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Ethan Gach
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Senior reporter at Kotaku. Have a gaming industry tip? You can reach me securely at ethangach@protonmail.com.

It’s not super egregious on its own imo, but it’s really bad timing when put in the context of everything else the game is going through right now. Can’t really see how this helps anything.  Read more

On the one hand it’s understandable since Strongholds are designed in such a way that it makes sense to go in with a particular build, and not worry about changing it up. But also in free play it and else where it can get really annoying.  Read more

I really hope they take their time so that the people who wait and come back are rewarded, rather than trying to race to appease the remaining diehard players.  Read more

Prey - April 11
The Golf Club 2 - April 11
Monster Hunter: World - April 18
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - April 18 
Life is Strange 2: Ep. 2 - April 24
Resident Evil 5 - April 25 Read more

At least then Anthem’s store wouldn’t be empty.  Read more

The game’s decent overall, and there’s plenty to get out of it as a lone player. This is actually a strange exception to the game’s overall trend recently which has been generally upwards.  Read more

Yea it’s not the price of this particular pack that’s the problem, it’s that there’s no smaller sku. Like, give me a $25 welcome back/get into Crimson Curse package with some of the extra goodies.  Read more

Some screenshots from the upcoming update:

It really is striking how Strongholds are the end game, even though you run each of them at least once during the main campaign and the higher difficulty versions don’t substantially change their design. Read more

I keep for forgetting about Rage 2 for some reason. In my mind Days Gone is the only AAA game coming this season. Don’t know why—my brain must be infected with the not-zombie virus. Read more