids, And Bats Oh My

Street Fighter 6 Has The Best Training Mode I’ve Ever Seen

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From AirPods to iPads to MacBooks, Here Are Today’s Best Apple Deals

Save on the Apple TV 4K, MacBook Pro, AirPods Max, and more.

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Game Labor

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Nintendo Of America's Testers Say They Faced Years Of Sexual Harassment

Female game testers at Nintendo had 'frat house' experiences within a gaming company known for its wholesome image

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Activision Blizzard Workers Walk Out Over Lack Of Roe v. Wade Support

Everything That Has Happened Since The Activision Blizzard Lawsuit Was Filed

The studios behind World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, and Overwatch are being sued over sexual harassment

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

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

Allegations Of Sexism, Bullying, And Burnout: Inside The Microsoft Studio Behind State Of Decay 3

Staff say Undead Labs' transition to Xbox studio was hampered by toxic workplace conditions and lack of direction

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Nintendo Faces A Second Labor Complaint Amid Worker Frustrations

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Diablo Devs Say Activision Back To Its Old ‘Union-Busting’ Tricks

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The Human Toll Of Fallout 76’s Disastrous Launch

Culture

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Overwatch 2's Lack Of Support Players Is Racking Up Wait Times, Fans Say

Between bullying and the battle pass, players have good reason to avoid the role

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Now Is The Perfect Time To Dive Into The Dragon Quest Series

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Massive Zelda Wiki Reclaims Independence Six Months Before Tears of the Kingdom

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Resident Evil Producer Says ‘Maybe’ To A Code: Veronica Remake

Reviews

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The Ultimate Game To Hit Your '90s Music Nostalgia

Riley & Rochelle is a music-focused puzzler with a wealth of original songs

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Valkyrie Elysium: The Kotaku Review

George Yang

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The Next Time You're Looking For New Switch Joy-Con, Check These Out

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Beacon Pines: The Kotaku Review

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Deathloop: The Kotaku Review

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12 Best Games for Every Platform

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The 18 Best Games For The Nintendo Switch

From Pokémon Arceus to Animal Crossing, here are our favorite Switch games

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The 18 Best PC Games To Download In 2022 For Steam And Beyond

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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 24 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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Sekiro God's No-Damage Run Was Three Years In Making

YouTuber TheUrbanOrb studied for over 4,000 hours to destroy FromSoftware’s ninja game

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Only A Computer Could Do This Super Mario Bros. Trick—Until Now

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Elden Ring Speedrunner Decides Eyes Are OP, Beats Bosses While Blindfolded

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Elden Ring Beaten In 20 Minutes With Ridiculous Teleporting Glitch

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Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin Is Getting Its Own Sake

This is one of the best Japanese booze collabs to date

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Razer's Headquarters Looks Like One Of Its Gaming Peripherals

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Manga Publisher Shueisha Establishes Game Company

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Making Your Own Kaneda Bike From Akira Seems Hard

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Fine Art

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Welcome To White Castle

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Arise

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The Art Of Rollerdrome

Board Games

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This Tabletop Horror RPG Will Have You Putting Away D&D

Despite some clunkiness around its mechanics, the revision to Hunter: The Reckoning is easy to recommend

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Space Race: The Kotaku Review

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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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Anime

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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2 Isn’t Happening, Says CD Projekt Red

But CDPR community manager Satoru Honma would love for the company to make more anime in the future

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Chainsaw Man’s Bombastic, Gory First Episode Lives Up To The Hype

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Now Is A Great Time To Jump Into The Hilarious Elden Ring Manga

Netflix's Autoplay Means You Likely Missed A Cool Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Secret

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