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CultureSpeedrunners Are Beating Hitman 3‘s Dubai Level In Under 10 Seconds
Hitman 3’s opening level, set in a large tower in Dubai, is made up of various floors, rooms, and security measures. It’s a tricky stage for many players. But if you are quick, have a steady hand, and some luck, you can beat the whole thing in about nine seconds. As spotted by PCGamesN, some…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Say Hello To Muncher
The internet was obsessed this past week with Bernie Sanders. But that’s old news and it’s been done to death already. So we are zigging instead of zagging. Say hello to Muncher, a new ghost from the new upcoming Ghostbusters film. Your challenge this week: Get Muncher in more things. Spread the word. I won’t…
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CulturePlayers Unlock A New Secret Weapon In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla After Hitting A Pile Of Rocks
Players have discovered a new hidden and powerful bow in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. All you have to do is find a specific pile of rocks and hit it a few times and reload your save. Though, this isn’t the intended way to get the weapon. Players have discovered that a small, unremarkable pile of rocks…
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CultureSunday Comics: Four Weeks Ago
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Jan. 18. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Jan. 18. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Potato CEO, Winners!
Earlier this month, Taco Bell revealed that the company is run by a sentient potato. Because the world is always on fire these days, most folks didn’t notice. But I noticed and asked you all to spread the potato CEO. Our winning image this week comes from MightyM who creates an image that looks like…
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CultureOdds and EndsCapcom Is Still Hiding Ethan’s Face In Resident Evil Village
While Ethan Winters may be the new face of the Resident Evil series, we still haven’t seen his actual face. And it doesn’t look like that’s going to change when Resident Evil Village launches on May 7. 2017’s Resident Evil 7 Biohazard marked a dramatic change for Capcom’s long-running survival horror franchise. Rather than controlling…
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CultureMorning CheckpointChess Looks Wild In 2021
This week we figure out how tall the very big lady from Resident Evil Village is, flip out a Bernie chair, learn what games will be free for Xbox Live Gold subscribers this month, buy 900lbs of PlayStation consoles and check in on chess YouTube in 2021. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week I…
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CultureReport: Vicarious Visions Is Working On A Diablo II Remake
Earlier today, Activision announced Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 developer Vicarious Visions had been absorbed by Blizzard to provide support on future projects. A few hours later, we now know that one of those projects is a Diablo II remake. According to Bloomberg, Vicarious Visions has been supporting Blizzard’s Team 3—which is also responsible for the upcoming…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryToo Fast Too Fantasy XV: Late, Broke, And Bodied By A Behemoth
In my push to finish Final Fantasy XV before it leaves Xbox Game Pass I had hoped to make up for lost time. Doing the math, I figured I’ll need to cover an average of five hours a day. But after Day Two I only have a grand total of seven hours clocked on my…
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CultureCyberpunk 2077’s First Major Patch Is Finally Out For All Platforms
Like the federal government, CD Projekt Red dropped a major update at 5 p.m. on a Friday. The first major patch for Cyberpunk 2077 is officially out, nine days after the developer apologized for the state of the game’s console release and promised a major patch within ten days. Patch 1.1 addresses a slate of…
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CultureOdds and EndsI Hate This
VFX artist Hoolopee, who previously created wonderful demake videos for Halo Infinite and Death Stranding, today unleashed on the world this horrific 3D animation of Morshu from Philips CD-i abomination Link: The Faces of Evil It’s a scary good recreation of this, in case you were wondering: I don’t think anything else needs to be…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryImmortals Fenyx Rising Lets Its Bad Dad Off The Hook Too Easily
Video games have a dad problem. My colleagues broached the topic a few months ago on an episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, where they dished on some of the worst dads in video game history. (What’s up, Kratos and Joel?) Now I’d like to nominate another member to the hall of fame of bad dads: Zeus,…
By Ari Notis
