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Diablo IV's Spider Monster Is An Affront To All Of My Senses

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 12:00 PM PDT

Video games have a long and storied history of taking spiders—already an upsetting concept—and making them worse. Diablo IV seems more than prepared to live up to that legacy.

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Destiny 2’s Quaria Is An Underwhelming Boss Fight But A Great Mission

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 11:30 AM PDT

Season of the Splicer's long-awaited showdown with the Vex mind Quaria finally happened yesterday and it's splitting the Destiny 2 community apart. Some players were satisfied with the fight mechanics and visual spectacle while others were disappointed that a character built up for so long in the game's lore went down…

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Here Are The July 2021 PlayStation Plus Games

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 10:45 AM PDT

July's PlayStation Plus lineup has some big hits, including Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and A Plague Tale: Innocence. As always, these games are only "free" if you have an active PlayStation Plus membership.

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Fall Guys' Latest Costume Is Very Suspicious

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 10:30 AM PDT

Today, Fall Guys developer Mediatonic announced on Twitter that it will add a second Among Us themed costume.

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Mass Effect Legendary Edition Gets A First-Person Mod

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 10:05 AM PDT

Have you ever looked at Mass Effect? Like, really looked at it? Have you studied every crag in Wrex's face? Stared Kaidan and Ashley right in the eyes while wondering why you couldn't leave both of them behind on Virmire? Watched the fish in Shepard's cabin swim for 80+ hours? Well now you can do that again, but more.

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Do You Feel Comfortable Attending PAX Or Another Gaming Event Yet?

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 09:30 AM PDT

It's 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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Doki Doki Literature Club Plus Deserves To Be Replayed Dozens of Times

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 09:00 AM PDT

Playing through the original Doki Doki Literature Club is a singular experience, unfolding with a dark and twisted magic that cannot be recaptured once set loose. It can be expanded upon, however, enhanced with new stories, structure, and secrets that make this week's Doki Doki Literature Club Plus a worthy reason to…

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The Great Ace Attorney Is Worth The Four Year Wait

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 08:00 AM PDT

Yes! I was so stoked to see Capcom finally releasing English versions of The Great Ace Attorney games. The Ace Attorney series is one of my absolute favorites, and I know English-speaking fans have been desperate for a new entry to the series ever since we were left with Android and iOS releases of Dual Destinies and

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Sony Charging Devs At Least $25,000 For PlayStation Store Visibility

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 07:30 AM PDT

In a furious tirade on Twitter, independent games publisher Iain Garner of Neon Doctrine has unleashed his frustrations with trying to publish games on a major games console—one he says that isn't made by Microsoft. During the spleen-venting, he suggests that getting prominent promotion for a game from the platform…

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Binding of Isaac Kickstarter Offers Edmund McMillen’s Bathwater

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 06:00 AM PDT

The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls tabletop game is back on Kickstarter raising millions more dollars for a new expansion called Requiem. The latest crowdfunding campaign has become a metagame of its own, with social media stretch goals egging fans on to do Binding of Isaac stand up and even send pics of themselves in a…

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Hideaki Anno Told Evangelion Voice Actor Secrets She Says She'll Take To Her Grave

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 04:30 AM PDT

Thought we know everything about Evangelion? We don't, it seems! During a recent press conference for the Blu-ray release of Evangelion 3.333, voice actor Maaya Sakamoto said that creator Hideaki Anno told her secrets about the character she plays, Mari Illustrious Makinami.

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Konami Partners With Bloober Team, Developers Of The Medium

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 02:30 AM PDT

Today, Konami and Bloober Team have announced that they are joining forces for a strategic partnership.

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Someone Has To Draw The Skies In Video Games

Posted: 29 Jun 2021 06:35 PM PDT

The stuff that exists outside the bits you actually play in is usually taken for granted, but the skybox—the part of a level that constitutes not just the sky but also the background environments the player can't access—can also be one of the most beautiful parts of a video game.

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Mars First Logistics Looks Very Cool

Posted: 29 Jun 2021 05:10 PM PDT

Mars First Logistics is an upcoming game by Australian developer Ian MacLarty. The first thing you'll probably notice is how nice it looks with that crisp, clean art style.

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TV-Style Commercials Are Coming To Console Games

Posted: 29 Jun 2021 04:30 PM PDT

There are ads on YouTube, ads on Twitch, and ads when you're playing mobile games, but you know where there aren't ads? Console games. And that's something capitalism would like to change.

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Top Smash Bros. Competitors Want Special Treatment

Posted: 29 Jun 2021 03:30 PM PDT

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate competitor Tyler "Marss" Martins set off a firestorm in the fighting game community over the weekend when he suggested top players should be able to register for open-bracket tournaments ahead of those he deemed less important.

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Bidoof Is Taking Over The World (Of Pokémon Go)

Posted: 29 Jun 2021 03:15 PM PDT

My personal life motto is to live every Thursday like it's Bidoof Day, but especially this Thursday, because it actually is Bidoof Day. Why? Much like Bidoof itself, the answer is unknowable.

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Chivalry 2 Player Only Needs Bread To Kill

Posted: 29 Jun 2021 02:30 PM PDT

Despite its serious medieval trappings, Chivalry 2 matches can get pretty slapstick-y thanks to the game allowing players to use anything at their disposal to take down opponents. Case in point, this recent Reddit post showing a creative Chivalry 2 player scoring two kills in a row with a weapon made of whole grains…

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Doom Eternal’s Next-Gen Upgrade Screws PS5 Players

Posted: 29 Jun 2021 02:25 PM PDT

Doom Eternal's next-gen upgrades are out today for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, bringing de rigueur enhancements to last year's well-received first-person shooter. The upgrade is free, but it also more or less tells PlayStation players to go to hell. To wit: There's no way to carry your campaign save data from the PS4…

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