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I Put Dozens Of Hours Into Diablo IV & I’m Only 20 Percent Done

Image: Blizzard/Kotaku I was collecting boar tusks for an enterprising child in rain-soaked Scosglen, one of Diablo IV’s five major regions, when it hit me: I don’t have time for this shit. 8 Minutes Of Diablo IV’s Character Creator I was recently fortunate enough to play with a review build of the latest in Blizzard’s

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2023 Is Only Half Over And It’s Already Full Of Great Games

2023 is barely halfway over and yet this year has already seenh great games coming out across nearly every platform. And upcoming releases are shaping up to be bangers, too. A Foe From The Next Team Ninja Game Is Giving Me Sekiro PTSD 2022 wasn’t the best year for video games. This was a sentiment

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9 Times The Best GeoGuessr Player Pulled Off An Extra Wild Find

Graphic: Trevor Rainbolt / Kotaku GeoGuessr players are out of this world. If there’s anything that comes close to real magic on the internet, it’s seeing players use nothing but a photo of a telephone pole on Google Maps to determine where that object actually is. And there’s probably no one more skilled at this

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See Tears Of The Kingdom’s Horror-Filled Depths All Lit Up

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is an incredibly polished game, so what happens if you try to completely break it? YouTuber Shesez pulls back the curtain on some of the game’s hidden secrets in latest video and reveals all of the amazing stuff Nintendo doesn’t want you to see, including what the

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Game Developers Open Up About The ‘Worst’ Games They Worked On

Last week, Daedalic Entertainment, the developers of the stealth adventure J.R.R. Tolkien video game The Lord of The Rings: Gollum, posted an apology for the game failing to “meet the expectations” of players and devs alike. Although Gollum being one of the worst-rated games of 2023 on Metacritic is a tough L to hold, it

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Overwatch 2’s Pride Event Is An Earnest Start

It feels like Overwatch 2 is gayer than it’s ever been. First Lifeweaver was revealed as the series’ first pansexual hero, then dialogue seemed to hint that Baptiste was also queer. Now, a Pride event has confirmed that Baptiste is indeed, queer, and veteran hero Pharah is also a member of the alphabet army. Pokémon

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Tears Of The Kingdom’s Best Duplication Glitch After Patch

Screenshot: Nintendo / Kotaku The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players briefly fell on hard times last week when Nintendo patched out a bevy of exploits, including some super easy and lucrative glitches for getting infinite diamonds and Lynel Horns. Fortunately, it took almost no time at all for players to discover a

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Diablo IV Reviews Suggest It’s More Of The Same, In A Good Way

It’s been over 10 years since the last Diablo. Nuts, right? Diablo IV arrives on June 6, 2023, and while Diablo III enjoyed a long, active life, it’s certainly time for something new. Diablo III’s move to console shortly after the PC release brought the legendary action role playing game series from Blizzard to an

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The Witcher 3 Hits 50M Sold, One Of The Best-Selling Games Ever

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt—CD Projekt Red’s massively successful and critically acclaimed open-world RPG—has now sold over 50 million copies, making it one of the best-selling games of all time. It’s sold enough copies to be rubbing elbows with massive games like Grand Theft Auto V, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and Tetris. The Witcher 3

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