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Tom Kane, Star Wars And Voice Acting Legend, Has Died At 64

The actor played Yoda for decades, as well as characters in Powerpuff Girls and more

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Sony Is Raising The Price Of Playing Multiplayer Games Online On PlayStation 5
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Nintendo’s Ongoing Pokémon Patent Lawsuit Takes Another Hit

The company is targeting games like Palworld through patents, and it’s not working out
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Games

Subnautica 2 Has A Violence Problem, And It’s Not Coming From The Players

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California Governor Talks About Best Buy Like It’s 2004: ‘I’m Paying Sales Tax On A Lot Of This Prewritten Software’

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Grand Theft Auto Fans Are Losing It Today Over A Rumored GTA 6 Pre-Order Announcement That Seems Unlikelier By The Minute

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Director Infamous For Terrible Video Game Movies Announces ‘Unofficial Sequel’ To House Of The Dead 23 Years Later

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Stephen Colbert And David Letterman Throw Crap Off A Roof At A Giant CBS Bullseye

Marvel Really Wants You To Know That Viral Punisher Scene Wasn’t Unfinished VFX

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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Is Coming To Digital Stores Next Week

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Forget AirPods Pro 3, Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) Drop Back at Lowest Price Ahead of Memorial Day

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Garmin Goes All-In on GPS Smartwatch as Forerunner 965 With AMOLED Display Crashes to New Record Low on Amazon

DJI Clears Out Wireless Lavalier Microphone Bundle at All-Time Low, Basically Throwing In the Charging Case for Free

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RayNeo Air 4 Pro AR/XR Glasses Hit Record Low Price, Turn Your Switch 2 or PS5 Into a 201″ Virtual Display for Less

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Seagate’s Full Clearance Mode on Xbox NVMe SSDs Drops 2TB Storage to Just $0.13 per GB, Included 3-Year warranty

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Bose Offloads SoundLink Micro Speaker (2nd Gen) Below Black Friday Pricing in All Colorways, Including Limited Editions

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ROG Xbox Ally Drops Back to Its Lowest Price in Final Clearance Push, Includes Free 3-month Xbox Game Pass Premium

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Amazon Goes All-In on Streaming Devices With Fire TV Stick 4K Max at Near Lowest Price Outside Prime Day, With Double the Storage of the Plus Model

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Apple Quietly Drops AirPods Max 2 to Record Low Through Amazon Instead of Its Own Store

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Xbox Wireless Gaming Controller Gets Quiet Price Cut to Near Record Low While PlayStation DualSense Stays Full Price

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Lenovo Idea Tab Sees Over 20% Off in Amazon’s Clearance Rush on Its Best-Selling Android Tablet, With Tab Pen and Folio Case Included

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Govee Smart LED Light Bars Quietly Drop to Near No-Margin Pricing, Works With Alexa and Google Assistant

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Forza Horizon 6: The Kotaku Review

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Bomberman 64 Is Still A Masterpiece Of 3D Platformers Without A Playbook

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Nintendo’s Takashi Tezuka Reinvented The Legend Of Zelda Without Overthinking It

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Disney+ Pulls The Abyss Over Controversial Rat Scene — Again

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A Hot-Fix Is On The Way For MindsEye’s Frustrating CPR Mini-Game

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PlayStation 3 Emulator Devs Politely Ask That People Stop Flooding It With AI Code Pull Requests

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Unlike Concord, Sony Is Sticking By Marathon And Its ‘Highly Engaged’ Fans

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The Entire Nintendo 64 Library Now Has Rollback Netcode

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Nintendo Hints At More Big Switch 2 Games This Fall And The Ongoing Importance Of Its Last-Gen Console

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The Best Games Of 2025 (So Far)

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