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  Ubisoft Explains Why You Can’t Kill Animals In Assassin’s Creed Shadows

  The game's director cites a lack of predators in Japan and a desire to create a more zen-like open world

  By Zack Zwiezen Published May 19, 2025
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  Surprise! There Are More Wolf Statues To Smash Up In Doom: The Dark Ages‘ Kar’Thul Marshes

  The Slayer really hates demons. But wolf statues? You're gonna have to hate those for him

  George Yang Published May 19, 2025
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  $15 Will Get You Every Witcher Game Including One Of The Best RPGs Of The Last Decade

  CD Projekt Red is running a 10-year anniversary sale for The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt

  By Ethan Gach Published May 19, 2025
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  All Water Tower Camcorder Spots in Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

  Capture the antlered water tower from every corner of Velvet Cove

  Cristina Alexander Published May 19, 2025
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  How To Defeat The Ox In Assassin’s Creed Shadows

  We'll show you how to slice yourself a steak slab out of the Ox

  Justin Clark Published May 19, 2025
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  CultureNews

  Lego Fan Game Shut Down After Eight Years Of Development

  Bionicle: Masks of Power is no more, but a new project has emerged from the ashes

  By Zack Zwiezen Published May 19, 2025
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  Overwatch 2’s Street Fighter Skins Are A Knockout

  Hanzo leads the charge as Ryu, alongside other heroes like Juno, Kiriko, and Winston

  By Kenneth Shepard Published May 19, 2025
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  Here’s What Cyberpunk 2077, Pokémon Scarlet And Violet, And More Look Like On Switch 2

  The sci-fi RPG looks surprisingly decent on Nintendo's new hardware

  By Ethan Gach Published May 19, 2025
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  Entertainment

  One Of The Most Important Details From This Week’s Last Of Us Episode Is A Blink-And-You’ll-Miss-It Reveal

  One flashback may have explained one of the show’s oddest departures from the games

  By Kenneth Shepard Published May 19, 2025
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  OpinionCommentary

  Every Argument For Why We Shouldn’t Be Able To Skip Boss Fights, Addressed

  Every common contention against the idea is responded to as nicely as possible

  By John Walker Published May 19, 2025
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  Smash Bros. Melee Player Loses $2,000 To Rare Pokémon Stadium Glitch

  The Smash Bros. pro got wiped in the weirdest way possible

  By Ethan Gach Published May 19, 2025
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  Hideo Kojima’s ‘Next-Gen’ Espionage Successor To Metal Gear Is Over 5 Years Away

  At this point, PhysInt likely won't arrive until a few years after the PlayStation 6 launches

  By Ethan Gach Published May 19, 2025
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  Baldur’s Gate 3 Figures Are So Ugly Fans Are Getting Full Refunds

  A set of Wizkids miniatures did the 2023 GOTY dirty

  By Ethan Gach Published May 19, 2025
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  Black Ops 6’s Best Ladra Loadout Optimizes Mobility And Momentum

  Strike hard, strike fast, and strike first with the best fast-firing SMG loadout in Black Ops 6 and Warzone

  Brandon Morgan Published May 19, 2025
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  Entertainment

  The Last Of Us Season Two, Episode Six Recap: Days Of You And Me

  It’s Joel week on the HBO series, and I wish I could celebrate

  By Kenneth Shepard Published May 18, 2025
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  Tips & Guides

  How To Start Strong In Doom: The Dark Ages, How To Master Sciel In Clair Obscur, And More Of The Week’s Top Tips

  We've also got some helpful hints for Oblivion Remastered and Assassin's Creed Shadows

  Kotaku Staff Published May 18, 2025
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  Opinion

  12 Cool Games We Saw At PAX East, A Fond Farewell To Andor, And More Of The Week’s Takes

  We also recommend Miro , a new game with shades of Prodeus and No Man's Sky

  Kotaku Staff Published May 17, 2025
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  Culture

  An Artist Spots Her Work In Bungie’s Marathon, Nintendo Isn’t Sending Out Switch 2 Review Units Until The Last Minute, And More Of The Week’s Top Stories

  Also, the new Final Fantasy x Magic: The Gathering collab has a card for every Cid

  Kotaku Staff Published May 17, 2025
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  Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 4 Cool Games We’re Vibing With As May Evaporates Before Our Eyes

  This weekend we kill demons and explore pixely dungeons, 2D sidescrolling survival, and visual novel/RPG fusion

  Claire Jackson & Carolyn Petit & Ethan Gach & Kenneth Shepard Published May 16, 2025
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  The Internet Reacts To AI Darth Vader Saying Wild Things In Fortnite

  The Star Wars crossover experiment has a digital James Earl Jones saying very weird stuff

  By Ethan Gach Published May 16, 2025