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Screwball Comedy Game Jazzpunk Is Getting DLC Three Years Later
Jazzpunk is weird and funny and absurd. An adventure game in the mold of Stanley Parable, it shoves genres, jokes, and cultural references into a blender and offers the result with a nonplussed grin. Luis Hernandez started working on Jazzpunk with Jess Brouse as part of Necrophone Games a while back, first bringing it to…
By Ethan Gach Published June 11, 2017 -
When Things Get Lit Aboard The Starship Enterprise
“Look at the hands bruh, look at the hands bruh.” That’s what inVINCEable77 started shouting at one point while sitting in an online lobby for the Star Trek: Bridge Crew VR game released last month. YouTuber Raymond Tennent recorded the entire conversation between Starfleet’s best and brightest which ran almost fifteen minutes. One obvious take-away…
By Ethan Gach Published June 11, 2017 -
Kingdom Come: Deliverance has a new trailer and a new release date of February 13, 2018. The “no magic bullshit” medieval RPG was originally due back in 2015 before slipping year after year. Building massive open worlds is hard it turns out, hence the cinematic trailer without gameplay.
By Ethan Gach Published June 11, 2017 -
Culture
Sunday Comics: Still Gonna Buy It
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 June 6. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published June 5. Read more…
By Ethan Gach Published June 11, 2017 -
The Xbox One S Will Be $50 Cheaper Starting Tomorrow [UPDATE: ‘For A Limited Time Only’]Â
Ahead of unveiling Project Scorpio at Sunday’s press briefing, Microsoft announced today on Twitter that the existing Xbox One S will cost $50 less starting June 11. Just about every version of the console currently available at places like Amazon and GameStop are offered as bundles, meaning that come tomorrow, the 500GB Xbox One S…
By Ethan Gach Published June 10, 2017 -
EA Sports FIFA 18 on Nintendo Switch (yes that’s what Nintendo’s calling it) will include all the stuff FIFA games normally have minus the Alex Hunter story mode hyped at today’s EA event. Instead, the Switch version will have an exclusive “Kick Off” mode. Nintendo is calling it the “deepest portable FIFA ever.”
By Ethan Gach Published June 10, 2017 -
Battlefield 1’s Next DLC Is In the Name of the Tsar, Out This September
Battlefield’s next expansion will be In the Name of the Tsar, a campaign that looks at World War I’s Eastern front through the eyes of, among others, the “Women’s Battalion of Death.” The expansion will be out this September and add six new maps, eleven new weapons, as well as new vehicles like the Ilya-Muromets…
By Ethan Gach Published June 10, 2017 -
The latest Nukazooka video takes Mario Kart to a dark place. Andrew McMurry and Klay Abele’s special effects collaboration follows a dude whose car breaks down on the way to a job interview. Pro tip: if that ever happens to you, whatever you do don’t try to get in a go kart instead.
By Ethan Gach Published June 10, 2017 -
Culture
Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Speedrunner Gets Owned By Log
Last night speedrunner Zant was attempting a Master Sword RTA run of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild when the log he was flying on decided to reverse direction and wreck him instead His eventual time of 2:42:27 was still good enough to earn 7th place in the category overall (the Master Sword…
By Ethan Gach Published June 10, 2017 -
Esports
The Weekend Esports: Epicenter 2017, Nairo Saga, And More
The spring Rocket League Championship Series is over and the League of Legends summer season is just getting started, but punctuating the relative quiet this weekend are some big showdowns in both Dota 2 and Smash Bros. Wii U. Also Nintendo seems to have finally gotten on board with its grassroots competitive fans. Below you’ll…
By Ethan Gach Published June 10, 2017 -
CultureToday is Memorial Day. I invite you to celebrate it however you see fit, which for me includes grilling up some fine meats and witnessing M3nt’s latest world record speedrun achieved earlier today in the original Lethal Weapon game for NES. 26:30 deserves a sax solo
By Ethan Gach Published May 29, 2017 -
Some Blue Shells Have Minds Of Their Own
You’re in first place and the finish line is in sight. Everything is going just fine until you hear that weird electronic whirring coming from behind. Someone’s dropped a blue shell and you think you’re doomed when all of the sudden it hits the person just behind you instead. SacrĂ© bleu! If you’ve been playing…
By Ethan Gach Published May 29, 2017 -
Some Thoughts On Arms After Playing This Weekend’s Open Beta
Arms is hard to pin down, both literally and figuratively. While this weekend’s global testfires offered a good introduction to the house of whimsical party combat Nintendo is trying to build, a quick stroll around inside left me wondering, Peggy Lee-style, if that’s all there is. Across the roughly three to four hours I spent…
By Ethan Gach Published May 29, 2017 -
Rime Dev Says It Will Drop Denuvo DRM Once The Game Is Cracked
Rime, the indie game caught halfway between Ico and Journey was released last week. With Denuvo DRM. Like a lot of games. But that made some players angry, and prompted the developer, Tequila Works, to state that once the Denuvo DRM is broken, which it eventually always is, the company will release a DRM-free version…
By Ethan Gach Published May 29, 2017 -
The Plot Twist In Star Ocean: Till The End Of Time Is A Lot More Believable TodayÂ
Most video games are content just to string the player along through dungeons, towns, or corridors full of machine gun cover while dishing out character arcs and weapon upgrades. Only a few try to reflect on the nature of reality and human existence. Star Ocean: Till the End of Time tried to do both. The…
By Ethan Gach Published May 29, 2017 -
Fire Emblem Heroes Adds Wedding Costumes
These are the latest heroes to be added to the game starting May 30. The spring event came with bunny costumes, so naturally a series of special characters sporting bridal gowns was the next logical step. The latest trailer for Nintendo’s mobile slot machine shows off old characters all dolled up for the big “I…
By Ethan Gach Published May 29, 2017 -
Culture
The Week In Games: Tokyo Vice
Tokyo 42, Star Trek: Bridge Crew (for real this time), and a bunch of other stuff comes out this week. As Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, it’s only fitting that release schedule starts winding down as well. The last few months still feel like a blur though, so I’ll be taking this…
By Ethan Gach Published May 28, 2017 -
CultureEverything You Wanted To Know About Super Mario 64‘s SurfacesÂ
People have been playing Super Mario 64 for years but few have plumbed the depths of how it was constructed and the unique ways its world works the way speedrunners have. “Every surface in SM64 is made up of triangles,” writes YouTuber, speedrunner, and Mario 64 analyst Pannenkoek at the beginning of his latest video…
By Ethan Gach Published May 28, 2017 -
This Sure Is A $600 Mega Man X Statue
Good statues don’t come cheap and Mega Man X is no exception. But for the price of six months’ car insurance or a round-trip flight to the North American coast of your choice, it could be yours. The little blue robot man measures 21″ and is 1/4th scale, so naturally it’s already sold out. Produced…
By Ethan Gach Published May 28, 2017
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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