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Sonic The Hedgehog’s Anniversary: Everything Sega Announced

Today is Sonic the Hedgehog’s 32nd anniversary, and Sega released a 20-minute Sonic Central showcase to talk about upcoming projects, and alongside talking about upcoming 2D throwback Sonic Superstars, there were a lot of non-game announcements during the show. If you want to watch the whole stream, you can do so right here. For those

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The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom: The Kotaku Review

I climb up onto a giant lilypad floating in the middle of a lake and it sinks under my weight, leaving me submerged up to my shins. Piloting a raft upriver, I accidentally get too close to a little cluster of ducks, spooking them and making them take flight. From a mountaintop, I watch a

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8 Useful Settings To Change For The Best Time

The latest in the legendary series of Japanese role-playing games, Final Fantasy XVI features a very different tone in both story and combat. And with a vast story covering complex fictional political plotlines, it can all be a little overwhelming. The good news, however, is that Final Fantasy XVI features a number of settings that

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What Your Cosplay Says About You: Brutal Callout Edition

Image: Marvel / Disney / Netflix / Lucasfilm Ten years ago I went to my first New York Comic Con dressed in a perfectly fine Doctor Who cosplay (Tenth Doctor, of course). My outfit was more a collection of H&M pieces and a pair of Converse I already owned rather than a bespoke look crafted

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Across The Spider-Verse Has 2 Versions In Theaters

Screenshot: Sony Pictures Animation / GSCinemas / Kotaku Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse viewers’ collective spidey senses have unearthed yet another spectacular detail in the record-breaking box-office animated film: There are multiple versions of the film doing the rounds in theaters. Diablo IV Druids, Do This ASAP To Unlock Some Powerful New Abilities Multiple moviegoers (likely

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The Kojima Documentary Is The Worst Kind Of Fan Service

Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds—PlayStation Studios and Kojima Productions’ hour-long documentary on Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima—is too in awe of its subject to see him clearly. Premiered at Tribeca Festival on June 17, the documentary inflates Kojima’s mythology as an untouchable auteur until it totally obscures him, like a cloud. And in the times

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Amazon Prime Giving Away Free PC Games And Overwatch 2 Levels

Image: Bethesda / Arkane Austin Amazon Prime Day is still a couple weeks away, but from now until July 12 you can begin picking up some extra free gaming perks for those already subscribed to the service. First up is Prey, the excellent 2017 immersive sim that Arkane Austin made before shipping the troubled Game

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GTA Online PC Players Are Getting Left Behind Thanks To Updates

Technically, Grand Theft Auto Online is alive and well on PC, receiving all the same updates the console versions of the popular online crime sim get, as they get them. Well, most of them. Because see, Rockstar has begun sneaking more and more exclusive features into the two next-gen console ports, leaving PC players both

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Lost Titanic Submarine Has Been Found…Inside GTA 5

Gif: Rockstar Games / SkylineGTRFreak / Kotaku One of the biggest slow motion tragedies in recent memory appears to have wrapped up with a bad if not altogether shocking ending. The lost OceanGate Expeditions Titan submersible is now believed to have imploded on its way to the Titanic wreck, and in fact the U.S. Navy

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