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Amazon’s Prime Day Sale Is…Just Okay

Amazon has been advertising their big Prime-members-only sale for the site’s 20th anniversary as “better than Black Friday,” but when it comes right down to it, the Prime Day deals aren’t...Read More

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Doctor Who to Be Featured in Upcoming Game LEGO Dimensions

Sci-fi fans rejoice: the Doctor is coming to LEGO Dimensions! Even better, original actors Peter Capaldi (the 12th Doctor), Jenna Coleman (Clara Oswald), and Michelle Gomez (Missy) have all been confirmed as...Read More

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Kingdom Hearts II Inspires a Shared Love of Old Cartoons

As I was playing through Kingdom Hearts II HD’s most memorable level, A Timeless River, a deluge of nostalgic memories kept enveloping my mind. The level is entirely based on Walt...Read More

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Comcast Video Games Streaming Service Goes Live

Comcast and EA have partnered up to tackle the family-gaming market. Their strategy? Pipe the games right into your home with a new streaming service. Xfinity Games powered by EA uses...Read More

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PlayStation Store Sale Starts July 21

The big PlayStation store sale and summer promotion is starting next week on July 21. Four games will get discounts—Journey, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, N++, and Galak-Z: The Dimensional. The...Read More

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Kojima Productions is Done

Solid Snake’s voice actor, Akio Otsuka, took to Twitter to discuss the dissolution of Kojima Productions. His tweets are translated from Japanese, but there’s not much room for interpretation—the company...Read More

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Marvel Is Making More Console Games

Polygon reports that this past weekend at San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel confirmed that there will be more big console games from the franchise. Read More

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Amazon Will Print 3D Video Game Toys For You

Amazon is partnering with Sanboxr, a 3D printing company, to make 3D figurines of video game characters. (There are a ton of other things the company can also print, but...Read More

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[Review] LEGO Jurassic World

Platforms: PC, Mac, 3DS, PS3, PS4, PSVita, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One We played on: Wii U LEGO Jurassic World is the latest in a long line of franchise-ready tie-ins crafted...Read More

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Two Powerful Women in Gaming Team Up to Make Star Wars Game

Jade Raymond and Amy Hennig will now be working together to make a new Star Wars game. Two women working in top roles on such a well-known franchise is uncommon in...Read More

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Remembering Satoru Iwata

Nintendo President and CEO Satoru Iwata passed away on Saturday from complications due to cancer. I saw the news on Twitter, when Kotaku posted its first of several pieces about the...Read More

Final Girls Game Explores the Aftermath of Trauma & Is Free To Play

The Final Girls game is a free browser game from Kanane Jones that explores how we move on from traumatic events. Final Girls takes place in a group therapy meeting, where a group...Read More

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BBC To Give Away a Million Computers to UK 11-Year-Olds

It’s a good time to be 11 years old in the UK. In the United Kingdom this October, about a million 11-year-olds will receive a free BBC microbit computer. (It’s...Read More

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Lots of New Rock Band 4 Songs Announced by Harmonix

Harmonix has announced some new Rock Band 4 songs. Rock Band 4 is set to release October 6, 2015. It will be available for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.Read More