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ReviewsYear in ReviewFahey’s Favorite Toys Of 2019
2019 was U.S. toy fans’ first full year without Toys’R’Us, or at least Toys’R’Us as we once knew it. Desperate Americans were forced to buy from non-dedicated toy sellers, with their lower prices and convenient one-stop shopping. It was a nightmare, but somehow we made it through with some pretty cool stuff. Let’s check it…
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UncategorizedEVE Online Resource Changes Could Spark More War
Large groups of EVE Online players often band together for safety, security, and shared prosperity, which eventually leads to solidified power blocs that are so deeply entrenched in their positions that the game begins to stagnate. These massive player kingdoms can amass everything they need, so there’s not a lot of reason to leave and…
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OpinionImpressionsThe X-Men Update Adds Friendly Competition To Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3
Rise of the Phoenix, the second installment of paid downloadable content for Switch exclusive Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, is now live. The level cap has been upped to 200; Iceman, Phoenix, Cable, and Gambit join the fray; and the new Danger Room mode gives players a cool new way to team up and compete. As…
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ReviewsYear in ReviewEthan Gach’s Top 10 Games of 2019
It’s been a bad year for great games, but a great year for good ones. I say that not to disparage any particular game, big or small, but rather to help explain why this was the hardest list of games I’ve put together since I started writing for Kotaku three years ago. While a few…
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CultureKotaku’s Witcher Nerds Talk About The Netflix Series
Monsters, sorceresses, ballads, and swords. Netflix’s The Witcher is fun high fantasy pulp, particularly if you’re already a fan. We sit down to talk about what we did and did not like in this latest adaptation of the classic book series. The Witcher is rough around the edges but it has a lot of heart.…
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Tips & GuidesThis Year’s Dawning Event Is A Huge Gift To Players Grinding Destiny 2‘s Season Pass
Destiny 2’s seasonal “Dawning” event is showering players in experience points, helping to ease the months-long grind through the game’s second battle pass-style reward progression. The event went live last week and will remain in effect until January 14. During that time the Tower will have a nice, festive dusting of snow and players will…
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CultureCall Of Duty Players Are Getting Quick Nukes Thanks To Spawn Camping On New Map
Tactical nuke kill streaks are supposed to be hard to get in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, but some players have been getting them incredibly fast thanks to bad spawn points on the game’s Shipment map. Over the weekend the TapXNation YouTube channel put up a video showing a player by the name of Streaking…
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CultureThe Week In Games: One More Wii U Game…
It is nearly 2020 and yet, on this list of games releasing this week, you will find a Wii U game. It’s a Christmas miracle. Digging around for information about this Wii U game, it was released on the Wii U in Europe back in 2017. And for some reason, in 2019, it is finally…
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ReviewsYear in ReviewZack Zwiezen’s Top 10 Games Of 2019
2019 was a weird year for games. Some great stuff was released in the last 12 months, but there was also a lot of stuff released in 2019 that felt too broken or unfinished. There was also a feeling that this generation of consoles has hit its breaking point. A lot of games were almost…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Christmas 2019
Happy holidays! We have almost made it through 2019. What a year. A bad year, for most folks around the world. But we did it. Congrats. Christmas is almost here so let’s have some fun. Your challenge this week: Celebrate the holidays with video game characters. No other rules or requirements. A simple and open…
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CultureCats Is Getting Patched Like A Video Game
Something very weird is happening. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the recently released Cats film is being updated, only a few days after it hit theaters. This new version of the film will fix CGI issues. According to THR, this is the first time a movie has been updated while still in theaters after…
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CultureSunday Comics: Aww, You’re The Best!
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Dec. 18. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Dec. 16. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Baby Yoda, Winners!
The Child, also known as Baby Yoda to everyone outside Disney and Lucasfilm, has quickly become a beloved part of Star Wars and the new The Mandalorian series. And with him popping up in The Sims 4 recently, I figured it was about time he got his own ‘Shop Contest. Our winning image this week…
By Zack Zwiezen
