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Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Patch Divides Players Over Whether Anything's Fixed

Some are reporting a much smoother framerate, while others suggest little has changed

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5 Tips Before You Jump Into Marvel’s XCOM-Flavored Midnight Suns

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Ed Boon Announces He Won't Be Announcing Anything At The Game Awards

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Nintendo Says It ‘Cares’ About Smash Bros. Fans As Tournament Dispute Continues [Update]

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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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Ed Boon Announces He Won't Be Announcing Anything At The Game Awards

Well, keep waiting for the inevitable announcement of the next Mortal Kombat or Injustice

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Valve’s Giving Away A Steam Deck Every Minute During The Game Awards

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Sonic Frontiers Fans Are Convinced Genshin Impact Is Bribing Its Community For TGA Votes

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Behind the Voice

Chainsaw Man Voice Actor Says Makima Is More Than Just A ‘Dommy Mommy’

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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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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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Grand (Fantasy) Designs

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The Art Of Victoria 3

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Tetsuo? Yes, That Was My Name...

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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Netflix Removed A Fan-Favorite JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Scene To Avoid Disney’s Lawyers

Manga readers know that Stone Ocean’s Bohemian Rhapsody arc was a copyright strike disaster waiting to happen

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Anime Fans Still Love Attack On Titan Creator Despite The Series' Ending

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This Sports Anime Is Captain Tsubasa Meets Squid Game

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This Rooster Manga Is The Perfect Thanksgiving Read

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