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Final Fantasy 16 Producer Suggests PC Players Just ‘Buy A PS5’

“Just buy a PS5? What, is it hard?”Screenshot: Square Enix Final Fantasy XVI, the upcoming installment in the long-running JRPG series, drops on June 22 as a PlayStation 5 exclusive. That exclusivity is a bit of a bummer as other Final Fantasy games, such as Final Fantasy VII Remake, were also available on PC. And

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Gaming YouTube In Turmoil Over New Violence And Profanity Rules

RTGame has been a centerpiece for conversations around YouTube’s new profanity and violence policies.Screenshot: RTGame / Kotaku Members of YouTube’s gaming community are calling out the video hosting site for adding new regulations regarding profanity usage and violent content, disproportionately affecting gaming creators who produce unscripted videos such as let’s plays of M-rated games. Worse,

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Wavebird 2.0 For The Nintendo Switch Promises To Be Drift-Free

Image: Nyxi Like many others, the GameCube Wavebird was the first game controller I ever seriously loved. Everything that came before it was fine; at best a novelty, at worst an oversized pain, but mostly just a means to an end. Now there’s a new controller for the Nintendo Switch that looks exactly like a

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Madden Will Pull CPR TD Celebration After Damar Hamlin Incident

Screenshot: EA / NFL Last week, during the first quarter of an NFL game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals, Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed after making a tackle. Hamlin required CPR while on the field and was taken away via ambulance. Now reportedly in the aftermath of that scary incident, EA Sports

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12 Things Every New Steam Deck Owner Should Try Or Consider

Screenshot: CD Projekt Red / Valve / Kotaku Every game on PC and Steam Deck is different, so graphics settings are often best determined on a case-by-case basis. If you’re new to tweaking graphics settings, however, here are three broad steps to take if a game isn’t performing well (and is otherwise Verified or of

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Twitch Streamer Plays FromSoftware Games In A Truly Absurd Way

Spend any time on the internet—whether Reddit, Twitter, or YouTube—and you’ve likely seen some streamer doing some absurd-ass playthrough of a Soulsborne game (probably Elden Ring). Whether it’s beating Margit with a harp or two Malenias simultaneously (one with a dance pad), there are some wild ways of tackling FromSoftware games out there. Streamer Dr.

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NFL Pro Jamaal Williams Wants You To Show Pokémon Some Respect

Photo: Nic Antaya (Getty Images) NFL pro Jamaal Williams started 2023 right: By beating the hell out of the Chicago Bears and coming out in a post-game interview as a huge weeb gamer. He wasn’t just willing to admit that he played Pokémon like the rest of us, he was ready to defend its honor

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The Rescue Of Logan Paul’s Old Pig Has The Internet Aghast

Photo: Logan Paul / Twitter Disgraced YouTube influencer turned amateur boxer turned NFT publisher, Logan Paul, is once again universally loathed after the animal sanctuary Gentle Barn released a TikTok on Monday suggesting it had rescued his former pig from the wild. Named Pearl, the teacup pig was reportedly found alone in a field beside

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A Big Month For RPGs On Game Pass, But The Departures Hurt, Too

RPG fans have a lot to look forward to at Game Pass, but mystery fans are going to lose a real gem.Image: Atlus / Spike Chunsoft / Kotaku Another month, another set of games coming and going from Xbox Game Pass. If you’re an RPG fan, you have a lot to look forward to, but

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