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CulturePlease, No Flash Photography!
This week on Snapshots we look at a lovely sunset, a smoking cowboy, some creepy birds, a big shark in Assassin’s Creed, and surprise a poor, little, critter with a bright flash of light. “Leave me alone, you damn paparazzi!” Kotaku Snapshots is a weekly look at some of the best, funniest and coolest screenshots…
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CultureGiant Space Ship Blows Up Very Slowly In Destiny 2‘s First Major Live Event
Destiny 2 had it’s first big Fortnite-style live event today with players crowding around to watch as the Almighty space ship that had been hurtling toward Earth all season was finally shot down. The only problem was it took forever. The live event kicked off at 1:00 p.m. ET with an in-game alert telling players…
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CultureItch.io Is Selling A Bundle Of Over 700+ Games For $5 To Support Racial Justice And Equality
The indie game store Itch.io has put together a massive bundle containing 742 indie games worth over $3,400 and is selling the whole thing for $5 to help raise money to support the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Community Bail Fund. The collection was launched three days ago to support the Black Lives…
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CulturePokemonCutiefly Knows That Amber Is The Color Of Your Energy
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Cutiefly! Cutiefly Details Type: Bug/Fairy Average Height: 0′ 04″ Average Weight: 0.4 lbs First Added In Generation VII Cutiefly,…
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CultureHow’s It Going?: Finishing A Big Game Edition
Welcome, to another wonderful, amazing, and damn fine open thread from Kotaku! We do this daily! Come on in and chat. Finally, I beat Assassin’s Creed: Odyessy. For the last two weeks, I’ve been playing 4 to 6 hours a night. Every night. And after finishing a bunch of side quests and locations, I, at…
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CultureIn a developer update, Crucible developers Relentless Studios have announced that they are removing two of the three game modes from the free-to-play shooter. The developer says they want to focus on their most popular mode while working to improve the game and add features like voice chat.
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CultureAn Unfinished And Playable Build Of Dead Island 2 From 2015 Has Leaked
An early, unfinished build of Dead Island 2 has leaked online and now folks are playing and sharing footage of this old corpse of a game. As spotted by Eurogamer, this build appears to have leaked in the last 72 hours or so via 4chan. The build is dated June 2015 and was being developed…
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CultureMorning Checkpoint2020 Really Sucks
This week we listen to Black creators and how Twitch is failing them, we talk to game companies about what they are doing to really help support Black People, make fun of some cops and try not to think about how awful 2020 has been. I wanted to have a fun image, but right now…
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CultureSudoku Plus Zelda Is Actually Pretty Good
I’m not going to lie, sudoku isn’t my cup of tea. I like watching clever people solve these numbers-based puzzles, sure, but it’s not something I go out of my way to do in my free time. When I stumbled upon an elaborate sudoku puzzle based on The Legend of Zelda, however, I found myself…
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UncategorizedMagic‘s New Set Stars A Black Man Who Can Bend Time, And I’m Here For It
Wizards of the Coast kicked off the new Magic: The Gathering set release with a preview of the Core 2021 set. The set features a new Teferi planeswalker, reprints of powerful cards, and the return of phasing—a mechanic not seen in Standard decks for over 20 years. While the official stream revealed only a handful…
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CultureSomebody Turned Half-Life: Alyx Into P.T. In Case You Never Want To Sleep Again
Even though P.T. was just a playable teaser for a game that we will never actually get to play, it still haunts many people’s memories. Now, someone is trying to recreate the terrifying game using the Half-Life: Alyx engine. Spotted by PC Gamer, this creation is simply titled PT. It’s a Source 2 VR map…
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Tips & GuidesGames You Can Play For Free While Stuck At Home
By now, you’ve hopefully hopped on the social distancing train. As so many experts have suggested, it’s one of the best tactics for slowing the spread of covid-19. One possible side effect of social distancing is that you might find yourself with an uncontrollable urge to play a lot of video games. Thing is, playing…
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CultureIt looks like the giant spaceship currently hurtling toward Earth in Destiny 2 will get blown up tomorrow. Saturday, June 6 at 1:00 p.m. ET “we take aim at the Almighty,” Bungie tweeted today. It’s not clear what that means exactly, but it sounds similar to a Fortnite-style live event.
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CultureVery FirstThe Very First Harry Potter Game Was A Weird LEGO Joint
Long-running video game franchises all have to start somewhere, and it’s not always pretty. Looking back to that origin point can show us not just how the greats began, but how far they’ve come since. Today we unearth the very first Harry Potter video game. So, What Was The First Harry Potter Game? LEGO Creator:…
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CultureFinal Fantasy XIV Fan Fest Cancelled, New Update Still Delayed
Final Fantasy XIV’s annual Fan Festival in North America has been cancelled, and the game’s upcoming patch 5.3 has been delayed again, due to the ongoing outbreak of covid-19. “The North American Fan Festival was scheduled to be held in San Diego half a year from now in November, but after much deliberation we have…
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CultureSony Fined $2.4 Million By Australian Court For Misleading PlayStation Players About Game Refunds
Australia’s Federal Court announced today that it’s ordering Sony to pay $3.5 million in fines (approximately $2,445,00 in U.S. dollars) for breaking the country’s consumer law by misleading people about video game refunds. “Between October 2017 and May 2019, Sony Europe’s Terms of Service implied that users did not have consumer guarantee rights regarding the…
By Ethan Gach