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Everything 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…

By Ian Walker Published August 6, 2020

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All 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.

By Zack Zwiezen Published August 6, 2020

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Striking 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…

By Ash Parrish Published August 6, 2020

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Beep Beep Whoosh

Fortnite’s latest update yesterday finally brought drivable cars to the game. We’re still finding out all the things we can do with them, but some players have found a weird new form of off-roading: trucks can fly. Players on the Fortnite subreddit, as well as on YouTube, have been posting a glitch that makes trucks…

By Riley MacLeod Published August 6, 2020

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World of Warcraft Adds NPC Memorial Honoring Twitch Streamer Reckful

Byron “Reckful” Bernstein was a Twitch fixture, transforming himself into an essential part of the platform’s DNA during his eight-year streaming career. Last month, he died by suicide, leaving a whole host of gaming communities mourning in his wake. Now, Blizzard has chosen to honor him with an in-game World of Warcraft tribute. Last night,…

By Nathan Grayson Published August 6, 2020

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Doom 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…

By Ethan Gach Published August 6, 2020

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How’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…

By Mike Fahey Published August 6, 2020

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Gundam 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…

By Ethan Gach Published August 6, 2020

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Let’s See What The Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games Are!

Over the past few months, with more folks at home due to the ongoing pandemic, people have been buying and playing a lot of Nintendo Switch games. Let’s see what the best-selling Nintendo Switch games are! As of June 30, here they are:

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 6, 2020

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My Goodness, Nintendo’s Profits Increased Over 400 Percent

During the three month period from April to June 2020, Nintendo’s operating profits increased by 427.7 percent. In its latest financial earnings statement, Nintendo revealed its year-on-year sales increased by 108.1 percent, while the company’s net profit is up 541.3 percent. Out of that, dedicated video game platform sales, which includes hardware, software and accessories,…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 6, 2020

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Steam Glitch Temporarily Removed Some Games, Purchases From Accounts

Last night a temporary glitch hit some Steam users in the worst way possible, removing games and additional purchases like DLC from some players’ libraries. It affected all kinds of games, from Red Dead Redemption 2 to Fallout 4, with the only common trait seemingly being that they were all titles on sale for one…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 5, 2020

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Halo Infinite, Only On The N64

Last month Microsoft showed off a ton of footage from the upcoming Halo Infinite, featuring a crash landing and a very upset pilot. They looked OK in high definition, but there’s something about them that looks even better imagined as an N64 game. This video by Hoolopee does exactly what it suggests, recreating 1:42 of…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 5, 2020

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The Incredible Story Behind The Barbie As Rapunzel Video Game

In the late 90’s, amongst a wave of all-new “Games for Girls”, Barbie appeared on CD-ROM for the first time. I was five, dressed in a timeless bejeweled-satin-homemade-princess-gown-and-feather-boa combo. I was squarely within the target audience for the first ever Barbie fantasy video game. Magic Fairy Tales: Barbie as Rapunzel is burned into my memory.…

Ally McLean Published August 5, 2020

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Paper 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.

By Ian Walker Published August 5, 2020

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Xbox’s New Streaming Service Doesn’t Look Likely For iPhone, iPad Users

When Microsoft announced that its Project xCloud game streaming service was coming to Xbox Game Pass, it only mentioned Android phones and tablets, despite the fact xCloud has also been in testing on iOS devices. Any iOS users hoping this was an oversight, something that might be fixed or revealed at a later date, should…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 5, 2020

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EA Removes ‘Toxic’ Celebrations In FIFA 21

A pair of celebrations that contributed to “toxic behaviors” online will not return in FIFA 21 when the game launches on October 9, according to series publisher EA. This news comes courtesy of Eurogamer, which reported earlier today that FIFA 21 will not include the post-goal “Shush” and “A-OK” celebrations from previous games. The former…

By Ian Walker Published August 5, 2020

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Enjoy This Word Salad About Why Marvel’s Avengers’ Spider-Man Is A PlayStation Exclusive

On Monday, developer Crystal Dynamics announced that Spider-Man will be coming to Marvel’s Avengers sometime next year, but only on PS4 and PS5. Fans were understandably upset. Now, studio co-head Scot Amos has explained the reasoning behind the exclusivity deal. Kinda. Not really. Amos could have just dodged the issue entirely by saying something like…

By Ethan Gach Published August 5, 2020

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The U.S. Army Is Returning To Twitch And Unbanning Users, For Now

The U.S. Army’s Twitch channel has not streamed in almost a month. After finding itself in the crosshairs of Twitch users and Democratic representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for banning viewers who asked about war crimes and hosting sketchy giveaways, the channel went radio silent. Soon, however, it will return, and previously banned users will have their…

By Nathan Grayson Published August 5, 2020

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I Hate This Rope In Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

I don’t think I’ve ever been as frustrated with an inanimate object in a video game as I have with this goddamn rope in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order I’ve been messing around with Fallen Order in brief spurts since it launched last November, but only recently set my mind to a serious playthrough. It’s…

By Ian Walker Published August 5, 2020

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Street Fighter V Is Getting Dan, Rose, Oro, and Akira From Rival Schools

Street Fighter V’s final season will see Dan, Rose, Oro, and Akira Kazama of Rival Schools join the game, Capcom announced during a special live stream this afternoon. The developers explained that these specific fighters were chosen for Street Fighter V thanks to the presence of storyline acquaintances already existing in the game. Dan, for…

By Ian Walker Published August 5, 2020