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Frag Out and Finish the Fight in Halo Infinite, Now Available for Pre-Order

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Voice Actor SungWon 'ProZD' Cho Launched His Career On Tumblr

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Super Mario 3D All-Stars: The Kotaku Review

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13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim’s Time-Travel Mech Story Unfolds In The Coolest Way

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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2: The Kotaku Review

Let’s just get this out of the way: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 is a masterpiece. In perfectly mimicking the iconic skateboarding series’ first two outings, this remaster gives me everything I could ever want out of a game. I am dumbfounded by there…

Downhill Jam Still Sucks In Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2

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The Best, Worst And Weirdest Guest Skaters From The Tony Hawk Games

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We Asked A Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Master How To Combo Like A Beast

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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Replaces Archaic Subway Tokens With Soon-To-Be-Archaic MetroCards

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Microsoft On Japan: "We Learn From The Past"

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Xbox Series S Already Got A Price Cut In Japan

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A Game With The Word "Shit" Was Just Re-Released On The Nintendo Switch In Japan

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Japan's Latest Life-Sized Godzilla Is Coming Along Nicely

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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 Removes Stereotypical Emotes Meant To Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

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Twitch Streamers Are Furious About New Mid-Stream Ads They Can’t Control

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Navy Twitch Stream Spirals Out Of Control Due To Slur, War Crime Jokes [UPDATE]

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Chess Is An Esport, According To Twitch Star And Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura

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Tips For Playing Hades [Updated: More Tips!]

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Everything You Need To Know To Beat Hades (For The First Time)

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Hades Is A Little Easier If You Swap The Switch’s Buttons

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Tips For Playing Crusader Kings III

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Let's Admire The Beauty of Studio Ghibli

This month Studio Ghibli launched galleries for some of its most famous films—a total of four hundred high-quality screenshots.

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Artist Makes 3D Digital Models Of Hayao Miyazaki's Classic Nausicaä

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Anime Created On Nintendo 3DS Took Four Years To Make

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15 Years On, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Is A Lot Smarter Than I Remember

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Endless Space’s Alien Music Makes Spreadsheet Management Feel Transcendent

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Hades’ Godly Soundtrack Is A Natural Evolution For Supergiant’s Darren Korb

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Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey’s Music Bombards You With Ominous Chants

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Soul Blade Had Three Damn (Beautiful) Soundtracks

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And Now For Some Incredible Ciri Cosplay

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Cosplayers Were Very Ready For Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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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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Sonic The Hedgehog: Battle Racers: The Kotaku Review

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Butterfly In The Sky...

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That's Seven Years Of Bad Luck

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You Ever Wonder What The Bottom Of Spider-Man's Shoe Looks Like?

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Some Heads Are Gonna Roll

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So Much Work Went Into The Last Of Us Part II's...Eyes

It won’t come as a surprise just how much work went into The Last of Us 2‘s characters. But you might appreciate knowing just how far Naughty Dog went to get the eyes — just the eyes — right.

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Ron Cobb, The Design Genius Behind Aliens And Back To The Future, Has Died

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Minecraft, Only With Mechs

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Lookin' Sharp, Street Fighters

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The Art Of Marvel's Avengers

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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