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Next-Gen Consoles Keep Crashing, But No Single Issue Seems Widespread

There’s nothing more frustrating than spending half a grand on a video game console and having it start failing within the first week, but that’s the exact problem facing several early PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X adopters. Since the next-gen…

Ian Walker

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Your PS5 May Be Playing The PS4 Version Of Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

Ethan Gach

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Destiny Has A New Loot Cave

Ethan Gach

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Call Of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War: The Kotaku Review

S.E. Doster

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Fuser Is A Good Game, But An Amazing Music Creation Tool

Zack Zwiezen

Ask Kotaku

Did You Have A Gaming Buddy Growing Up?

Alexandra Hall

The Last Generation

Welcome To The Last Generation, A Look Back At Seven Years Of Video Games

Luke Plunkett

Tips

How To Share Games Between Accounts On Your PlayStation 5

Ari Notis

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Only One Of Assassin's Creed Valhalla's Bonus Quests Is Good

Zack Zwiezen

Kotaku Game Diary

Missing Sequential Collectibles Is The Worst

Mike Fahey

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Odds and Ends

Assassin's Creed Valhalla Has A Secret Death Stranding Mission

Zack Zwiezen

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Blaster Master’s Composer Wrote Sheet Music For Sunsoft’s 'Performers'

Alexandra Hall

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The Teams Behind The Terrible XIII Remake Are Very Sorry

Luke Plunkett

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The Inventory

The 10 Best Deals of November 16, 2020

Juliana Clark

The Inventory

Get Nintendo Switch Games for $25 and Under in Best Buy's Members-Only Early Access Black Friday Sale

Giovanni Colantonio

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Amazon's Buy 2, Get 1 Free Gaming Deal Includes Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

Giovanni Colantonio

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Godfall Is Good For Some Simple, Satisfying Hack And Slash

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Assassin's Creed Syndicate Sort Of Works On PS5, If You Don't Mind The Shadows

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Tips For Playing Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales

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Next Gen: PlayStation 5

Review

PlayStation 5: The Kotaku Review

I’m sitting at my desk, staring at the PlayStation 5 looming over my media stand—“entertainment center” is a little too grandiose for the small piece of Target furniture that holds all my gaming stuff—and wondering how the hell I’m going to review…

Ian Walker

News

Here’s How Fast Games Load On The PlayStation 5

Ari Notis

Tips

You Can (Finally) See Playtime Statistics On The PlayStation 5

Ari Notis

Review

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales: The Kotaku Review

Mike Sholars

Features

PlayStation 5 Versus Xbox Series X/S: Ready, Fight!

Mike Fahey

Next Gen: Xbox Series X/S

Review

Xbox Series X: The Kotaku Review

The Xbox Series X does not feel like the kind of machine we usually get at the start of a new generation, when we’re used to clean breaks with radical new hardware that basically starts our time with a PlayStation, Xbox, or Nintendo device over.

Mike Fahey

News

Here’s How Fast Games Load On The Xbox Series X And S

Ari Notis

Tips

You Can Only Use 364GB Of The Xbox Series S's 512GB Storage

Ari Notis

Tips

How The Xbox Series X’s 'Quick Resume' Feature Works (And Doesn’t Work)

Ari Notis

Podcast

Should You Buy A Next-Gen Console Now, Or Wait?

Nathan Grayson

Kotaku East

Manga

Naruto Creator Will Start Writing The Boruto Manga

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Cute Animal Crossing Clothing To Wear At Home

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Voice Actor Remembers How Final Fantasy Versus XIII Was Resurrected As Final Fantasy XV

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REVIEWS AND IMPRESSIONS

Review

Assassin's Creed: Valhalla: The Kotaku Review

Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, a huge game made during a pandemic and with its own studio and parent company in crisis, is a game trying to do some difficult things. The first Assassin’s Creed in two years, and the 12th major Assassin’s Creed overall,…

Zack Zwiezen

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Bugsnax Is Much More Than Just A Meme Song

Nathan Grayson

Review

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales: The Kotaku Review

Mike Sholars

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Advance Wars Fans, Please Play Mobius Front '83 Immediately

Luke Plunkett

Impressions

Two Weeks With My Xbox Series S

Stephen Totilo

12 Best Games for Every Platform

The 12 Best Games For The Nintendo Switch

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The Best Games For The Game Boy Advance

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The 12 Best Games on PlayStation Now

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#MeTooA summer of reckoning for video games

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Ubisoft's #MeToo Reckoning, Two Months Later

At the start of the summer, as the world roiled from multiple crises, something unusual and essential happened in video games. It started with a Tweet, then another, one by one as people—mostly women—began speaking out regarding sexual harassment…

Ethan Gach

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Features

Ubisoft Employees Have 'Grave Concerns' Over Toronto Studio's Misconduct Allegations

Ethan Gach

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Twitch

A Wave Of Sexual Abuse Stories Is Causing A Reckoning In The Twitch Streaming World

Nathan Grayson

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Workers Leave Skullgirls Developer Over Studio Head’s Behavior

Ian Walker

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Over 50 Sexual Misconduct Allegations Have The Super Smash Bros. Community In Turmoil

Ian Walker

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Twitch

Twitch Apologizes, But DMCA Fiasco Continues With Punishments For In-Game Sounds, Deleted Clips

Nathan Grayson

Twitch

Pokimane’s New $5 Donation Cap Sends Ripples Through The Twitch Community

Nathan Grayson

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Twitch

When Even Mourning Is Live: What Happens To A Famous Twitch Streamer's Channel After Death

Nathan Grayson

Twitch

Botched Twitch Promotion Just Pisses Off Streamers Dealing With DMCA Issues

Nathan Grayson

Tips

How To Share Games Between Accounts On Your PlayStation 5

Ari Notis

Tips

Tips For Playing Demon’s Souls On PS5

Ian Walker

Tips

PSA: Turn Off Your PS5 Faster By Scrolling Left, Not Right

Ari Notis

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Tips

How To Get The Cat Suit In Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Ari Notis

Anime

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I Love Assassin's Creed Valhalla's Excellent Anime Reference

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, the latest Ubisoft murder tourism sim, is a massive game. It’s brimming with intriguing activities and brief vignettes, many of which go places big-budget action games tend not to. For instance: Tucked away in one of Valhal…

Ari Notis