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Here’s Every Single Video Game Remake You Can Play In 2023

March 9, 2023Kotaku

This year is completely stuffed with video game remakes and remasters, like the gaming world is an overgrown hermit crab stubbornly holding onto a little cone-shaped shell. While you might wish to be born again every month or so, video games aren’t afraid to rehash what they are again, and again. To make sorting through games’ self-assured recapitulation easier, though, I put together a list of every major remake and remaster you’ll be able to play in 2023. Some of these games are already available and feature only small changes, like the updated Persona 3 Portable or sharpened Kirby’s Return…

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So, It’s Been A Year, Huh

March 18, 2021Kotaku

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the growing outbreak of covid-19 a pandemic. In the year since, over 120 million people have been infected by the virus worldwide, and 2.5 million people have died because of covid-19. Life has forever been changed. We wear masks. Avoid crowds. Businesses have shut down, and many won’t reopen. And while the vaccine has brought hope to a planet drowning in fear and anxiety, it can’t fix what’s already happened. Through all of this, video games still came out, and we still played them. At times, working for a website dedicated…

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GameStop stock hit record high after Reddit-backed short squeeze

January 24, 2021VG247

GameStop stock surged to its highest recorded share price over the weekend, hitting $76.76 per share on Friday, up nearly 80% in a single day.GameStop’s stock had been steadily rising for the past week, coming up from nearly $20 per share on January 12 and hitting the peak value on Friday thanks to an ongoing campaign from users on the subreddit WallStreetBets and some campaigns by YouTube and TikTok investment accounts (thanks, GamesIndustry.biz).As per Bloomberg (paywall), Friday’s flurry of Reddit-fuelled day-trading made GameStop (or GME) the most actively-traded US stock on the day and even causing trading to be halted multiple times…

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GameStop reportedly accepting all Cyberpunk 2077 returns

December 22, 2020VG247

By Alex Calvin, Tuesday, 22 December 2020 12:10 GMT Cyberpunk 2077 has been labelled as “defective” before being sent back to GameStop warehouses.US retailer GameStop is telling staff to accept all returns of the recently-released Cyberpunk 2077.That’s according to Kotaku and Vice Games’ Patrick Klepek, which both report that the company issued an internal memo to all employees saying that they are to take the game back even if it has been opened. Furthermore, GameStop has been told to label the returns as “defective” before returning them to the warehouse.Normally, the retailer only takes back games if they haven’t been…

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GameStop are offering big discounts on Xbox One and PS4 controllers

November 27, 2020VG247

By Henry Stockdale, Friday, 27 November 2020 21:59 GMT GameStop have entered Day 3 of their 5 day Black Friday sale and with it, a new slate of limited-time offers have just emerged, this time focused on Xbox One and PS4 controllers. There’s a range of additional discounts going elsewhere, but for those looking to cover Player Two, their pre-owned controller supply is going for as little as $29.99. Unsurprisingly, a few have already sold out and that mostly regards their Xbox One supply, perhaps due to their wider compatibility with PC gaming.Even still, there’s a good variety of different colours to…

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Some top Switch games are now just $40 in the Labor Day sales

September 4, 2020VG247

By James Pickard, Friday, 4 September 2020 16:16 GMT The Labor Day sales are underway at a handful of retailers and there are some exciting reductions on a range of top Switch games – and much more.These offers are live at both Amazon and Best Buy (will slight variations between the two) so it’s simply a case of picking your preferred retailer and snagging a bargain. You’ll find lots of the big first-party games reduced to just $40. A rare sight for a Nintendo game!To be fair, you might not be wanting any new Switch games for a while after…

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