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CultureThe Week In Games: Days Gone Rides Onto The PC
Watch out! Not-zombies are running from off the PS4 to attack some local bikers in Days Gone, which releases on PC later this week. I imagine most of you are still neck-deep in Mass Effect and Resident Evil, which is fine. This week is fairly quiet. Nothing too big. I know some folks are pumped…
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CultureIGN Takes Down Article And Tweet Sharing Palestinian Aid Groups [Updates]
Following the most recent set of violent military strikes by the Israel Defense Forces that have leveled entire buildings in Gaza and left over 180 Palestinians dead, IGN posted an article linking to a variety of Palestinian charities and even gave a Palestinian flag prominence in its masthead. Sometime earlier today, all of that content,…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: New PS5 Controllers
It’s nearly impossible to get a PS5 console these days. But don’t worry, you might be able to snag one of the new PS5 controllers. (Probably not.) However, let’s pretend we live in a better universe. Your challenge this week: Give folks the new PS5 controllers. I personally would love to get the black one.…
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CultureOver 500,000 Cheaters Are Now Banned From Call Of Duty: Warzone
Call of Duty Warzone developer Raven Software recently announced that over 30,000 new Warzone accounts were banned. According to the studio, that brings the total number of banned accounts to over half a million. Warzone has had a problem with cheaters since essentially day one. Since then, Activision and Raven Software have continued to fight…
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CultureSunday Comics: Predators?
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published May 13. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published May 110. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Baby Fallen, Winners!
Last week I asked you all to create some images featuring the adorable Fallen babies which were introduced during this latest season of Destiny 2. You all did great, but the cute Fallen baby helped a lot. Our winning image this week comes from KaputNoob who has recently become a powerhouse in the comments below…
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CultureBabies Love High Kicks
This week on Snapshots get ready for some action! Get ready for some speed! Get ready for some… dead birds? Sure. That too. This week has some great screenshots from games like Resident Evil Village, New Pokemon Snap, and Far Cry 4. “KICK MORE! MORE KICKS!” Kid, I’m tired. Give me a moment to drink…
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CultureOdds and EndsDIY Device Zaps Your Balance Nerves To Simulate Real Motion
Large, arcade-style motion simulators (like Sega’s R360) can physically toss you around in response to onscreen action, which can increase the immersion and also just feel cool. But these simulators are big and expensive. YouTuber Mean Gene Hacks decided to use electrodes and a driving game to create his own hacked-together motion simulator for under…
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CultureOdds and EndsFans Have Translated All Of The Native American Dialogue In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Fans working with experts have translated all of the Kanien’kehá:ka dialogue that appears in the Vinland section of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Around the halfway point or so of the massive Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Evior takes a trip to Vinland, an area of coastal North America. During her time in Vinland she meets the Kanien’kehá:ka, or…
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CultureWatch Dogs: Legion’s Next Update Will Add 60 FPS Performance Mode On PS5 And Xbox Series X
In its upcoming 4.5 title update, Watch Dogs Legion will finally get a 6o FPS performance mode on next-gen consoles. The news was teased by Ubisoft in a blog post covering the last update for the open-world action game. When Watch Dogs Legion launched back in October of last year, it was one of the…
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CulturePokemonImpidimp Gets More Powerful By Annoying People
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Impidimp! Impidimp Details Type: Dark / Fairy Average Height: 1′ 04″ Average Weight: 12.1 lbs. First Added In Generation…
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CultureOdds and EndsQuick, Take A Dip In Animal Crossing Before Nintendo Fixes The Glitch
Animal Crossing New Horizons players just discovered a new glitch that lets them climb inside different objects, including pools and bathtubs. The glitch quickly grew popular and many players are asking Nintendo to leave it in the game. The most common use of the new glitch is to relax in the many inviting-looking pools that…
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CultureGoogle Says Everything At Stadia Is Fine, As The Water Reaches Their Noses
The last 12 months or so have been rough times for Google Stadia. Lawsuits, its main first-party development studio shutting down with little warning, issues with indie devs and key folks leaving the company. But according to Google, a company famous for shutting down services, everything is fine. They added a search bar and Resident…
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CultureOdds and EndsNo, I Won’t Ride The Giant Cat In The New Assassin’s Creed DLC
Last year, when Assassin’s Creed Valhalla launched, Ubisoft tried to get me to swap my trusty horse for a massive wolf. I firmly declined. Now Ubisoft is back to its old tricks, trying to once again tempt me into riding another ahistorically large version of an otherwise undomesticated animal. This time it’s a lynx. And…
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OpinionImpressionsAssassin’s Creed Valhalla First DLC Is Good, But Feels A Bit Lonely
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla was a big game. (Maybe too big.) But I still found myself wanting to explore and conquer more after the credits rolled. Today’s new DLC, Wrath of The Druids, is mostly what I wanted: While it adds a big new map and storyline, it lacks the smaller side stories and characters that…
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CultureEvery Big Game Coming Out In Spring 2021
Spring is here! The birds are singing, flowers blooming, and uh, it rains more. What a season! Sadly, covid-19 hasn’t gone anywhere. So depending on where you live you might still be stuck inside. Well, at least you’ll have games like Monster Hunter Rise, Outriders, and Mass Effect Legendary Edition to play while you continue…
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CultureLone Developer Stands Up To Grand Theft Auto DMCA Claim, Wins
Earlier this year fans reversed engineered the source code to Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. They released it to the web, but Grand Theft Auto copyright holder Take-Two pulled it offline via a DMCA claim. But one fan stood up to the publisher and has now succeeded in getting the…
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CultureWorld Of Warships Adds Very Bored King Kong And Godzilla
In World of Warships and its console counterpart, World of Warship: Legends, players compete in fairly realistic naval battles featuring historically accurate battleships and weapons. So it’s a bit odd that Godzilla and King Kong have been added to the game as part of a new event. Even weirder, they look bored by it all.…
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CultureThe Week In Games: Mass Effect Is Back
Mass Effect Legendary Edition is out this week on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. I’m still playing Resident Evil Village, so I won’t be playing Mass Effect’s big remastered collection anytime soon. But I expect many people are going to be reminded that a lot of Mass Effect 1 is uh.. clunky. That game had…
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Zack Zwiezen
I'm a longtime staff writer at Kotaku covering everything from big industry news to small community stories. I love blogging about weird stuff or small details in games. I also do reviews, previews, and help make art for the site. You can contact me at [email protected]
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