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ReviewsPCCrusader Kings III: The Kotaku Review
Crusader Kings III is a game that takes in 600 years of human history, from the 9th century through to the 15th, with all the geopolitical conflict, religious turmoil and interpersonal struggles that went along with it. So…where do we even begin with this game, let along this review? How about with a quick history…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 31, 2020 -
CultureCosplayAnd Now For Some Incredible Ciri Cosplay
Narga, who we last saw on this site mastering Warcraft cosplay, is now doing the same for The Witcher 3. This Ciri is just perfect, from the outfit to the scars. All photos by KIRA (who also took those amazing Last of Us 2 shots a few months back). And if you’re a cosplayer and…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 30, 2020 -
CultureCall Of Duty Cheat Makers Now Very Sorry After Activision Threatens Them
CxCheats, a small company that sells cheats and trainers for a variety of games, will no longer be offering Call of Duty services after receiving legal threats from publisher Activision. They would also like to “apologize for any pain we’ve caused to players of Call of Duty.” The company posted this notice on their private…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 30, 2020 -
ReviewsToysThe New LEGO x IKEA Collab Is Pure Genius
I have two kids, and so my hopes and dreams for LEGO sets over the years have slowly shifted from “Dragon Roost Island playset” to “adequate storage solutions”. And the new and surprising collaboration between LEGO and IKEA is definitely taking care of the latter. The new BYGGLEK series is a “playful storage solution” that…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsWhat The Avengers Game Would Look Like With Faces From The Movies
One of the most jarring things about the new Avengers game is that, since we’re all so used to everyone’s faces from the movies, seeing other faces just doesn’t feel right. So here’s what the game would look like if it had somehow got the rights to use the likenesses of Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2020 -
CultureReport: Microsoft Appoints Halo Veteran To Get Infinite “Back on Track” [Update]
After a disappointing gameplay reveal—it’s hard making blockbuster games from home!—Halo Infinite has been pushed back to 2021. It’s also now getting some outside help, with a report that Microsoft is parachuting Halo veteran Joseph Staten in to help with development. As Bloomberg report, Staten—one of the main writers on earlier Halo games at Bungie,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2020 -
Culture1992 Neo Geo Game Just Had Its “Taiwan” Names Removed
Baseball Stars 2 was released on the Neo Geo in 1992 (one year after the greatest baseball game ever made, with which it has a lot in common), and for the last 28 years has been just fine with teams like the “Tokyo Ninjas” and “Spanish Galleons”. The “Taipei Hawks”, however, have just been removed…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2020 -
CultureSony Is Offering PS5 Preorders, Only You Don’t Know How Much It Costs
As we’ve already discussed today, nobody has any idea what’s going on with the PS5 launch. But if you’d still like to pre-order one on the basis of blind faith and a susceptibility to hype, then Sony has the deal for you. The company is offering pre-orders for a brand new PS5 at launch, despite…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsI Am Very Impressed With 4K Rocks
I got a new PC a few weeks ago, along with a new monitor. It’s my first new PC purchase since 2015 (I prefer to buy all-new builds vs continual upgrades), and since I never got a PS4 Pro or Xbox One X, this has been my first week spent enjoying 4K video games. And…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsModders Have Added Fall Guys To Skyrim, Resident Evil 3
Fall Guys is on PC, other games are on PC, so of course modders are working to bring the not-so-little beans to everything from Skyrim to Resident Evil 3 OK so those two are the just first and I think only games to feature such mods, but I’m assuming appearances in The Witcher 3, Hearts…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2020 -
CultureBrazil’s Propaganda Is Using Sonic The Hedgehog Music Again
Shortly after he was first elected, fascist shitstain and Donald Trump cosplayer Jair Bolsonaro started releasing video after video boasting about the infrastructure projects he was helping fund throughout Brazil. One of them, bizarrely, featured music from Sonic the Hedgehog, and now it’s happened again. While last time it was a relatively deep cut—the theme…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2020 -
Report: Nintendo Releasing “Upgraded” Switch Model In 2021
Back in March 2019, there was a rumour that Nintendo would be releasing two new models of the Switch, one a premium upgraded version, the other a cheaper successor to the 3DS. We certainly got the latter with the Switch Lite, and Bloomberg is now reporting that the former is still on track, due in…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsYou Can Fly Into The Windows XP Wallpaper In Flight Simulator
I’ve seen folks flying to all kinds of places in Flight Simulator, from Point Nemoto Jeffrey Epstein’s island, but I’m yet to see a journey as niche and impressive as the one that lets you recreate the experience of booting up Windows XP for the first time. rockin_gamer managed to find the exact coordinates and…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 24, 2020 -
CultureCall Of Duty Trailer Replaced Worldwide Over Tiananmen Square Footage
The debut trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has been blocked in China, and subsequently edited everywhere else, after featuring around one second’s worth of footage from the Communist government’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1989 When the game was first announced last week, a trailer running for 2:02 was released to…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 24, 2020 -
CultureRoad Trip
Maciej Rebisz is an artist at CD Projekt Red, developers of The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 We actually featured some of his work a few years ago, but since that was 2016 I figured we could post some newer stuff You can see more of Maciej’s stuff at his personal site and ArtStation page.
By Luke Plunkett Published August 23, 2020 -
CultureSummer Games Done Quick Raises Over $2 Million For Charity
Summer Games Done Quick has wrapped up after a week of streaming, and we got a week of very cool shit, some fun times, and over $2 million raised for Doctors Without Borders—also known by its better name, Médecins Sans Frontières. Despite this year’s event being an online-only show, and taking place amidst a soul-crushing…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 23, 2020 -
CultureFall Guys Is Coming To Phones (In China At Least)
Fall Guys, which has only just launched on PC and PS4, is also coming to mobile phones at some point in the future. Chinese publisher Bilibili announced they’ve secured the rights to the game’s release in the region. The news was first announced to Western observers by analyst Daniel Ahmad: This comes despite game’s developers, Mediatonic,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 23, 2020
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