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Tears of the Kingdom’s Champion Leathers Give Juicy Enemy Info

Once again, Link starts his journey scarcely clothed in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. While there are a few clothing items near where Link starts out in the massive tutorial area, along with an OP shield, I was hoping for a specific item early on. I’m talking about the Champion’s Tunic, which

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Gollum Dev Apologizes For Underwhelming Game

Developer Daedalic Entertainment has released a statement on the state of its stealth action-adventure game, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum. Since release, the Gollum game has been met with much ridicule from the internet thanks to its appearance, among other things. So now, the developer is apologizing for the fact that it “did not

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Tears of the Kingdom Just Patched Out Tons Of Powerful Glitches

Players have spent the last couple of weeks doing all kinds of wild stuff in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, from stacking weapons to amassing small fortunes off glitched items. And the whole time many wondered if Nintendo would take notice or let it slide. Now we know the answer: The company

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You Should Pay Attention To Tears Of The Kingdom’s Cherry Trees

Screenshot: Nintendo / Kotaku As you explore Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, you may have come across some lovely cherry blossoms. But these trees aren’t just gorgeous contributions to Hyrule’s lush environments; they can also reveal the locations of the many caves scattered across the map. This Arcade-y Basketball Game

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Cannes 2023: Close Your Eyes, plus Quentin Tarantino | Festivals & Awards

The interview, by the Fortnight’s artistic director, Julien Rejl, followed a screening of a surprise film that turned out to be John Flynn’s “Rolling Thunder” (1977) on a suitably worn 35-millimeter print. The talk largely focused on Tarantino’s new book, Cinema Speculation. The director didn’t break much news, but it was fun to see his rapid-fire,

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Kandahar movie review & film summary (2023)

Butler’s character in this year’s far superior “Plane” had the same deadline challenge, only in that movie, the daughter was graduating college, whereas this daughter looks like she’s only graduating high school. Well. This development certainly made me sit up and take notice. How many stale ingredients was this script by Mitchell LaFortune to serve

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Nintendo Patches Tears Of The Kingdom’s Duplication Glitches

Image: Nintendo | Kotaku Nintendo just updated The Legend Of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to version 1.1.2, and while the company’s official patch notes don’t mention it, users are reporting that many of the game’s notorious (and handy!) duplication glitches have been removed. Type S: Chiaki’s Journey II Volume 1 As we’ve reported, there

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Cancelled Metal Gear Solid Board Game Is Back From The Brink

IDW’s Metal Gear Solid board game was cancelled back in 2021 after a number of delays, and at the time it seemed like that was that. But no! This week it has been announced that the game is back, only now it’s going to be published by rivals CMON instead. Type S: Chiaki’s Journey II

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Bungie Should Make Another Singleplayer Shooter, We Need It

Bungie got famous making Halo, and while Halo is famous for a few things—grumpy little aliens, green jeeps, Gregorian chants—I think its most enduring legacy is the way it completely reshaped the idea of what a singleplayer shooter could and should be. Type S: Chiaki’s Journey II Volume 1 Like, yeah, its multiplayer was and

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Warhammer 40K Video Gam Show Features EIGHT Warhammer Games

Two years ago I wrote a dumb post listing just how many Warhammer games had been released in the past few years. That post is now massively out of date, because there are so many Warhammer games coming in 2023-24 that Games Workshop was able to host their own damn show about it. Type S:

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