Ethan Gach

Mister DeepFuckingValue Goes To Washington

History was made today when Reddit user DeepFuckingValue, who goes by Roaring Kitty on YouTube, opened his Congressional testimony in a hearing about GameStop stock by specifying, for the literal record, that he is not actually a cat. “A few things I am not,” the meme stock icon, whose real name is Keith Gill, said…

The Makers Of Minit Are Back With A Clever New Spin-Off

Minit took the sense of exploration and discovery from a classic Zelda and recreated it in 60-second black and white chunks. The result was fantastic, so it’s not surprising its creators are returning to that world in their latest game: Minit Fun Racer The new side-scrolling racing game, which publisher Devolver Digital describes as a…

Bravely Default II‘s Developers Don’t Want It To Be Just Another RPG About Making The Numbers Go Up

Final Fantasy I is a game about about four warriors of light collecting ancient and powerful crystals to restore peace and balance to the world. Over three decades later, Square Enix is still telling that story same story, and this time it’s Bravely Default II’s turn, an old-school-feeling JRPG tasked with walking the tightrope between…

Everything Nintendo Showed During Today’s Direct

Nintendo held its first full-length Direct in nearly two years today, and it was chock-full of smaller announcements and some neat surprises. There was still no news about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2, nor the new Metroid game Nintendo teased forever ago, but we did get our first look at Splatoon…

Watch Nintendo’s Direct Here

Nintendo’s first full Direct in nearly 18 months is set to being at 5:00 p.m. ET today. According to Nintendo, it’ll run approximately 50 minutes, during which time many fans’ dreams may come true while others are shattered. The Direct is set to focus on updates to games that are already out as well as…

Zelda Speedrunner Beats Breath Of The Wild With His Feet

Speedrunner Joedun is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to doing the unthinkable in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Not content to have a top 10 time when it comes to 100 percenting the game, he decided to do it again earlier this month without taking any damage. Now…

Destiny 2’s New Weekly Challenge Shares A Slogan With The Hitler Youth [Update: Bungie Apologizes, Says It Was Unintentional]

A new weekly challenge in Destiny 2’s Season of the Chosen is called “Blood and Honor.” It’s a phrase that’s been seen in other fantasy media, but it’s also the English translation of the German phrase “Blut und Ehre,” one of the Nazi slogans used by the Hitler Youth. What’s it doing in Destiny 2?…

Valve Bans ‘Very Positive’ Developer For Trying To Trick Steam Users

Emoji Evolution is a puzzle game on Steam about combining weird symbols. Or at least it was: Valve recently removed it from the storefront and banned its creator’s developer account after apparently discovering how they were exploiting Steam’s layout to try to trick people into playing the game. “Valve has banned my developer account due…

Stadia Leadership Praised Development Studios For ‘Great Progress’ Just One Week Before Laying Them All Off

Developers at Google’s recently formed game studios were shocked February 1 when they were notified that the studios would be shut down, according to four sources with knowledge of what transpired. Just the week prior, Google Stadia vice president and general manager Phil Harrison sent an email to staff lauding the “great progress” its studios…

Even The Justice Department Is Looking Into The GameStop Stock Fiasco

While the dust starts to settle around GameStop’s meme stock phenomenon, investigations into the hedge funds, trading platforms, and the Reddit community that fueled it are just getting started. Many people have already lost a lot of money, but even more could be on the line if lawmakers and regulatory agencies discover that actual laws…

Cyberpunk 2077 Is Not Selling Great On Console

Cyberpunk 2077‘s console launch was a disaster, and sure enough sales on console now seem to reflect that, with the game tumbling off of last month’s best seller list according to the latest report by the NPD market research group. Even the nearly four-year-old Switch exclusive The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sold…

Destiny 2‘s Cosmodrome Isn’t Getting Any Bigger

Bungie announced yesterday that Destiny 2’s partial Cosmodrome, which was brought over from the first game last November, won’t be expanding to reach its original size and scope. The studio says its part of a trade-off to focus on making new content. Excluding the Plaguelands area added in Destiny 1‘s Rise of Iron expansion, Destiny…

Stardew Valley’s massive 1.5 update is also out on PS4, Xbox One, and Switch now The update adds a ton of stuff including new people, items, quests, and a beach farm. It also lets you finally sit-down

Lance Reddick Is Now Voice Acting Destiny Memes

Lance Reddick is a famous actor, with major roles in The Wire and John Wick, among other things. He’s also the voice of Destiny’s Commander Zavala, and apparently not above granting fan requests to voice act the memes they send him. That’s what he did yesterday when Destiny player xMechanizex sent him a meme drawn…

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Comes Out This June

Next-gen exclusive Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart releases on PS5 on June 11, Insomniac Games announced over on the PlayStation Blog today. Announced last June, the action platformer is set to be a showpiece for PlayStation’s new hardware, including levels where players seamlessly hop between multiple worlds, something that wouldn’t have been possible on the…

CD Projekt Red Resorting To Kickstarter To Launch New Witcher Board Game

CD Projekt Red, one of the biggest video game developers in Europe, is teaming up with board game makers Go On Board to produce a deck-building game based on The Witcher. It’s called The Witcher: Old World, and it’s going to use the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to do it. According to BoardGameGeek News, the game…

Abandoned Shooter Six Days In Fallujah Is Being Brought Back Over A Decade Later

Publisher Konami originally pulled the plug on Six Days In Fallujah, Atomic Games’ attempt to tell a realistic story about the war in Iraq based on the experience of US service members, for being too controversial. Now a new publisher and developer are resurrecting it. Production is being led by Victura, founded by former Atomic…

The Pokémon Company Can’t Print New Cards Fast Enough

Pokémon trading cards have once again exploded in popularity, and the Pokémon Company is struggling to keep up with demand. Prices are surging for new packs thanks to scalpers and resellers as a result. “We’re aware that some of you are experiencing difficulties purchasing certain Pokémon Trading Card Game products due to very high demand…

Hackers Bring New Version Of Android To Nintendo Switch

Developers who originally got Android running on Switch back in 2019 have reportedly now managed to port a new version of the operating system to Nintendo’s hybrid console, bringing with it a slew of new features and fixes. “Now based off of Android 10 (LineageOS 17.1 with Shield TV trees) it’s faster, more responsive and…

Final Fantasy VII Remake’s Brand-New Tracks Kick Ass, Too

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today I’m going to gush about just how amazing Final Fantasy VII Remake’s music is, and specifically a few of its new tracks that weren’t in the original. It took me a while to get into…