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Diablo IV Devs Say There’s No Cow Level, Fans Aren’t Convinced

Image: Blizzard Entertainment / Clara Bastian / Kotaku One of the recurring gags in the Diablo series is the secret cow level. This refers to a secret area that is filled with weapon-toting cows who attack the player should they be unfortunate enough to stumble upon it. It first debuted in Diablo II, then made

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Someone At Nintendo Snuck Pride Month Into The Switch’s eShop

Image: Infinite Fall / Secret Lab It’s Pride Month, meaning there are gay flags all over the place. This is true for the Nintendo eShop, too, though you may have to look a little more closely to find it. Scroll down for a while in the Featured section and you’ll see that someone has quietly

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Vinland Saga Second Season’s Lack Of Action Is A Good Thing

Like moths to a brilliant, roaring flame, anime fans are drawn to heroes who share the same unshakeable quality as Attack on Titan’s Eren Jaeger: the will to commit unspeakable acts of violence for the sake of their own freedom. But oftentimes fans fail to appreciate that sometimes anime with nonviolent stories can be just

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Diablo 4 Fans Say XP Is Stingy, So Blizz Is Promising Changes

Diablo IV fans feel Blizzard’s action RPG has an XP problem, in that players feel like it’s hard to level up in a timely manner. Fortunately, the studio says it’s willing to hear that criticism out and make changes. In a “Campfire Chat” stream featuring members of the dev team, Blizzard explained that it is

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40+ Weird Vintage Video Game Ads We Can’t Stop Thinking About

For a long time, perhaps due to the infancy of the medium, there was no “right” way to advertise home video games. As a result, some of the earliest video game companies—including some we now recognize as major industry players, like Nintendo—ended up creating some of the most bizarre TV commercials, print ads, and odd

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Diablo 4’s Ultimate Abilities Need Their Own Skill Slot

Diablo IV is a very good video game. It features all the stuff I want out of a good Diablo game, including lots of loot, thousands of monsters to kill, more loot, big dungeons to explore, cool skills to unlock, and of course, a ton more loot. But it also feels like it’s missing something:

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This Tears Of The Kingdom Randomizer Is Perfect Chaos

Screenshot: Nintendo / Kotaku If you’ve already put 100+ hours into The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, you might be asking yourself how you can spice up this Hylian love affair between you and Link’s latest adventure. Well, might I suggest a randomizer that puts enemies in places they’re not supposed to be?

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The West’s First Fire Emblem Comes To Nintendo Switch Online

Image: Nintendo Nintendo has announced Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade is coming to Nintendo Switch Online, and a lot of fans are probably feeling nostalgic about it because it was the first game in the tactical fantasy series to make its way to the west. The Week In Games: Return To Hyrule Because most English

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Why Is Starfield 30fps? Space Sandwiches, Probably

After years of speculation, Starfield director Todd Howard recently confirmed that the open-world RPG will only run at 30fps on Xbox Series X/S, where it’s a console exclusive. While some fans were immediately dismayed, others have pointed out that there’s likely a good reason for capping the game’s framerate lower than other “next-gen” games like

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The Real-Life Dog Behind Red Dead Redemption 2’s Cain Has Died

Einstein, the dog who provided the motion capture performance for Red Dead Redemption 2’s pooch Cain, has passed away according to the pup’s owner. I’m sorry to bring you this sad news. The Top Ten Most Played Games On Steam Deck: December 2022 Edition Released in 2018, Red Dead Redemption 2 is a massive open-world

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