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CultureWind Waker Speedrunners Finally Found A Way To Skip Cutscenes
The latest trick in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker speedrunning has the potential to do away with the game’s previously unskippable cutscenes entirely. Much to the chagrin of speedrunners, Wind Waker has a few super-long cutscenes. Not Kojima long, mind, but long enough to be annoying if you’re repeatedly playing the game from…
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CultureAnalogue Pocket Shipments Pushed Back To October
Analogue just announced its Analogue Pocket handheld console will miss its original May 2021 shipment date and will slip to October instead. “The current global state of affairs continues to create supply chain challenges outside of our control,” Analogue said in an official statement. “There have been sudden and severe electrical component shortages as well…
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CultureHalo Infinite Delayed To 2022 [UPDATED: We Got Got]
Hey, everyone, I am a dumbass. Halo Infinite has not, to Kotaku’s knowledge, been cancelled. We fell for a fake tweet from an in hindsight obviously fake account. (Follower count: 53.) On the eve of April Fool’s. Yes, I realize how this looks. I regret the error. Kotaku regrets the error. Halo Infinite is planned for…
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CultureCall Of Duty Warzone Gets Surprise Changes, Modern Warfare Gets New Maps
Call of Duty’s Season Two Reloaded update was released for Warzone today. In a weird turn of events, 2019’s Modern Warfare received the better part of the update, leaving many players upset. Players knew most of what was coming to Cold War this week and beyond from the Season Two Reloaded roadmap. On the Warzone…
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CultureAssassin’s Creed Valhalla Players Still Have No Clue What Those Odin Runes Mean
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is practically as old as its subject matter at this point, but even the most devoted players haven’t dusted off all its secrets. Nowhere is this more evident than the so-called “Odin runes,” an arcane set of symbols strewn around digital 9th-century England. They no doubt house an underlying meaning. And yet,…
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CultureThe Elder Scrolls Online Gets Its Next-Gen Glow Up June 8
The Elder Scrolls Online is a good-looking game, but playing it on console locked at 30 frames per second hurts my heart. Healing is coming, however, with the June 8 release of The Elder Scrolls Online – Console Enhanced, an upgraded version for Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 that includes, among many visual improvements,…
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CultureStar Wars: Republic Commando Gets The Collector’s Edition It Deserves
The best Star Wars game that doesn’t involve the player swinging a lightsaber is getting an April 6 release on PlayStation 4 and Switch, but those looking for a physical version of Republic Commando will need to wait until April 16, when the four-week pre-order window opens for Limited Run’s physical version, including a $90…
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CultureXbox Cloud Gaming Adds A Bunch Of Older Xbox Games
Starting today, you’ll be able to play more than a dozen Xbox and Xbox 360 games via cloud streaming, Microsoft announced in a blog post. As with other game streaming, the perk is only available to members of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Cloud streaming first became available last September with an initial launch slate of…
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CultureToday Is Your Last Chance To Buy Super Mario 3D All-Stars, For No Damn Reason
It’s either one of the most elaborate April Fool’s brand-o-jokes of all time, or today marks the last day Nintendo will be selling Super Mario All-Stars, either in physical form or via the Switch’s electronic shop. From April 1, they still maintain it’s to be taken behind Miyamoto’s barn and shot. As the company made…
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CultureThe Latest Big No Man’s Sky Update Adds Seasonal Expeditions
Wandering aimlessly through procedurally-generated space is fun, but some pilots want a more guided experience. Today’s “Expeditions” update for No Man’s Sky adds a new seasonal game mode that has players starting off on the same planet for pre-plotted adventures across the universe. Expedition mode is a season-long pre-planned journey through the stars. Players begin…
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CultureMorning MusicI Love When Mainstream Acts Make Music For Video Games
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today, I bring you a treat: a bunch of games! All featuring killer tracks from mainstream musicians. Say what you will about Mirror’s Edge Catalyst (actually, please don’t, that game does not deserve the negativity), but…
By Ari Notis
