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Sony Claims The PlayStation 5 Shortage Is Over In 2023

After two years and change, Sony says the PS5 should be easier to find.Image: Sony If you or a loved one has been struggling to find a PlayStation 5 since its launch in 2020, Sony says the box should be easier to find in your store of choice in 2023. Sony Interactive Entertainment President Jim

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World of Warcraft’s Leeroy Jenkins Marked Wild Day In Congress

Since Tuesday, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has lost six rounds of voting to become the next Speaker of the House in Congress. These humiliating defeats have left the legislative branch of the U.S. Government in limbo and even led one bored congressman to go full Leeroy Jenkins on the House floor as the worst parts

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The Weirdest Licensed Star Wars Products

So uncivilized, I love it.Image: Disney / Quick / Kotaku Before the prequel trilogy released in the late ‘90s/early noughties and Disney bought LucasFilm for an exorbitant amount of money in 2015, Star Wars licensing was a bizarre no man’s land. While I was, admittedly, a bit too young to recall anything other than plastic

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Wrestler Kenny Omega Cosplayed As Sephiroth During Big Event

Image: Square Enix Wrestling superstar Kenny Omega returned to Japan’s Wrestle Kingdom event after not appearing since 2019. And he returned in style, dressing up as famous Final Fantasy VII villain Sephiroth and even entered walked in to the classic bad guy’s theme song, “One Winged Angel.” Considered by some to be one of the

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These 10 Great Video Game Intros Will Start Your New Year Right

Image: Square Enix We are in the moments of 2023 before the title card, when things are still preparing to be defined. I love it—from here, the next few months look magical, like there’s infinite time to do anything, or for anything to happen. This is when we make resolutions, brainstorm logistics for the trips

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This Endearing New Anime Restored My Faith In Romantic Comedies

Image: Lay-duce / Crunchyroll / Kotaku Ever since I caught up on the irreverent romantic comedy anime, Kaguya Sama: Love Is War, I’ve been hellbent on finding a lovey-dovey anime to fill the heart-shaped hole it’s left on my watchlist. Just when I was beginning to lose hope that I’d ever find a romantic show,

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Secret Room In Switch Exclusive Lashes Out Against Dev Issues

Screenshot: Sidebar Games / tendog / Kotaku Most secret “developer rooms” in video games come in two varieties. Either they’re filled with fun development trivia (Pokémon, The Stanley Parable) or bonus bosses whom players can defeat as an easter egg (Diablo III, Vampyr). The secret room in Sports Story is neither of these. Instead, players

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New 2023 Lego Star Wars TIE Bomber 75347 Kotaku Review

Image: Lego / Lucasfilm / Kotaku It’s the start of a new year, which of course means it’s time for some new Lego sets! Every January 1, Lego releases a long list of new builds, and this time Star Wars fans got a wonderful and long-awaited treat: A new TIE bomber set. And it only

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Game Pass Hit High On Life’s Satire Stunts On Big Budget Games

Sure, it’s 16-hours of dick jokes, but NPCs rarely feel this responsive to the player.Screenshot: Squanch Games / Kotaku Over the 420-induced blur that was my Christmas to New Year’s, I spent about 16 hours finishing High on Life’s campaign. It was a pleasant way to unwind in the final days of 2022, and the

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YouTuber Logan Paul Says Some Of His Game Devs Were ‘Con Men’

After keeping his mouth shut for roughly two weeks, Logan Paul has finally opened up about his blockchain NFT “game,” CryptoZoo, in a response video to investigative YouTuber Stephen “Coffeezilla” Findeisen. However, if you were hoping for some sort of explanation of what went wrong with the project, you’ll be sorely disappointed. Instead, Paul spends

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