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  Opinion

  Deathloop Players All Agree: The Dedicated Kick Button Rules

  Arkane’s latest features a powerful kick that I can’t get enough of

  By Zack Zwiezen Published September 16, 2021
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  OpinionCommentary

  What Deathloop Does Differently From Dishonored and Prey

  Deathloop , unlike previous Arkane games, abandons moralizing and actually encourages you to use all of its tools

  By Renata Price Published September 16, 2021
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  CultureNews

  Nier Fan Game Wins Official Contest, Still Becomes Legal Headache

  Indie dev has no regrets despite the cold reception from Square Enix

  Fergus Halliday Published September 16, 2021
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  CultureKotaku Game Diary

  The Best Tales Of Arise Character Is This Cat

  More like TAILS of Arise , am I right? Hello? ...anyone? Where’d you all go?

  By Ari Notis Published September 16, 2021
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  OpinionImpressions

  One Of 2021’s Best Games Is A Match-3

  Day Repeat Day combines visual novel with match-3, and it's somehow beautiful

  By John Walker Published September 16, 2021
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  CultureNews

  ‘Two Jawas In A Trenchcoat’ Is My New Favorite Star Wars Character

  Star Wars: Hunters makes bold strides in Jawa-stacking technology

  By Ian Walker Published September 16, 2021
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  CultureNews

  Destiny Composer Ordered To Pay Bungie Nearly $100,000

  A judge ruled that composer Marty O'Donnell violated the terms of a previous lawsuit

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 16, 2021
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  Kotaku EastJapan

  The Latest Life-Sized Gundam Is Disappointing Some Fans

  Nu Gundam gets a controversial new design for a one-to-one scale statue

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 16, 2021
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  The Bests

  The Best GameCube Games

  17 of the best from Nintendo's little console that could

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2021
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  CultureNews

  Deltarune Chapter 2 Is Coming Out This Week

  The next instalment in Undertale's successor is out on September 17 on PC and Mac

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 15, 2021
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  CultureFine Art

  The Art Of The Lord Of The Rings Movies

  Concept art from Fellowship of the Ring , Two Towers & Return of the King

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 15, 2021
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  OpinionCommentary

  Please Stop Closing Forums And Moving People To Discord

  They are not the same thing, and will never be the same thing

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 15, 2021
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  CultureOdds and Ends

  Gamer Dislocates Shoulder While Celebrating Tournament Victory

  Hi I'm Johnny Knoxville and welcome to video games

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 15, 2021
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  CultureNews

  Nendoroid And Figma Company Sued Over Mistreatment, Sexualized Toys

  Complaint against Good Smile cites discrimination, 4Chan, and lolicon

  By Sisi Jiang Published September 15, 2021
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  CultureOdds and Ends

  New From Razer: Gamer Thumb Condoms

  Yes, Razer's ‘Gaming Finger Sleeves’ are real, and aimed at mobile gamers

  By Isaiah Colbert Published September 15, 2021
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  OpinionCommentary

  Pokémon Unite Players Sure Don’t Like Surrendering

  'Giving up' is not in the gamer lexicon, especially in TiMi Studio Group's MOBA

  By Levi Winslow Published September 15, 2021
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  ReviewsMultiplatform

  Tales Of Arise: The Kotaku Review

  Bandai Namco’s latest blockbuster is a solid action RPG that just...never...ends...

  By Ari Notis Published September 15, 2021
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  CultureNews

  Ex-Ubisoft Devs Open New Studio, Immediately Diss Ubisoft

  Don’t expect any tower-climbing from Nesting Games

  By Ian Walker Published September 15, 2021
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  OpinionCommentary

  World Flipper Is An Uneven Combination Of Gacha, Pinball, And JRPG

  The latest release from the makers of Dragalia Lost fails to capture the appeal of gacha

  By Sisi Jiang Published September 15, 2021
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  CultureNews

  To Win The Game You Must Kill Me, Margaret Thatcher

  New Doom mod Thatcher’s Techbase takes aim at one of the UK’s most reviled politicians

  By Renata Price Published September 15, 2021