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Nobody Has Time For Walking Simulators In Halt And Catch Fire‘s Season PremierÂ
Halt and Catch Fire has always been less about the big tech ideas themselves than the people struggling to discover them. While the burgeoning internet sets the backdrop for season four, the first couple episodes show Cameron’s struggle to get Atari to publish her high concept walking sim. When I wrote last week’s post about…
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Horror Fighting Game People Thought Didn’t Exist Finally Surfaces [Update]
Do you remember Death Cargo? The obscure Mortal Kombat-inspired brawler from an Italian studio Necrostorm known for indie slasher flicks? Well after disappearing a few years ago it’s back. Sort of. The YouTubers behind Super Best Friends Play channel got their hands on a version of the game and uploaded it for today’s episode of…
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EsportsThe Weekend In Esports: The Summer Grinds On
Outside of some fighting tournaments, this weekend’s goings-on are mostly confined to play within each game’s respective summer league. You’ll find teams from across the likes of Overwatch, Heroes of the Storm, and Counter-Strike focused on grinding out victories in their respective tables, while in the world of fighting games pros face-off in New England,…
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Sega also revealed a trailer for the remake of Yakuza 2 earlier today. Like the remake of the first game, Yakuza: Kiwami 2 will see the second game in the series recreated in the Dragon Engine used for Yakuza 6 and features some additional missions and playable characters. It’s out in Japan this December.
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The Yakuza Developers Are Working On AÂ Fist Of The North Star Game
Beginning as a manga back in the early 80s, Fist of the North Star is basically Japanese Mad Max. As such it’s a perfect subject for the stylish sensibilities of the developers behind Sega’s Yakuza games. The game was announced earlier today during a live-stream event which showed off a trailer and story details for…
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Culture
The Week In Games: Standalone DLC
What a time to be alive! People want more Uncharted and Naughty Dog didn’t have to go and create an entirely new game to deliver it. Why are we even calling The Lost Legacy DLC? After all, what’s standalone DLC if not, well, a game? It even comes on a disc in a box. And…
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Microsoft Announces ‘Project Scorpio’ Edition Xbox One XÂ
Xbox One X will have a limted “Project Scorpio” edition available when it launches this fall Microsoft announced today at its pre-Gamescom briefing. What’s so special about the $500 Scorpio edition, which leaked last Friday, you might ask? Well there’s the box which was made to resemble the original Xbox and also has the name…
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Assassin’s Creed Origins has a new CGI trailer. That means none of this is real, but hey it still looks pretty. Aired at Microsoft’s pre-Gamescom event, the new footage shows Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, and Ptolemy will all play a role in the game. Also there will be pink and purple dye pits.Â
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Jurassic World Evolution Is A Theme Park Building Game Coming In 2018
Announced during Microsoft’s pre-Gamescom briefing, Jurassic World Evolution will let players build their very own deadly theme parks. The game is being created by the developers behind the space exploration sim Elite Dangerous, Frontier Developments, and will be based around the island from the 2015 movie. That means bioengineering new kinds of deadly prehistoric creatures,…
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Halo Fan Loves The Warthog So Much He Built His Own
Halo 3 came out almost ten years ago, and one dedicated fan has spent seven of them attempting to build his very own Warthog. As Bryanthavercamp’s project has reached its final stages, his friend CAPNJ1mmy took to Reddit to upload the results. You can see the vehicle’s early progress in a YouTube video here. Driving…
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New THQ Nordic Game Biomutant Leaks In German Magazine
THQ Nordic has a new post-apocalyptic game staring world-weary animal with a sword and bad-ass grasshopper sidekick. The game, suspected to be revealed at this week’s Gamescom, was leaked this weekend thanks to an ad in the German gaming magazine GamesMarkt Called Biomutant, the leak surfaced via a screenshot posted to Twitter by Tino Hahn…
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Culture
Sunday Comics: Wanna Play Overwatch Tonight?
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by JosuĂ© Pereira. Published August 20. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published August 14. Read more…
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A Quick Look Back At The Super Mario Bros. Episode Of Halt And Catch Fire
AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire returns tonight for its fourth and final season. It’s become one of the best prestige television shows still left standing, and while there’s a lot of stuff it gets right and does well, few things show off the series’ charm like the episode it dedicated to Super Mario Bros. With…
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BioWare Confirms No DLC For Mass Effect Andromeda
An update today from BioWare confirmed that Mass Effect: Andromeda will indeed not be getting any new content. Kotaku reported as much back in late June, when sources familiar with BioWare’s plans said that Andromeda would receive no single-player DLC, a huge departure from every previous game in the series. In today’s announcement, BioWare confirmed…
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Culture
Artist Gives PS1 Jewel Case Art A Modern Makeover
Ben Nicholas worked for various companies, including Ubisoft and 343 Studios, and you’ve probably see us feature his work before. Well the man never rests, and some of his latest work includes modern redesigns of the jewel case art for some classic PS1 games. The halls of great video game box art are filled with…
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If Counter-Strike Had An Anime Opening It Might Look Something Like This
The anime Counter-Strike: Global Offensive opening you never knew you wanted. The anime opening is an art all its own. Often plucky, upbeat, and set to some great tunes that are on occasion completely at odds with the actual content of the show in question, they can live on long after the stories they introduced…
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Ethan Gach
I'm a senior reporter who's been writing about games and internet culture at Kotaku for almost 10 years. I cover everything from company earnings and player boycotts to emerging trends in gaming like AI, creator economies, and the changing console landscape. You can share story and news tips securely and anonymously at [email protected] or over Signal at +12673263042.
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