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Assassin’s Creed Bug PS5 From 2020 Is Finally Getting Fixed

Image: Ubisoft I know this isn’t the most pressing issue facing the video game community, but I just think it’s funny: someone at Ubisoft has finally got around to fixing a bug that has impacted one particular version of Assassin’s Creed on one specific platform that has been bugging people (or maybe just one person?)

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Elden Ring Sells 20 Million Copies, Makes Excellent Point

Image: Elden Ring It was announced earlier today that Elden Ring, FromSoftware’s 2022 Game Of The Year For Loads Of People (including most staff at this website), has sold 20 million copies worldwide since its release a year ago. That is a lot. You may be wondering, why am I pointing this out on Kotaku,

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Sega’s Iconic Akihabara Arcade is Being Taken Over By A Rival

Image: Bandai Namco For a very long time, Sega’s big arcades were a mainstay of the Akihabara skyline, and some of the main attractions for anyone making a gaming-related pilgrimage through the streets of Tokyo. Sadly they either closed or rebranded to Gigo back in 2020, part of Sega’s wider withdrawal from the arcade business,

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Maha Festival Announces Lineup for Epic 15th Summer Music Event in Omaha

Omaha’s Maha Festival is celebrating its 15th year this summer with an incredible lineup of performers. This music event will be taking place at Stinson Park in Aksarben Village on Friday, July 28th from 4-11 p.m. and Saturday, July 29th from 2-11 p.m. The festival features more than just music, as patrons will also enjoy

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The Best and Worst Parts of Every GTA Game

Screenshot: Rockstar Games Best: New Toys: It’s hard to choose one thing that I’d call the best part of Vice City, the GTA game that brought the series to Florida and the 80s, but if I have to (Editor’s note: You do.) then I’d pick the introduction of more vehicles to the sandbox. In Vice

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Marvel Snap Is Going Full Furry With Its New Variant Cards

The longer I look at Black Cat(fish) the more questions I have.Image: Marvel / Second Dinner / Kotaku Marvel Snap, the immensely popular online card game and winner of Best Mobile Game at The 2022 Game Awards, is going full furry with its latest update. Read More: Marvel Snap Is Probably The Best Digital Card

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Gaming

Say Hi To Wanted Dead, 2023’s Jankiest Game (That I Like A Lot)

Supa Hot Wanted: Dead.Screenshot: Soleil / Kotaku Remember Devil’s Third? Former Dead or Alive weirdo Tomonobu Itagaki’s 2015 Wii U exclusive combined elements of Gears of War and Ninja Gaiden to create something pretty janky but unlike anything else I’d played at the time. Devil’s Third ultimately flopped, but the idea of a character-action game

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Tuesday Methodist Cancer Survivor Showcase — Omaha Fashion Week

VIP Guests were greeted by valet, posed on the Milan Laser Red Carpet, then found their premium seats along the Omaha Fashion Week Runway. Thanks to Village Pointe Aesthetic Surgery | Dreams MedSpa, every guest was a VIP and received valet parking and complimentary hors d’oeuvres We celebrated the triumph over cancer as 100+ survivors

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The Man Behind PlayStation’s Iconic Logo Sound Has Died

Image: The Moonriders / Sony / Kotaku Tohru Okada, the Japanese musician behind the distinctive sound that has accompanied the PlayStation logo in advertisements for a quarter century, has passed away. The news of Okada’s passing was confirmed today by his bandmates on Twitter as well as the Japanese news site, Excite. According to Excite,

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The World Of Chess Is Having Its ‘Me Too’ Moment

Image: pio3 / Kotaku (Shutterstock) Disturbing accusations of “grooming” and sexual abuse have recently rocked the world of professional chess. Grandmaster Alejandro Ramírez is reportedly currently under investigation by two major chess organizations, as detailed in reports from fellow chess grandmaster and advocate for women’s participation in the game, Jennifer Shahade. On February 15, Shahade

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