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Here Are The Best Black Friday Gaming Deals [Update]

Xbox Series S, Meta Quest 2, and some of 2022’s biggest games are all discounted

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Battlefield 2042's Season 3 Makes A Good Game Slightly Better

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Sony Dumps On EA From A Great Height In Latest Court Docs

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Sims 4 Gallery Update Removes All Your NSFW Creations

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Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s ‘Free Exploration’ Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be

This Sports Anime Is Captain Tsubasa Meets Squid Game

My Favorite Bayonetta 3 Weapons Were Its Most Absurd Ones (Naturally)

The Week In Games: When The West Was Evil

Do Not Play Obsidian’s Killer Narrative Game While Hungry

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Best Early Cyber Monday Deals of the Day: Apple TV, iRobot Roomba, Small...

Check out the best deals of the day for Saturday, November 26, 2022.

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Black Friday Deals: This Curved Gaming Monitor From Samsung Is Down 38%...

Save $500 on a 32" Odyssey Neo G7 4K gaming monitor from Samsung.

Hisense 58" ULED U6 Series Smart Fire TV

Hisense 58" ULED U6 Series Smart Fire TV

Boosted color, brightness, and contrast along with a Fire TV built-in so you can enjoy movies and shows from your favorite apps like Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max, and more.

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Year in Review

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The Best Games Of 2022 (So Far)

From critical darlings like Pentiment to mega-hits like God of War Ragnarök, 2022 has provided no shortage of terrific games for players of all tastes

Game Tips & Guides

Game Labor

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Activision Nickel-And-Dimes New Union As Call Of Duty Enjoys $800 Million Weekend

Activision refused to pay on-the-clock employees for any time spent in negotiations

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Former Nintendo Worker Wants Company President To Apologize After Alleged Firing [Update]

Activision's Newest Exec Has Decided To Post Through It

After being accused of union busting in the Call of Duty company’s Slack, Lulu Cheng Meservey doubles down

Demolition Sim Hardspace: Shipbreaker Devs Join A Labor Union

Anemone Hug recently voted to join the The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

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

Employees are demanding protections from the Call of Duty publisher after the fall of Roe v. Wade

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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Firing 11,000 After Company Spends $15B On Metaverse

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Blizzard's Diablo IV Testers Defeat Activision, Can Now Vote To Form Union [Update: Activision Still Trying To Stop The Vote]

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Fired Smash Bros. Ultimate Tester Will Get $25,000 In Nintendo Union-Busting Settlement

Culture

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Vampire Survivors Adds A Death Bridge

The horde shooter's first update since its official October release is called The Tiny One

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12 Extraordinary Games You'll Want On Your Wishlist Straight Away

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Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s ‘Free Exploration’ Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be

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Sims 4 Gallery Update Removes All Your NSFW Creations

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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

October 5, 2022

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

October 20, 2022

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The Best Games For The Game Boy Advance

May 12, 2020

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The 12 Best Games on PlayStation Now

October 9, 2020

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The 24 Best Games On Xbox Game Pass

April 13, 2022

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The Best Dreamcast Games

April 10, 2022

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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Kotaku East

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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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The Art Of Victoria 3

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Tetsuo? Yes, That Was My Name...

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The Art Of The Lord Of The Rings: Rings Of Power

Board Games

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My Favorite WW2 Board Game Just Keeps Getting Better

V-Sabotage, formerly V-Commandos, is swapping out cardboard tokens for plastic soldiers

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

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Space Race: The Kotaku Review

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Company Of Heroes: The Kotaku Review

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Anime

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This Sports Anime Is Captain Tsubasa Meets Squid Game

Blue Lock follows the cutthroat training program for selecting Japan’s star striker of the future

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This Rooster Manga Is The Perfect Thanksgiving Read

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Chainsaw Man Creator Accidentally Got His Twitter Account Banned

The Tough, Gritty Journey To Become Chainsaw Man's Denji

Cosplay