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CultureMorning MusicSimCity 4’s Soundtrack Is So Good You’re Already Reinstalling The Game
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today I’m going to remind you all how much the music in SimCity 4 slaps. Granted, I just did, but now I will go into greater length. SimCity 4 (playlist / longplay/ VGMdb) is considered by many,…
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CultureSunday Comics: No Spoilers!
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 Dec. 17. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Dec. 14. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: National Horse Day, Winners
Last week, we all came together (virtually and safely) to celebrate the most important holiday of the year: National Horse Day. And you all created some uh… interesting horse-related images to celebrate the day. Our winning image this week comes from sciteach who isn’t really celebrating horse day but instead ending the holiday. I’ve only…
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CultureCyberpunk 2077 Might Be Buggy, But It Has A Great Photomode
This week on Snapshots, the final one of 2020(!), we have a ton of cool Cyberpunk 2077 screenshots. While the game might be buggy and broken for many players, especially on console, it’s still a pretty looking game and makes for some great virtual photography. Good to see arcades make it to 2077. Kotaku Snapshots…
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ReviewsYear in ReviewZack Zwiezen’s Top 10 Games Of 2020
When I first sat down to put together this list, I wrote down two titles and then sat and thought for a while about what else I played. I think this year has thrown my whole mind into a strange funk, because I couldn’t even name 10 games I had played, let alone loved. But…
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CulturePokemonDelibird Gives The Best Presents
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 Delibird! Delibird Details Type: Ice/Flying Average Height: 2′ 11″ Average Weight: 35.3 lbs. First Added In Generation II On…
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CultureSomeone Found A Weird Unreleased Simpsons Game On An Old Dreamcast Dev Kit
Sreak, a user over on the Dreamcast-Talk forums, posted the files from an old, broken Dreamcast dev kit hard drive. Users quickly found inside an unreleased, incomplete and odd Simpsons game, which it seems had never been publicly announced or revealed. Yesterday, Sreak posted that they wanted to upload some files from an old Dreamcast…
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CultureMorning CheckpointOH NO, He’s Hot!
This week we catch up on ALL the Cyberpunk 2077 news, check out a bunch of Xbox consoles playing Crimson Skies, get yelled at by Santa, watch the new trailer for Fall Guys Season 3 and look at shirtless Sephiroth. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Cyberpunk’s character creator has some highs, but it…
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OpinionImpressionsHivebusters Is A Great Gears DLC And A Fantastic Xbox Series X Showcase
Hivebusters is a new single-player DLC campaign released for Gears 5. It’s also one of the best-looking games on Xbox Series X and feels like a full Gears game compressed into a bite-size experience that has me excited for the future of Gears of War. This new $20 DLC campaign, which was released on December…
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OpinionImpressionsAssassin’s Creed Valhalla’s Yuletide Festival Is Off To A Buggy Start
‘Tis the season for snowy weather, holiday parties, and drunk vikings. The latest update for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla adds a new holiday-themed event to the game and covers your settlement in snow. But while the new free update is a bit of festive fun, adding new armor and decorations, it’s also got some annoying bugs.…
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OpinionImpressionsGTA Online’s New Island Is Boring
After weeks of teasing and trailers, Grand Theft Auto Online’s latest update, its biggest ever, was released today. The Cayo Perico Heist update adds a new island and heist to the game, as well as 250+ songs, new weapons, and the proverbial “more.” But the star of the update is that new island, Cayo Perico,…
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CultureAmong Us Launches On Switch Later Today
Announced today during Nintendo’s Indie World presentation, the surprise-hit mystery-party-action game, Among Us, is coming to the Nintendo Switch today. The Nintendo Switch version will support crossplay, though you will need a Nintendo account and Nintendo Switch Online membership to play with others on the web. Originally released back in 2018, Among Us, developed by…
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CultureThe Week In Games: Bust Some Hives In Gears 5
This week, Gears 5 gets its first story DLC in the form of Hivebusters, a new 3-hours campaign starring some of the characters from the game’s online Hivebuster co-op mode. You know it’s a quiet and mostly empty week for new game releases when the biggest thing is a DLC expansion for a game released…
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CultureOdds and EndsEven The Head Of PlayStation Studios Has His PS5 Upside Down
The PS5 is a strange-looking console. Lots of curves and swoops. It’s easy to accidentally set it up the wrong way, which is exactly what Hermen Hulst, the head of PlayStation Studios, seems to have done in a now-deleted tweet. Whoops! Earlier this morning, Hermen Hulst uploaded a cute little video of his cat attacking…
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CultureOdds and EndsRunning Around During Loading Screens Is An Important Part Of Assassin’s Creed
Loading screens often suck. But they can occasionally become more than just periods of time where you are forced to sit around and wait. In Assassin’s Creed, a tradition has formed of letting players run around in an endless void and it has (mostly) stuck around. (This post was originally published on July 26. It’s…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: National Horse Day
Forget about Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa! The biggest holiday in December is National Horse Day. Your challenge this week: Add more horses to video games! I went with a horse mask above, but feel free to use real horses, digital horses, talking horses who starred in popular TV shows, Mr. Ed, and so on. The…
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CultureMorning MusicHalo 4 Is A Lot Better Than Its Soundtrack
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today, we return to the combat-filled levels of Halo 4 for some…actually, rather forgettable music. Controversial opinion alert: I like 2012’s Halo 4 (playlist / longplay/ VGMdb), originally released back on the Xbox 360 and developed…
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CultureSunday Comics: Now, Are You Ready?
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 Dec. 10. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Dec. 7. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Monoliths, Winners!
Monoliths! Remember those? Yeah, over the last few weeks they were popping up around the world. Strange. However, the world moved on and now we are the last ones left, to kick this dead horse for a bit more comedy. ‘Tis the ‘Shop Contest way. Our winning image this week comes from… Kerning! It’s a…
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CultureSwinging In A Winter Wonderland
This week on Snapshots, a surprising lack of Cyberpunk 2077 screenshots. We got some good ones already, but I was expecting more! Maybe folks are too busy playing the game to snap photos or perhaps it’s just too buggy at the moment. But it’s okay, because we got some great photos from a bunch of…
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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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