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Subscribe Advertisement 2/6/20 11:30 AM 2 2/6/20 The 12 Best Games on Xbox Game Pass Kotaku Staff 41 2 Xbox Game Pass is one of the best deals in gaming today. For $10 a month, you get access to a Netflix-style library of video games that you can download and play whenever you want. Some marquee games hit the service the same day they’re released, as with The Outer Worlds . In other words, it’s no surprise that the … 1/10/20 2:00 PM 10 1/10/20 The 25 Best Gaming Handhelds, Ranked Chris Kohler 248 10 I recently got a Nintendo Switch Lite, and I love it. I wanted to write about the joys of that dying breed of device, the dedicated portable gaming machine. And I thought to myself, how can I write this in a way that would make the largest number of people hate me? 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But after E3, all anyone remembers—and cherishes—are the kind of screw-ups, misfires and awkward heroism you can only get when corporate executives and video game developers have to get on stage and act like salesmen in front of millions. 4/27/18 12:55 PM 15 4/27/18 The Best Flight Sims Luke Plunkett 234 15 We’ve had some good times, aeroplanes and video games. Advertisement 1/17/18 12:01 PM 29 1/17/18 1/17/18 The Best Couch Co-Op Games Keza MacDonald 188 29 Couch co-op games tend to be more intimate than competitive multiplayer games; when it’s just you and a friend or partner, there’s more time to learn and absorb. Where competitive multiplayer needs to be accessible enough to pick up in a pub, co-op games can grow on you over the course of a few evenings. 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