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You Can Tell Forspoken To Shut Up (And Other Big Settings)

Screenshot: Square Enix / Kotaku Forspoken, the latest action-RPG from Square Enix, is out now. The game has more than a few polarizing elements, one of which is the seemingly endless nightmare of back and forth in-game banter that might very well chase you away from what seems to be a passable open-world action experience

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The Saga Behind Steam’s Most-Hyped Zombie Game Just Got Weirder

Image: Fntastic / Kotaku Have you heard of The Day Before? It’s an upcoming zombie-themed survival horror MMO with strong The Last of Us vibes. You might just have had it on your Steam wishlist, as it consistently ranked highest among wishlisted games, outpacing titles such as Bethesda’s Starfield and falling just behind Hogwarts Legacy.

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Poor Mercy Mains Give Overwatch 2 Tips On Keeping Healers Alive

Image: Blizzard Entertainment, Shutterstock Graphics: Vicky Leta Angela “Mercy” Ziegler has long been one of Overwatch 2’s most iconic heroes, and after years of being the scapegoat for when things go wrong in a match, the players who main this airborne healer are sick and tired of your shit. Mercy is the caretaker of the

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Hogwarts Legacy Won’t Cancel You For Using Unforgivable Curses

Image: Warner Bros. Games Warner Bros.’ big Harry Potter game is just around the corner and it’s continuing to sound very weird in some very specific ways. According to a new developer interview, Hogwarts Legacy won’t judge you if you want to go do some crimes, whether that’s blowing people up or going full Voldemort

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Rick And Morty Creator Leaves Studio Behind Huge Game Pass Hit

Image: Squanch Games Justin Roiland is leaving Squanch Games just a month after comedic shooter High on Life became 2022’s most popular Xbox Game Pass launch. The studio co-founder who voices many of High on Life’s characters is currently facing two felony domestic abuse charges from 2020. Squanch Games announced the news late on Tuesday,

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Darktide’s Xbox Release Delayed So PC Version Can Be Fixed

Image: Darktide Warhammer 40K: Darktide released on PC late last year, a dark and chunky take on Left 4 Dead set in Games Workshop’s grim, distant future. It was OK! Had its problems, but was OK. Those problems have persisted into 2023, though, and so the developers are shelving an Xbox version of the game

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The Masters Of Stealth Tactics Are Back With A New Pirate Game

Image: Mimimi There are few studios out there on top of their respective games like Mimimi are. From Shadow Tactics to Desperadoes 3, they’ve proven themselves the master of the modern stealth tactics game, and in 2023 they’re back with an all-new game, this time about pirates. This is Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew, which

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Destiny 2 Feels Like It’s Held Together With Duct Tape Lately

Image: Bungie / Kotaku / Kat Ka (Shutterstock) Free-to-play online MMO looter shooter Destiny 2, released in 2017, is one of my favorite video games. I play it all the time. I have multiple characters. I own all the recent seasons. It’s fantastic. But I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t concerned for the

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Forspoken Fails To Credit Localizers, Quality Assurance Testers

Image: Square Enix Forspoken, the newest action-adventure romp from developer Luminous Productions, caught flack online after failing to fully list its localization and quality assurance teams. Published by Square Enix, Forspoken is a movement-heavy, open-world action RPG. You play as Frey Holland, a New Yorker who gets transported to the magical world of Athia where

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Rick And Morty Dumps Co-Creator, Will Continue With New Actors

Image: Adult Swim The main voice behind Rick and Morty won’t be returning in season seven. Adult Swim announced on Tuesday that it would cut ties with series co-creator Justin Roiland, a decision that comes just weeks after news first surfaced that he was facing two felony domestic abuse charges from 2020. “Adult Swim has

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