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Overwatch League Shares Roadmap For 2021 Season

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Soccer Superstars Unaware How FIFA Licensing Works

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Grand Theft Auto V Has Outlasted An Entire Console Generation

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Destiny 2 Team Beats Raid, Unlocks New Beyond Light Quests For All Players

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Someone's Already Playing Cyberpunk 2077

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Capcom's Latest Retro Console Is So Adorable

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I Don’t Actually Play Melty Blood, I Just Listen To It

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Let's Rank All The Spider-Man Games, From Worst To Best

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Grab Your Plumber’s Cap for Today's Top Nintendo Switch Deals

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Save Big on Ghost of Tsushima, The Last of Us Part II, More in Sony's Black Friday PlayStation Deals

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Gear Up and Get Your Game On in Today’s Best Xbox Deals

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Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory Is A Game Of Challenging Beats

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Godfall Is Good For Some Simple, Satisfying Hack And Slash

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Assassin's Creed Syndicate Sort Of Works On PS5, If You Don't Mind The Shadows

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

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PlayStation 5: The Kotaku Review

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Here’s How Fast Games Load On The PlayStation 5

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Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales: The Kotaku Review

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Two Weeks With My PS5

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15 Tips To Make The Most Of Your New PlayStation 5

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These Pokémon Sweets Are Too Cute To Eat

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Assassin's Creed Valhalla's Japan Release Marred By Bloodless Confusion

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A Pokémon Go Event In Japan Is Probably A Bad Idea Right Now

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REVIEWS AND IMPRESSIONS

12 Best Games for Every Platform

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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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New Cyberpunk 2077 Mode Will Help Streamers Avoid DMCA Takedowns

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Streamers Baffled By New Twitch Option To Buy Affiliate Status

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Twitch's Digital Convention Was A Day-Long Commercial That Left Streamers Feeling Frustrated

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Twitch Apologizes, But DMCA Fiasco Continues With Punishments For In-Game Sounds, Deleted Clips

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Tips

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How To Easily Uncover Every Skill In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

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How To Zoom In On Small Text In Any Xbox Series X / S Game

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I Don’t Actually Play Melty Blood, I Just Listen To It

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Astro’s Playroom Made Me Love My PS5’s GPU

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Fly Me To The Moon And Let Me Play Among The Bayonetta Soundtrack

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Sinistar’s Roars Were So Terrifying They Still Inspire Songs

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Fantastic Ghostbusters Cosplay, Dogs And Cats, Living Together

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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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Spider-Man: Miles Morales Has An Amazing Photo Mode

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That's Not A Sword, This Is A Sword

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Sleepy Samurai

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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

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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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