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Every Bald Eagle Tattoo From Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Ranked
I’m here to talk about something odd I discovered in the recently released Ghost Recon Breakpoint. For some reason, players have access to not one, not two, not four, but five different tattoos featuring a Bald eagle and American imagery. The new Ghost Recon game launched earlier this week. I jumped into the game and…
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Someone Beat Minecraft Without Mining Any Blocks
Minecraft is a game where you sometimes mine stuff and sometimes craft stuff. But one player decided to skip the whole mining bit of Minecraft and decided to beat the game without ever mining a single block. This isn’t easy and involves a lot of scavenging, some expert bucket skills, some luck and a lot…
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The Weird Fish Easter Egg Returns In Borderlands 3
The Borderlands series has always been filled with Easter eggs, references and hidden secrets. For example, you could literally find Creepers from Minecraft in Borderlands 2. But one Easter egg has popped up in every Borderlands game without fail and it involves shooting some barrels and a giant fish. And this classic secret returns in…
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CulturePokemonPhantump Is The Spirit Of A Dead Child Inside A Tree Stump
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 Phantump! Phantump Details Type: Ghost/Grass Average Height: 1’04” Average Weight: 15.4 lbs. First Added In Generation VI It is…
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CultureMorning CheckpointDoom Looks Good As A Black And White Comic Book
Hello! This week we commit some goose crimes, make the new iPhone look cool, watch the new Medievil trailer, find out Cube World isn’t great, learn why online games have rough launches and get a whole new take on Doom Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Luckily, while we were waiting for Cube World…
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CultureThe Week In Games: Beware Of Ghosts
This week Ghost Recon Breakpoint releases, letting players explore a large open-world map as super tactical soldiers. If it is anything like the last game, it also means players will be able to cause all sorts of mayhem using vehicles and explosives. I enjoyed the gameplay of the last Ghost Recon game, Wildlands, but the…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Frankie Muniz
Frankie Muniz is back in the news because he…tweeted something strange to popular musician Lizzo. Have you seen the tweet? Here you go. You’re welcome. So it seems Frankie Muniz wants to become an accessory. Let’s help the poor guy out! Your challenge this week: Make Frankie Muniz an item, weapon, vehicle or whatever from…
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A Large Group Of Red Dead Online Players Tried To Carry Bowls Of Soup Across The Entire Map
Walking across large open-world maps has been done many times and has even beendocumented numerous times on this very site. But walking across an entire map carrying a big old bowl of stew? Now that is something you don’t see every day. That was the odd objective of a recent meet-and-walkattended by a large group…
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Someone Is Making A Game Based On the Super Mario Bros Super Show
Many fans have recreated old Mario games in different engines or in different styles. But one fan and his young kids are doing something different. They’re creating a totally original Mario game based on the animated segments from the popular Super Mario Bros. Super Show and it looks amazing. The fan game is being developed…
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CultureSunday Comics: How Does He Do That?
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. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Sept. 23. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Sept. 26. Read more of Corpse Run Clueless Hero by…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: It’s Pumpkin Season, Winners!
Last week I was excited because Fall was finally here! Trees turning orange, cooler temperatures and of course, pumpkins. So I asked the wonderful readers of Kotaku to create some Fall-inspired Photoshopped images, featuring video game characters. This is still technically a website about video games, after all. Our winning image this week was created…
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Red Dead Online’s New Legendary Bounties Are Exactly What The Game Needed
Earlier this month, Red Dead Online received a big update which added new career paths to follow, new items to collect and new challenges to complete. One career players could choose was the life of a bounty hunter and to support this path, Rockstar has been releasing some wonderful bounty hunter missions. It’s the sort…
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Mario Maker Contest: Going Up, Winners!
Last week I challenged you folks to create Mario levels that went up and down instead of left and right. Add a little verticality to the world of Mario. I got a nice mix of themes, ideas, and designs. You folks sure like going up! This week I got some levels that I enjoyed so…
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CultureMinecraft Earth Is Launching In Early Access This October
Microsoft and Mojang held their annual Minecon live stream event this weekend, where they announced new information about the upcoming mobile game, Minecraft Earth. The game will be released in early access in October in some countries and will be released globally by the end of the year. Mojang hasn’t said which countries will get…
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CulturePokemonMunna Will Eat Your Dreams And Your Nightmares
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 Munna! Munna Details Type: Psychic Average Height: 2’00” Average Weight: 51.3 lbs. First Added In Generation V I had…
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CultureMorning CheckpointI Don’t Want To Save The Creepy Kid
Hello! This week we take a nice vacation with Agent 47, HONK at a funeral, check out the new Medal Of Honor game, catch up with Ellie in The Last Of Us Part II and meet a really creepy kid. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week This sounds like it could end up being…
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CultureRockstar Currently Has No Plans For Red Dead Redemption 2 Single-Player DLC
Rockstar Games has confirmed, in an interview with VG24/7, that they have no current plans to release DLC for Red Dead Redemption 2′s single-player mode. Rockstar will instead be working on expanding the game’s multiplayer mode, Red Dead Online. During an interview with Rockstar developers by VG24/7, lead online production associate Katie Pica explained that…
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Korn’s Frontman Wishes More Games Had Easy Modes
Jonathan Davis, the lead singer of metal band Korn, doesn’t drink alcohol, go to big parties or do any drugs. Instead, he has one vice: video games. His love of video games led to him and his band recently being featured in an MMORPG event. It also means that his crew lug around giant boxes…
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