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Analysts say Switch 2 could cost 0 with  games

Analysts say Switch 2 could cost $400 with $70 games

The Nintendo Switch’s successor could arrive as early as next year, cost $400 and be more of an “iterative” upgrade “than a revolution.” That’s what the CEO of a Tokyo-based video game consulting company he recently spoke to says GamesIndustry.biz. New trailer for Pokémon Scarlet and Purple features hot pros, 4-player co-op and Lechonk, the ...

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The 11 Biggest Gaming Disappointments of 2023

The 11 Biggest Gaming Disappointments of 2023

Picture: Kotaku / Sweet Anita / Anna Stills (Shutterstock) Instead of finding new ways to elevate voices who are not white and/or already wealthy, the internet has continued to find ways to make women in 2023 feel unwelcome in digital spaces. Popular in January Twitch streamer Brandon “Atrioc” Ewing accidentally revealed it that he watched ...

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Embattled ActiBlizz CEO Kotick writes a farewell letter

Embattled ActiBlizz CEO Kotick writes a farewell letter

We knew it would be long-time Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick will step down at the end of this year the following Microsoft’s historic acquisition of his company– but we didn’t know he would officially leave on the last day working day 2023, technically two days before the end of the year. This tidbit was ...

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Activision will pay  million to settle discrimination lawsuit

Activision will pay $50 million to settle discrimination lawsuit

photo: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images) Activision Blizzard has been the focus of criticism for several years due to its widely criticized “boys’ club” corporate culture sleazy games. And now, late Friday evening, just before the holiday season really begins, The Wall Street Journal reports that the embattled gaming company will pay $50 million to settle ...

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Starfield testers had to band together to get a copy of the game

Starfield testers had to band together to get a copy of the game

Picture: Microsoft / Bethesda / Kotaku Microsoft has agreed to hire the 77 temporary game testers it recently created Quality Assurance Union at ZeniMax Studios. In a groundbreaking moment for the industry’s growing labor movement, 23 of the workers will become full-time employees, while all will receive raises and free copies Starfieldthe open-world role-playing game ...

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Rockstar Games suddenly remembers the Midnight Club series

Rockstar Games suddenly remembers the Midnight Club series

image: Rockstar Games Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two Interactive (the parent company of Rockstar Games) listed some of the publisher’s most popular and successful franchises in an investor call today. And during that meeting, Take-Two and Rockstar Games apparently remembered that the Midnight bar franchise exists. It has been over a decade since the last ...