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Fortnite’s Battle Bus Is Now A Transformer

2023 is continuing to be a weird one as Epic revealed that the bus from its free-to-play battle royale super-hit Fortnite is actually a Transformer. The Week In Games: What’s Releasing Beyond Lara Croft For as long as people have been playing Fortnite, they’ve been riding (and sometimes jumping out of) its iconic, floating Battle

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Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken movie review (2023)

Ruby (Lana Condor) and her family live in a coastal village called Oceanside. Her mother, Agatha (Toni Collette), is a successful realtor, her father, Arthur (Colman Domingo), runs a gift shop, and she has an energetic little brother Sam (Blue Chapman). Ruby does not look like the other kids at school. She’s blue. And where

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A Moody New Blade Runner Game Is On The Way

Gif: Annapurna Interactive / Kotaku Dear reader, I hope you’re in the mood to possibly suss out artificial humans from real ones, because there’s a new Blade Runner game on the way from Annapurna Interactive. Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth will be the first game in the series since 1997’s Blade Runner on PC, and it

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Katamari Damacy Creator’s New Game Is About A T-Posing Teenager

Image: uvula LLC During Annapurna Interactive Showcase on Thursday, we got a look at Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi’s fun-looking new puzzle game about a child perpetually stuck in a T-pose. HD-2D, The Unique Retro-Inspired Art Style, Took Off In 2022 to a T, developed by uvula LLC, Takahashi’s new indie video game studio, is

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New Valve Concept Art Is A Treasure Trove Of Canceled Games

Image: Valve / David McGreavy / Kotaku The road to big-time virtual reality hit Half-Life: Alyx was paved with another, canceled VR project that would have focused on Alyx and Dog, two popular characters introduced in Half-Life 2. There’s not a whole lot of concept art for this one, but this piece definitely speaks to

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Elden Ring’s Most-Killed Enemy Is Proof We’re Barbaric Animals

Elden Ring may be a tough open-world RPG that requires precise timing and ongoing dedication, but the enemies don’t scale in difficulty with you. So if your progress ever hits a wall, it’s technically possible to take the easy way out and simply grind your character into having better stats than whatever challenge is at

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1 Million PlayStation Owners Only Play Call of Duty

Would you buy an expensive console just for one video game? Probably not. However, according to Sony, about 1 million PlayStation owners only play Call of Duty. That’s it. Nothing else. Thank You, PS Plus, For Making My Backlog Even Bigger The ongoing trial between Microsoft and the FTC follows after Xbox’s lawyers and execs

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Final Fantasy XVI’s Gay Romance Disappoints

Back in May, it was announced Final Fantasy XVI would be banned in Saudi Arabia. Officially, it was because developer Square Enix refused to alter scenes in the game for the territory, which led to rumors and speculation that the 16th game in the long-running RPG series would have explicit gay sex scenes, which spawned

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BlizzCon 2023 Livestream Will Be Free, But IRL Tickets Are $300

BlizzCon 2023, a massive celebration of Blizzard games like Overwatch, World of Warcraft, and Diablo is back in-person for the first time in four years, and offering two very different paths to enjoy the ceremonies. For the first time ever, you can watch the livestream in its entirety for free, but if you want to

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Baldur’s Gate 3 Is Coming To PC Early, Delayed on PS5

Larian Studios is shifting its upcoming RPG Baldur’s Gate 3’s release around a bit, and that means good and bad news depending on if you were planning on playing the game on PC or PlayStation 5. The Top Ten Most Played Games On Steam Deck: December 2022 Edition The RPG, a follow-up to BioWare’s Dungeons

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