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The scariest things that happened in gaming in 2022

The scariest things that happened in gaming in 2022

picture: The Warner Bros. / Devolver Digital / Bandai Namco / Innersloth / Kotaku / Mia Stendal / Bibadash (Shutterstock) On an average day, my friends might ask me how my work is going. I smile, tell them “It’s going great,” and then start a story about one of the shittiest things they’ve ever heard. ...

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Server errors plague Overwatch 2 players during the Halloween event

Server errors plague Overwatch 2 players during the Halloween event

I’m sorry player, I’m afraid I can’t let you play this game.picture: Blizzard/Kotaku At the moment there’s a Halloween event going on surveillance 2but quite a few players are faced with another scare: a previously known server bug code “LC-208” seems to be hitting players disproportionately after the last update. While server and connection errors ...

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Elden Ring undoes an invincible combat change that broke the game

Elden Ring undoes an invincible combat change that broke the game

screenshot: BySoftware If you’ve bumped into other savvy residents of the Lands Between lately, chances are you haven’t had a great time playing elden ring multiplayer. You may have been repeatedly pierced by thrusting weapons. However, you’ve most likely found that every single one of your attacks is just fueled by red-faced assholes who then ...

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Meta’s virtual reality legs video was a lie, used some mocap

Meta’s virtual reality legs video was a lie, used some mocap

Earlier this week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage to demonstrateafter spending billions of dollars to create a virtual reality universe (horizon worlds) which looked like it was from 2004his company was working on upgrading this universe to make it appear as if it was from 2009 instead. Integral to this upgrade was the ...

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Steam finally has a modern phone app for iOS and Android

Steam finally has a modern phone app for iOS and Android

Sometimes you just need to have a copy of Control available at all times and under all circumstancesscreenshot: Valve While the main Steam app itself has gotten better over the years, it’s still pretty easy to look at Valve’s approach to store and platform design, look at competitors like Google and Apple, and see how ...

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2K customer data stolen, sold online after support desk scam

2K customer data stolen, sold online after support desk scam

screenshot: NBA 2K23 Already in September 2K suffered a data breach when hackers somehow gained access to the company’s support desk, pretending to use official channels to obtain personal information. At the time, the company wasn’t sure exactly what had been stolen, but now it knows. Above VGCFinally, an email was sent to those affected ...

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Adriana Chechik breaks her back in TwitchCon foam pit accident

Adriana Chechik breaks her back in TwitchCon foam pit accident

As part of the celebrations at TwitchCon, which began Friday and will run through Sunday night, there’s a foam pit that streamers have jumped into after battling it out on some elevated platforms. gladiators-Style. Some of them were reportedly seriously injured. Adriana Chechik has suffered the most alarming injury you can see in the video ...

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Facebook asks employees to use their own broken metaverse

Facebook asks employees to use their own broken metaverse

picture: Meta/Kotaku Corresponding a report from The edgemeta horizon worlds The Metaverse app is so terrible that even the people who make it don’t want to use it. So if you woke up this morning and wondered, “I wonder if anyone figured out what the Metaverse is for?” Rest assured, it still isn’t. horizon worlds ...

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Want a Steam deck?  Now you can buy one without waiting

Want a Steam deck? Now you can buy one without waiting

picture: Valve / Kotaku Patience is a virtue because somehow, two years after launch, it’s still hard to find a PlayStation 5. But thankfully, if you’re in the market for a Steam deck, you no longer have to chase a distant pre-order: Valve now ships them right after purchase. No waiting, no lines, no $5 ...