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Armored Core VI Devs Are Battling Fans Over Sexy Tags On Steam

Image: FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is about a distant planet ravaged by war as factions fight for control of a dangerous new energy source. Fans of the upcoming FromSoftware game are currently engaged in a war of their own on the mech fighter’s Steam page, trying to tag the

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Bella Ramsey On To The Last Of Us Gay Backlash: Get Used To It

Image: HBO The actress behind The Last of Us TV show’s Ellie has no time for the internet’s bullshit. Asked about a vocal minority of fans who take issue with the existence of gay and transgender character arcs in both TLOU Part II game and the HBO adaptation, Bella Ramsey said “they’re gonna have to

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Movie Reviews

Short Films in Focus: The Oscar-Nominated Short Films of 2023 | Features

“Night Ride” – Eirik Tveiten’s film is the kind of simple, well crafted, self-contained comedy that few shorts filmmakers conceive these days. Ebba (Sigrid Kandal Husjord) accidentally starts up a tram and puts it in motion after the driver stubbornly refuses to drive so he can take a long break. As she quickly learns what

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Gaming

Ranking Dragon Age Boyfriends On If They’d Be Good Partners

Image: EA / Kotaku Since the Dragon Age series takes place in different places and times within BioWare’s fantasy universe, we have had the opportunity to hop around the universe and kiss men from different eras of the, well, Dragon Age. But while we may love our video game love interests, perhaps it’s worth reflecting

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Bungie Showcases AI-Generated Destiny Image, Asks For Help

Screenshot: Bungie Community Creations You can joke about fingers all you want, but the reason AI-generated imagery is perceived as a threat and not just an idle curiosity is its ability to pass for actual, human-created artwork. On the extreme end of the scale that’s a threat to accurate news reporting, and on the more

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Gaming

Dead Island 2, Delayed For Years, Now ‘Coming Out A Week Early’

Image: Deep Silver Back in June 2014—nearly a decade ago at this point—Dead Island 2 was revealed with a very good trailer and a 2015 release window. Only now, in 2023, following numerous delays, multiple studios, and even canceled versions, Dead Island 2 is almost here. In fact, it’s coming out a week early now,

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Gaming

Call Of Duty Is So Old It’s Bridging Generations Of NBA Players

Anthony Edwards (L) and Mike Conley (R) facing off while Conley was still with Utah. He has since been traded to Minnesota to play alongside Edwards.Photo: Alex Goodlett (Getty Images) The age difference between the NBA’s oldest and youngest players is so vast that someone who grew up playing the Super Nintendo can find themselves

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Gaming

Destiny 2’s Power Grind Will Get A Major Overhaul, Eventually

Image: Bungie Destiny 2 is going to get a whole lot better. Bungie announced a slew of changes coming to the loot shooter over the next few expansions and seasons. The studio plans to make content more difficult starting with the launch of Lightfall later this month, while the existing power grind seems like it

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Xbox Confirms That Game Pass Leads To ‘Decline’ In Sales

Image: Xbox / Kotaku As Microsoft continues its year-long journey to consume Activision Blizzard King, we keep learning more and more about the inner workings of the various corporations involved. And today, via the UK Competition and Markets Authority’s provisional report on the deal, we learned that when games are added to Xbox’s Game Pass

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Gaming

Witcher 3 Vagina Modder Claims CDPR Used Mod Without Permission

Image: CD Projekt Red The vulva saga continues. After Kotaku broke the news that CDPR had added more realistic genitals to some of the women in The Witcher 3 with its next-gen update, then broke the news that those realistic genitals would be removed as their addition was “unintended,” it now seems that the mod

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