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CulturePS5 Demon’s Souls Players Are Ransacking Boletaria In Search Of New Coins
Rolling through breakable environmental objects is one of the Souls community’s favorite pastimes. But in the new Demon’s Souls remake for PlayStation 5, this might actually be the secret to deciphering some of the game’s lingering mysteries. Late last night, Demon’s Souls discussion exploded with the discovery of a brand-new item, a Ceramic Coin that…
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CultureGoogle Is Bringing Stadia To iOS
Google announced today that public testing for a web app version of Stadia on iOS will begin rolling out in the next several weeks. Launched a year ago, Google’s video game streaming service is currently available on any desktop or laptop with a Chrome browser, most Android phones and tablets, and TVs using the Chromecast…
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CultureAvengers Gets Its First New Hero, Kate Bishop, On December 8
Not that we’ll ever truly get tired of Captain America, Ms. Marvel, Black Widow, Thor, Iron Man, and The Hulk, but it’s nice to see some new blood on the way. Kate “Hawkeye” Bishop joins the roster of Marvel’s Avengers on December 8, bringing with her a whole new story arc and a quiver full…
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CultureRockstar Teases GTA Online Expansion That Will Add To Game’s Map
Today, Rockstar Games revealed the first look at a new map expansion for Grand Theft Auto Online that will be out later this year. This will be the first major map expansion for GTA Online since the game’s release in 2013. In a short video teaser, Rockstar showcased new locations that aren’t currently in GTA…
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CultureNintendo Continues Cracking Down On People Selling Switch Hacks
Nintendo filed a lawsuit Wednesday against an Amazon Marketplace user who was allegedly selling devices called RCM loaders. Used to help people jailbreak their Switch, shutting these down is the latest in the company’s efforts to stop players from pirating its games. As first reported by Polygon, the lawsuit against reseller Le Hoang Minh seeks…
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CultureThe Makers Of Hitman Are Working On A New James Bond Game
IO Interactive, the Danish video game studio behind the stealth series Hitman, announced today they’re working on a James Bond game currently titled Project 007 Here’s the teaser: It doesn’t reveal much. Over on IO Interactive’s website, the studio says this game will be an original Bond origin story where players work to achieve Bond’s…
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CultureMorning MusicSinistar’s Roars Were So Terrifying They Still Inspire Songs
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re talking about Sinistar, the antagonist of which likely gave nightmares to a generation of kids with its howling banshee shrieks. Sinistar (longplay), released to arcades by Williams Electronics in 1983, is a simple game.…
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CultureSunset Overdrive Was Good
The last console generation saw the release of approximately one metric bazillion games. Some were great, some not so great. Some were unforgettably remarkable, some remarkably forgettable. Some were Fortnite. We can debate such things until the heat death of the universe, and likely will. But one case is inarguable: Sunset Overdrive was awesome. Insomniac’s…
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OpinionSorry, Tim Sweeney, But No, Absolutely Not
Tim Sweeney, who is probably celebrating the small victory of Apple slashing their cut from App Store developers making less than $1million in half, does not know when to shut up. As reported by TechCrunch, the CEO of Epic Games decided to fix his mouth to liken his company’s struggle against Apple to the civil…
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CultureOdds and EndsI Can’t Believe All Of These Games Came Out This Year
King of hype Geoff Keighly just announced the nominees for the 2020 Game Awards, and as I’m looking through some of these nominations, I realize that none of this makes sense. First of goddamn all, Paper Mario: The Origami King should be nominated for Game of the Year instead of only being nominated in the…
By Ash Parrish
