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Senior reporter at Kotaku, streaming Mario deaths at youtube.com/patrickklepek
It’s telling that most of my stories about Windows 10, a genuinely decent operating system, have been about how…
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Microsoft’s announced their lineup for Games With Gold next month, with an excellent strategy game leading the…
You can now pay for a flashy new set of emotes in Twitch chat, though it’s unclear how much streamers will be…
Though Nintendo’s Mario Maker website makes it easier to find cool levels, it remains woefully incomplete. Where’s…
Microsoft has announced plans to shut down Xbox Fitness, starting with the removal of content from the Xbox Marketplace today. Existing users can use Xbox Fitness until July 7, 2017, when Microsoft will shut it down entirely. Why not let people keep using it? To save money, presumably. Read more
Microsoft has been forcing Windows 10 upgrades for months now, an aggressive tactic that’s rubbed people the wrong…
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Independence Day is big, dumb, and full of heart. The special effects may look a little hokey in 2016, but that’s to…
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Quake celebrated its 20th anniversary this week, and the developers behind Wolfenstein: The New Order released a new…
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Just when it seems like Mario Maker creators shouldn’t be able to surprise me anymore, along comes a clever level…
The popular Firefight mode is finally coming to Halo 5 multiplayer on June 29, Microsoft announced today. It’s part of a large package of content that’ll include new maps, Forge options, and more.
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Nintendo has publicly denied that joke from an E3 demo for the upcoming Wii U game Paper Mario: Color Splash is a…
It’s been nearly 10 years since development started on The Last Guardian, designer Fumito Ueda’s long-anticipated…
Though I didn’t get a chance to play that newfangled Legend of Zelda that everyone was raving about, there was…
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Sony Santa Monica has big plans to shake up God of War. “We looked at every aspect of this game differently,”…
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