CultureNintendo Finally Reveals The Switch 2, Elon Musk And Asmongold Clash, And More Of The Week's Top StoriesAlso an Oblivion remake is coming, and we got our first look at a new RPG from devs of The Witcher 3Kotaku Staff
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TwitchElon Musk And Asmongold Are Fighting After The Streamer Accused Him Of Being A Fake GamerEthan Gach
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CultureNintendo Finally Reveals The Switch 2, Elon Musk And Asmongold Clash, And More Of The Week's Top StoriesAlso an Oblivion remake is coming, and we got our first look at a new RPG from devs of The Witcher 3Kotaku Staff
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NewsWhere's Bloodborne 2? Former PlayStation Exec Has A TheorySony's waiting on FromSoftware director Hidetaka Miyazaki to be available againEthan Gach
TwitchElon Musk And Asmongold Are Fighting After The Streamer Accused Him Of Being A Fake GamerEthan Gach
Tech13 Glimpses Of What's Different With The Nintendo Switch 2The Switch 2's familiar shape masks some very subtle differencesEthan Gach
NewsGod Of War Multiplayer Game And More Canceled Following Concord FlopSony kills live-service projects at PlayStation studios Bend and BluepointEthan Gach
NewsNintendo Reveals Next Mario Kart And Fans Think It Includes 24-Player ModeThe Switch 2 announcement showed the new device playing what seems to be the next game in the kart-racing seriesKenneth Shepard
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Kotaku Game DiaryKicking Enemies Is So Much Fun In Dragon Age: The VeilguardMore video games need a button that lets me do a big drop kick!Zack Zwiezen
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RetroThe Analogue 3D Plays N64 Games In 4K For $250The latest boutique retro console won't arrive until 2025Ethan Gach
Retro12,000 Fake Nintendo And Sega Consoles To Be Destroyed In Major Retro Gaming BustThe counterfeit systems housed pirated games like Street Fighter and Super Mario Bros. Ethan Gach
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GalleryThe Very Best Cosplay We Saw In 2024Here are 18 of the best outfits created for 2024's fan conventionsJohn Walker
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Game AwardsLet Me Dress You For The Game Awards 2023The gamer drip discourse is back, baby, but this time I’m here to helpAlyssa Mercante
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Game AwardsDeveloper On Pranking Game Awards With Golf Balls: 'It's A Boring Show'Some would tell you that The Game Awards are gaming’s Academy Awards. Those people are hilariously wrong, given that the show largely serves as a vehicle for commercials announcing upcoming games, with the awards themselves coming off as a distant…Nathan Grayson
Game AwardsAll The Big Announcements At The 2019 Game AwardsThe new Xbox was shown off at the fifth annual Game Awards, during a show that also saw a slew of new game announcements, release date reveals, and trailers.Stephen Totilo
PokemonPokémon TCG Pocket Has A Staggering 12 Different Currencies, And CountingOh, god, no, wait, it might be 13. Or 14 if you count the two types of gold...John Walker
PokemonThe Highest Value Pokémon TCG Cards In Stellar CrownWhether because they're pretty, or essential for winning, these are the cards demanding the biggest feesJohn Walker
PokemonPokémon TCG Pocket Launches Its First Drop Event, But There's A Catch'Gotta gatcha 'em all' seems to be the presiding philosophy in this collectible card game's designJohn Walker
PokemonPokémon GO Officially Unveils Gigantamax PokémonJust a short five years since the concept was added to the mainline games, it now hits mobileJohn Walker
Shop Contest'Shop Contest: Giant Stuffed Leek, Winners!This is the end, beautiful friend. This is the end, my only friendZack Zwiezen
Shop Contest'Shop Contest: Giant Stuffed LeekGive me your biggest leek....no...that's too big...Zack Zwiezen
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SplitscreenLet’s Pick Winners For The 2021 Game AwardsOn the eve of this year’s Keighley-fest, we choose our champions of this year’s Game AwardsMike Fahey
SplitscreenWe Are Still Living With The Revolution GTA 3 StartedWith Rockstar’s GTA Trilogy just around the corner we talk about our first run-ins with the pivotal seriesEthan Gach
SplitscreenTalking MMORPGs, From Ultima Online To Amazon's New WorldWith stops at EverQuest, World of Warcraft, and FFXIV along the wayMike Fahey
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Splitscreen10 Years Later, We Can't Stop Watching Nintendo DirectsReflecting on 10 years of Animal Crossing teases, Bayonetta trailers, and moreEthan Gach
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SplitscreenLet’s Pick Winners For The 2021 Game AwardsOn the eve of this year’s Keighley-fest, we choose our champions of this year’s Game AwardsMike Fahey
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SplitscreenTalking MMORPGs, From Ultima Online To Amazon's New WorldWith stops at EverQuest, World of Warcraft, and FFXIV along the wayMike Fahey
SplitscreenLet’s Reminisce About A Little Series Called Smash Bros.From Super Smash Bros. humble beginnings to Kingdom Hearts’ hero Sora joining the frayMike Fahey
Splitscreen10 Years Later, We Can't Stop Watching Nintendo DirectsReflecting on 10 years of Animal Crossing teases, Bayonetta trailers, and moreEthan Gach
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TwitchElon Musk And Asmongold Are Fighting After The Streamer Accused Him Of Being A Fake GamerEthan Gach
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Very FirstThe Very First Skateboarding Game Was A Rad Arcade Hit From The '80sLong-running video game franchises all have to start somewhere, and it’s not always pretty. Looking back to that origin point can show us not just how the greats began, but how far they’ve come since. Today we unearth the very first skateboarding…Zack Zwiezen
Very FirstThe Very First Rocko's Modern Life Game Was Also The LastLong-running video game franchises (or uh, in this case very short ones) all have to start somewhere, and it’s not always pretty. Looking back to that origin point can show us not just how the greats began, but how far they’ve come since. Today we…Zack Zwiezen
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