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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time speedrunner Cosmo Wright has constructed one of the trickiest stages I’ve…
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Senior reporter at Kotaku, streaming Mario deaths at youtube.com/patrickklepek
You find these pulsing monstrosities all over the place in SOMA. You don’t have to interact with most of them, but…
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Dan Archer’s Ferguson Firsthand is an educational app about the shooting of Michael Brown. Though it’s not violent,…
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When Graham Reznick and Larry Fessenden landed the gig to write Until Dawn in 2011, it seemed easy enough: write…
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When the credits rolled on SOMA, my head fell into my hands. I felt relief that the harrowing journey was over, and…
With Silent Hills dead, maybe Allison Road can deliver what P.T. promised; the developers are asking for nearly $400,000 on Kickstarter. They’re hoping to release the game in December 2016, but given the spotty track record of crowdfunding games hitting those dates, don’t be surprised if that slips. Read more
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There are so many good video games out right now, which means there’s so much good writing about video games, too. Wo…
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Yep, this is a level in which the creator turned Mario’s glorious star into a player’s worst nightmare.
While there’s not enough alcohol in the world to forget this scene, it’s my journalistic duty to remind you it…
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With everyone obsessing over Super Mario Maker, you might be ignoring Runbow.
Just a few months after Bloodborne’s DLC arrives, From Software will deliver Dark Souls III, with the game arriving next April. A specific date hasn’t been announced, and it’s unclear if the PC version will be on the same day as the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions. In the past, it’s been a bit staggered. Read more
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Mannequins are terrifying, which makes them perfect for a horror game.
Telltale’s episodic Minecraft series will kick off on October 13, the company announced today. Based on the company’s previous releases, new episodes should roll out out every few months or so. Read more
There won’t be a Five Nights at Freddy’s 5, claims series creator Scott Cawthon, but he’s already hard at work on a…
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Until Dawn has been in development for a very long time. It was originally announced as a PS Move game for the PS3…
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Sony briefly showed off the Bloodborne expansion coming in November today, and while the trailer was short, it was…
We Are Chicago was hardly the best game I played at PAX, one of gaming’s biggest gaming conventions, last month. It…
EA has announced a huge delay for Need For Speed on PC, with the game moving from November 3 until Spring 2016. Why? Making sure players can unlock the frame rate and “increase the visuals that we can deliver on PC.” Seems the response to Arkham Knight has made some publishers skittish! Read more
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Sony’s commercial for Tearaway’s re-release on PlayStation 4 is the best.