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My Wife Won't Let Me Buy a Racecar Bed, but This $60 Pikachu Comforter Set Will Do
2.4.2021
Pikachu Twin/Full Comforter With Two Pillow Shams | $60 | AmazonRead more
Platinum Games Announces First Game For New Neo-Classic Arcade Brand
2.4.2021
This is Sol Cresta. It will be released this year as a download title on the Nintendo Switch, the PlayStation 4, and Steam.Read more
Xbox Is Supporting Old Games, While Sony And Nintendo Are Leaving Them Behind
1.4.2021
Yesterday, Microsoft made it possible to instantly stream a bunch of older Xbox 360 and original Xbox games to any device compatible with Game Pass. It’s another piece of evidence that Microsoft is taking backward compatibility very seriously this time around, and that Sony and Nintendo have fallen...
The Best Special Edition Gaming Consoles, According To Our Readers
1.4.2021
There’s nothing like a special edition gaming console. Sure, everyone has a Nintendo Switch, but how many of us have an Animal Crossing-themed Nintendo Switch? Who among us has a PlayStation 4 with a big Spider-Man logo on it? These bespoke systems are truly one of a kind. Actually, in some...
Report: Tokyo Olympics Proposal Included Akira And Super Mario In The Opening Ceremony
1.4.2021
The Tokyo Olympics, it seems, will hold the opening ceremonies this July. While the finalized plans have yet to be revealed, Japanese magazine Shukan Bunshun has apparently acquired a 280-page scrapped proposal for the event. Included is one that is Akira-themed and another that features Nintendo’s...
The 10 Best Deals of March 31, 2021
31.3.2021
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Fortnite Looks Better On Switch Now
31.3.2021
Fortnite got a “performance and resolution boost” on Switch yesterday, developer Epic announced. The game should now look and run better, and the file size is smaller too.Read more
Today Is Your Last Chance To Buy Super Mario All-Stars, For No Damn Reason
31.3.2021
It’s either one of the most elaborate April Fool’s brand-o-jokes of all time, or today marks the last day Nintendo will be selling Super Mario All-Stars, either in physical form or via the Switch’s electronic shop. From April 1, they still maintain it’s to be taken behind Miyamoto’s barn...
The 10 Best Deals of March 30, 2021
30.3.2021
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Remade Wipeout Intro Reminds Us The Franchise's Return Is Long Overdue
30.3.2021
Of all the dormant racing game franchises — and there are many — Wipeout’s absence feels the most criminal. Developers at Sony’s long-defunct Studio Liverpool arguably never put a foot wrong throughout the anti-gravity racing series’ history, so long as you consider 2002's Wipeout Fusion...
iiRcade’s Home Arcade Cabinet Makes Already Great Games Like Dead Cells Even BetteriiRcade Review
30.3.2021
iiRcade Bartop Arcade | $599 | WalmartRead more
Monster Hunter Rise Is Tough To Get Into As A Newcomer
30.3.2021
Don’t beat yourself up if you can’t get into Monster Hunter Rise. Fans of the kaiju-killing series are legion, and this latest entry, out last week for Nintendo Switch, is arguably the buzziest game in the world right now. But it sure doesn’t make things easy for newcomers.Read more
What’s A Game You Like That Doesn’t Get Enough Love?
29.3.2021
It’s Monday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take.Read more
Another Charizard Card Sells For Over $300,000
29.3.2021
Pokémon cards have been having a bit of a boom lately, and nowhere is that more obvious than in auctions for the holographic Charizard card that acted as the base set’s crown jewel in 1999. A third card featuring the fire lizard recently sold for over $300,000.Read more
What's the Best Special Edition Console of All Time?
29.3.2021
You’ve probably owned a lot of video game consoles in your day. I mean, at this point, you can probably measure out your age in console generations. Something like “I’m seven generations old.” While I leave you to stew over that existential crisis, I have a bit of a nostalgic question for...
Youtuber Builds a Bitcoin Miner Out of a 31-year old Nintendo Game Boy
29.3.2021
On Saturday, a popular Youtuber named Stacksmashing published a video that shows him hacking a 1989 Nintendo Game Boy in order to mine bitcoin. Despite the creativity and the fact that the miner only leverages four double-A batteries, Stacksmashing noted that the 8-bit handheld game console was...
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury is $50, So Prepare To Kill Bowser Twice
29.3.2021
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury | $50 | Best BuyRead more
Crypto user modifies old school Game Boy for Bitcoin mining
28.3.2021
YouTuber Stacksmashing estimated his rig would take "a couple of quadrillion years to mine a Bitcoin."
The Nintendo 3DS Was Released 10 Years Ago Today In North America
27.3.2021
On March 27, 2011, Nintendo released the 3DS, its handheld successor to the uber-successful Nintendo DS. Since then it has sold over 70 million units worldwide and had a host of great games released for it over the last decade.Read more
Ghost Of Tsushima Film Announced, Back 4 Blood Delayed, Xbox Live Name Change, And More
27.3.2021
This week on Morning Checkpoint we talk about how great SonicFox is, dunk on Shinra, find out what games are now delayed, fondly remember demo discs, and say goodbye to Xbox Live and hello to Xbox Network.Read more