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Xbox’s Quick Resume Will Finally Show You What Games Are Suspended

Posted: 11 May 2021 09:31 AM PDT

This month's Xbox update will bring changes to Quick Resume, including, at long last, an ability to see what games you currently have suspended on your Xbox Series X or S.

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LucasArts Classic Zombies Ate My Neighbors Returns To Consoles And PC Next Month

Posted: 11 May 2021 09:00 AM PDT

Because the dead never rest, Lucasfilm Games and developer Dotemu have teamed up to bring enhanced versions of 1993 16-bit classic Zombies Ate My Neighbors and its less-beloved sequel to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC on June 29.

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Twitch Sure Seems To Hope This Whole 'Sports' Thing Blows Up

Posted: 11 May 2021 07:30 AM PDT

If you've heard of esports, you might also be familiar with "sports," a spinoff of esports that people somehow play without computers. Twitch, which made its name on esports, has recently become very interested in these un-electronic sports and seems to really hope they'll catch on.

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The Mandalorian Scores Its Own Stern Pinball Machines

Posted: 11 May 2021 07:00 AM PDT

When you're really good you get your own pinball machine. Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian is really, really good, so it gets three.

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Alto Developer Snowman Spawns New Studio Dedicated To Creative Kids Play

Posted: 11 May 2021 06:15 AM PDT

From Snowman, the creative minds behind super-chill games like Alto's Adventure and Skate City, comes Pok Pok, a new studio dedicated to super-chill creative play-based learning for kids—open-ended play that inspires children to imagine and think. Sounds like a nifty goal.

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Fatal Frame Returns As A...Pachinko Slot Machine

Posted: 11 May 2021 04:00 AM PDT

Hoping for a new Fatal Frame? Looks like you're going to have to wait. In Japan, a new Fatal Frame pachislo (pachinko-slot) machine has been announced.

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Yoko Taro Has Some Story Ideas For Monster Hunter Rise

Posted: 11 May 2021 03:30 AM PDT

Yoko Taro did not make Monster Hunter Rise, but he certainly has some ideas for the game's plot.

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Evangelion World Closes At Japanese Theme Park

Posted: 11 May 2021 03:00 AM PDT

If you didn't visit, you missed your chance. The Evangelion World attraction at the Fuji-Q Highland amusement park closed this past Sunday.

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Report: Next-Gen PlayStation VR Is Sounding Pretty Impressive

Posted: 10 May 2021 07:00 PM PDT

Sony's next-generation virtual reality hardware for PlayStation 5 will include a number of fancy features and even some forward-thinking technologies that are not yet available on popular consumer VR headsets, according to a report on UploadVR.

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Oh No Xbox And Adidas What Are You Doing

Posted: 10 May 2021 07:00 PM PDT

Nike and PlayStation have enjoyed a years-long partnership where a bunch of their shoes have become all-time classics. Both the console and sneaker businesses being what they are, we are now inevitably about to get a whole bunch of Adidas x Xbox shoes to compete.

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Please Enjoy This Brief Courtroom Description Of A Fortnite Trailer

Posted: 10 May 2021 06:30 PM PDT

There wasn't too much of note going down in the big Apple vs Epic court case today, but one thing I did enjoy very much were these official court transcripts of Fortnite trailers, in which the various events are described in painstaking detail.

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Another Dodgy Windows 10 Update Has Been Pulled

Posted: 10 May 2021 06:00 PM PDT

Stop me if you've heard this one before: Windows 10 issued a new update, and not long after it hit public release, Microsoft had to pull it back.

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Nintendo’s New Waluigi Art Is Mysterious, Erotic

Posted: 10 May 2021 05:30 PM PDT

Over the weekend, Nintendo dropped a new video dedicated to unboxing the upcoming blue-purple Switch colorway. The upload mostly got attention, however, due to its inclusion of a never-before-seen Waluigi render that the internet…well, just look at it. I'm sure you can guess what kind of reaction the above image got…

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Lone Developer Stands Up To Grand Theft Auto DMCA Claim, Wins

Posted: 10 May 2021 05:00 PM PDT

Earlier this year fans reversed engineered the source code to Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. They released it to the web, but Grand Theft Auto copyright holder Take-Two pulled it offline via a DMCA claim. But one fan stood up to the publisher and has now succeeded in getting the…

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Uncharted 4 Has The Perfect Video Game Ending

Posted: 10 May 2021 04:30 PM PDT

It's the fifth anniversary of the release of Uncharted 4, and while the developers are reminiscing over on Naughty Dog's site, I thought I'd revisit this 2016 story I wrote about the perfect video game ending.

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True Horror Is A Baby Chris Redfield Mod

Posted: 10 May 2021 04:05 PM PDT

The scariest thing about Resident Evil Village isn't the monsters, or the vampires, or the locals. It's tucking wee baby Chris Redfield into bed.

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World Of Warships Adds Very Bored King Kong And Godzilla

Posted: 10 May 2021 03:00 PM PDT

In World of Warships and its console counterpart, World of Warship: Legends, players compete in fairly realistic naval battles featuring historically accurate battleships and weapons. So it's a bit odd that Godzilla and King Kong have been added to the game as part of a new event. Even weirder, they look bored by it…

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Let’s Discuss Returnal’s Bonkers Mid-Game Twist

Posted: 10 May 2021 02:30 PM PDT

Returnal, the PS5-exclusive action game about losing all of your hard-earned progress, features one of the most bonkers moments I've ever experienced in a video game. I don't mean the ending (though, yes, that too is bonkers); it's all to do with a series of events that go down at the midway point. For the past week…

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Move Over Tall Lady, Donna Beneviento Is The Real Star Of Resident Evil Village

Posted: 10 May 2021 02:00 PM PDT

Resident Evil Village launched last Friday, giving folks plenty of time to play (and probably beat) it over the weekend. Capcom didn't let me talk about it in my review, but I think it's time to finally gush about the excellence of the House Beneviento segment.

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What's A Favorite Childhood Game That Demands A Remake?

Posted: 10 May 2021 12:30 PM PDT

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.

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Pro Move: Hold On To Your Meat In Resident Evil Village

Posted: 10 May 2021 11:00 AM PDT

I am a human. That means I make mistakes. We all make mistakes. But we can learn from these moments of failure and even help others by sharing the knowledge we gain. So here I am, to share with you a simple tip I learned the hard way: Don't sell the meat you get in Resident Evil Village!

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