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An NPC Protocol Droid In Battlefront II Has Had Enough And Fights Back
Look, everyone has a breaking point. One Battlefront II player pushed an innocent NPC droid to this point after shocking it. So the droid pulled out a blaster and fought back. Droids in the Star Wars universe are often treated like crap. Many folks think of them as things, even though droids like R2-D2 seem…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryTwo Explosive Jackasses Invaded My Camp In Red Dead Online
Let me tell you the story of two random men who decided to recreate the TV show Jackass in my camp in Red Dead Online. I was just hanging out in Red Dead Online with some friends. We were hunting and chatting. Suddenly, two random players started attacking us. We headed to my camp, where…
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CulturePokemonSlurpuff Can Smell How Sad You Are
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Slurpuff! Slurpuff Details Type: Fairy Average Height: 2′ 07 Average Weight: 11.0 lbs. First Added In Generation VI Having…
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CultureMorning CheckpointGiant Kitten Is A Threat To The City, But Also Really Cute
Hello! This week we remember our old Neopets, check out the new costumes being added to Doom Eternal, play Jenga with long and creepy fingers, celebrate the seven-year anniversary of Warframe and watch a city get attacked by a giant kitten. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Oh no…please…don’t make me watch this gif…
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CultureThe Week In Games: Ori Gives A Hoot
Ori And The Will Of The Wisps drops this week for PC and Xbox One. If you have Game Pass you will be able to play this game the moment it launches. The sequel to 2015’s much loved Ori And The Blind Forest, this new game features owls. That is why I put “hoot” in…
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CultureThe Original Doom Is Filled With Toy Guns
Have you ever been playing the original Doom and stopped to look at one of the weird faces that dot the many walls in the game? Or maybe looked at your gun closely and thought about how it was made? Well, it turns out that id Software used an old book by author Stephen King…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Toilet Paper?
The Coronavirus is serious. Wash your hands, avoid other people if you feel sick, cover your mouth when you cough, don’t touch your face and wash your hands some more. As the virus spreads and people stock up on stuff, the strangest item to disappear from shelves and cause actual fights is toilet paper. Your…
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Tips & GuidesTips For Playing The Division 2 [Updated]
The Division 2 is filled with things to do, places to explore, guns to collect and enemies to kill. And after a massive sale and a new expansion, there might be a lot of players either returning to the game or playing it for the first time. So here are some updated tips for new…
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CultureSunday Comics: This Way, Toys!
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published March 5. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Originally published March 2. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Pokemon Of The Year, Winners!
Last week I asked you, yes YOU, to create some images featuring the Pokemon of year. That Pokemon, after all the votes were counted by Google, somehow ending up being Greninja. Our winning image this week comes from Done With Kinja who has created a very different kind of Pokemon fighting game. I feel like…
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CultureStepping On A LEGO Brick
This week on Snapshots, Geralt in the shadows, a creepy giant worm, swimming lions, lonely train tracks in Days Gone, some curious robots and one big and angry demon. I didn’t know there were giant space worms in No Man’s Sky. I feel like every few months I see something wild that got added to…
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CultureThe Man Behind Pets.Com Bought The ‘Nintendo Play Station’ Console For $360,000
Yesterday, that weird prototype Nintendo Play Station console was sold at auction for $360,000. Today, thanks to Forbes, we now know who bought it, why they bought and what they plan to do with it. Greg McLemore is the founder of Pets.com, a website from back in the early 90s. Amazon bought up half of…
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CultureI Love The New Monster Energy Ultra Flavors
Back in late February, two new Monster Energy Ultra flavors were released into the wild. They started popping up in gas stations, Walmarts, and other stores across the United States. Finally, they have appeared in my home state of Kansas. And I’m so happy they have arrived. While I review a lot of sodas and…
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Mario Maker Contest: I Love Power-Ups, Winners!
Last week I asked you Mario makers to create courses that featured power-ups. You could add a lot of ‘em to a level or create a level that centered around using one power-up in an interesting way. A nice bit of variety this week. I got big courses, smaller courses, a music course, and even…
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Culture2K Games Is The Latest Publisher To Remove Its Games From Nvidia’s Streaming Service
Last month, Nvidia’s game streaming service, GeForce Now, came out of beta officially. And since then numerous publishers have pulled their games from the service. Activision Blizzard, Bethesdaand Hinterland Gameshave already pulled titles from the service. Now Nivida confirms 2K Games is also out. The news came yesterday via a short post on Nvidia’s official forums.…
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CulturePokemonCharjabug Can Power A House If It Eats Enough Food
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Charjabug! Charjabug Details Type: Bug/Electric Average Height: 1′ 08″ Average Weight: 23.1 lbs. First Added In Generation VII Okay,…
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CultureMorning CheckpointBuilding A Wall The Old-Fashioned Way
Hello! This week we watch someone accidentally shoot a gun while streaming, sell a console for $360k, step on some ants, check out a new trailer for that cool PS4 samurai game and build a rock wall using gravity. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week I can offer a counterbid of $100 and some…
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ReviewsMultiplatformThe Division 2: Warlords Of New York: The Kotaku Review
When The Division 2 launched last March, the cover-based shooter set in a wrecked Washington, DC was received positively by fans and critics. Then things soured. Players who expected a game that would expand over time were disappointed by a lack of new content as well as balance changes that nerfed popular character builds. Months…
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CultureThe Week In Games: I Choose You, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon!
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX releases this week for Switch. A remake of the beloved 2005 Rescue Team games, this new Pokemon game is the biggest release in a rather quiet week. I love the art style for this remake. It looks so nice. Some of the artwork created for this game could easily…
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