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CultureOdds and EndsSpider-Man Remastered’s Terrible-Looking Boat NPCs Now Hide A Fun Easter Egg
Spider-Man: Remastered on PS5 contains an easter egg connected to scary-looking boat passenger NPCs seen in the original PS4 game. Spider-Man on PS4 was a gorgeous game, but if you dared to get your suit wet, you could swim out and see something not gorgeous. The people riding around in the boats were hideous monsters…
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OpinionImpressionsBright Memory Is The Perfect Dark Zero Of 2020
The new consoles are launching with fewer next-gen only games than any previous generation. On the one hand, this means most of the games you can play on day one on PS5 and Xbox Series X are greats like Assassin’s Creed and Spider-Man. On the other hand, the meh launch games of old usually looked…
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CultureOdds and EndsNo, I Won’t Ride The Big Wolf In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, released earlier this week, has some wild, strange, and magical elements in it. But while it might contain witches and impossible future technology, I draw the line at a specific inclusion. I won’t ride the giant wolf, Ubisoft. I won’t do it. In Valhalla, players have access to a horse, allowing them…
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CultureThe Week In Games: Invasion Of The Next-Gen Consoles
The next generation of video game consoles arrives… later this week! No longer months or weeks away, the new machines are coming. Assuming you were able to even pre-order one of them. I was lucky enough to snag a pre-order for both an Xbox Series X and a PS5. Now I wait to see if…
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ReviewsMultiplatformAssassin’s Creed: Valhalla: The Kotaku Review
Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, a huge game made during a pandemic and with its own studio and parent company in crisis, is a game trying to do some difficult things. The first Assassin’s Creed in two years, and the 12th major Assassin’s Creed overall, it is the work of creators who are trying to honor the…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Steve Kornacki
Through times of struggle and pain, we all collectively look for heroes, and sometimes who we find is…surprising. Your challenge this week: Celebrate Steve Kornacki. I assume many of you reading this were, like me, gripped with fear and anxiety over the last few days as we waited to find out if we were going…
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CultureAre You Crazy?
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 Nov. 2. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Nov. 2. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Halloween Never Ends, Winners!
It’s November 7, but who cares about that, I still want to celebrate Halloween! One more day of scary shenanigans! Thankfully, I planned ahead and asked you all to help me celebrate Halloween for just a bit longer. Our winning image this week comes from MonoArtan who created my nightmare. I get rid of the…
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CultureThe Long Rumored Mass Effect Remastered Trilogy Releases Next Spring
Today, as part of N7 Day, BioWare officially announced Mass Effect Legendary Edition, which collects the original three Mass Effect games into one remastered collection, featuring improved visuals, textures, and all previously released single-player DLC and content. It comes out next year on PC and consoles. BioWare isn’t calling the Legendary Edtion a full remake,…
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CultureMorning CheckpointWell, There’s Your Problem…
This week we deal with Ball Guy again, see who voted, check out some trailers for next-gen games, read a fantastic Spider-Man review, find out what games are getting delayed, and try to remove a cat from our computer. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week A great review that you should read even if…
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CultureThe Week In Games: Kick Up Some Mud In Dirt 5
If you’ve been itching to slide around corners in fast cars, then this is a good week for you, as Dirt 5 drops on November 6 for PS4, Xbox One and PC. Well, this is it folks, the last week before the next generation consoles start appearing on these weekly posts. This generation of current consoles…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Halloween Never Ends!
Yes, I know that Halloween was yesterday, but 2020 has been such a shitty year I feel like I’m allowed to extend Halloween into November. Your challenge this week: Let’s celebrate Halloween in November. You could, I guess, make some jokes about it being November and we are still celebrating Halloween. Or you could just…
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CultureMorning MusicHalf-Life’s Music Was Just As Brilliant As The Rest Of It
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we grab a crowbar and go hunting headcrabs in the PC shooter classic, Half-Life. Half-Life (playlist / longplay / VGMdb) is a game that has already had so many things written and said about it…
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CultureSunday Comics: Tom Holland!
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 Oct. 29. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Oct. 26. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
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CulturePokemonSpectrier Kicks So Hard That It Knocks Souls Out Of Bodies
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 Spectrier! Type: Ghost Average Height: 6′ 07” Average Weight: 98.1 lbs First Added In Generation VIII Out there, in…
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CultureMorning CheckpointBad Cat!
This week we see just how accurate London in Watch Dogs Legion actually is, find out which big games are getting delayed, listen to some terrible Halloween sex sounds, explore a strange house in VR and meet a bad cat. A very bad cat. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week As always, Nathan does…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Bautista Edition, Winners!
Last week, Microsoft announced an option to recast Marcus Fenix in Gears 5 as former-wrestler Dave Bautista. Taking a celebrity and dropping them into a video game is sort of OUR thing, so it felt right to ask you all to do just that with Bautista. Our winning image this week comes from Villings who…
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CultureThe Week In Games: Bloody Hell, Let’s Hack The Planet
It’s time to hack the world, or at least London, in Watch Dogs Legion. The latest Ubisoft open-world game is out later this week on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. I was a fan of the original Watch Dogs and an even BIGGER fan of Watch Dogs 2. I love how colorful, wacky, and open…
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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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