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Google Pixel 9a vs. Pixel 9
With the Google Pixel 9a having launched a few months ago and the Google Pixel 9 hitting shelves nearly a year back, a common dilemma arises—should you opt for the newer mid-range model or stick with last year’s flagship? It’s a valid question, especially given their similar pricing and shared DNA. In Europe, the Pixel…
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The History of Sound – first-look review
When Lionel Worthing (Paul Mescal) and David White (Josh O’Connor) meet over the top of a piano in a Boston college bar, the spark between them is instant. One is a talented vocal student, the other a composition major preoccupied with recording and cataloguing the folk music of rural communities – their shared passion for song is what brings…
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New survival MMO Dune Awakening continues to grow, becomes Steam bestseller
The first sign that Dune Awakening had something special going was at its head-start launch, where its active players managed to break six figures on Steam despite requiring a deluxe or ultimate edition purchase to get in. But a consistent audience that keeps coming back is the lifeblood of MMOs, so developer Funcom is naturally…
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The Witcher 4 is a console-first game, and Cyberpunk 2077 is to blame
The Witcher 4 is being developed with consoles first in mind, as developer CD Projekt Red aims to avoid a similar fiasco to the launch of Cyberpunk 2077. A recent Witcher 4 Unreal Engine 5 tech demo gave us our first big preview of how the new RPG is shaping up, and it certainly looks…
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The Games We Loved And Hated This Week, And Other Opinions
Image: Nintendo / AMC / Kotaku, Pearl Abyss, Capcom, AMC Theatres / Cinemark / Kotaku, Microsoft, Microsoft / Asus, Sony / Kotaku, Nintendo / Kotaku, Sega, Screenshot: BioWare / Kotaku Opinions are like Kotaku — they’re a bunch of assholes! I think that’s how that saying goes. Anyway, this week, we liked Pragmata and hated…
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 release: Everything we know about the sequel
Image Credit: Activision TL;DR Disclaimer: This article combines confirmed details with industry speculation. We’ll update it regularly as new info or leaks emerge. Black Ops 7 has been officially confirmed by Activision, with Treyarch and Raven Software returning as the developers. This will be the first-ever consecutive release for the Black Ops series. The story…
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Xsolla and Second Dinner launch new Marvel Snap Web Shop
Stay Informed Get Industry News In Your Inbox… Sign Up Today Xsolla has launched a new, officially branded Web Shop for the mobile title Marvel Snap, developed by Second Dinner. The direct-to-player platform has been created to provide players with a rewards-focused experience and is intended to support the studio’s long-term live ops strategy as…
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Euro Truck Simulator 2 dev confirms coaches as an entirely new way to play
Back in May, SCS Software shared a 22-second video of a coach pulling out from behind a big rig in Euro Truck Simulator 2, and it sent the community into a frenzy. That’s because players have been asking for coaches in ETS2 for years, even going as far as to mod them in themselves instead…
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Paralives, the long-anticipated indie Sims-like, finally announces an early access release date, adding to 2025’s already packed life sim line-up
It’s been almost exactly six years since developer Alex Massé (of PewDiePie’s Tuber Simulator fame) announced his indie life sim Paralives; now, the game finally has an early access release date, courtesy of its appearance at last night’s PC Gaming Show at Summer Game Fest. And, as promised, it’s going to be coming out this…
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Z-A Preorder Bundles in the UK
My Nintendo Store UK has finally dropped its preorders for Pokémon Legends: Z-A, and it’s by far the biggest selection of preorder bonuses we’ve seen for the upcoming Switch 1 & Switch 2 RPG so far. Any version of the game you buy also comes with a Pokémon Legends: Z-A Partner Figurine, with Tepig, Chikorita,…
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