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Let’s Rank The Pokémon Starters, Worst To Best

Image: The Pokémon Company Turtwig is perfect. Sorry, I don’t make the rules, just the ranking. The Sinnoh region’s grass starter is the best starter of all-time and if you disagree, that’s totally valid because we all have different cherished memories with all of these little friends. But Turtwig, with his little stubby legs, leaves

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Final Fantasy XIV Expansion Stormblood Now Free To Download

Image: Square Enix Because Final Fantasy XIV has somehow evolved into one of the biggest video games on the planet, Square Enix has decided to grab some of its older content out of the back of the fridge, reheat it in the microwave for a bit and serve it up to a whole new audience

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Japanese Composer & Pop Star Ryuichi Sakamoto Has Died Aged 71

Ryuichi Sakamoto, the famed Japanese musician and composer, has died at the age of 71. What Gotham Knights And Shrek 2 Have In Common He had been battling failing health for several years, having been diagnosed in 2014 with throat cancer, then bowel cancer in 2021. Through all his treatments and surgeries, however, he continued

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The Best (And Worst) April Fools’ Jokes In Gaming For 2023

April Fool’s Day has finally come to add a little bit more chaos to the week, as jokes and lies fly around unrestricted. But we understand what April 1 is all about—a chance for developers to sneak in some humor in our favorite games. These April Fools’ jokes are getting a little more advanced and

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All The Battle Royales That Died After Fortnite & PUBG Blew Up

Image: Epic / Square Enix / Boss Key / Kotaku / LadadikArt (Shutterstock) It’s almost poetic that, in a genre built on many people fighting to stay alive until just a few remain, so many battle royale games have launched, flopped, and died over the last few years. Not every new battle royale can find

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10 Must-See Battle Royale Moments, From Fortnite To Warzone

Image: Respawn / Kotaku No two battle royale matches are alike. Clever, spontaneous tactics springing from the generative collision of varying skill levels, map layout, and randomized items, weapons, and vehicles can lead to theatrical levels of epicness and hilarity—often both at the same time. So it’s only fitting during Kotaku’s week of Battle Royale

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What The Hell Is Going On Over At Marvel?

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is in a weird phase right now, and no, I don’t mean Phase Five which began with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Over just a few short days, it became clear that the shared movie universe is undergoing a lot of change, and not for the best reasons. From actors to

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Dying Marvel’s Avengers Game Unlocks Nearly Everything For Free

We’ve known since January 2023 that Square Enix’s failed live-service superhero RPG Marvel’s Avengers would have its life support plug pulled on September 30. At that time, developer Crystal Dynamics announced that all cosmetics “will be made available to all players for free” once the game’s final update rolls around. Well, the time has come,

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New Official Sonic Mystery Game Just Straight Up Kills Him

Saturday is April Fool’s Day. So, as usual, companies are out here releasing joke trailers and “funny” tweets. But then you have Sega, who just published a brand new, completely free, actually real, murder mystery game on Steam that is all about someone killing Sonic the Hedgehog. That’s how you do April Fool’s, people. Also:

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