There’s nothing like going home again, and seeing our friend Solid Snake in the codec screen with David Hayter’s voice coming out of his mouth has got me feeling all nostalgic. And that means Metal Gear ‘shops. I’m missing Solid Snake these days. It seems like just yesterday that I was infiltrating Shadow Moses and…
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published August 13. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published August 16. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by M.S.…
Magic: The Gathering commentator Marshall Sutcliffe had Pro Tour Historian Brian David-Marshall on his MTG Breakdown show recently to show off an amazing piece of game history: video of a Magic tournament from 1994. As Sutcliffe and David-Marshall explain, the footage is mostly unedited, freewheeling capture of what an early Magic tournament was like. And,…
Track: Ghosts | Artist: Japan| Album: Tin Drum Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
Speedruns are all about completing a game quickly, and the world record for 100%ing Grand Theft Auto V is a breezy ten hours of skydiving, helicopter flying, bike racing, and story missions. It’s a wonder to behold. Clocking in at 10:15:44, ToriksLV’s world record 100% speedrun is about completing all of the tasks of GTA…
David Hayter, who voiced Metal Gear Solid protagonists Solid Snake and Naked Snake until he was replaced by Kiefer Sutherland in Metal Gear Solid V, has returned to the former role in a short video produced by filmmaker Jordan Vogt-Roberts in celebration of the Metal Gear franchise’s 31st anniversary. The video was posted earlier this…
Forces Of Annihilation, the mod for Dark Souls 3 that allows you to play as the game’s bosses, is available now. While not all of the enemies are currently playable, the developer is continually adding more to the mod. Check it out
Do you wonder where the cowboys go when they wander off the map? Well our devoted community ‘Shop Experts are here to show you. Last week I asked everyone to help me out with some speculation. If the map for Red Dead Redemption 2 is so big, then there must be some weird places to…
QUOTE | “Assume months at this point.” – Valve representative SeanJ, in response to a developer’s question of when the Steam storefront’s new features for filtering adult content would be released. The representative said games with adult content are not being allowed to debut on Steam until those tools are ready. QUOTE | “Due to…
This week has some varied games, from JRPG throwbacks to MMO expansions, and as the summer goes on the releases are getting weirder and weirder. I’m all about the classic game experience, and I’m very interested in the fact that we’re getting Bard’s Tale games alongside the classic Tanglewood and a purposeful throwback in Cosmic…
Track: Frank and Jesse James | Artist: Warren Zevon | Album: Warren Zevon Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
A good shot in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds always makes you feel good, but the perfect use of a thrown weapon will almost bring a tear to your eye. YouTube user G44RA’s perfect throw is one for the ages. Sanhok, PUBG’s newest map, seems like it is designed to put you in awkward spots where a combination…
The last pre-launch trailer for The Walking Dead: The Final Season appeared late last week. It has additional details about a teen enclave that appears in the game. That one kid is really looking a lot like young Kiefer Sutherland. The first episode of The Final Season releases August 14.
The Monte Grappa map in Battlefield 1 is a divisive experience. Based on a bloody, treacherous set of battles from the first World War, it is a hard map to take and hold objectives on. And now the Battlefield 1 community is embroiled in its own fight about the “real” Monte Grappa. A few days…
We’ve finally seen gameplay footage of Red Dead Redemption 2. Surprise, it’s got cowboys. Our ‘Shop Contest this week is all about figuring out where those cowboys go. In the gameplay trailer for RDR2, it’s explained that the West encompassed all kinds of areas. Swamps and deserts, plains and mountains. My assumption is that if…
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published August 6. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published August 9. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…
The Dark Souls franchise is all about getting very strong and wielding a big weapon. A new mod allows you to become the strongest and wield the biggest weapons. The upcoming “Forces of Annihilation” lets you play as the bosses of Dark Souls 3 As modder DATEHACKS explains in a Reddit thread about the mod,…
Track: Spinners | Artist: The Hold Steady | Album: Teeth Dreams Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
As a longtime fan of the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater franchise, I have nothing but respect for people who are able to execute massive combos in the game. This video showing off an 18.8 million score is basically a miracle. Building up a combo in the classic Pro Skater games is all about doing tricks…
QuakeCon 2018 hosted a Fallout 76 panel today, and it was chock full of tidbits of information about the upcoming game. The panel was composed of Development Director Chris Mayer, Project Lead Jeff Gardiner, and Game Director Todd Howard. Split evenly between a talk about the game’s leveling system and a longform segment where the…
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