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CultureCyberpunk 2077 Will Be On Stadia At Launch After All
CD Projekt Red confirmed in today’s latest Nightwire livestream that Cyberpunk 2077 will come to Google’s video game streaming platform Stadia on November 19. That’s the same day it will release on other platforms like Xbox One, PS4, and PC, but up until today it wasn’t entirely clear Cyberpunk 2077 would hit Stadia then as…
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CultureDestiny 2‘s Next-Gen Upgrades Come To PS5 And Xbox Series X In December
Destiny 2 will be backwards compatible on PS5 and Xbox Series X when the consoles launch next month, but the fully next-gen version of the game won’t land until December 8. Bungie outlined how these slightly delayed upgrades will work in a new blog post today: Destiny 2 will play in 4K at 60fps on…
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CultureHere’s What The PS5’s UI Looks Like
Sony released a new trailer today showing off what it will look like to navigate the PS5. In some ways it’s a lot more streamlined, but in others it also looks a lot busier, with lots of extra information to digest depending on what you’re doing. Take a look: The PS5 will still have a…
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CultureDoom Running On A Calculator Powered By Old Potatoes
If you’ve got 100 pounds of old potatoes lying around why not use them to play Doom on a graphing calculator? That’s what YouTuber Equalo decided to do, spending almost a week planning out how many potatoes he would need and in what configuration they should be wired in order to get the appropriate number…
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CultureSega Is Releasing A Mashup Of Yakuza And Streets of Rage 2
Streets of Kamurocho is Streets of Rage 2 starring Yakuza’s Kiryu and Majima and will be free-to-play on October 17 as part of Sega’s 60th Anniversary event on Steam. In addition to iconic Yakuza characters, the remixed beat ‘em up, created by Empty Clip Studios, will also feature levels inspired by the games and will…
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CultureHere’s The Trailer For The Monster Hunter Movie
Less fantasy than sci-fi, the new Monster Hunter movie is giving me major Stargate vibes. Instead of taking place completely in the world of Monster Hunter, the movie sees a military unit commanded by Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil) transported through a magical portal while out on patrol. The place they end up in is full…
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CultureOdds and EndsOh No Steve
Minecraft’s Steve went live in Smash Bros. Ultimate overnight, and yup, no problems there. None whatsoever. Enough beating around the block: Steve looks like he’s got a massive boner every time he wins a match. He’s actually just holding a hunk of, well, meat at a weird angle, but the way the camera zooms in…
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CultureMorning MusicIronsword: Wizards & Warriors II’s Bosses Were Cheap, But Its Music Wasn’t
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today it’s time to take stock of the eerie pulsations that power Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II, an incredibly little 8-bit adventure game with an even more incredible 8-bit soundtrack. The first time I played Ironsword:…
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Tips & Guides10 Things To Do In Destiny 2 Before It Loses A Bunch Of Content
We’re just inside of a month before the release of Destiny 2’s new annual expansion, Beyond Light. While the update will add a new location, raid, and lots more loot to collect, large portions of the game’s world will be indefinitely removed. Here’s a bunch of stuff worth finishing before that happens. I’ve tried to…
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CulturePet Fish Discovers Glitch In Pokémon Sapphire
A YouTuber’s pet betta fish accidentally stumbled into a rock duplication glitch in Pokémon Sapphire that doesn’t appear to have been previously reported. Lala, who belongs to Japanese YouTuber Mutekimaru, was wandering around the 2002 Game Boy Advance game’s Seafloor cavern when it made the discovery. The fish was pushing boulders around with the help…
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CultureStar Wars: Squadrons Players Want Star Wars: Squadrons Players To Stop Ramming Ships
Crashing spaceships into each other is fun, but some Star Wars: Squadrons players would rather you focus on completing the mission than recreating your childhood fantasies. Star Wars: Squadrons features large fleet battles between small fighters, mid-ranged frigates, and large capital ships. It has its problems, but the game is full of small touches in…
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CultureFinal Fantasy 14 Gets Next Big Update In December, Will Have Faster Load Times On PS5
Square Enix announced today that Final Fantasy XIV will get patch 5.4, called Futures Rewritten, in early December. And the publisher said the massively multiplayer online game will be backwards compatible on PS5, with faster load times as a result of the next-gen hardware’s faster SSD. FFXIV will also apparently be able to make use…
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CultureDestiny 2‘s Intro Is Getting Overhauled To Make It More Welcoming To New Players
Starting out Destiny 2 as a new player is a bit of a mess at the moment. You’re almost immediately thrown into a huge solar system full of weird economies and esoteric systems, left to muddle through years of old content. Bungie plans to change that next month with a completely new tutorial experience. Starting…
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CultureMorning MusicFallout 76’s Music Was Always Great
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re going to talk about Fallout 76’s pastoral ode to nuclear death and irradiated rebirth. No other soundtrack in recent memory has breathed so much life into an otherwise empty and broken game. I’m speaking,…
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CultureTwitchReport: Employees Accuse Twitch Of Indifference To Sexual Assault, Harassment, And Racism
In a new report by GamesIndustry.biz, current and former Twitch employees recount issues of racism, sexism, and assault at the company that they say were never properly dealt with and often even enabled by a white bro tech startup culture. GamesIndustry.biz spoke to 16 employees that span the streaming platform’s history, and their stories paint…
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