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CultureSony Lists 10 PS4 Games That Won’t Run On PS5
A new page filled with details about PlayStation 5 backward compatibility appeared today on the official PlayStation support website. While we already knew about some of what’s listed here, Sony did include a new and relatively short list of PS4 games that won’t be playable on PS5. The new support page is titled “Backward compatibility:…
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CultureFinal Fantasy 14 Gets Next Big Update In December, Will Have Faster Load Times On PS5
Square Enix announced today that Final Fantasy XIV will get patch 5.4, called Futures Rewritten, in early December. And the publisher said the massively multiplayer online game will be backwards compatible on PS5, with faster load times as a result of the next-gen hardware’s faster SSD. FFXIV will also apparently be able to make use…
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CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
Well, I give up. As much as I want to play something else this weekend because I feel like I should, I’m going to play more Fallout 76. It’s time to stop fighting it and just embrace it. I imagine some of you have had similar problems, where you find yourself playing something old instead…
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CultureDestiny 2‘s Intro Is Getting Overhauled To Make It More Welcoming To New Players
Starting out Destiny 2 as a new player is a bit of a mess at the moment. You’re almost immediately thrown into a huge solar system full of weird economies and esoteric systems, left to muddle through years of old content. Bungie plans to change that next month with a completely new tutorial experience. Starting…
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CultureMorning MusicFallout 76’s Music Was Always Great
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re going to talk about Fallout 76’s pastoral ode to nuclear death and irradiated rebirth. No other soundtrack in recent memory has breathed so much life into an otherwise empty and broken game. I’m speaking,…
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CultureOdds and EndsNicolas Cage Does His Best Travis Touchdown Impression
Croatian newspaper DuList recently snapped some photos of actor Nicolas Cage filming his upcoming movie, the aptly named The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, in the village of Cavtat. As many folks have pointed out on Twitter, the pink leather jacket makes him the spitting image of Travis Touchdown, the otaku protagonist of the No…
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CultureOdds and EndsMaybe Rhythm Games Can Help Teach Fighting Game Skills
Fighting games are hard, but what if they taught players how to perform combos with concepts from a more approachable genre? A new video imagines what it might be like to learn important techniques by way of a rhythm game-style tutorial. The proof of concept, which is actually the product of clever video editing rather…
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EsportsI Am Two Shanghai Dragons Wins Away From My First Tattoo
You know how parents quantify the passage of time to an excited child in the number of sleeps? Well, instead of sleeps, I am two Shanghai Dragons wins away from getting my first tattoo. That’s because the Overwatch League Grand Finals tournament kicked off earlier today—much earlier today as, for the first time ever, the…
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CultureCrystal Dynamics Claims Relief In Sight For Bored Avengers Players
It’s been a little over a month since Square Enix launched Marvel’s Avengers, and players are getting tired of running the same missions with the same characters ad infinitum. We need new content. New enemies. New game mechanics. Crystal Dynamics studio head Scot Amos says more content, including new mission types, a new hub, and…
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