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Sell, Loot, Repeat, Profit

Platforms: PC, Xbox One, PS4 Reviewed On: Xbox One Developer: Digital Sun Publisher: 11 Bit Studios Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: No Review code provided free of charge by the publisher. D id you ever wonder how the shops in RPG games so often stock amazing, unique weapons? Where do they keep getting them from? A number of games have sought to put you into the shoes of the shopkeepers, selling items to adventurers who will run off to fight strange beasts rather having YOU be the one to do all the adventuring. Moonlighter wants you to do both, though, explaining that the reason shops have these amazing items is because the people who run them are adventurers, too. By day Will is a humble shopkeeper looking to sell his wares for the best price possible to customers looking for interesting items. But by night Will moonlights (HA!) as an adventurer, delving into the mysterious dungeons in order to acquire new loot to sell in his shop while also trying to unlock the fifth door, do...

If You Want Fallout 76's Newest Items, It'll Cost You $25

Screenshot: Bethesda (Fallout 76) Some of Fallout 76’s most devoted players and biggest spenders appear to be drawing the line at a new $25 bundle of cosmetics up for sale in the game’s digital store. Conspicuous consumption is alive and well in Fallout 76’s wasteland thanks to the Atomic Shop, a clearing house for a range of character outfits, camp furniture, armor paints, and more. The storefront, which helps pay for the game’s continued development and content updates, all of which are free, has been a source of tension from the start. No matter what else was wrong in the game, new microtransactions were getting added all the time via this storefront, ranging from beer hats to decorative Deathclaw pelt rugs. This week’s additions, which include the particularly pricey Free States Trailblazer Bundle, have inspired players to post online about how they believe a better balance needs to be struck. The newly added bundle, which costs 2,800 Atoms, or the equivalent of $25 worth of Atom ...

Man Allegedly Stole $13,900 Worth of Duel Masters Cards, Gets Arrested

Kotaku East East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.     A 33-year-old man has been arrested by the Tokyo police after he allegedly stole 34 Duel Masters cards worth 1.5 million yen ($13,907). Asahi Shimbun reports that on July 18 at around 5:20 a.m., suspect Kenshi Oba allegedly scaled construction scaffolding and broke into the second floor of a card shop. No staff members were in the shop at the time. The shop’s showcase was smashed, and Oba is accused of stealing 34 Duel Masters cards, which were later resold. According to Asahi Shimbun, security cameras reportedly filmed the suspect near the crime scene. Oba has since confessed, saying he needed money to pay back a friend.