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Now, Which One Of You Is The Prince?

Today on Highlight Reel we have Titanfall 2 plays, elaborately dressed princes, Overwatch strategies, and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! Metro: Redux –…

By Chris Person Published January 26, 2017

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Players Are Already Fearlessly Speedrunning Resident Evil 7

Resident Evil 7 is filled with dangerous traps and terrifying monsters. A cautious player will slink and stalk their way through the danger. Speedrunners? They’re rushing through the game without any hesitation. My own playthrough ofResident Evil 7 clocked in at around nine hours. Speedrunners are blazing through it in a fraction of the time.…

By Heather Alexandra Published January 26, 2017

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Ask Dr. NerdLove: My Girlfriend Wants To Try Sex With Another Woman

Hello all you joyous porn badgers and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the dating column that helps you grind your social calibration meters. This week, we’re talking about relationships in crisis. The strength of your relationship isn’t found when you’re both happy; it’s found when things go wrong. When the earth quakes, poison arrows fall…

Harris O'Malley Published January 26, 2017

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Final Fantasy XV’s New Photo Mode Is A Welcome Addition

The most recent Final Fantasy XV update gave us a new camera mode that allows players to take their own pictures. Although Prompto is the best boy and a great photographer, you now won’t have to rely on him for getting all the photos you need. Here’s a few tips on how it works. If…

By Gita Jackson Published January 26, 2017

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The Fire Emblem Heroes Fan Vote Could Be Going Better

Now through January 31, Fire Emblem fans are voting to see which hero and heroine from across series history will be featured in the upcoming mobile game, Fire Emblem Heroes. As of yesterday, Ike and Lyn were winning. Surely we can do better than that. Maybe the right people aren’t voting. Maybe they’re put off…

By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2017

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Enter The Gungeon Update Adds Gun Shaped Like A Bullet That Shoots Guns That Shoot Bullets

Enter The Gungeon, the roguelike action game that lets you play as a bullet who shoots bullets at bullets, just one-upped itself. The game just got a new update called “Supply Drop,” and in addition to new rooms, weapons, enemies, companions, and bosses, it includes “ a gun shaped like a bullet that shoots guns…

By Nathan Grayson Published January 26, 2017

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Pokémon Fan Has Genius Way Of Avoiding YouTube’s Copyright Bullshit

Since release, Pokémon YouTubers have had issues uploading any footage utilizing the signature new “Z-Moves” introduced in Sun and Moon. One fan decided to take matters into his own hands, and the workaround for circumventing YouTube’s crap is hilarious. As you may already know, YouTube has something called “Content ID,” which is a system meant…

By Patricia Hernandez Published January 26, 2017

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Former Rockstar North veteran Leslie Benzies and his team have announced development of an online game called calledEverywhere. The vaguely named project will be made using Amazon Lumberyard and attempt to “simulate and fuse the real world with the virtual.” Whatever that means.

By Heather Alexandra Published January 26, 2017

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An Overwatch Glitch Is Ejecting Dva Into Space

A hilarious glitch made its way into Overwatch with Tuesday’s update. Dvas are getting flung out of their mech suits and into the abyss on the 3v3 mode’s Ecopoint Antarctica map. [Update—12:30 PM, 1/27]: Blizzard software engineer Bill Warnecke commented last night on the Battle.net forums that “Servers are currently being hotfixed for the issue.”…

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published January 26, 2017

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Podcast: A Rain Of Games From Japan

This week on Kotaku Splitscreen, Jason’s out so I’m joined by our own Luke Plunkett to talk Nintendo Switch, Yakuza 0, and the hard rain of big new games coming out of Japan. It’s wild that in the space of a few months, we’ve gotten Final Fantasy XV, The Last Guardian, Gravity Rush 2, Resident Evil…

By Kirk Hamilton Published January 26, 2017

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Meet Some of Your Mass Effect: Andromeda Teammates

Two Mass Effect: Andromeda trailers dropped today, revealing new teammates, aliens, backstory and—gasp—a kissing scene. The game will be released on March 21st. Andromeda follows the Pathfinder Team, whose job is to “find and secure potential golden worlds, identify settlement sites and start the process of building our new home” for 20,000 people marooned in…

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published January 26, 2017

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Obsidian Announces Pillars Of Eternity II

The original Pillars Of Eternity was an excellent revival of classic-style PC RPGs (think Baldur’s Gate, but shinier). It also made gobs of cash on Kickstarter. Now Obsidian’s making a sequel, and they’re tapping the ol’ crowdfunding well one more time. Instead of going back to Kickstarter, Obsidian’s crowdfunding Pillars Of Eternity II on Fig,…

By Nathan Grayson Published January 26, 2017

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Resident Evil 7: The Kotaku Review

Horror games are a difficult thing to get right. They can feel like carnival attractions, full of overblown scares, or have so little horror that they elicit nothing but eye rolls. Resident Evil 7 gets it right. It’s a scary and violent blast of survival horror that sneaks up behind you before plunging a chainsaw…

By Heather Alexandra Published January 26, 2017

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Batman V Superman: When Good Toys Come From Bad Movies

Can you hate a movie but love its characters, or does a bad cinematic experience poison you against them? Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice was a massive disappointment for me, but damn if I don’t adore DC Films’ Superman and Armored Batman figures. It must be tough to sell $50 premium figures based on…

By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2017

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The offroad racer that started life as Colin McRae: Dirt is getting another sequel this year. Codemasters has officially announced Dirt 4, coming to Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Windows in June.

By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2017

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A Playlist Of Songs That Overwatch’s Reaper Would Die For

At Overwatch fan site Kotaku, we have a whole Slack room dedicated to the eponymous first-person shooter/dating sim. In it, we post memes and strategy tips and argue over who to ship Lucio with. One day in Kotaku_Overwatch Slack, Gizmodo writer Bryan Menegus asked whether Reaper would be into the metal band Slipknot. Somebody, and…

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published January 26, 2017

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Thousands of People Get Banned From Pokémon Sun and Moon For Cheating

Cheating is rampant inPokémon thanks to tools which allow players to create fake monsters with impossible stats from scratch. Well, it looks like some of the people messing around with their save files have gotten the hammer from The Pokémon Company. According to leading Pokémon news site Serebii, 5,954 people have been banned from going online…

By Patricia Hernandez Published January 26, 2017

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Square Enix Is Making The Avengers And More Marvel Games

Marvel’s move back into console gaming takes a huge step today, as the comic book company announces a multi-year, multi-game partnership with Square Enix, beginning with The Avengers Project Developed by Crystal Dynamics in collaboration with Eidos Montreal, The Avengers Project is the working title for the first game to come from the newly-announced partnership.…

By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2017

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Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom isn’t just for PlayStation 4. Bandai Namco today announced the RPG sequel is coming PC this year as well. Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, also initially announced for the PS4, is also headed to PC, as well as Xbox One.

By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2017

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Track: Scorpio Rising | Artist: Death In Vegas | Album: Scorpio Rising Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 26, 2017