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Mario Kart Fans Are Aghast To Learn About Secret Points

Image: Nintendo The Mario Kart community recently found out that the Game Boy Advance entry in the series, Super Circuit, was secretly giving bonus points to certain characters in the roster, and not everyone is happy about it. Characters such as Bowser get the largest amount of bonus points, while Peach and Toad get less.

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The Next Pokémon Animation Looks Incredible

Image: The Pokémon Company If Pokémon knows how to do anything, it’s capitalize on its fans’ long history with the franchise. This sentiment isn’t just held for its major anniversary years, because if The Pokémon Company can make a viral video that encapsulates the entirety of the series’ 27 years, it’s gonna do it. And

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Destiny 2’s Best Campaign Ever Is Free Until Lightfall

Image: Bungie Bungie announced on Thursday that Destiny 2’s Witch Queen expansion will be free to access for all players through the weekend. With a flashy new expansion, Lightfall, coming in hot on February 28, it’s a perfect time to give one of the best sci-fi shooters around a second chance. Or a third, or

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Ash May Be Gone, But New Pokémon Anime Stars A New Pikachu

Image: The Pokémon Company / Kotaku Ash Ketchum and Pikachu may be heading into the sunset after an epic 25-season run, but the Pokémon anime they starred in isn’t. Another series will take flight soon with new trainers Liko and Roy to root for. But they won’t be the only heroes. On Friday the Pokémon

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Here’s The New Call Of Duty Gun That Should Have Your Attention

Image: Activision / Kotaku The ISO Hemlock assault rifle, one of the newest additions to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Warzone 2.0, is quickly becoming a go-to weapon. Though you’ll have to make some progress in the battle pass to unlock it, it’s free for all players, making it a must on your

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FIFA Series Commentator John Motson Has Died At The Age Of 77

Photo: Laurence Griffiths (Getty Images) The world received some very sad news earlier today when we learned that legendary English football commentator John Motson, whose career spanned decades (and included very long stints in video games), had passed away at the age of 77. Even the most casual English-speaking football fan will know his work,

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Mortal Kombat 12 Announced By Warner, Will Release In 2023

Image: WB | Kotaku Warner Bros., this is not how it is done! There are rules and guidelines in place for how video games are revealed in 2023, and “quickly mentioning it in passing on a phone call” breaks all of them! That’s exactly what happened earlier today, though, when among a flurry of other

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Destiny 2’s Big Space Nut Finally Shot Something

Destiny 2 players have been waiting for its giant magic alien ball to finally do something for years. Bungie rewarded nearly a decade of patience and passion for its weird sci-fi epic on Thursday with a new Lightfall trailer that shows the Traveler doing something indeed: literally shooting its load. Revealed during Sony’s latest State

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Suicide Squad Will Always Require An Internet Connection

Screenshot: WB Games / DC / Kotaku Today, during Sony’s first State of Play broadcast of 2023, we got a big ol’ look at the upcoming online third-person DC Comics shooter Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League. It looked…fine. But a newly posted FAQ on the official game’s website has confirmed that you’ll have to

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Everything At Sony’s Big PlayStation Event, From PS5 To VR

Screenshot: Capcom / Kotaku It’s been a minute since Sony’s last State of Play showcase, and PlayStation fans have been hungry for new updates and big reveals on the PlayStation 5’s future. What they got today was not that. Resident Evil 4, Street Fighter 6, and more known quantities all got fresh trailers, while an

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