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Dead Island 2 Devs Think ‘Development Hell’ Wasn’t Bad Actually

Image: Dambuster Studios Dead Island 2, the zombie RPG that passed through so many hands someone forgot it in the development oven for over a decade, is finally coming out on April 21. This is a week earlier than anticipated, which we love to see. What’s funny, though, is that developer Dambuster Studios is out

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Pokémon Fans Crushed That Team Rocket Disbands At End Of Anime

The latest Pokémon Journeys: The Series episode just aired in Japan this Friday, and it has fans panicking. The anime is in its final season, and fans hoped that the most recent episode would satisfyingly wrap up Team Rocket’s story—but it was quite the opposite. Even Team Rocket’s haters feel that the villainous team deserved

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GameStop Meme Stock Hollywood Adaptation Dumb Money Out Soon

Photo: Spencer Platt / Kotaku (Getty Images) GameStop’s Hollywood moment is finally coming this October. Sony announced its dramatization of the video game retailer’s meme stock explosion will hit theaters in October, starring Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson and more. It’s called Dumb Money. I hope it lives up to it. It’s adapted from

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The Week In Games: Umbran Witch Suplex

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Final Fantasy 16 Devs Say Only PS5 Can Handle The Game’s Combat

Maybe you were wondering why Final Fantasy XVI, Square Enix’s highly anticipated action RPG, will only be available on PlayStation 5 when it launches on June 22. Well, according to Square Enix, it’s because of “the power of PlayStation 5″ that lets the team achieve next-gen (when do we call it current-gen?) combat. FFXVI is

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The Last Of Us Show Finally Explains Ellie’s Immunity

Image: HBO As an adaptation, HBO’s The Last of Us has been a fairly faithful recreation of Naughty Dog’s original game. However, during yesterday’s season one finale, “Look For The Light,” HBO’s series explored a character the game had only talked about in passing mentions. In doing so, the show reveals a long unanswered question

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Roblox Is Being Handed $150M By Government After Bank Collapse

Photo: SOPA Images A classic bank run caused Silicon Valley Bank to become the second-largest bank collapse in history. Now the Federal Reserve is promising a bailout for all of its customers, which includes everyone from small startups to major tech industry players. Roblox, the social media platform where millions of kids play potato versions

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A Bigger Deal Than You Think

Image: The Pokémon Company / Kotaku Welcome to Exp. Share, Kotaku’s Pokémon column in which we dive deep to explore notable characters, urban legends, communities, and just plain weird quirks from throughout the Pokémon franchise. This week, we’re taking a look at the upcoming 3DS and Wii U eShop shutdowns and the effect they will

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The Last Of Us Episode 9 Recap: A Powerful, Haunting Finale

Screenshot: HBO Well, friends. We’ve come to the end of the road, at least for now. Episode nine of HBO’s The Last of Us is the season finale, bringing us to the end of the story told in the first game. Even the episode’s title, “Look for the Light,” neatly closes the loop opened by

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Last Of Us Show Tries Changing What The Game Says About Joel

Screenshot: HBO / Kotaku [The following will contain spoilers for The Last of Us show and both video games] Graphic: Kotaku It’s been ten years since The Last of Us launched in 2013, and it still feels like we can’t agree on what the series is actually about. Not literally, mind you. The series is

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