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Uh... Jake From State Farm Is In NBA 2K22

Posted: 11 Sep 2021 09:45 AM PDT

NBA 2K22 was released yesterday across PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, and Xbox One. Like previous NBA 2K games, 2K22 features The City, a large online open-world mode that lets players walk around, play basketball, shop in stores, and uh... I guess hang out with Jake from State Farm.

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Google Stadia Loses Another High-Profile Exec

Posted: 11 Sep 2021 08:40 AM PDT

The last year or so hasn't been great for Stadia, Google's game streaming service. And now its Director of Games is leaving to join a different part of Google. This follows other high-profile exits from Stadia earlier this year and seems to signal that Google is truly done making or funding exclusive games for its…

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Bonsly Will Die If It Doesn't Cry Enough

Posted: 11 Sep 2021 07:35 AM PDT

Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don't play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here's Another Pokemon! It's Bonsly!

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Get This: 50 Cent: Blood On The Sand Started Out As A Tom Clancy Game

Posted: 10 Sep 2021 03:00 PM PDT

In an interview with NME, a developer who worked on 50 Cent: Blood On The Sand revealed that originally the game was going to be a Tom Clancy title. But because the publisher didn't actually own the rights to Clancy's name, this plan was scrapped.

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True Roguelikes Like This Are For Sick People, Drink From My Poison Chalice

Posted: 10 Sep 2021 02:45 PM PDT

There are over 40 blood wolves around me, and they are absolutely kicking vampire ass. Those are wolves made of blood, in case you weren't sure that's what I meant. You'd think the vampires would be drinking that blood, but no, there are just too many blood wolves. They're getting owned. I am a terrible wizard, but a…

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Before You Start: Tips For Playing Tales Of Arise

Posted: 10 Sep 2021 02:25 PM PDT

Tales of Arise, the latest entry in Bandai Namco's long-running series of games about spiky haired boys who scream "You bastard!!!" and then stab an evil dude, is a notable deviation from established formula. Rather than an action-oriented RPG, as you may expect by now, this one's more of an RPG-oriented action game.…

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Breaking: Fortnite Banana Man Saga Ends With Official Court Ruling

Posted: 10 Sep 2021 12:45 PM PDT

Fortnite's Peely is a grotesquery of the highest order. You know it, I know it, and even Apple knows it. Yet somehow, Epic Games managed to convince a United States district judge that this elongated, yellow monster is "just a banana man," at least according to today's ruling in the contentious court case between the…

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Epic Wins Big Fortnite Lawsuit Against Apple

Posted: 10 Sep 2021 11:30 AM PDT

Today a U.S. District Court judge ruled in Epic Games' favor in its lawsuit against Apple. As a result, Apple can no longer dictate that purchases made in apps on its own devices go through the App Store. Apple had previously collected 30% of the revenue for purchases made in Epic Games' Fortnite.

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Twitch Sues ‘Hate Raid’ Organizers

Posted: 10 Sep 2021 11:00 AM PDT

Twitch is taking a big stand against the organized harassment campaigns, widely known as "hate raids," that have proliferated over the past few months by filing a suit against two possible coordinators of the attacks.

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GTA Fans Are Starving, And Rockstar Keeps Giving Them Nothing

Posted: 10 Sep 2021 10:40 AM PDT

Yesterday, during a big PlayStation Showcase event that featured a bunch of new games like God of War Ragnarok, we got a new trailer for the next-gen release of Grand Theft Auto V. It wasn't very good, and the GTA community is letting everyone know about it. At one point on Thursday, GTA was trending on social…

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WarioWare: Get It Together!: The Kotaku Review

Posted: 10 Sep 2021 10:04 AM PDT

You are 12 years old and you are in the local Family Video. Your grandmother is picking up a movie and she has no idea what it is yet, so you have time. There is a room with several hundred video games. You have a used Xbox 360, filled with the half-remembered save files of its previous owner, and a PS2 without a…

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