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EsportsJapan’s Comeback In Smash Bros. Crew Battle Leads To Trash Talk
America’s team in the Smash Bros. Wii U Crew Battle at Frostbite 2017 had a big lead going into the second half and things looked to be coming up roses until Japan replied with a slew of brutal matches that left many of the game’s top pros bruised and bloodied. It all began with Kirihara…
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The Week In Games: Breath Of The Horizon
Who will wear the fighting lizard-like, arthropodic creatures better: Link or Aloy? It’s hard to remember what life was like back before we had big, beautiful fields in which to fight giant monsters and loot their corpses for crafting materials. There was a time when it was enough simply to move a few blocks into…
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The Switch’s Neon Joy-Con Point Toward Nintendo’s Colorful Past
With just under a week left until the release of the Nintendo Switch, it’s time to talk about the system’s beautiful, neon-colored Joy-Con. The name might be silly and the way they have a knack for losing sync with the system is no small thing, but the mini-controllers mounted to the side of the Switch…
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PlayStation VR Is Doing Better Than Expected, Sony Says
PlayStation chief Andrew House told The New York Times late last week that PlayStation VR has sold 915,000 units as of February 19. That puts the device on a path to exceed the company’s goal of one million sold in the first six months. It’s not difficult to meet expectations when they’re set low, and…
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After Three Years Speedrunner Finally Beats All 714 NES Games
Piotr Delgado “The Mexican Runner” Kusielczuk has been trying to beat every NES game ever since 2014, and earlier today he finally succeeded His journey ended after completing the final world of Super Mario Bros. 3, three years since he originally took up the challenge after a friend jokingly suggested he try it. To celebrate…
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UncategorizedA King’s Tale: Final Fantasy XV will be free to download on PS4 and Xbox One March 1 according to a report by DualShockers. The side-scrolling beat-em-up was originally a pre-order bonus for buying Final Fantasy XV from Gamestop. The art looks better than the gameplay, but at least it’ll be available to everyone now.
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Sunday Comics: A Wild Yungoos Appeared!
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published February 22. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published February 20. Read more…
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This is what it looks like when the Ghost Recon Wildlands open beta launches you across a ravine into a pond. It sounds like the game still has some kinks to work out, but ridiculous rag doll physics are half the fun of any open world game. The beta is available for the rest of…
By Ethan Gach