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Thursday's Best Deals: Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablet, 512GB MicroSD Card, UGG Slippers, Satisfyer Penguin, Keurig K-Select, Nuovawhite Teeth Whitening Kit, and More
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The Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet and a Sandisk 512GB microSD card lead Thursday’s best deals.
A New Invisibility Glitch Is Wreaking Havoc In Call Of Duty: Warzone [Update]
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Call of Duty: Warzone players are getting merc’d by invisible foes thanks to the game’s latest helicopter glitch, and they aren’t happy about.
The Physics of Tenet Is Shaky, but It Still Kicks Ass
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“Don’t try to understand it,” a scientist tells the protagonist of Tenet, as she briefly explains the physics of Christopher Nolan’s $205-million, time-traveling spy thriller. Sure, the physics is often unrealistic and confusing, but it’s fascinating. And with its many Easter eggs, Tenet sets up some nice jumping-off…
Nintendo Of America President Calls Artificial Purchase-By Deadlines A 'Celebration'
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Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser was asked during a recent interview why some popular Nintendo games are only being sold for a limited time. His answer? “[T]his is a celebration.”
Cyberpunk 2077 Comes To Death Stranding On PC, Bringing Items And New Missions
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Given how Hideo Kojima appears in Cyberpunk 2077 as an NPC, it should be no surprise that the world of CD Projekt Red’s sci-fi yarn is coming to Death Stranding in a just-released update.
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Director Leaves Capcom
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Daisuke Ichihara, who helmed the successful Monster Hunter World expansion, has left Osaka-based game maker Capcom.
Ubisoft Waits A Month To Start Selling XP Booster For Assassin's Creed Valhalla
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What do you do when you launch an Assassin’s Creed game, include the option for your customers to pay $10 to level up faster, draw all kinds of negative reactions—many of them suspicious, wary—and then launch a new Assassin’s Creed two years later? Launch with that controversial paid booster again? Not quite. If…
Rabbits Won’t Stop Jumping In Front Of My Fucking Horse
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With the release of the PlayStation 5, I’ve taken the opportunity to go back and play through a few games from the previous generation to see how they take advantage of the new console. One of those games is Rockstar’s western epic Red Dead Redemption 2. It’s great fun, but I can’t help but wonder what’s going on with…
Cyberpunk 2077 On Ultra Low Settings Looks Like Pixel Hell
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Continuing the fine work he’s done on previous games like The Witcher 3, the LowSpecGamer has picked up Cyberpunk, dropped all the settings to low and then gone further, poking around in the game’s code to turn one of the year’s most visually demanding titles into a blurry shitstain.
Herman Miller's 'Experiential Concept Store' Has To Be the Classiest Place on Earth to Buy a Gaming Chair
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Return Of The Obra Dinn Is Scratching My Cyberpunk 2077 Itch
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There are a lot of “want to play something cyberpunk without playing Cyberpunk 2077” posts going around and I have an addition to suggest: claims adjuster with a twist simulator Return of the Obra Dinn.
Our Favorite Comic Moments of 2020
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While 2020 posed more than its fair share of significant challenges for virtually everyone working within the entertainment industry, comics in particular stood as an example of creative teams adapting on the fly—and doing their damndest to keep telling compelling stories at a time when people needed them the most.
Smash Community’s Conduct Panel Reaches Breaking Point After Tumultuous Summer
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The independent Super Smash Bros. Code of Conduct Panel is formally disbanding after a summer that saw the competitive Smash community explode with allegations of sexual misconduct.
Fold Your Cash Into Little Paper Cranes and Then Use it To Buy Paper Mario: The Origami King for $50
Controversial Taiwanese Horror Game Returns, GOG Immediately Pulls It [Update]
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In February of last year Devotion, a Taiwanese horror game, was pulled from Steam after a controversy regarding a hidden Easter egg. Today GOG, the online PC gaming store run by CD Projekt, announced it would be selling Devotion. Then, hours later, declared it would not.
CDPR Is No Longer Telling PlayStation Owners To Ask Sony For Cyberpunk 2077 Refunds
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The Cyberpunk 2077 refund situation only gets weirder and weirder. Developer CD Projekt Red is now telling players who requested a refund for the game’s PlayStation 4 version to sit tight.
What's New on Netflix in January 2021
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For someone who spends a lot of time cursing nostalgia culture and lamenting the fact that the vast majority of new entertainment—from movies to Broadway musicals—seems to exist only to milk a little bit more money out of some valuable IP, I sure do love Netflix’s Cobra Kai.
Based on the 1980s franchise The Karate Kid…
Wednesday's Best Deals: PlayStation Plus 2-Year Plan, Amazon Echo Dot, Melissa & Doug Toys, Yankee Candles, TCL Smartphones, Powerbeats Pro, and More
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Ubisoft's Game Subscription Service Is Now Available On Stadia
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Ubisoft+, the $15-a-month service that gives subscribers access to premium versions of games like Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Immortals: Fenyx Rising, and Watch Dogs Legion, is now available as part of Google’s Stadia streaming platform. Finally an alternative to streaming Ubisoft games on Amazon Luna.
How The Decepticons Nearly Stole Christmas
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The battle between the Autobots and Decepticons is a serious conflict spanning millions of years. Hasbro’s new holiday-themed Transformers stop-motion short recalls the time Megatron and his cronies very nearly stole Christmas from Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Windblade, and Grimlock.
These Are the Most Ridiculous RGB Gadgets You Can Buy
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Much to the dismay of my fellow coworkers, I admit I’ve got a soft spot for gadgets with RGB lighting. I prefer keyboards that light up like a disco ball (after all, you can always turn the lights off), and I pay extra to make sure that all the smart lights in my house can go full RGB instead of being limited to just…
Marvel's Weird New Multiplayer Mobile Game Goes Live
Final Fantasy VII’s Snow Theme Tops My Go-To Blizzard Mix
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Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today, we take a trip up north to gaming’s colder climates and the music that makes them so enchanting.
Meet Gerald Stratford, the undisputed king of big veg Twitter
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Gerald Stratford has a soft spot for Cadbury whole nut chocolate. The 72-year-old British vegetable farmer tells me it’s always been his favorite, ever since he was a slip of a lad snapping up snacks and fishing gear with his pocket money—money he earned helping neighbors dig their allotments, the small parcels of…
In Japan, Nintendo Says Newly Purchased Switch Units Might Have Setup Error [Update]
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It’s the holiday season. People in Japan are obviously shopping for presents, and no doubt the Nintendo Switch will be a popular gift item. However, it might be a good idea to check those Switch units before gifting them.
The A.V. Club’s 15 favorite books of 2020
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A certain amount of escapism through books would have been more than understandable in 2020. (And by “a certain amount” we mean “a lot.”) You’d be forgiven for favoring the comfort food of a reread or a beach read. Or for not reading at all. Because for every person who was able to forget themselves in literature, who…
Cyberpunk 2077 Has Logos, Logos Everywhere
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While the Blade Runner universe gets to use actual company logos all over its buildings, Cyberpunk 2077's developers had to create all their brands, departments and services from scratch.
Modified Cartridge Gets Ray Tracing Working On A Super Nintendo
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Ray tracing, currently the big thing in video game visuals, is a perk for those running bleeding edge hardware on PC or next-gen consoles. Or, conversely, anyone who owns a SNES.
Twitch's Top Clips Are Full Of Cyberpunk 2077 Nudity
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Once the year 2077 rolls around, people apparently won’t bat an eyelash at unclothed dicks, breasts, and butts. In 2020, however, this is still very much an issue, especially on Twitch, where on-screen nudity frequently results in temporary or indefinite suspensions. But the platform does make exceptions for big…
GTA Online's New Island Is Boring
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After weeks of teasing and trailers, Grand Theft Auto Online’s latest update, its biggest ever, was released today. The Cayo Perico Heist update adds a new island and heist to the game, as well as 250+ songs, new weapons, and the proverbial “more.” But the star of the update is that new island, Cayo Perico, and its…
Cyberpunk 2077 Execs Say They 'Ignored' Signals That The Console Versions They Hyped Were In Rough Shape
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It’s clear by now that Cyberpunk 2077 is a bit of a disaster, especially on consoles. During a recent conference call with CD Projekt Group’s management board, executives said they knew the game was busted before its December 10 launch.
CD Projekt Is Adjusting Cyberpunk 2077's 'Distracting' Amount Of Dildos
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The first time I stepped out of my character’s apartment in Cyberpunk 2077, I expected to be greeted by a vast world of machine-powered possibility. Instead, I found a dildo. It was sitting next to a random NPC’s foot in my apartment building, near a discarded magazine and some other trash. “That’s weird,” I thought.…
What's Coming to Disney+ in January 2021
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Last week, during an investor conference call masquerading as entertaining content (or vice versa) Disney announced an exhausting number of new Disney+ series and films arriving over the next few years, most of them having something to do with the Marvel or Star Wars franchises. The majority of those are a long way…
Cyberpunk 2077’s Character Creator: The Kotaku Review
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The thing that interested me the most about Cyberpunk 2077 was its character creator. I’m someone who’s spent a lot of her time thinking about character creators and how they work for people who are not cis, white, able bodied, or male. I had hope that Cyberpunk’s creator would meaningfully include the wealth of human…
The Special Edition Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch Is Back on Sale, So Throw Away Your PS5
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