CategoriesNews GamingIt’s been two and a half years since Masahiro Sakurai, best known for directing Smash Bros. Ultimate and the other entries in Nintendo’s hit platform fighting series, took a break from development to create a YouTube channel dedicated to educating fans and players about how games are made. The channel’s final video went up today, […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: Spike Chunsoft / Bandai Namco I’ve been a grumpy old man about all things Dragon Ball for far too long. As your typical non-manga-reading, mainstream-anime-watching child of Toonami, I drew a line in the sand a few episodes into Dragon Ball Super when I first gave it a chance. I wasn’t going to continue […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: Xbox Today, Xbox hosted a partner showcase featuring over a dozen new trailers for a variety of third-party, non-Xbox-published video games. The event was only about 25 minutes long, so we admittedly didn’t expect much from the shorter third-party showcase, but we were pleasantly surprised with some new game reveals and cool-looking trailers. – […]
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CategoriesNews GamingWith the gaming world waiting with bated breath for Nintendo to announce Switch 2, the company behind Mario has once again surprised its fans with the announcement of a completely unexpected piece of hardware: an interactive alarm clock. “Ever wish that you could wake up in one of the playful worlds from Nintendo?” the company […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: Wizards of the Coast A week ago, the independent Rules Committee for Magic: The Gathering Commander, the collectible card game’s most popular format in recent years, announced a surprise ban of three of its most popular and expensive cards. The reaction from some fans was swift, loud, and in some cases escalated to violent […]
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CategoriesNews GamingScreenshot: Sucker Punch Productions / Kotaku, Konami / Kotaku, Sony / Kotaku, Sucker Punch / Sony / Kotaku, Sony / Kotaku, Aspyr / Crystal Dynamics, Image: EA / Fox / Disney / Kotaku, Ubisoft, Nintendo, Nintendo / GameWatch / Nomura Medias / Kotaku Sony held a State of Play showcase this week that showed off […]
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CategoriesNews GamingThere are times when bringing along your Switch dock could be useful. Unfortunately, the original Switch dock isn’t exactly tiny, and it can be a hassle to remove it from its spot at home. If so, here’s a very inexpensive solution. Amazon currently has the Poweradd 65W Nintendo Switch Dock Charger for only $10.79 after […]
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CategoriesNews GamingNintendo and The Pokémon Company’s lawsuit against developer Pocketpair is evidence of the threat posed by Palworld, one patent expert has said. In an article on GamesIndustry.biz, intellectual property expert and associate at law firm MBHB Andrew Velzen argued that the shock lawsuit shows “just how seriously Nintendo views the threat of Palworld.” Last week, […]
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CategoriesNews GamingHow do you follow up on some of the most critically acclaimed games of the past decade? Many thought that Nintendo couldn’t surpass the sheer open-world wonder and physics toy-box creativity that made The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild such a revelation. However, Nintendo seemed to do just that with Tears of the […]
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CategoriesNews GamingThe Steam Deck has arguably become gaming’s new favorite toy since it was first released in 2022. Over the years, it’s been widely adopted and praised for its versatility and power, being capable of running a shocking amount of high-intensity games at nominal levels on a handheld device. In lieu of getting a costly PC […]
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