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ReviewsSwitchMarvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Kotaku Review
Heroes from all corners of the Marvel universe unite to stop mad titan Thanos from collecting six Infinity Stones and unleashing their vast destructive power. What took the Marvel cinematic universe a decade and 23 movies to achieve, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order gets done in one game, and I didn’t sleep through…
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UncategorizedAnnounced at Marvel’s games panel at San Diego Comic-Con, the first chapter in the Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 paid season pass is Marvel Knights, starring Moon Knight and three other guys. The other two chapters feature the Fantastic Four and X-Men, though not Colossus or Cyclops. Those two come to the game for free on…
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CultureSplitscreenPermadeath Doesn’t Matter If You Have Enough Save Files
From XCOM to Fire Emblem, it feels bad to watch your team die in a tactical game. It’s way better to save a million times so that you can re-do part of a battle to keep everyone alive. On this week’s Kotaku Splitscreen, Kirk and I brought on Gita Jackson to talk about Fire Emblem:…
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UncategorizedFallout 76 got a hotfix today to address some of the problems plaguing players since the Tuesday’s update went live. One thing it fixes are legendary item drops that previously weren’t appearing. One thing it doesn’t fix are legendary enemies that don’t drop legendary items because the game has mislabeled them.
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UncategorizedApex Legends Will Make Cheaters Play Against Each Other
Since launching in February, battle royale Apex Legends has suffered its share of cheaters. Some are even making good money developing cheats for players to use. The game’s developers recently detailed some of the steps it’s taking to squash cheating, including a new system that will match known cheaters into the same games. Cheating is…
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CulturePlease Let Me Buy Individual Joy-Cons To Mix And Match
Earlier this week Nintendo announced two new sets of Joy-Cons that will release in October. Once they’re out, the Switch will have over 100 different color combinations, an impressive number of options even by the standards of the most devoted Nintendo fan. But the Joy-Cons are still only sold in pairs, making true customization an…
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UncategorizedFlappy Royale’s beta ended today and the game is now officially out on PC and mobile Currently 10 million games have been played, with one in five never going past the first pipe. And if you make it past the first three pipes? Well then you’re already in the top 50 percent of players
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UncategorizedFake GTA Online Money Streams Are Popping Up Ahead Of Casino Update
Grand Theft Auto Online’s upcoming casino update has a lot of players hoping for expensive cars, new clothing items and lots of other things to buy. Some scammers are taking advantage of players’ excitement using fake online streams claiming to drop in-game money, sometimes in exchange for real money donations. Money drop streams aren’t a…
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UncategorizedEVE Online Feels Empty After In-Game Event Hides Players In Chat
Parts of EVE Online have changed radically in the last week, altering the way that some people play the game. Typically, when a player’s ship enters a star system, they’re added to a shared chat channel called “Local.” This channel provides a list of every player who is in the star system, as well as…
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UncategorizedFree-to-play superhero MMO DC Universe Online launches on the Switch August 6. Already available on PC, Xbox One and PS4, the Nintendo version of DC Comics’ build-your-own-hero game gets its own dedicated server, with all players starting fresh from level one. And hey, it’s portable now. Check out the official website for more info.
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OpinionImpressionsForget Everything You Know About Gravity In This Beautiful Puzzle Game
Playing Etherborn is like taking a hike through a series of colorful terraria that have been warped and torn apart by mysterious cosmic forces, causing gravity to shift like the sides of a Rubik’s Cube. It can be bewildering, but it’s never unpleasant—like a dream you can’t quite make sense of, but don’t want to…
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UncategorizedThe Advance Wars-inspired strategy game Wargroove finally comes to PS4 on July 23. The game has been out on Xbox One, Switch, and PC since February and it’s really good. There’s also a wealth of player-made maps and campaigns with online multiplayer, though the PS4 version will be the only one without cross-play.
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UncategorizedAt San Diego Comic-Con this week, Hasbro revealed possibly the best action figure of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ Putty enemies ever. On sale this fall of $40, the six-inch Lightning Collection Fighting Spirit Green Ranger and Putty two-pack also features Dr. Tommy Oliver with real coma-fighting action. Expect to see lot of him on eBay as…
By Mike Fahey
