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Game Devs And Stadia Employees Alike Were Blindsided By The Sudden Shutdown

Everyone from Destiny 2 designers to Google’s own staff were caught off guard

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GameStop Pre-Orders Are A Mess Right Now, Staff Say

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Square Enix Is Drowning 2022 With New RPGs, And We're Here For It

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Oh Wow, The Best Pokémon Card Art All Comes From The Same Person

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McDonald’s First Happy Meal Toys For Adults Are Really Ugly

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$70 Version Of Skyrim Quietly Appears On Nintendo Switch

The most expensive version of the decade-old game just stealth-dropped on the handheld

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Overwatch 2 Pre-reviews Say It's Worth A Sequel, But The Grind Is A Major Bummer

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

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The Best Games Of 2022 (So Far)

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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

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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

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McDonald’s First Happy Meal Toys For Adults Are Really Ugly

OG mascots Birdie, The Hamburglar, and Grimace are looking altogether unappealing

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Oh Wow, The Best Pokémon Card Art All Comes From The Same Person

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Overwatch 2 Pre-reviews Say It's Worth A Sequel, But The Grind Is A Major Bummer

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6 Ways To Push Your Steam Deck Beyond Gaming

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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 24 Best Games On Xbox Game Pass

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The Best Dreamcast Games

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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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Welcome To White Castle

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The Art Of Rollerdrome

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

That’s one Edgerunners reference down and a ton left to be discovered, according to showrunner Rafal Jaki

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Your Name Director’s New Anime Has A Girl Romancing A Chair

We Finally Got A Look At The Nier: Automata Anime Coming Next Year

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Your Fall 2022 Anime Guide: What To Watch, Binge, And Obsess Over

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