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Lost Judgment: The Kotaku Review

A tidy throwback to the days when Yakuza was more about throwing punches than taking turns

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Tier List: The Best Goths In Video Games

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Players Have A Ton Of Complaints About Nintendo Switch Online’s N64 Games

Controller lag, framerate troubles, and bad button layouts plague Switch Online’s Expansion Pack

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Call Of Duty’s Ridiculous Donnie Darko Crossover Is Kinda Funny, Kinda Sad

The 2001 film about teenage alienation and time travel meets the Call of Duty battle royale for some inexplicable reason

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Star Ocean Is Back And It Looks Kinda Like Monster Hunter

Star Ocean The Divine Force is Square Enix's next sci-fi JRPG

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Buzz Lightyear Trailer Makes No Sense, Breaks Internet's Brain

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Nintendo Releases Surprise Metroid Dread Demo

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Leak: Batman, Steven Universe Come Together In Smash Bros.-Style Fighting Game

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Pick Up This Adorable Pokémon Funko Pop Advent Calendar for $40

Get 24 unique Pokémon mini Funko Pops to open one at a time (or all at once).

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Impressions: Forza Horizon 5

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

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

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Tips and Advice

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Hands On: The PS5’s Storage Upgrade Is Quick And Easy

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How To Move Your Animal Crossing Island Onto Your New Switch, OLED Or Not

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How To Buy A PS5 Or Xbox Series X/S

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

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Skyrim IRL TikTok Star Arrested, Charged With Murdering His Wife & Her Friend

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Nintendo Releases Surprise Metroid Dread Demo

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On The Mic

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Report: Vicarious Visions Changing Its Name After Blizzard Merger

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12 Best Games for Every Platform

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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 17 Best Games On Xbox Game Pass

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The Best Dreamcast Games

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Speedrunning

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Metroid Dread Speedrunners Are Beating The Game In 90 Minutes Flat

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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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Guilty Verdict For Death Threats Against Japanese Game Developer Arika

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Longtime Persona Composer Shoji Meguro Is Leaving Atlus

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The Pokémon x Sumo Collab We've Been Waiting For

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On Pornhub, Math Teacher Makes His Mark Teaching Calculus

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On The Mic

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The Art Of Back 4 Blood

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The Art Of Far Cry 6

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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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The Scary Theory That Totoro Is The God of Death

What It's Like To Voice My Hero Academia From Home, According To The Actors

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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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