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You Don’t Want Resident Evil Village‘s Tall Vampire Lady To Step On Your Face

You really don’t! Clocking in at 2.9m (or 9’6″) tall, Lady Dimitrescu is probably the absolute last individual you’d want stepping on you. Previously, we saw how the character compared to real humans—she towered over them. In a sponsored clip, YouTuber Kyle Hill did the math to figure out what would happen if she actually…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 19, 2021

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Super Mario 64 Plus Adds Very Cool Settings And Ideas To Nintendo’s Classic

Super Mario 64 Plus is a modified version of the PC port of Super Mario 64, which takes the original and adds loads of stuff like 60FPS, bug fixes, a ton of in-game options and, best of all, “The ability to continue the level after getting a star.” Don’t think of it as a completely…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 18, 2021

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Even As A Pacifist You Will Still Kill Over 700 People In Grand Theft Auto V

Like they did with Max Payne, Sex Positive Gamer have sat down with Grand Theft Auto V and played it as peacefully as possible, keeping murders to the absolute minimum required to progress the story. And it’s still a lot of murders. 726, to be precise, most of them as part of missions where the…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 18, 2021

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Path Of Exile Let Streamers Bypass Long Server Wait Times

During the launch of its new expansion Ultimatum, Path of Exile’s servers were having some problems over the weekend, leaving players with wait times to get in that sometimes stretched into hours. Unless, that is, you were a streamer paid to broadcast the game, in which case you got straight in. Fans stuck waiting quickly…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 18, 2021

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Homeworld 3, It’s Nice To See You Again

It has been almost two years since Homeworld 3 was announced alongside a slightly suspicious crowdfunding model, and in those two years we’ve barely seen or heard a thing about the game. We still haven’t, really, but at least today we got to see something This short video of a Railgun Frigate blowing a hole…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 18, 2021

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Sorry, But The Chug Jug Song

I’m in charge of the website this weekend, which means I get to spread my suffering to you under the guise of Content. I’m sorry. Surely you are aware of “Chug Jug with You,” a Fortnite-themed parody of Estelle and Kanye West’s “American Boy.” If somehow you are not, or you just wanna hear the…

By Riley MacLeod Published April 18, 2021

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Sunday Comics: Remaster

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 April 12. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 12. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

By Riley MacLeod Published April 18, 2021

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Report: Amazon Cancels Lord Of The Rings MMO

Amazon has cancelled an in-development Lord of the Rings MMO it first announced in 2019, Bloomberg reported today. The MMO was being developed by Amazon and Chinese company Leyou Technologies Holdings Limited, which was purchased by Tencent in December 2020. Sources told Bloomberg contract disputes between Amazon and Tencent have caused the game to be cancelled.…

By Riley MacLeod Published April 17, 2021

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Troll Makes Up Path Of Exile Ban Over Accessibility, Is Asshole

This week, a supposed player claimed to have been banned from action RPG Path of Exile for using a macro to make the game accessible. Other players and accessibility activists took up their cause. Now, it appears the whole thing was a troll. In my professional journalistic opinion: what the hell? PC Gamer has an…

By Riley MacLeod Published April 17, 2021

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Some Previously Banned Players Can Now Compete In Counter-Strike Events

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has changed its rules for competitive players who’ve been banned for violations of Valve’s Anti-Cheat system. Previously, those bans were permanent; now, players who’ve been banned for VAC violations in the past can compete in Valve-sponsored events under specific circumstances. In a post on the CS:GO blog earlier this week about the…

By Riley MacLeod Published April 17, 2021

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No-VR Mod Brings Half Life: Alyx To Players Who Can’t Afford Headsets

By all accounts, Half Life: Alyx is a phenomenal game. But because it’s VR-only, large swathes of gamers simply cannot play it.

By Ash Parrish Published April 16, 2021

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Arcade Stick Pioneers Die In Tragic Accident

In the early hours of March 29, an accidental, cooking-related fire in Westminster, California claimed the life of 63-year-old Reynalda Lynn Nguyen. Her husband, Thao Nguyen, survived for two weeks in critical condition before also passing away on April 13. They leave behind two children, Anthony and Alexandria Kristen Nguyen, who are accepting donations so…

By Ian Walker Published April 16, 2021

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No One Asked For This NFT Version Of ‘80s Hit ‘Pac-Man Fever’

Buckner & Garcia’s hit ‘80s song “Pac-Man Fever” was a wholesome, catchy tune, but nothing’s safe from the climate-wrecking tech scam known as NFTs. Now, because 2021 is trying to be as bad as 2020 I guess, Buckner decided to grace the world with a single called “NiFTy Fever.” The new song is out now…

By Zack Zwiezen Published April 16, 2021

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IO Interactive Opens Third Studio, Working On Third Game Alongside Hitman And 007

Danish developer IO Interactive announced today that it has opened a third studio in Barcelona, Spain to work alongside its existing locations in Copenhagen, Denmark and Malmö, Sweden. “All three of the IO Interactive studios are treated as Elite studios and will each make a significant impact to ongoing development and publishing efforts across all…

By Ian Walker Published April 16, 2021

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Why Video Game Loot Is So Addictive, According To The Creators Of Diablo

Colors mean different things to different people, but very specific colors mean the exact same thing to everybody who plays video games. You know the ones: gray, green, blue, purple, and gold. You covet the latter and revile the former. Loot is a universal language at this point, but it wasn’t always. On this week’s…

By Nathan Grayson Published April 16, 2021

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What Are You Playing This Weekend?

This weekend is for baseball. You can do other things if you want. Seems like good gardening weather? Maybe take the kids someplace where there are fish? Kids really love fish. Anyway, baseball. It’s early access day for MLB The Show 21 and I plan to capitalize on the four-day head start by building stadiums,…

By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2021

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Genshin Impact‘s PS5 Version Drops April 28 With Version 1.5

If you’re looking at pretty anime people in anything less than 4K resolution, are you really looking at them? Genshin Impact’s native PlayStation 5 version launches with the April 15 release of version 1.5, giving you that sweet 4K support along with enhanced textures and faster loading times. Detailed in a post on the PlayStation…

By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2021

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Rare Gokus No Longer Lost At Sea

Late last year, a storm at sea caused a shipping boat to lose a bunch of its cargo, possibly including rare figures of Dragon Ball Z’s Goku, alongside other collectibles. I am delighted to inform you that the Gokus are safe. A tweet last night from Bandai collectible brand Tamashii Nations reads that, “All items…

By Riley MacLeod Published April 16, 2021

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First Good Look At The CGI Resident Evil Netflix Series

Towards the end of the Resident Evil showcase, Capcom finally released a full-on trailer for the upcoming Netflix show Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness Have a look below: A teaser trailer for the series first debuted back in September of last year, and this is not to be confused with the live-action show Netflix show also…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2021

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Resident Evil Village Gets New Demo (And Mercenaries Mode)

Capcom held a special Resident Evil showcase to share some information about the upcoming Resident Evil Village, which is scheduled to release for just about every platform under the sun on May 7. Starting later this month, fans will be able to spend more time with Resident Evil Village by way of a new demo.…

By Ian Walker Published April 15, 2021