Ian Walker

The 2021 edition of annual Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike tournament Cooperation Cup has been canceled Japanese organizer Yasuaki Matsuda and Capcom came to this decision after a recent uptick in covid-19 cases. We await your return, warrior.

Report: Cyberpunk 2077 Devs Will Now Receive Bonuses No Matter How It Reviews

CD Projekt executives said they accept responsibility for Cyberpunk 2077’s shortcomings in an email sent to staff earlier today, Bloomberg reports “We underestimated the lengths and complexity involved to make this a reality, and still you did everything you could to deliver an ambitious, special game,” CD Projekt Red studio head and game director Adam…

Demon’s Souls, One Month Later

Can you believe it’s been a month since flagship PlayStation 5 game Demon’s Souls released? I feel like I’ve spent every waking hour of the past 30 days with the Bluepoint Games remake. While the game is mostly the same as the PlayStation 3 original, the community has been hard at work sussing out the…

Cyberpunk 2077 Gets Epilepsy Fix

Cyberpunk 2077 was updated today with a patch that, among other things, fixes the strobing effects that reportedly caused a Game Informer journalist to suffer an epileptic seizure The patch, which is available on PlayStation 4 and PC with an Xbox One release still forthcoming, adjusts the flashing effects during Cyberpunk 2077’s braindance sequences in…

Games Made Under Crunch Conditions Don’t Deserve ‘Best Direction’ Awards

Last night, The Last of Us Part II walked away from The Game Awards with seven trophies, including those for Game of the Year, Best Narrative, Best Audio Design, Best Performance (by Laura Bailey as Abby), Innovation in Accessibility, and Best Action/Adventure. Arguments can be made as to whether it deserved those or not, but…

Among Us Gets New Map Set On Airship

Among Us, which has already earned its developer Innersloth two awards at The Game Awards, just revealed a brand-new map. The aesthetics of the Airship are much different than anything else in the game, and it comes complete with new tasks and skins for crewmates to try out while being hunted by those damn imposters.…

Open Roads is the next game from Tacoma developer Fullbright, coming to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. It features voice work by Keri Russell (The Americans) and Kaitlyn Dever (Unbelieveable) and looks very pretty.

Sephiroth Is Coming To Smash

During tonight’s broadcast of The Game Awards, Nintendo announced that Final Fantasy villain Sephiroth will be heading to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Sephiroth is the latest character—after ARMS rep Min Min and Steve Minecraft—to join the massive Ultimate roster as part of the second fighter bundle, and the eighth post-release character overall since the game…

New Cyberpunk Bundle Includes Loads Of Cyberpunk Games That Aren’t Cyberpunk 2077

Interested in the cyberpunk genre but not willing to shell out money to CD Projekt Red for Cyberpunk 2077? Well, the “Be a Better Cyberpunk” bundle on itch.io might be right up your alley. This collection includes 29 different cyberpunk-style projects for a discounted $60 price point, the same amount of money you would be…

Funimation has purchased Crunchyroll from AT&T for over $1 billion, Sony announced via press release today. This move was reported to be in the works back in October. That’s a lot of anime figurines!

With Flash Games On The Chopping Block, One Popular Site Turns To Emulation

Armor Games, one of the largest repositories of Adobe Flash-based games on the internet, is choosing to shift to emulation next year as a way to mitigate Adobe’s planned phasing out of Flash after December 2020. “Given our large catalog of Flash games, we would like to continue to offer these games to our players…

Yakuza: Like A Dragon’s Best Boss Theme Makes Me Wanna Break Stuff (In A Good Way)

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today, we’re looking at what I think is the best boss battle theme in modern history. Yakuza: Like a Dragon (playlist /longplay) is an incredible game that arguably improves on its beloved predecessors shifting to a…

It’s Super Easy To Make Kanye West In Demon’s Souls

Unlike the original Demon’s Souls, the PlayStation 5 remake includes a fairly robust character creation system. While I was mostly content to make a generic, purple-skinned lady for my first playthrough, folks have been able to craft some interesting characters. Someone also figured out how to make a decent Kanye West, if you want to…

Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time Remake Pushed Back To March 18

The upcoming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake won’t be able to make its original January 2021 release window, developer Ubisoft announced today. It will now arrive on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on March 18, 2021. “2020 has been a year like no other,” Ubisoft’s official statement reads. “We believe this…

Square Enix’s Project Athia Is Console Exclusive On PS5 For ‘At Least 24 Months’

Project Athia, the next game from the team behind Final Fantasy XV, will be console-exclusive to the PlayStation 5 for “at least 24 months,” a new Sony demo reel of upcoming games revealed. Little is known about Project Athia (apparently a working title) apart from it being some sort of fantastical action game from Square…

Quick Resume Is Working For More Xbox Series X Games

Microsoft is slowly starting to roll out more Quick Resume support on Xbox Series X|S again, after it took the supposedly signature next-gen feature offline for some games right before the console’s launch last month. This is according to Xbox director of program management Jason Ronald. “As launch games were coming in, we identified some…

Streamer Finds Extremely Rare Pokémon, Freaks Out

Sometimes, with everything on fire and no end in sight, it’s nice to have a wholesome moment to remind us there are still beacons of light in this cruel world. I think this clip of Twitch streamer AjentVee getting super mega ultra excited over finding a rare Pokémon fits the bill. Let’s watch. Nice! Right?…

Those Weird Noises In Demon’s Souls? Just A Glitch, Says Sony

After weeks of speculation, we finally have an answer regarding those loud, seemingly random sound effects haunting the Demon’s Souls remake: Sony told Kotaku they’re a glitch, nothing more. Since the game’s release last month, Demon’s Souls players have documented several instances of odd, clanging sounds that didn’t exist in the original, ringing out in…

Report: Metal Gear Solid Movie Taps Oscar Isaac To Play Solid Snake

Sony Pictures’ upcoming Metal Gear Solid movie will feature Star Wars and Ex Machina star Oscar Isaac in the lead role of Solid Snake, according to Deadline A silver-screen adaptation of Metal Gear Solid has been in the works for well over a decade. Series creator Hideo Kojima first announced the project at E3 2006,…

Markiplier Fans Celebrate His Bowel Movement

Mark “Markiplier” Fischbach is one of the biggest YouTube stars in the world. At almost 30 million subscribers, he’s afforded a level of celebrity that can make even a mundane activity, like taking a dump, a big deal. After a recent stay in the hospital for an intestinal blockage, Markiplier updated his fans on his…