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The Battle Of The Translucent N64s Has Arrived

Analogue responds to the M64 with its own colorful variants

By Ethan Gach Published December 8, 2025

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Star Wars KOTOR 2 Remake Revealed In Court Docs

It's unclear if the remake of Obsidian's Knights of the Old Republic 2 is still in development or not

By Zack Zwiezen Published December 8, 2025
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Dildos, Dogs, And Lint: GameStop’s ‘Trade Anything Day’ Ranges From Chaos To Nightmare

The meme stock store stunt led to all sorts of weird donations

By Ethan Gach Published December 8, 2025
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Watch Pokémon And Yu-Gi-Oh’s Heroes Duke It Out In A Pure ’90s Nostalgia Bomb

Death Battle is back with a video pitting Ash Ketchum and Yugi Moto against one another

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 8, 2025
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The Streamer Awards Were A Reminder Of How Streaming Rewards Bad Behavior

QTCinderella’s fifth-annual Streamer Awards was a tough watch

By Alyssa Mercante Published December 8, 2025

CultureNewsMorning Checkpoint

Elon Musk Robot Looks Drunk

Also: Hideo Kojima chats about Physint and OD

By Ethan Gach Published December 8, 2025
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Tekken Director Katsuhiro Harada Is Leaving Bandai Namco After 31 Years

The fighting game veteran announced that he is leaving the company after decades leading the series

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 8, 2025
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Metroid Prime 4 Players Are Discovering The Game Is Filled With Vagina Doors

I mean, most of these doors look more like vulvas to me...

By Zack Zwiezen Published December 5, 2025
CultureNews

A New Postal Game Was Announced, Then Canceled Over AI Slop, Within Just 48 Hours

Is this a new record for announcing and then killing a gaming project?

By John Walker Published December 5, 2025
CultureMorning Checkpoint

Fans Can’t Believe How Much Microsoft Is Selling Used Xbox Consoles For

Also: A Call of Duty map has gone missing, a Dragon Ball Z fish, and Hytale ain't coming to Steam anytime soon

By Zack Zwiezen Published December 5, 2025

CultureNews

Legendary Fallout Developer Tim Cain Returns To Obsidian

The former lead on The Outer Worlds returns to his RPG home

By John Walker Published December 5, 2025
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Fans Think Mario Kart World Might Get A Big Donkey Kong DLC Any Day Now

Some of the clues pointing to Donkey Kong Bananza characters getting added are more convincing than others

By Ethan Gach Published December 5, 2025
CultureNews

Splitgate 2 Launched, Flopped, Unlaunched, Relaunched, And Renamed All In The Same Year

Oh, it’s you again

By Claire Jackson Published December 5, 2025
CultureNews

Mortal Kombat’s Shang Tsung, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Has Died Aged 75

The beloved actor appeared in 150 roles across movies, TV and video games

By John Walker Published December 5, 2025
CultureNews

Dragon Age Day Comes And Goes In Complete Silence Just One Year After Veilguard

This comes after a ton of internal strife before, during, and after Dragon Age: The Veilguard

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 5, 2025

CultureGame Diary

Metroid Prime 4‘s First Hour Is… Eh, But Then I Reached Volt Forge And It Rules

Nintendo's latest exclusive takes some time to get going, but looks marvelous on Switch 2

By Zack Zwiezen Published December 5, 2025
CultureNews

Netflix Is About To Buy HBO, Warner, And Batman Himself For $83 Billion [Update]

If the deal goes through, Netflix could be the most powerful player in Hollywood

By John Walker Published December 5, 2025
CultureNews

Fortnite Frees The Nipple

It seems like Epic Games may have changed its stance on accurately rendering shirtless characters

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 4, 2025
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The Outer Worlds 2 Gave Me Exactly What I Wanted From An RPG Inventory System And I Hated It

An RPG without encumbrance seemed like the holy grail, but it didn’t exactly turn out that way

Jen Lennon Published December 4, 2025
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One Player Turned 2025’s Hit Extraction Shooter Into A Stunning War Photography Sim

You’ve never seen the Rust Belt like this before

By Claire Jackson Published December 4, 2025

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