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The Aftermath Of Twitch's Deepfake Porn Scandal
10.2.2023
You know Sweet Anita. You’ve seen her streams, stumbled across her Twitter account, or watched clips of her on TikTok. She’s likable—the kind of person you could watch do anything, even as she clicks her tongue, whistles, and tells you fuck off. You’ve probably had her curse you out on repeat in...
Only Some Switch Games Will Be $70, Nintendo Says
10.2.2023
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will be Nintendo’s first $70 game, but it doesn’t sound like it will have a whole lot of company anytime soon. Rather than being a watershed moment for premium Switch games moving forward, the publisher says the $70 price point will be reserved for specific...
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Brings Back The Best Clone Wars Droids
10.2.2023
If you, like me, are a big fan of the animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars series, then I’ve got some very good news to share. As first seen in a new gameplay video released earlier this week, a load of classic Clone Wars-era droids are featured in EA and Respawn’s upcoming Star Wars Jedi: Survivor....
Yoko Taro's New Game Turns Sega Classics Into Women
10.2.2023
Today, Sega revealed the trailer for its new mobile game collaboration with Nier and Drakengard series creator Yoko Taro. As is tradition for any collaboration with Taro, this game’s elevator pitch trades in the bizarre twists only Taro’s mind can concoct: a gacha game that transforms Sega classics...
Hogwarts Legacy’s Steam Forums Are A Mess Right Now
10.2.2023
While not every Harry Potter fan is a transphobe like J.K. Rowling, the new open-world RPG Hogwarts Legacy seems to bring out the most dedicated bigots out in full force. As of the pre-launch period, the game’s discussion forums on Steam, the leading PC platform, are filled with hateful...
Yu Yu Hakusho's Justin Cook On Why The Anime Series Still Resonates 30 Years Later
10.2.2023
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Ubisoft Broke The Division 2 So Bad It Delayed The Next Season
10.2.2023
The Division 2 was recently due to get its season 11 update. Instead, the entire game ground to a halt after the tool the development team relies on to issue updates went completely offline. The damage is now being repaired, with “compensation” planned as players wait for the promised update....
Dead Space's ‘Stomp Stuff’ Button Is Top Tier
10.2.2023
I’m walking around the dark, creepy corridors of the large spaceship Ishimura in Dead Space. Suddenly, I turn a corner and see two large boxes filled with possible goodies. I could shoot them open or use my telekinesis module to grab and slam them into a nearby wall. But that’s not nearly as fun...
Buy Your Valentine These $1,500 Sailor Moon Boots Or You Don't Love Them
10.2.2023
British luxury shoemaker Jimmy Choo, which has spent the past 40-ish years slipping handmade heels on anyone from Princess Diana to new brides, recently announced a collaboration with Sailor Moon creator Naoko Takeuchi. The capsule collection follows up Jimmy Choo’s 2022 collaboration with...
The Witcher 3’s Next-Gen Vaginas Were ‘Unintended,’ Devs Say
10.2.2023
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Nintendo Says New Games Are Still ‘Under Development’ For 7-Year-Old Switch
10.2.2023
Never count Nintendo out. Or for it to do the most obvious and sensible thing. With the Switch entering its seventh year after becoming the third best selling console ever, you’d think it would be the perfect time for a successor. But there’s still no Switch 2 or Switch Pro in sight, and Nintendo...
Ranking Mass Effect Boyfriends By Whether They'd Actually Be Good Partners
10.2.2023
Hold up there, Mass Effect fan. I know you walked in here ready and eager to see where your favorite BioWare beau ranked on a list of best boyfriends, but let’s make sure we’re all clear on the criteria hereRead more
Damn, There's A Lot Of JRPGs Coming To The Switch
10.2.2023
Nintendo’s 2023 Switch games lineup is looking somewhat light at the moment outside of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Pikmin 4. Naturally, one of the ways it’s plugging the holes is an onslaught of new and old JRPGs. Golden Sun is back! So is Baten Kaitos! Nintendo is digging deep...
What Your Cyberpunk 2077 Romance Says About You: Brutal Callout Post Edition
10.2.2023
Gather around, chooms. Like a cross between Cupid and Cyberpunk 2077’s trash-talking anti-hero Johnny Silverhand, I’ve come to once again read gamers’ romance choices to filth. Read more
16 Years After Release, Team Fortress 2 Is Getting A Major Update
10.2.2023
I know it is still available and being played, but Team Fortress 2 can at times feel like a game from a different age. Partly because it is, but also because it’s so old—and has gone so long without a major update—that you’d be forgiven for thinking it was on its last legs. But no!Read more
Sony Accuses Microsoft Of 'Harassment' In Court Battle
10.2.2023
The struggles to get Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard over the line aren’t just playing out at government watchdogs and in the public eye, but in courtrooms as well. And in one of those battlegrounds, Microsoft is making demands of its rival Sony that the latter...
9 Things In The Tears Of The Kingdom Trailer Keeping Zelda Fans Up At Night
9.2.2023
Now that you’ve mentally prepared to shell out $70 for Nintendo’s biggest game of the year, it’s time to pick apart the new Tears of the Kingdom gameplay trailer for any and all details we might have missed the first time around. There are new features and gameplay mechanics to talk about, as well...
Hogwarts Legacy Spoilers Are All Over The Internet, As Is Harry Potter Tradition
9.2.2023
Hogwarts Legacy spoilers are all over the internet right now. They’re in the Kotaku tips inbox, they’re in the comments on popular gaming website’s tweets, they’re casually getting scattered everywhere on the web, tossed into conversations with reckless abandon.Read more
10 Video Game Kisses We Can’t Forget
9.2.2023
The glorious thing about a kiss is that it can mean anything while, for the most part, looking the same—lips on other lips. In a video game, though, a kiss becomes even more monumental, accompanied by mounting background music and unbound by normal facial muscles. A video game kiss, free...
7 Ways To Save Space On Your PS5’s SSD
9.2.2023
While a stock 825 GB storage drive on PS5 (for either the digital or disc-based versions of the console) might’ve sounded like an oasis of endless storage in days now long gone, the colossal size of many titles means that any active PS5 user is likely to run into space issues at some point....