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This Pokémon Game Had Been Lost For Years, Until Now

My first foray into the world of Pokémon as a kid was the Generation 3 games, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. So it brought me great pleasure to hear of a new project led by a group of video game preservationists, working to restore a lost web-browser-based Pokémon game that was released during the transition from

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Catbat is Crash Bandicoot’s First Non-Binary Character

Developer Toys For Bob has been working on the Crash Bandicoot series since it released the remade Crash N. Sane Trilogy in 2017. What started as a chance to recapture the spirit of Naughty Dog’s original PlayStation trilogy for a modern audience has turned into a steady gig, expanding upon a franchise that jumped from

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Pokémon TGC’s Return To The Original 151 Popped The Hell Off

Image: The Pokémon Company / Kotaku On June 16, The Pokémon Company in Japan will finally release the enormously anticipated Pokémon Card 151 set of trading cards. The reason people are so excited? Well, in large part it’s because this is the first time the original 151 Generation 1 Pokémon will be released together in

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Myst Creator’s New Game Sadly Has Loads Of AI-Generated Stuff

Cyan, the studio behind Myst and Riven, has for the last few years been funding its games via Kickstarter. That’s how 2016’s Obduction was made, and it’s also how 2023’s Firmament—with more than a little help from machines this time—was developed as well. What’s A 4X Game, And Why Do They Rule? For a studio

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Reddit Users ‘Going Dark’ To Protest Wildly Unpopular Changes

As we reported last week, Reddit is planning to make some changes under the hood that will essentially kill off every third-party app that readers use to engage with the site’s communities. Given the state of the official app and its heavy reliance on huge ads, it’s a deeply unpopular move, so unpopular that it

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Star Wars Revealing Jedi Survived Doesn’t Mean Order 66 Failed

Today, a new piece of information about a character in the upcoming Star Wars show Ahsoka went viral and promptly set off an online debate about Jedi surviving the infamous Order 66 aka Jedi Purge. Once again, people seemed upset to learn that another space monk—like Jedi: Survivor’s Cal—survived the Purge. But you know what?

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BioWare Offloading Star Wars MMO To Focus On Mass Effect

Electronic Arts is preparing to move Star Wars: The Old Republic, BioWare’s long-running MMORPG, to outside studio Broadsword Online Games, according to a new report by IGN. The deal would see just over half of the game’s development team move with it while the rest look for new jobs as BioWare pivots to focusing exclusively

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Twitch’s New Ad Rules Are Very Bad For Streamers

On June 6, popular streaming service Twitch rolled out a set of new advertisement rules that spell trouble for streamers large and small. The rules are directly related to branded content streamers add into their streams, which are a crucial source of revenue for creators, and the new set of rules could very well mean

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Spider-Verse Fans Think Movie Hints At Gwen Stacy Being Trans

Just in time for Pride, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse moviegoers think the summer box-office phenomenon offers some pretty compelling evidence that one of its heroes, Gwen Stacy, is trans. The Best Marvel Snap Deck For Winning With Agatha Harkness While the film never explicitly raises the issue of whether or not Gwen Stacy is trans

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Your Pathetic Diablo IV Death Could Get Eulogized By Megan Fox

Eulogize me, mommy.Screenshot: Megan Fox / Kotaku Whether you’re just jumping into Diablo IV now that it’s officially out or have been combing through Sanctuary since the loot-hunting RPG’s June 1 early access release, you’ll undoubtedly die at some point while fending off the evils of Hell. It’s inevitable; death is the great equalizer, after

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