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Pricey First-Party PS5 Games Everyone Should Play Are On Sale

Image: Naughty Dog / Sony We get it, new-gen games are expensive. At $70 a pop for PlayStation’s most sought after first-party games that are jam-packed with all the goodies you’d want in a PS5 game (like ray-tracing, higher frame rates, and less load times), it’s understandable if you don’t have an extensive collection just

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15 Minutes of Suicide Squad Footage Just Dropped

Screenshot: WB Games / DC / Kotaku Today, during Sony’s very first State of Play of 2023, we got our first big look at one mission in the upcoming Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League game, out later this year. Sony’s latest State of Play—Nintendo Direct-like video events—was mostly focused on PS VR2 stuff and

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13 Things I Wish I Knew Before Playing Metroid Prime Remastered

Image: Nintendo Metroid Prime Remastered is a hi-fi return to the home planet for anyone who played Nintendo’s iconic action-adventure game when it first came out back in 2002. But Remastered is also a fresh opportunity for those of us who were sleeping or busy being literal children back then—a first chance to be Prime’s

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Russian BioShock Game Is A Best Seller, And Hella Controversial

“These violent delights have violent ends.”- Some canceled HBO showScreenshot: Focus Entertainment / Mundfish / Kotaku We’re just three days into Atomic Heart’s release and the Russian BioShock-type game is already knee-deep in controversy. How did we get here? Why do folks have to be mad? Let’s get into the nitty-gritty and answer those questions.

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Like A Dragon: Ishin! Kotaku Review: Best Samurai Game Ever

In the opening chapters of Like A Dragon: Ishin!, a samurai becomes an exiled criminal after his father is assassinated in front of him. A year later, his brother offers him safety and power in exchange for his loyalty. All he has to do is turn a blind eye to the powerful lords who could

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Metroid Prime Remastered Selling Out, Going For $100+ On eBay

Photo: Kotaku / Nintendo Earlier this month, Metroid Prime Remastered was announced and released digitally on Nintendo Switch. It’s very good and a perfect example of how to remaster an old game. However, it wasn’t available physically until yesterday, February 22. And uh, well, it’s still kind of not available physically, as people are reporting

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GameStop Offers $5,000 Reward To Stop PS5 Crime Spree

Image: Sony The good thing about the PlayStation 5 shortage being over now is that people who want the consoles can finally buy them. The bad news is that it’s also apparently led to an uptick in GameStop robberies as thieves target the pricey and easy-to-flip consoles. GameStop’s answer? A $5,000 reward for catching thieves,

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Copyright Revoked For AI Comic After Office Learns How AI Works

Image: Kris Kashtanova The U.S. Copyright Office turned away an AI-generated piece of work last February, citing a prerequisite of human authorship. That hasn’t prevented AI enthusiasts from trying to legitimize glorified art theft. Last year, one creator tried to register a comic book with images that they generated in the AI tool Midjourney. Yesterday,

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Valve’s Half-Life Looks Amazing With Ray Tracing Mod

Gif: Valve / Sultim-t / Kotaku 1998’s Half-Life is one the best games ever made. And now, thanks to a new mod out today, you can play this classic PC shooter with modern ray tracing. It’s yet another classic PC game that has received a sweet-looking upgrade thanks to community modders. First released in November

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Shinji Mikami, Resident Evil Icon, Leaves Studio He Founded

Shinji Mikami, famed Japanese game designer best known for his work on the Resident Evil series, has decided to leave Tango Gameworks after founding the studio over 10 years ago, according to a TrueAchievements report that was corroborated by Bethesda on Twitter. Mikami’s career spans a variety of games and genres Mikami is a legendary

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