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Twitch Pulls Shooting Vid Quickly, But Facebook And Streamable Reuploads Reached Millions

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Take-Two CEO Acknowledges Frustrated Red Dead Online Players, But Offers Nothing Else [Update]

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Fox News Is Already Using 'Violent' Video Games As Scapegoat For Mass Shooting

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Activision Blizzard's New Diversity Game Tool Comes Across Terribly [Update]

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Skyrim Player Recreates Themselves Perfectly In-Game

A lot of people have tried turning themselves into Skyrim characters, but few have done it this well

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Biden On Buffalo Shooting: 'Hate That Remains A Stain' On Nation’s Soul

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New Cloud Technology Warns You When Not To Play Kingdom Hearts

Update 1.03 reminds us why these cloud-streamed Switch versions just aren’t ready for prime time

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NYC Funding $2 Million Bachelor’s Degree Program In Game Design

Mayor Eric Adams says he’s invested in diversifying the gaming industry

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Elon Musk’s Dumb Elden Ring Build Proves The Billionaire Is Maidenless

Play the RPG how you want, but we gently advise against the Tesla CEO's tactics

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The Super Mario Daisy Fandom Is Ready To Riot Against Nintendo

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Somehow, The N64 Can Do Portal

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The Best Lord Of The Rings Video Games

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The Best PC Gaming Monitors, According to Our Readers

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Nintendo Showcase Standout Gunbrella Has The Best New Video Game Name Of 2022

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The Worst Enemy In Elden Ring’s Sellia Crystal Tunnel

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How To Get Elden Ring's Beast-Repellent Torch ASAP

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15 Minutes Of Trek To Yomi: An Akira Kurosawa-Inspired Side-Scroller

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What's a Kotaku? Who Works Here?

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

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Hello Kotaku, It's Me, Your New EIC

Activision Blizzard

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Activision Blizzard Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit For $18 Million

The sexual harassment suit against the Call of Duty maker is the second largest in EEOC history

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

Everything That Has Happened Since The Activision Blizzard Lawsuit Was Filed

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The Wall Street Journal reports the awful CEO has prevented the numbers of firings from being revealed

Call Of Duty Maker Reveals Plan To Squash Union Effort

Activision Blizzard calls for studio-wide vote after refusing to voluntarily recognize Raven QA union

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New Activision Blizzard Lawsuit Alleges Sexual Harassment, Retaliation Endured By Woman For Years

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Microsoft Started Activision Acquisition Talks Three Days After Bombshell Harassment Report

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Activision Stock Shenanigans Being Investigated By Justice Department, SEC

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Xbox Patent Sounds Cool For People Buying Games On Disc

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Fall Guys Gets Free-To-Play Overhaul Next Month

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Take-Two CEO Acknowledges Frustrated Red Dead Online Players, But Offers Nothing Else [Update]

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NYC Funding $2 Million Bachelor’s Degree Program In Game Design

Reviews

12 Best Games for Every Platform

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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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Year in Review

Speedrunning

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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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Elden Ring Lord Breaks Own World Record Five Times In A Row

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Elden Ring Pro Beats Game In About Two Hours Without Dying Once

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Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin Is Getting Its Own Sake

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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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Let's All Retire To The Happiest Village In Video Games

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A Fight For Survival

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A Very Cool Idea For A New Assassin's Creed Game

Board Games

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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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Who Goes There?: The Kotaku Review

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Anime

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Tired Of Battle Anime? Here's Four Wholesome Shows You Should Check Out

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Your Spring 2022 Anime Guide

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Famed Manga Artist Fujiko A. Fujio A Dies At 88

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Loving Boyfriend Edits 115 Hours Of Anime Filler Out Of Naruto For Girlfriend

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