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Blizzard Responds To Overwatch 2 Review Bombing On Steam

On Friday, Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller responded to the hero shooter’s Steam review bombing which led to the game becoming one of the most “overwhelmingly negatively” reviewed games on the storefront. Overwatch 2’s New Story Missions: Worth The Money? When Overwatch 2 season six, titled Invasion, launched earlier last week, it brought with it

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Game Isn’t Scary, Unfortunately

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre asymmetrical survival horror game is cleverly mapped out and atmospheric, but it isn’t scary. That’s too bad, because down to the birdsongs lilting in the game’s terracotta vision of Texas (as developer Gun CEO Wes Keltner told me earlier this summer), Texas is a faithful interpretation of the 1974 movie.

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Call of Duty Veteran Announces He’s Leaving Activision

Image: Activision After 18 years, David Vonderhaar, the studio design director at Treyarch, announced he’s leaving Activision after shipping eight Call of Duty games since 2004. Long-Lost Halo Demo Comes To Life Vonderhaar made the announcement on his personal LinkedIn account, where he confirmed he’s moved on to a new project at a different studio

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This Legend of Zelda Movie Mockup Activates Your ‘80s Nostalgia

Screenshot: Fox / Kotaku While Super Mario and Pokémon have gotten movie adaptations, The Legend of Zelda series has yet to hit the big screen, despite being one of Nintendo’s most-celebrated franchises. But even with rumors circulating that Link and Zelda may soon show up in a theater near you (though it doesn’t sound like

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What If Pong, But Really Long?

Gif: LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER / Kotaku If you ever play me in Pong, you will win. Atari’s simple 1972 game is like Dark Souls-level hard to me; I’ve no idea how anyone can react that fast. But, finally, there might be a version of the game with a screen wide enough that I’d have

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New Like A Dragon Trailer Turns Kiryu Into A Stylish Super Spy

On Friday, Sega revealed the second trailer for its latest upcoming Yakuza game, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, which sees longtime series protag Kazuma Kiryu take on the role of a gangster super spy with Spider-Man gadgets and explosive cigarettes at his disposal. The Yakuza Devs Should Cast These Celebs

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Baldur’s Gate 3 Monk Build Does Absurd Damage

Image: Larian Studios Baldur’s Gate 3 can put up quite the challenge in terms of combat. And given that the RPG’s narrative is fixed across a finite set of outcomes and the fights running strictly by the numbers of D&D, the game presents a solid opportunity for those who enjoy a bit of minmaxing. One

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Barbie’s $1 Billion Box Office Is About To Eclipse Mario Bros.

Image: Warner Bros. If you had told me back when the Switch came out that Nintendo would release a major Mario motion picture five years later starring Christopher Pratt, I might have believed you, but I wouldn’t have ever guessed it would go on to be one of the biggest box office hits of 2023.

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Elon Musk Is Once Again Thinking About Elden Ring

Elon Musk, the man who once showed his ass to the entire internet with his terrible Elden Ring build, has the FromSoftware blockbuster on his mind once again. But this time, instead of boasting about his playstyle, it appears that the billionaire manchild is turning to Hidetaka Miyazaki’s world for design inspiration. The Most Sought

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