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OpinionImpressionsHawkeye Can’t Save Marvel’s Avengers
Like a sexy civilian in a superhero movie, Marvel’s Avengers needs saving. Someone, or something, needs to swoop in with panache and 11th-hour heroics. And the hero up at bat is…Hawkeye? Really? Him? Clint Barton, a.k.a. Hawkeye, joined the Avengers roster yesterday as part of the action game’s biggest update yet. First, those long-awaited next-gen…
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CultureNext Big Cyberpunk 2077 Patch Will Fix Cops And Cars
CD Projekt Red released a weird update on Cyberpunk 2077‘s next big patch today, including a brief explanation of changes coming to how its open world works, delivered by an in-universe news broadcaster. *Sigh*. You can listen to Night City news anchor Gillean Jordan cryptically tease these changes in a series of videos that show…
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CultureGotham Knights Delayed Until 2022
Warner Bros. Montreal announced that Gotham Knights has been delayed until 2022. The game was announced in August of last year during a DC digital showcase event and was originally planned to come out sometime in 2021. Gotham Knights can be played alone or with a friend via co-op. It’s being developed by Warner Bros.…
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CultureActivision Yanks Crossbow It Accidently Released Early Even After Players Spent Time Grinding For It [Update]
What Call of Duty giveth, Call of Duty taketh away. Yesterday, a fancy new crossbow went live in Call of Duty: Warzone and Black Ops Cold War by accident, and now players who spent hours trying to unlock it are frustrated that Activision has taken it back out of the game. As Eurogamer reports, players…
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CultureResearchers Name Newly Discovered Insects After Legendary Pokémon
Two entomologists decided to name their recently discovered new species of Australian beetles Binburrum articuno, Binburrum moltres, and Binburrum zapdos, bringing Pokémon full circle back to what originally inspired the hit video game series. In the world of scientific research those who do the hard work of delivering new findings also get to name them,…
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CultureAmong Us Gets Airship Map And New Update Later This Month
Hit murder mystery sim Among Us will get an account system, new mechanics, and its long-awaited airship map on March 31, maker Innersloth announced yesterday. First revealed last December, the airship map will have new tasks associated with it, and be the 2018 party game’s biggest to-date. Here’s everything else this month’s free update is…
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CultureMorning MusicBravely Default II’s Grand Music Does Most Of Its Storytelling
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today, let’s listen to some of the songs from the new Final Fan–, err, Bravely Default II’s instant-classic soundtrack. Bravely Default II (playlist / VGMdb / longplay / impressions) never ends. Good thing it has a…
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OpinionImpressionsMagic: Legends Makes Diablo-Style Combat Feel Like, Well, Magic
In the past, every month or so my partner and I would follow the instructions on the box and “gather” with our friends to play Magic: The Gathering. We’d have a casual sealed draft of whatever the latest set was, and at the end of the (at times very long) night, the winner walked home…
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CultureSony Buys Evo
The world’s largest fighting game competition, Evolution Championship Series, (colloquially known as Evo) has been purchased by Sony Interactive Entertainment, the Japanese corporation announced today. Evo co-founders Tom and Tony Cannon plan to stay on as key advisors. Joining Sony in the acquisition is RTS, a new esports organization recently formed by sports marketing company…
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CultureSpider-Man Still Isn’t Coming To Avengers Anytime Soon
Spider-Man is still coming to Marvel’s Avengers and will remain exclusively available on the PS4 and PS5. However, the developers on the game confirmed that the original release window for Spidey, early 2021, is no longer accurate. Talking to IGN, Crystal Dynamics head of studio Scot Amos explained that a playable Spider-Man is being worked…
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Tips & GuidesDon’t Delete PS4 Avengers Before Importing Your Saves To PS5
Following a delay last fall, Marvel’s Avengers is officially out today for next-gen consoles. But if you’re trying to boot up your PlayStation 4 save files on PlayStation 5, you might notice that your hard-grinded save data doesn’t automatically transfer over. Personally, I was aghast. My Iron-Man didn’t deserve to be stuck at level one!…
By Ari Notis
