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I like jokes, which is why I’m here to celebrate a good video game joke from last year. No time like the present, eh?
I hadn’t realized just how badly Destiny needed private competitive matches until today, when Bungie added them to…
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I’ve always thought of Geralt of Rivia as a big ol’ cat. I know they call him The White Wolf, but come on: the guy…
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Quick: Hum the theme from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Now hum the theme from Tim Burton’s Batman. Cool, now hum the…
Bungie has detailed the weapon rebalances coming to Destiny in the Rise of Iron expansion. Lots of little tweaks: Year 3 Thorn gets a range nerf, No Time To Explain gets built-in headseeker (nice), and Touch of Malice will no longer let titans use Blessing of Light as a buffer. That last tweak actually knocks out the… Read more
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Let’s Talk Overwatch! We’re back for another episode of our weekly chat series where we get together to talk about the ups and downs of the week in Overwatch. This week Cecilia, Nathan and I cover the new competitive season, how we feel about competitive play in general, and which character is going to be “the new…
Up 1-0 with a fully stacked hand. Feels good, man. I’m finally getting into Gwent and, to no one’s surprise, I really like it. I do wish my AI opponents were more clever, however. If you play Gwent in The Witcher 3, what kind of deck do you play and where can I find an opponent who’ll actually put up a fight? Read more
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Echo was a standout at the PAX Indie Megabooth last weekend. The concept is very cool: You have to infiltrate and explore a futuristic techno-palace. Every so often, the whole place reboots and goes dark. With each reboot, your past playthroughs “echo” as AIs that try to take you down using whatever tactics you used…
Jason and I are both at PAX West in Seattle, so we recorded Kotaku Splitscreen a little later in the week than…
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As we’ve established, many on our staff adore The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. We’ve written tons of articles about the game
Today, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt gets a Game of the Year edition. It comes with all the updates, patches, DLC and…
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We’re back with the second episode of our new weekly video series where —you guessed it!—we hang out and talk about O…
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It’s still hot, and it’s still summer! It’s also the weekend. What are you gonna be playing? Video games? Board…
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In the newest Hitman level, there’s this guy. He’s smoking a cigarette and taking in the view, reminiscing about…
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Kubo and the Two Strings: An absurdly beautiful, hand-made hero’s tale.
If you asked me how many graphics were in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, my answer would be, “a lot.” If I had to guess,…
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You will be shocked to hear this, but many of us on staff here at Kotaku play Overwatch. It’s actually pretty unusual for so many of us to be playing the same game, so we thought we’d make some weekly videos where we casually chat about what’s new with the game.