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Horizon Forbidden West’s DLC Gets Review Bombed By Homophobes

Screenshot: Sony If you thought that gamers could be normal about two queers sharing a passionate kiss in 2023, then you would be very wrong. Horizon Forbidden West’s new story DLC, Burning Shores, contains a scene in which Aloy can choose to kiss a woman named Seyka, and it seems some PlayStation fans were not

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12 Of The Most Rarest and Most Expensive PS4 Games

Image: charnsitr / MVelishchuk / Kotaku (Shutterstock) As the PS4’s generation fades further and further in our rearview mirror, the prices of various games, particularly collector’s editions, are climbing ever higher. And with some of the prices out there, it might be worth perusing your collection if you’re looking to make some cash…or maybe you’ll

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Twitch Streamer’s Struggle To Be A Top BOTW Speedrunner Is Wild

Twitch streamer and YouTuber Simply has attempted the unthinkable: Giving himself just 12 hours, he set out to learn the very tricky speedrun for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and to successfully complete one in as fast a time as possible. The speedrunning challenge was insane, full of death and glitches to

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Sonic Maker Sega Is The Game Industry’s Next Union Battleground

Over 140 workers at Sega of America’s Irvine, California office have announced plans to form a new union to fight for better pay, adequate staffing, and more balanced schedules. It’s the latest front in the video game industry’s growing unionization movement, and the first to move its focus beyond strictly game developers. The Week In

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Everyone’s Freaking Out Over Dead Island 2’s Incredible Gore

Dead Island 2 was always going to be a gory game. The first Dead Island, released in 2011, played like a schlocky, uninhibited horror B-movie, and Dead Island 2 developer Deep Silver made butchery a priority soon after it began working on the sequel in 2019. Blood and brains are also usually a given where

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Horizon Forbidden West Sequel And Multiplayer Spin-Off In Works

The Horizon Zero Dawn universe will continue to expand with multiple upcoming games. Guerrilla Games confirmed that Aloy’s “next adventure” is already in development, while work on a multiplayer spin-off continues as well. Life, and big robot dinosaurs in particular, finds a way. The Week In Games: Galactic Refugees And Stone-Age Life Sims The subtle

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YouTuber’s House Raided By WotC Over Magic: The Gathering Cards

Sometimes, you accidentally buy something before it hits the street date, and you get bragging rights with all of your friends. In the case of one Magic: The Gathering streamer, obtaining a box of cards early landed him in hot water with one of the most infamous private security companies in the world. The Week

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Simpsons Fan Reveals Secret Joke In 31-Year-Old Episode

Screenshot: Disney / Kotaku Die-hard Simpsons fans have a near encyclopedic memory of every joke and reference throughout the animated series’ decades-long run. Except for one. A punchline in the third season was basically impossible to hear until someone recently used audio software to decode it over 30 years later. The Week In Games: Galactic

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Pokémon Go Dev Doesn’t Read Room, Says Fans Love Going Outside

Image: The Pokémon Company Pokémon Go has been riddled with controversy over the past month after developer Niantic made changes to Remote Raid Passes. The changes included limiting how many times people could use these items to play the game remotely, rather than having to leave their home to take part. Alongside this, the studio

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