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  CultureNews

  PlayStation’s Spider-Man Calls For Blocking ICE Funding After Brutal Minnesota Killing

  Yuri Lowenthal asked others to speak out against injustice

  By Ethan Gach Published January 27, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Geoff Keighley Forced To Declare He Has No Financial Stake In Highguard As He’s Swarmed By Unhinged Haters

  The Game Awards host is catching a ton of strays for showing the game at the event

  By Kenneth Shepard Published January 27, 2026
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  CultureNewsMorning Checkpoint

  New Street Fighter 6 Energy Drink Proves How Far We’ve Strayed From God’s Light

  Also: Helldivers 2 teases the return of an old sci-fi foe

  By Ethan Gach Published January 27, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Highguard Removes Text From Steam Linking It To The Creators Of Titanfall

  A big selling point for the new FPS has been scrubbed from the internet

  By Zack Zwiezen Published January 27, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Resident Evil Requiem Director Responds To Open-World Speculation

  Koshi Nakanishi told Game Informer as much ahead of the game's February 27 release date

  By Nicole Carpenter Published January 27, 2026
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  CultureKotaku Game Diary

  Mining Crystals In Highguard Is So Damn Satisfying

  Heigh-Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.....

  By Zack Zwiezen Published January 27, 2026
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  CulturePokemon

  Mega Starmie Has Begun Terrorizing Yet Another Side Of The Pokémon Community

  The long-legged starfish is demolishing players in the TCG space

  By Kenneth Shepard Published January 27, 2026
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  OpinionCommentary

  Highguard‘s Small Team Sizes Are A Problem

  More players can often mean less stress and more excitement

  By Zack Zwiezen Published January 27, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Valve Fails To Get $900m Class Action Lawsuit Over Pricing Thrown Out

  The UK case claims Steam is overcharging players of PC games

  By John Walker Published January 27, 2026
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  CultureOdds and Ends

  Kotaku Is Hiring A Community Editor

  Help us share cool things with awesome people

  By Ethan Gach Published January 27, 2026
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  CultureOdds and Ends

  Kotaku Is Hiring A Staff Reporter

  We want your scoops

  By Ethan Gach Published January 27, 2026
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  CultureOdds and Ends

  Kotaku Is Hiring A Nights And Weekends Editor

  It's time to bring back the site's off-hours programming

  By Ethan Gach Published January 27, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Ubisoft Really Doesn’t Want You To See Its Canceled Prince Of Persia Remake

  Also, an actor speaks out about how she found out about the cancellation like everyone else

  By Kenneth Shepard Published January 27, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Even Animal Crossing Fans Can’t Escape AI Slop

  Fans are pushing back against gen AI being used in photo edits

  Ash Parrish Published January 27, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Oopsie, Walmart’s Maybe Leaked Two Big-Name GameCube Games Coming To Switch Online [Update]

  The retail giant has a couple of games in its promo image that haven't been mentioned before

  By John Walker Updated January 29, 2026
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  Entertainment

  Fallout Season 2 Is Finally Fixing Its Dumb Midnight Release Times

  Hopefully Amazon keeps this change for the show's confirmed third season

  By Zack Zwiezen Published January 26, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Highguard Already Has Over 7,000 Negative Reviews On Steam

  The free-to-play 3v3 online shooter has had a rough launch day

  By Zack Zwiezen Published January 26, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Escape From Tarkov Player Replaced His Friends With AI And Then Things Got Weird

  Can't get anyone to play Escape from Tarkov with you? Beware of paying AI to do it

  Bee Wertheimer Published January 26, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Steam Game Devs Call Exploit Allegations ‘Clickbait Exaggeration’ And ‘Malicious Defamation’

  The person who detailed the exploit said that he'd previously notified Valve, but received no reply

  Lewis Parker Published January 26, 2026
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  CultureNewsMorning Checkpoint

  A Mario Kart Veteran Retires: ‘The People Who Shaped An Era Are Leaving Nintendo’

  Also: More Nintendo Directs and Blizzard showcases

  By Ethan Gach Published January 26, 2026