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We Sure Got Used To Microtransactions And DLC, Huh

There once was a time—around when Bethesda had the idea to sell armour for a horse back in 2006—that the prospect of buying a video game then paying more money for stuff in the same game would prompt outrage.

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The Brightness Slider Is The Dimmest Idea In Video Games

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Destiny Now Has A Dungeons & Dragons Campaign

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PlayStation Vita’s Store Isn’t Working For Some Reason

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Scientists Are Trying To Work Out Why You Weirdos Invert Your Controls

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How To Chip Away At A Massive Games Backlog

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Genshin Impact’s Mobile Haul Is Nearly $400 Million (And Counting)

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Holy Cayde-6, You Can Buy Back Your Old Colors In Destiny 2

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Spend Less Time On Fire With New Baldur's Gate 3 Patch

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Catching Covid-19 Sucked, Though Video Games Helped

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Mask Of The Rose Is A Romantic Visual Novel Set In, Uh, Fallen London

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There’s Still Hope If You, A Dummy, Didn’t Pick The Providential Ring In Demon’s Souls

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Thursday's Best Deals: New M1 MacBooks, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Christmas Tree Skirts, Switch Pro Controller Bundle, Too Faced Lipstick, and More

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Get Major Savings on PS Plus, PS Now, and PlayStation Gift Cards

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Frivolously Install Every Game You Own on a 2TB WD_Black P50 Game Drive External SSD at a 58% Discount

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Exploring the First Few Zones of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands

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Bakugan For Switch Has The Most Boring Battles

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Let's Compare Hyrule In Age Of Calamity Vs. Breath Of The Wild

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Check Out The Kotaku Game Diary

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Welcome To Cosplay, Kotaku's Website About...Cosplay

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PlayStation 5: The Kotaku Review

I’m sitting at my desk, staring at the PlayStation 5 looming over my media stand—“entertainment center” is a little too grandiose for the small piece of Target furniture that holds all my gaming stuff—and wondering how the hell I’m going to review…

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Here’s How Fast Games Load On The PlayStation 5

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Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales: The Kotaku Review

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Two Weeks With My PS5

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15 Tips To Make The Most Of Your New PlayStation 5

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Silent Hill and Gravity Rush Creator Keiichiro Toyama Has Left Sony

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In Japan, There's A Chiropractor For Gamers

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Japan's Newest Life-Sized Gundam Officially Unveiled

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Japan's Biggest Manga Of 2020 Is Demon Slayer

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REVIEWS AND IMPRESSIONS

12 Best Games for Every Platform

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The 12 Best Games For The Nintendo Switch

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The 12 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 12 Best Games On Xbox Game Pass

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The Best Dreamcast Games

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Twitch Stopped Working Right After Fortnite's Big Marvel Event

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WWE Crackdown On Wrestlers' Twitch Accounts Is Causing A Lot Of Drama

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Twitch Streamers Are Opening '90s Pokémon Card Boxes Worth Thousands Of Dollars

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New Cyberpunk 2077 Mode Will Help Streamers Avoid DMCA Takedowns

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Holy Cayde-6, You Can Buy Back Your Old Colors In Destiny 2

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How To Chip Away At A Massive Games Backlog

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There’s Still Hope If You, A Dummy, Didn’t Pick The Providential Ring In Demon’s Souls

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The PS5's Confusing 'Other' Storage Leaves Users Less Room For Games

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Anime

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Any Place Is Where I Want To Be When I’m Listening To FTL: Faster Than Light’s Otherworldly Tunes

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Tempest 2000 Was The Rare Jag Game Worth Crankin' The Volume For

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Bully Doesn't Sound Like Your Typical Rockstar Game

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Borderlands 3’s Final Song Makes Me Miss The Heck Out Of Live Music

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My Heart Is Fully Open For The Nanny & Married With Children Cosplay

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Fantastic Ghostbusters Cosplay, Dogs And Cats, Living Together

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Western Empires: The Kotaku Review

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Assault On Hoth: The Empire Strikes Back: The Kotaku Review

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Undaunted: Normandy: The Kotaku Review

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Pandemic: Hot Zone – North America Is A Very Timely New Board Game

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YEE-HAW!

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Spider-Man: Miles Morales Has An Amazing Photo Mode

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That's Not A Sword, This Is A Sword

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Sleepy Samurai

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Weird Mods

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This Red Dead Redemption II Mod Lets You Ride A Giant Cougar

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Baby Yoda Mod Is Here To Wreck Shit In Battlefront II

Red Dead Redemption 2 On Lowest Settings Looks Like It Came From The Early ’90s

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Bowser Is Only Four Feet Tall, Judging By Luigi’s Penis

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Video Game Controller Buttons, Ranked

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BioShock Infinite: The IGN Review: The Kotaku Review

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Yesterday, Our Headlines Rhymed