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CultureOfficial Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament Bans Hero, Then Unbans Him
The controversy surrounding Super Smash Bros. Ultimate character Hero and his place in serious competition intensified recently when it was revealed that an official, Nintendo-sanctioned tournament in France had chosen to ban him from play. But now, just two days later, Nintendo has reversed that decision. Originally announced back in January, the European Team Cup…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Wasn’t Expecting This New Fashion Game To Be So Political
For a while, I couldn’t open Instagram without getting an ad for Covet, a styling game similar to Love Nikki. Covet’s hook is that it features real fashion brands, and while it was tempting, I also suspected that it would be like taking a vacuum to my bank account. After Jezebel editor-in-chief Julianne Escobedo-Shepherd told…
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CultureIndie Game Offers Special Font For Dyslexic Players
Overland, the road-tripping survival game that Kotaku editor Riley MacLeodrecently described as an “indie rock XCOM,” is often unforgiving by design. During development, however, the developers realized it was also challenging in one way they hadn’t intended: the font was too difficult for players with dyslexia to read. At last year’s PAX East in Boston,…
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CultureRespawn Is Reviving Medal Of Honor… As An Oculus VR Exclusive
Electronic Arts’ Medal Of Honor series of military first-person shooters is back in action, although not in the way you might expect: It’s being reborn as a virtual reality game for the Oculus Rift, courtesy of Apex Legends and Titanfall developer Respawn, coming in 2020. Respawn and Oculus announced that they were working on a…
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