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I have Assassin’s Creed Odyssey installed and updated on my PS4, but every time I boot up my console, I select the…
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The Soulcalibur franchise needed either a hard reboot or an adrenaline shot, and Soulcalibur VI is both. The latest…
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Dominique “SonicFox” McLean competed in his first Mortal Kombat tournament in 2011 at age 13. Back then, his…
Total War: Rome II has responded to the recent influx of negative Steam reviews concerning female generals: “Female characters appear throughout the game, but have between a 10 and 15% chance of appearing as recruitable generals for some of the playable factions... We have no plans to patch this out” Read more
This week, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe got online voice chat as part of Nintendo Switch Online. Before now, I didn’t think I…
The Washington D.C. Overwatch League team just announced their new coach, Molly “AVALLA” Kim, former coach of Meta Bellum, an Overwtach Contenders team that made it into play-offs this year. She will be the first female coach in the league. Read more
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League of Legends star Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng told his fans he got hacked, lost $200,000 from his bank account, and lost all of his Coinbase cryptocurrency. He may need to rewrite his infamous catchphrase, “money in the bank / pimpin’ ain’t easy.”
The Standard ATV with Cyber Slick wheels used to be my favorite kart combination in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. In my quest…
Most stories featuring ships tend to give them a name: the Millennium Falcon, the Great Fox, the USS Enterprise, the…
An erroneous piece of Halo lore began with a joke by the Twitter account dril, posted on May 11, 2017: “my main…
Bayek’s motivation in Assassin’s Creed: Origins gets revealed early on: he seeks revenge for the death of his young…
Yesterday, two Fortnite players tied for the 33rd qualifying spot in today’s Summer Skirmish grand finals:…
It is I, Kotaku editor Maddy Myers, who will serve as your host on this Labor Day holiday. It’s not going to be a full day of posts about Metroid. But it’s not not going to be that.
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The three-day finals for Broadcaster Royale, a PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds tournament featuring 80 duo teams of…
Citing a need to review security plans, Electronic Arts is canceling the three remaining qualifying events for its Ma…
I’ve played through the first Metroid three times, but I’ve never played it without a map. Yesterday, I was…
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The Xbox One package of the first four Halo games—Halo: The Master Chief Collection—will be available to Xbox Game Pass members on September 1. The trailer promises several updates, including “improved matchmaking” (good news for those who remember the collection’s initial launch).
It’s a muggy, sleepy summer here in video game land, but esports does not rest. This weekend brings us a packed…
Last year, Madden NFL 18 featured the series’ first-ever story mode, “Longshot.” It took four years to make,…