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CultureGame Developers Conference Has Been ‘Postponed’ To Summer
Following the exit of several major exhibitors, the organizers of the Game Developers Conference said Friday that the show, originally scheduled to take place from March 16 to 20 in San Francisco, will be postponed until the summer due to concerns over the spread of coronavirus. “After close consultation with our partners in the game…
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ReviewsHardwareComputersNZXT’s New Mini Case Makes A Fine Little Gaming PC
Vertically-aligned boxes are beautiful. That’s the first thing I learned from NZXT’s H1 Mini PC, a new pre-configured gaming PC sporting the elegantly monolithic H1 mini-ITX case on the outside and impressive space economy on the inside. This article is really about two items NZXT released this past week. The first one is the H1…
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CultureSplitscreenThe Best Kirby Game For Non-Kirby Fans
How can anyone not like Kirby? For this week’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, I got my two cohosts to try out Kirby: Planet Robobot because I won a bet. Kirk has never played a Kirby game before, whereas Jason is just a skeptic. By the time they’ve beaten this game, they’ll both be dedicated Kirby…
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Tips & GuidesCan’t Decide What To Play In Dreams? Try These
It’s not an exaggeration to say the possibilities in Dreams are endless. Media Molecule’s creativity game, which officially came out for PS4 a few weeks back, puts the tools of a developer in the hands of a gamer. It’s not the Frostbite Engine or iD Tech 4, but, on the other hand, you don’t need…
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CultureEVE Online‘s Annual Fanfest Canceled Due To Coronavirus
EVE Online’s annual Fanfest event is the latest in a string of video game-related events to be negatively impacted by the spread of COVID-19, or coronavirus. EVE developer CCP Games announced today that the event, scheduled to take place April 2 through 4, would be canceled due to concerns of the spread of the virus.…
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UncategorizedThere’s a new Trackmania game coming to PC on May 5. Announced today at the Trackmania Grand League finals in Lyon, France, it’s a remake of 2006’s Trackmania Nations with a focus on simplicity and regular competitive play while giving players more tools to create their own custom tracks. Check out the official announcement for…
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CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
Who can play video games while Kotaku’s Riley MacLeod is off running his first half-marathon? I sure can. The weekend is for sitting comfortably inside a climate-controlled home playing video games while other people run. I won’t be running any time soon, but my virtual activity level will be high. This weekend I don tight…
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OpinionImpressionsCrossy Road Castle Is Out For Apple Arcade, And It Is Splendid
I guess we finally know what Crossy Road’s blocky little animals were trying to get. Hipster Whale, the developers behind the most compelling road-crossing game since Frogger, have turned their technicolor talent toward multiplayer platforming in Crossy Road Castle, out now for Apple Arcade. Crossy Road Castle is not at all what I was expecting…
By Mike Fahey
