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10 Details That Have Fans Wowed

Screenshot: Nintendo / Kotaku Nintendo revealed its latest 2D side-scrolling Mario game at its June 21 Direct, and to the unsuspecting eye it might have looked like a familiar return to the New Super Mario Bros. spin-offs of old. But longtime fans quickly noticed that Super Mario Bros. Wonder looks full of extra animated flourishes

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Controversial World Of Warcraft Quest Removed After Backlash

Popular fantasy MMO World of Warcraft has come under fire for a questline that pushed up against some of the darker parts of the franchise’s lore, and it was not flattering. Street Fighter 6 Has The Best Training Mode I’ve Ever Seen To explain it as simply as possible for those who don’t play World

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Stephen King Let Alan Wake Intro Use His Quote For Just $1

The opening shot of Alan Wake, the 2010 action-adventure horror remastered fairly recently, in 2021, finds us winding around a dusky mountain pass. As we watch spruce trees come and go and the orange sunset give way to chalky fog, protagonist Alan Wake says the following in a voiceover: “Stephen King once wrote that ‘Nightmares

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This Is The Overpowered Final Fantasy XVI Build You Want To Run

By the time you reach Final Fantasy XVI’s endgame after a minimum of 35 hours, protagonist Clive Rosfield can call upon the might of eight different magical beings called Eikons, each the warden of a specific element. The fire of the Phoenix offers several different ways to scorch enemies, and Shiva’s ice can freeze them

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Sonic The Hedgehog’s Anniversary: Everything Sega Announced

Today is Sonic the Hedgehog’s 32nd anniversary, and Sega released a 20-minute Sonic Central showcase to talk about upcoming projects, and alongside talking about upcoming 2D throwback Sonic Superstars, there were a lot of non-game announcements during the show. If you want to watch the whole stream, you can do so right here. For those

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The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom: The Kotaku Review

I climb up onto a giant lilypad floating in the middle of a lake and it sinks under my weight, leaving me submerged up to my shins. Piloting a raft upriver, I accidentally get too close to a little cluster of ducks, spooking them and making them take flight. From a mountaintop, I watch a

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8 Useful Settings To Change For The Best Time

The latest in the legendary series of Japanese role-playing games, Final Fantasy XVI features a very different tone in both story and combat. And with a vast story covering complex fictional political plotlines, it can all be a little overwhelming. The good news, however, is that Final Fantasy XVI features a number of settings that

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What Your Cosplay Says About You: Brutal Callout Edition

Image: Marvel / Disney / Netflix / Lucasfilm Ten years ago I went to my first New York Comic Con dressed in a perfectly fine Doctor Who cosplay (Tenth Doctor, of course). My outfit was more a collection of H&M pieces and a pair of Converse I already owned rather than a bespoke look crafted

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Across The Spider-Verse Has 2 Versions In Theaters

Screenshot: Sony Pictures Animation / GSCinemas / Kotaku Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse viewers’ collective spidey senses have unearthed yet another spectacular detail in the record-breaking box-office animated film: There are multiple versions of the film doing the rounds in theaters. Diablo IV Druids, Do This ASAP To Unlock Some Powerful New Abilities Multiple moviegoers (likely

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