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  WoW: Forever Is Cranking Up The Weather And Players Are Losing Their Minds

  Strangers to the rain

  By Rebekah Valentine Published September 24, 2026
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  Games

  Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Devs Say Japanese And Western Players Are ‘Directly Opposed’ On What They Want From The RPG

  Balancing player expectations between the two regions proved challenging

  By Alicia Haddick Published September 2, 2026
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  Culture

  Vanillaware Artist Moved Into The Mountains For Six Years To Create Lush Love Letter To Old School RPGs

  Yoshio Nishimura’s Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle is a delightfully quirky love letter to the likes of Grailquest and Deathtrap Dungeon

  By Zack Kotzer Published July 12, 2026
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  Games

  Xbox Unions In The Dark Despite Negotiating Layoff Protections For Months: ‘We Understand That Businesses Have To Business, But The Uncertainty Is Maddening’

  'We just want to know that they're like making a real effort to keep our jobs and to acknowledge that we are people with hopes and dreams and kids and mortgages'

  By Rebekah Valentine Published June 30, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Nintendo Finally Did It: The eShop On Switch Isn’t A Slow, Horrible Mess Anymore

  The eShop on the original Switch now supports dark mode, too

  By Zack Zwiezen Published June 16, 2026
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  CultureNews

  New Lego Batman Trailer Uses The Perfect Song To Get Me Freakin’ Pumped For Launch

  Legacy of the Dark Knight is shaping up to be the best damn Batman game in a long, long time

  By Zack Zwiezen Published May 7, 2026
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  Culture

  Modder Discovers Abandoned Sewer Level In Dark Souls II Nearly 12 Years Later

  The infamous Gutter appears to have been far more ambitious in an earlier development phase

  By Zack Kotzer Published April 19, 2026
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  Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 4 Great Games We Can’t Wait To Get Back To

  We’re diving into retro frights, a slick new sci-fi shooter, Pac-Man’s dark new look, and some game that has to do with that Silksong thing ya’ll are talking about

  By Claire Jackson Published August 22, 2025
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  CultureNews

  Doom: The Dark Ages’ New Ripatorium Is A Great Way To Have Your Ass Handed To You

  Admission is free if you have a Sisyphean complex (and for everyone actually ‘cause it’s a free update)

  By Claire Jackson Published August 8, 2025
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  CultureNews

  Report: FromSoftware’s Next Unannounced Game Is Closer Than We Think

  Is a Dark Souls 3 remaster or Armored Core expansion coming in 2026?

  By Ethan Gach Published July 18, 2025