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Thieves Steal PlayStation 4 From Children’s Cancer Ward

As if the world was not bleak enough already, thieves stole a Playstation 4 from a children’s cancer ward in New Zealand’s Wellington Hospital over the weekend. According to New Zealand paper The Dominion Post, hospital staff confirmed that the PS4 disappeared over the weekend after it was removed from the table it was bolted…

What Are Your Best StreetPass Stories?

There’s a lot of reasons to love the Nintendo 3DS, but StreetPass will always hold a special place in my heart. This function allows you to swap Miis with other 3DS users who pass you by, and then use them in cute minigames. The anticipation of new passes made a lot of things more tolerable…

It Just Got A Bit Easier To Earn Feathers In Fire Emblem Heroes

The reward for Nintendo’s Fire Emblem Heroes tweet promotion—10,000 hero feathers—is now live. The game has also added additional quests for arena duels that can earn you a few more feathers. Two days ago, Nintendo promised 10,000 feathers to all Fire Emblem Heroes players if a tweet of theirs reached 10,000 retweets. That promotion reached…

Hero Feathers Are The Worst Thing About Fire Emblem Heroes

Summoning five star characters in Fire Emblem Heroes’s horny casino is rare. While you can promote weaker characters, the mechanic is a terrible grind. Characters in Fire Emblem Heroes are ranked from one to five stars, with a higher number of stars meaning a higher potential for good stats as you level them up. While…

Users Say The Latest Steam Scam Is Profiles With ‘Malicious Code’ [UPDATE]

Steam users say that some profile pages are attempting to phish other people through malicious code. [Update 12:09-The mods at r/Steam say the issue has been fixed, and have posted a thread detailing the method of the exploit.] Phishing refers to the act of using fraudulent log-in pages to trick people into giving away personal…

Your Video Game Horoscopes For The Week of February 5th

It’s a brand new week, and here are some brand new ways the stars are gonna dictate your gaming life. Or would, if astrology were real. If you were born today, on February 6th, you share a birthday with Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, Threes and Bientot L’ete. Like these games, you’re intuitive and…

A Month Before Nintendo Switch Launches, We Really Should Know More About It

The Nintendo Switch is dropping on March 3, less than a month from now, and it feels like we still don’t know some key features about the console. But how does that compare to other console launches? Is this lack of information unprecedented or par for the course? So what don’t we know about the…

The third Pokémon Sun and Moon Global Mission reached its goal today. Players successfully completed one million trades, and are now heading to the second milestone of two million trades. Good luck!

Watching Someone Else Play Resident Evil 7 On YouTube: The Kotaku Review

Despite having a taste for horror movies and novels, horror video games freak me the hell out. Still, I was curious about Resident Evil 7’s promise of a Southern Gothic zombie game. Like millions of other scaredy cats out there, I decided to watch it on YouTube instead of playing it. Horror games are huge…

Final Fantasy XV Voice Actors Playing Their Own Game Is Excellent

Last night the voices of Ignis, Prompto and Noctis streamed the game they star in, Final Fantasy XV, on Twitch. Unsurprisingly, it was adorable Adam Croasdell (Ignis), Robbie Daymond (Prompto) and Ray Chase (Noctis) were also joined by fellow voice actor Max Mittelman. While the stream hasn’t been archived, fans have clipped the highlights. Of…

Account Snafu Might Explain Why Pokémon Players Keep Failing Global Missions

For months now, we’ve seen people repeatedly fail Pokémon Sun and Moon’s Global Missions, the community missions that net players rewards if they reach certain gameplay goals. Turns out, many players can’t even register and log in to Pokémon Global Link, the online service which logs their progress in Global Missions, something that would explain…

I’ve Fallen In Love With Grim Puzzle Game Yankai’s Triangles

Yankai’s Triangles is a mobile puzzle game from the developer of Circa Infinity, and it makes me feel like I’m in hell. Right after the presidential inauguration I was looking for new puzzle games to help me handle the outside stresses in my life. My friend Sam recommended a few, among them Yankai’s Triangles. The…

What Are Your Character Creation Bad Habits?

I am a creature of habit. I order the same things at restaurants, I drink the same beer. I have television shows that I watch over and over, like comfort food. This becomes a problem in my game of The Sims 4, where all my new sims are using the exact same hair. The Sims…

Your Video Game Horoscopes For The Week of January 29th

Horoscopes, like video games, are a fun, completely made up hobby that’s totally normal in moderation. I’m looking to the stars for what’s in store for all the gamers out there for the week of January 29th to February 4th. If you were born today, on January 30th, you share a birthday with Proteus, Life…

Ana’s New Skin Is Freaking Some Overwatch Players Out

Ana got a new skin for Overwatch’s Year of the Rooster event, and some players think it’s a little bit spooky. Ana’s new skin depicts her wearing a Korean Talchum mask, specifically a hahoetal, which was used in dances and plays during celebrations and holidays. These masks traditionally have exaggerated facial features to effectively depict…

The Sims 4 Celebrity House Update: Vampire The Weeknd

The Celebrity House has a new neighbor, and he’s tryna to put them in the worst mood. Tilda Swinton hasn’t been feeling great for the past few days. She keeps passing out and waking up in strange places, and her neck is hurting all the time. But that’s all okay, because she’s made a new…

Flappy Bird Creator Releases Cute, Frustrating New Game

The creator of Flappy Bird, Dong Nguyen, is back after over three years with Ninja Spinki Challenges, which was made in conjunction with the publisher Obokaid’em Games. The new game is absolutely adorable. It’s also very hard. Like Flappy Bird, Ninja Spinki Challenges works with limited controls to create surprisingly complex puzzles. But instead of…

Resident Evil 7, As Told By Steam Reviews

Wanna read about a lot of grown men soiling their pants out of fear? Well, check out the Steam reviews for Resident Evil 7 Resident Evil 7 is scary. Hell, I can hardly stand to look at gifs from it. Players on Steam were quick to note how much this game frightens them, declaring the…

Fallout 2 Had A Secret Sex Formula

Sex and sexuality isn’t one size fits all in real life. But in Fallout 2, there’s a literal formula that determines how good your character is at boning. A quest in Fallout 2‘s New Reno requires you to become a porn star, which meant that knowing how good your player character was at sex was…

 Final Fantasy XV’s New Photo Mode Is A Welcome Addition

The most recent Final Fantasy XV update gave us a new camera mode that allows players to take their own pictures. Although Prompto is the best boy and a great photographer, you now won’t have to rely on him for getting all the photos you need. Here’s a few tips on how it works. If…