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CulturePlayStation Showcase Game Was ‘Stolen,’ Say Former Developers [Update]
A group of developers went public today with serious accusations of overwork and theft against their former employer, the Estonian studio Limestone Games. The claims surfaced shortly after a trailer for Aeon Must Die, the game they say was stolen from them, was shown during today’s State of Play broadcast In total, eight members of…
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CultureHere’s How Bugsnax Plays
Today’s PlayStation State of Play gave an in-depth look at gameplay for the “body-horror but make it cute” hit of the summer, Bugsnax. Check out the gameplay trailer below. “Use traps and sauces to capture Bugsnax,” developer Young Horses wrote in a press release. “On top of being tasty, each of the 100 different species…
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CultureEverything PlayStation Announced During Today’s State Of Play
Here’s everything noteworthy that was announced, revealed, or otherwise discussed during today’s State of Play broadcast. Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time is a direct sequel to Crash Bandicoot: Warped It’s the first new game in the series in over a decade, and will give you the ability to play through the entire adventure as…
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CultureAll Three Hitman Games Will Be Playable In VR
Revealed today during Sony’s State of Play, IO Interactive is bringing Hitman to VR. The upcoming game, as well as the previous two games in the current trilogy, will be completely playable in VR via PSVR on PS4 when it comes out January 2021.
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CultureStriking Lovestruck Writers Challenge Bosses And Win
Today the writers of Lovestruck, a popular visual novel romance game, announced a successful end to their unprecedented strike. Two weeks ago Kotaku reported on a writers strike for the mobile app, Lovestruck. Now, the writers have come to an agreement with their bosses at Voltage Entertainment whereby all of the writers will receive significant…
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CultureDoom Eternal And Elder Scrolls Online Are Getting Next-Gen Ports
Bethesda announced this morning that Doom Eternal and The Elder Scrolls Online are coming to Xbox Series X and PS5 sometime in the future. The publisher didn’t say when the games would be available on the next-gen consoles, but did note that existing owners of the games will be able to upgrade to the Xbox…
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CultureHow’s It Going? Clutter Edition
What is all this crap? Welcome back to our daily open thread. I am currently dealing with an overabundance of stuff issue in my living space. There are too many things. Boxes, books, medical supplies, cats, children—there’s too much stuff. Our landlord recently decided that, after seven years of on-time rent payments, too much stuff…
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CultureOdds and EndsGundam Is Here With An Important Public Service Announcement: Be Good To Each Other
Gundams and their pilots are here to remind us all not to lose faith in our shared humanity. Over on the GundamInfo YouTube channel, which usually hosts an ever-changing lineup of episodes and movies from the series’ decades-long back catalog, a video titled “Message from Gundam ‘Beyond’” recently went up, full of trippy visuals and…
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CultureOdds and EndsPaper Mario Player’s Coins Hit A Very Nice Number
Twitch streamer and speedrunner Boyks accomplished a monumental feat of gaming prowess earlier this week when he briefly hit 42,069 coins in Paper Mario: The Origami King That’s it, that’s the story. I’m 12 years old.
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