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The Console Wars Are Over And Nobody Really Won

Nintendo moved on, Xbox gave up, and Sony is left fighting nobody

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 31, 2025

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Overwatch 2 Removes Its Newest Mode From Competitive Play

The team is trying to figure out how best to balance the Clash mode for ranked games

By Kenneth Shepard Published January 31, 2025
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Hardcore Xbox Fans Are Struggling To Process Forza On PS5

The future of Xbox is looking weird as one of the so called 'Big Three' jumps ship to PlayStation

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 31, 2025
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Livid Overwatch 2 Fans Are Asking For Refunds After Paid Skin Is Made Free A Day Later [Update: They Got Them]

Some Lucio fans already paid for the skin less than a day before the announcement

By Kenneth Shepard Published January 30, 2025
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Overwatch 2 Promises ‘Groundbreaking Changes’ And With Marvel Rivals‘ Success, It Had Better Deliver

Blizzard is promising big things for Overwatch 2 this year, but will it be enough to regain lost ground?

By Kenneth Shepard Published January 30, 2025

OpinionCommentary

Trading Is Live In Pokémon TCG Pocket And Even Worse Than Everyone Feared

Players have to destroy a bunch of rare cards to get a few back

By Ethan Gach Published January 29, 2025
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Six Things Marvel Rivals And Overwatch 2 Can Learn From Each Other

NetEase’s shooter took a lot from Overwatch , but Blizzard could learn a thing or two from Marvel Rivals as well

By Kenneth Shepard Published January 29, 2025
OpinionCommentary

Could Everyone Please Stop Liking Everything Wrong?

The reaction to the latest Superman teaser has been ludicrous and utterly inaccurate

By John Walker Published January 28, 2025
OpinionImpressions

New Game Pass RPG Is One Of The First Great Games Of 2025

Eternal Strands is an impressive action-adventure game despite some wonky bits

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 27, 2025
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Play The Best New Dungeon Crawler In Over A Decade

Tower of Mask takes the classic Dungeon Master format and enlivens it with feisty combat

By John Walker Published January 27, 2025

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Games We Want On Switch 2, Hands-On With Assassin’s Creed Shadows, And More Of The Week’s Takes

We also make a case that Mario Kart 9 should be an RPG

Kotaku Staff Published January 26, 2025
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Pokémon‘s New Prismatic Evolutions Cards Are Selling For Crazy Money

Sold out almost everywhere, this is the most explosively pricey set ever released

By John Walker Published January 24, 2025
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Star Wars Jedi Power Battles Is A Perfect Remaster Of A Bad Game

I'm not really sure the world needed a modern port of Power Battles

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 23, 2025
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Assassin’s Creed Shadows Might Be Able To Do The Impossible And Satisfy All Fans

Ubisoft is using its two protagonists to try and offer two very different experiences

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 23, 2025
OpinionCommentary

7 Of Last Year’s Best-Selling Games Didn’t Even Come Out In 2024

Plenty of old games are still topping the annual sales charts

By Ethan Gach Published January 23, 2025

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One Of The Greatest Games Critics Of All Time Has Died

Jonathan Nash was a mysterious, unreasonably talented and incredibly funny man, who influenced generations of writers

By John Walker Published January 23, 2025
OpinionCommentary

This Guy Is Spending Way Too Much On Pokémon TCG Pocket

Maybe this is just me, but perhaps don't spend $38,000 a year on a mobile card game

By John Walker Published January 22, 2025
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Phantom Blade Zero Could Be The Next Black Myth: Wukong

The flashy PS5 action game gets a slick new trailer, but there's still no release date

By Ethan Gach Published January 22, 2025
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Hear Me Out, Mario Kart 9 Should Be An RPG

Nintendo, prepare yourself for the best argument ever made by humankind

By John Walker Published January 20, 2025
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Our Reactions To The Switch 2 Reveal And More Of The Week’s Takes

Also, the Pokémon TCG is in trouble, and at least some industry analysts think GTA 6 should cost $80 or more

Kotaku Staff Published January 19, 2025

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