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CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Hate This Rope In Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
I don’t think I’ve ever been as frustrated with an inanimate object in a video game as I have with this goddamn rope in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order I’ve been messing around with Fallen Order in brief spurts since it launched last November, but only recently set my mind to a serious playthrough. It’s…
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Tips & GuidesHow To Survive Fall Guys‘ Toughest Mini-Games
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout released yesterday on PC and PlayStation 4. Thanks to Twitch hype and inclusion in August’s game with PS Plus, Fall Guys landed with a splash—such a big splash, in fact, that server issues persisted throughout much of yesterday, preventing eager players from testing out this hotly-anticipated party game. It’s by and…
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CultureStreet Fighter V Is Getting Dan, Rose, Oro, and Akira From Rival Schools
Street Fighter V’s final season will see Dan, Rose, Oro, and Akira Kazama of Rival Schools join the game, Capcom announced during a special live stream this afternoon. The developers explained that these specific fighters were chosen for Street Fighter V thanks to the presence of storyline acquaintances already existing in the game. Dan, for…
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CultureAccording to Sony’s first-quarter financial results for 2020, PlayStation Plus currently has nearly 45 million active users around the world, a gain of nearly 3.4 million over the previous quarter. That number should jump significantly now that Fall Guys is a free PlayStation Plus game.
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UncategorizedMeanwhile in not Fall Guys news, check out the latest trailer for Mortal Shell Mortal Shell is a Souls-like action RPG where players possess the bodies of fallen warriors—y’know their mortal shells—and use them to fight. Coming to PlayStation, Xbox One, and the Epic Game Store August 18th, Mortal Shell looks like it’ll fill the Bloodborne-sized…
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CultureNintendo Added A Surprise New Stage To Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Ask any Smash fan and they’ll tell you that updates to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate are negligible. Usually, they’ll introduce the barest tweaks to existing fighters, or adjust the online mode in some barely noticeable way—and nothing more. So it’s somewhat of a surprise that, in last night’s 8.1.0 update, Nintendo added a whole new…
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CulturePikmin 3 Deluxe Comes To Switch October 30
Cross another game off the “Wii U Games That Still Need To Come To Switch” list. Beloved action-puzzler Pikmin 3 is getting the deluxe treatment, releasing on Switch October 30 with full story mode co-op, new side missions, lock-on targeting, and new difficulty options. There’s nothing quite like guiding colorful plant creatures with unique abilities…
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OpinionImpressionsI Played The Avengers Beta And I’m Not Excited
This past weekend I got a chance to step into the sneakers, armored boots, and severely distressed cut-offs of some of my favorite comic book heroes as part of an early beta event for Marvel’s Avengers. I was hoping my brief time with the game would quell the nagging feeling that it’s little more than…
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CultureActivision Blizzard Boasts Record Results While Employees Protest Pay Inequity
Activision Blizzard boasted of “record results” for Q2 2020 in an earnings report released earlier today, with an eye on long-term growth thanks to the boost received in the previous quarter from the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. This financial victory lap, however, comes just days after workers collaborated on a spreadsheet designed to highlight pay inequity…
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