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The Cats Of Kotaku

As many of us are currently working from home, that means we are getting to spend more time with our cats. And because the world is a terrible place right now, let’s take a moment to highlight the lovely cats of Kotaku who are keeping us all sane and happy. Mostly. Paul Tamayo, Video Producer…

This GTA V Graphics Mod Makes The 7-Year-Old Game Look (Almost) Photorealistic

Over the years, many talented modders have improved the visual look of Grand Theft Auto V on PC. But this new mod is the most impressive I’ve seen yet, with a trailer that rivals anything put out by big game studios. This mod is called NaturalVision Evolved and it seems to an overhaul of a…

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World-Class DOTA2 Team Newbee Banned Over Alleged Match Fixing

Newbee, a Chinese DOTA2 organization who won the 2014 DOTA2 International and is a founding member of the Chinese Dota Association (CDA), has been banned indefinitely from participating in any CDA events due to alleged match fixing. As reported by VPEsports, the CDA has presented its evidence to Valve and Perfect World. A translation of…

Out today on Apple Arcade, Winding Worlds is a delightful world-turning puzzle game from KO_OP, the development team behind the outstanding puzzle game Gnog. Solve puzzles with Willow the rabbit-thing by dragging left and right and up and down. It’s utterly charming.

Mythic Quest, Apple’s workplace comedy about the video game industry, is getting some surprise DLC next week. A special quarantine episode will go up on Apple TV+ on May 22 full of teleconferencing and AirPod product placement. If you need something to watch the rest of the series is good too.

The Epic Games Store is back up after being down for many people throughout yesterday, but a few issues remain. The store displayed in the wrong language when I booted it up today, and Epic says anyone getting an error message when trying to download free games should wait 24 hours.

Watching Musicians Play The Animal Crossing: New Horizons Theme Is Super Chill

I’ve heard Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ main theme every morning for the last million years that we’ve been social distancing, but seeing the musicians behind it gives its soothing beats the added bonus of putting some some human faces to the tune. Nintendo released a video today showing the musicians behind Animal Crossing: New Horizons…

The Lego Ninjago Movie Videogame is secretly one of the best Lego video games ever, and now it’s free on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. You have until May 21 to download the game, play the game, and agree with me. After that, you’ll just have to take my word for it.

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The latest Pokémon animated feature Pocket Monsters the Movie: Coco will be delayed in Japan due to coronavirus covid-19. The movie was originally slated to open on July 10 but its release has been changed to TBA with the new date to be announced in the future. 

Publishers Read-Only Memory have released this print called Japansoft Hardware History, to accompanythe excellent book Japansoft: An Oral History. It features 29 platforms, from the FM Towns to the SNES, and you can get it here

The new Microprose may have little in common with the old studio aside from the name, but as it tries to get old heads excited about its lineup, it’s showing off some very Microprosey games. Like Sea Power here.

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Gaming accessory-maker Razer is distributing five million masks free to people in Singapore aged 16 years and older via vending machines. Residents can claim their masks through the Razer Pay wallet app.

World Of Warcraft Is Getting Turned Into Another Board Game

There’s already a WoW board game, and it’s fine, but Blizzard is teaming up with Days of Wonder to release another one, this time pitched at a quicker, breezier end of the market. It’s called Small World of Warcraft, and is a licensed reskin of 2009’s Small World, a game about a world that is…

Switch’s Panzer Dragoon: Remake just got a long-awaited patch that seeks to fix key issues that’ve plagued it since launch. Easier aiming, faster turning, a 60 fps mode, gyro controls, the list goes on. Full details on Twitter. Pity that it launched in such a state, but glad the devs are trying to make good.

Cloud Always Wears A Dress In This Final Fantasy VII Mod

Why only have Cloud wear a dress for a small part of the Final Fantasy VII remake when you can have him wearing it for the entire game, combat to cutscenes? The footage you’re seeing below is courtesy of Pryna, who as Polygon report managed to modify the game’s save data to make sure Cloud…

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