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The Last Of Us Comes To Universal Studios’ Halloween Events

Image: Sony / Kotaku If you’ve ever found yourself playing The Last of Us and getting frustrated that the horror was only happening behind the safety of a screen, well, I have good news for you. Starting in September, The Last of Us’ signature brand of post-apocalyptic terror is coming to Universal Studios during the

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Switch Piracy Reddit Banned After Big Tears of the Kingdom Leak

Image: Reddit / Nintendo / Kotaku The Nintendo Switch piracy subreddit r/newyuzupiracy managed to fly under the radar for years. However, on June 13, three years after it was originally created, Reddit banned the forum after it blew up in the wake of the massive pre-release leak of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the

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Diablo 4 Fan Can’t Believe What Perma-Killed His 172-Hour Druid

Image: Blizzard / Kotaku Diablo IV’s Hardcore mode is not for the faint of heart. Anything that kills your character will leave them permanently dead, no matter what level they were, how much time you invested, or what gear they had. So Twitch streamer Quin69 was understandably overwhelmed with confusion and rage when his level

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Tears Of The Kingdom Fans Are Fighting With Beyblades Now

This wont come as a huge surprise, not after learning that you can build a working computer in Nintendo’s open-world adventure, but it’s still neat: turns out the new Zelda’s construction abilities let you build your own Beyblade match. The Anime Dream Team Behind Chainsaw Man Here’s creator @versus_shobu with some video, along with a

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First Look At Concept Art From A Cancelled Robotech Movie

For 15 years now, people in Hollywood have been trying to get a live-action Robotech movie made. Specifically, a movie based on Robotech’s first and most popular season, which was a Western repackaging of Japanese masterpiece Macross. Robotech’s original animated intro In 2007 it was Tobey Maguire leading the charge for a Warner Bros. production

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They’re Making A Mickey Mouse Metroidvania, And It Looks Grand

When you’re working with a character whose legacy is as long and storied as Mickey Mouse’s, there’s a lot of history to contend with. But according to Disney Illusion Island creative director and Diala Studios CEO AJ Grand-Scrutton, the House of Mouse was willing to play ball on his studio’s ideas for a cooperative take

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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman Wants To Die On This Very Small Hill

As you may have seen over the past week, Reddit—the “last page of the internet”—has not been having a good time, after the company’s CEO decided to oversee some changes that affected some very popular apps that people were using to access the site. That CEO, Steve Huffman, is now doing some prominent interviews in

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Replica Xbox 360 Controller Nails The Vibes, Lacks The Wireless

The Xbox’s gamepad wasn’t a hit right out of the gate. The original console’s first controller, often nicknamed “the Duke” for its comically large size, is remembered for just that: being enormous. Its followup, the “Controller S,” was serviceable but not particularly notable. Hollow Knight: Silksong’s New Gameplay Trailer Is Living Rent-Free In Our Brains

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Playboy Founder’s Son Funds His Pokémon Obsession With OnlyFans

Marston Hefner, the son of the late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, is probably the most down-bad person on the planet. He started an OnlyFans account this year to sell tasteful and steamy nudes, and then used that secondary income to fund his habit of collecting Pokémon cards. New Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Trailer Features Hot

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Great Nintendo Switch Games Are 50 Percent Off Right Now

Image: Grasshopper Manufacture Another season, another Switch sale. In celebration of the summer solstice or just to pad those quarterly earnings, several Switch exclusives and excellent indie games have huge discounts right now. If you need something to play by the pool, like say a 2D side-scrolling arcade-y throwback like Metroid Dread, now’s the time

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