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CultureMoron Steals Someone Else’s Board Game, Tries To Kickstart It [Update]
A company calling itself White Helm Games had, until today, been running a Kickstarter for a board game called Dungeon Hoard. That Kickstarter has now been cancelled, though, because Dungeon Hoard was someone else’s game Having raised $388 of its $5500 goal, potential backers quickly noticed that Dungeon Hoard already existed. And had already been…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 16, 2019 -
CultureLeague Of Legends’ Creators Also Making An Animated Series, Card Game, Fighting Game And Shooter
In addition to the announcement that a version of the main game itself is coming to consoles and phones, Riot have also tonight said that there are a bunch of League of Legends spin-offs in the works, along with an animated series. First, the card game. It’s called Legends of Runeterra, and is a free-to-play…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2019 -
CultureLeague Of Legends Is Coming To Consoles, Phones
After a decade of dominating on PC, League of Legends is finally launching a version of the game on both home consoles and mobile devices. It’s called League of Legends: Wild Rift, and makes some important changes to the PC version. It’s got a modified version of the map, a new user interface and dual-stick…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2019 -
2500 Classic MS-DOS Games Are Now Free To Play
Remember, the Internet Archive is useful for more than just seeing how embarrassing your old Kotaku posts were. It’s also home to a ton of classic PC games, and 2500 new ones have just been added to the site’s catalogue. There’s obviously a load of crap among that number, but there are also some damn…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2019 -
CultureNew Paradox Game Steals Halo Artwork, Gets Pulled
Grand strategy masters Paradox today announced a new mobile take on their big space game Stellaris, which has already been taken offline after fans quickly discovered that the title featured art literally stolen from an artist at 343 Studios, the developers of the Halo series. Here’s the art in question, found within the game (it…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2019 -
CultureBlizzard Cancels Overwatch Launch Event At Nintendo World Store
On Wednesday, Blizzard was supposed to be holding a big launch event for the Switch version of Overwatch at the Nintendo World Store in New York City. That event has now been cancelled by Blizzard. Hrm. I wonder why
By Luke Plunkett Published October 14, 2019 -
CultureSaints Row 2’s Source Code Has Been Rediscovered, So The PC Version Will Live Again
Volition’s classicSaints Row 2 has been almost unplayable on PC for years after the game’s source code went missing and it turned into a bug-riddled mess. Good news today for anyone who still wants to play it, though: The code has been found, and Volition is working on getting a Steam version released. The company…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 14, 2019 -
CultureThe Art Of Ghost Recon Breakpoint
The new Ghost Recon is out, and while it’s maybe not a high watermark for the series, it’s still got some cool guns and drones and Jon Bernthals that we’ll take a look at tonight in this feature on the art that went into the making of the game. This isn’t every piece from everyone…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 13, 2019 -
CultureCosplayBlackface Controversy Splits Cosplay Scene Over League Of Legends Outfit
For the upcoming EuroCosplay Championships, taking place in London later this month, French cosplayer Livanart decided to create an elaborate costume based on Pyke from League of Legends. Livanart is a white French woman, while Pyke is “a black guy from Bilgewater” Livanart had obviously worked on the outfit for a long time (she even…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 13, 2019 -
ReviewsBoard GamesDetective: City Of Angels: The Kotaku Review
It was raining a hell of a storm outside, windows rattlin’ so hard I thought my teeth were gonna’ shake out. I was halfway through a whisky, thoughts spinnin’, when my office door creaked open. It was her. The dame. The trouble. “Luke,” she said huskily, “I need your help.” Oh. Sorry about that. I…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 9, 2019 -
CultureCosplayGalleryOur Favorite Cosplay From AnimeFest 2019
Running since 1992, AnimeFest is a convention held every Labor Day long weekend in Dallas. Mineralblu was there taking photos and video for us, both of which you can see below. As usual, you’ll find every cosplayer’s social media handle, the character they’re cosplaying as, and the series they’re from watermarked on the image.
By Luke Plunkett Published October 9, 2019 -
CultureCollege Hearthstone Players Hold Up ‘Free Hong Kong, Boycott Blizzard’ Sign On Stream
Blizzard’s acquiescence to the power of the Chinese government/market has seen the company eat a lot of shit over the last 24 hours. So it was, depending on how you look at it, either the worst or most perfect time imaginable to try and broadcast the American Collegiate Hearthstone Championship. During tonight’s stream of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 9, 2019 -
Blizzard’s Company Values Don’t Mean Much Today
Blizzard has a set of core values literally enshrined on the ground of their corporate HQ. Today, two of those—“Think Globally” and “Every Voice Matters”—were covered up by employees in the wake of Blizzard’s contentious decision to suspend a Hearthstone pro over his views on Hong Kong While the values are listed on Blizzard’s website,…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 8, 2019 -
CultureReport: Burglar Stole $40,000 Worth Of Games, Accessories And Gabe Newell’s Minigun From Valve HQ
Last month, Bellevue Police charged 32 year-old Shawn Shaputis with a succession of burglaries in 2018, including repeatedly breaking into the headquarters of Valve and stealing a bunch of games, computers and accessories. Among them were 48 PS4 and Xbox One games. Which he sold to GameStop for $335. As Polygon reports, he was charged…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 8, 2019 -
CultureBlizzard Suspends Hearthstone Player For Hong Kong Support, Pulls Prize Money
Chung “Blitzchung” Ng Wai, a pro Hearthstone player from Hong Kong, ended a stream earlier this week with a statement of support for those engaged in months-long protests against local police and government. As a result of this, Blizzard has ruled that he violated competition rules, and have handed out a heavy punishment. In the…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 8, 2019
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