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Elden Ring’s First Big Patch Adds More Secrets, Quests and People To An Already Massive Game

Posted: 16 Mar 2022 09:44 PM PDT

Elden Ring was just updated to v1.03, and while that humble number may not suggest anything noteworthy, the game has actually quietly gone and added (and fixed) some pretty important stuff.

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The Mario Bros Have Earned A Beach Holiday

Posted: 16 Mar 2022 06:30 PM PDT

I know Mario games have involved the beach before, but those times—Mario Sunshine especially—were about work, or quests, and quests are work. This series of illustrations by Léo Chérel instead imagines what it would be like if the brothers (and friends) were all able to take a proper, well-deserved vacation.

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$500,000 NFT Lawsuit Over Pepe The Frog's Butt Is A Very Funny Story

Posted: 16 Mar 2022 05:15 PM PDT

Late last year, Pepe the Frog creator Matt Furie decided to run an NFT auction, selling off an image of the controversial character in which it was waist-deep in a pool, its asscrack peeping over the surface. Everything that has happened since is exactly how you would imagine such an auction in the insipid Web3 space…

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Valve Fixed Elden Ring Just For The Steam Deck

Posted: 16 Mar 2022 04:10 PM PDT

While I guess I'm one of the lucky ones, with my performance having been pretty good so far, there are a lot of people out there having problems trying to play Elden Ring on the PC. Those playing on Valve's Steam Deck are not among them.

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Changes Subtitle To ‘Heart Of Chornobyl’ Due To War In Ukraine

Posted: 16 Mar 2022 02:15 PM PDT

The forthcoming first-person shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 will no longer feature the subtitle "Heart of Chernobyl." It's now officially subtitled S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, a representative for Ukrainian developer GSC Game World confirmed to Kotaku.

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The First 27 Minutes Of Tunic: Smol Fox, Big Adventure

Posted: 16 Mar 2022 01:50 PM PDT

The Best Games Of 2022 (So Far)

Posted: 16 Mar 2022 01:20 PM PDT

It's no exaggeration to say that, in terms of video games, 2022 is off to a banner start. The first three months of the year have been flush with the sort of marquee releases that tend to clog the holiday season, when year-end shopping sprees and awards shows are on everyone's minds. It's not even April and we already…

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Elden Ring Tricksters Are Blowing Themselves Up To Score PvP Kills

Posted: 16 Mar 2022 11:55 AM PDT

A common strategy that's emerged in Elden Ring competitive multiplayer over the last two weeks sees Tarnished sacrifice their own bodies to destroy their foes.

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Waluigi’s Famous Crotch Chop Celebration: Explained

Posted: 16 Mar 2022 11:10 AM PDT

With Mario Strikers: Battle League on the horizon, the former director of the soccer series finally gave us the answer as to why Waluigi, Nintendo's fan-favorite black sheep, celebrates with that distinctive crotch chop after scoring a goal.

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Bethesda Shows Off Eight Whole Seconds Of Starfield

Posted: 16 Mar 2022 10:48 AM PDT

Bethesda has unleashed another mini-salvo of teases for its upcoming open-world space RPG, Starfield. Director Todd Howard and others spoke a bit about how factions, companions, and other mechanics will work in a new roundtable video, and also showed eight whole seconds of what looks like actual Starfield gameplay,…

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I Played The Game Elon Musk Is Obsessed With So You Don't Have To

Posted: 16 Mar 2022 10:30 AM PDT

Last December, Grimes released a new song from her upcoming album "Book 1." The track, called "Player of Games," was speculated to be inspired by her relationship with Elon Musk. One of the lyrics, "I'm in love with the greatest gamer," got me thinking: what kind of video games does Musk play when he's not reinventing…

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New York Times Shuts Down Wordle Archive, Bumming Everyone Out

Posted: 16 Mar 2022 10:16 AM PDT

In a move that's as unsurprising as it is disappointing, The New York Times is beginning to throw its weight around when it comes to Wordle's former freedom. The first big sign of this, as spotted by Ars Technica, is their forcing a Wordle Archive to shut down.

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Elden Ring Not Hard Enough? This Mod Has You Covered

Posted: 16 Mar 2022 09:35 AM PDT

Elden Ring is hard. Misjudge anything—a cliffside, a boss, a jump—and you're likely to get sent right back to your last Site of Grace. Death is inevitable. It may even be the point. Dying is how you learn to overcome the seemingly insurmountable challenge of restoring peace to the Lands Between, and become the Elden…

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Far: Changing Tides Is Your Next Under-The-Radar Game Pass Gem

Posted: 16 Mar 2022 08:45 AM PDT

The past two months have been defined by massive, sprawling adventures that sap all of your free time (and part of your soul). As a result, this week, I've found myself gravitating toward a tighter, more focused game, Okomotive's Far: Changing Tides.

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Square Enix Apologizes For Chocobo GP Grind Following Backlash

Posted: 16 Mar 2022 07:54 AM PDT

Launch week was not kind to the $50 Final Fantasy kart racer Chocobo GP. Players were furious with the game's microtransaction nickel-and-diming and grindy season pass. Posts warning about issues blew up on Twitter and Reddit, and now, Square Enix says it's listening to the feedback and working on a place to fix…

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