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Tips For Playing Star Wars: Squadrons

Star Wars: Squadrons is here and it’s pretty damn good, especially if you enjoy space combat and yelling out Star Wars references in the middle of battles. But it can also be a hard or frustrating game to wrap your head around at first, so here are some tips I’ve picked up after playing and…

Sandygast Is A Sand Monster Who Mind Controls Kids

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 Sandygast! Sandygast Details Type: Ghost/Ground Average Height: 1′ 08” Average Weight: 154.3 lbs First Added In Generation VII BOO!…

Oblivion’s Soundtrack Is Perfect For Adventuring

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 adventurous world and epic soundtrack of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (playlist / longplay / VGMdb) was a big deal when it came out in March…

Steve From Minecraft Coming To Smash Bros. Ultimate On October 13

Steve and Alex from Minecraft are coming to Smash Bros. Ulitmate on October 13. The news was announced today during a video presentation going into great detail about Smash’s newest upcoming character. The new character is part of the Smash Bros. Fighters Pass Vol. 2, but players can also buy him separately for $5.99. I…

Vampire Kermit Is Here To Wish You All A Happy October

This week we learn more about what’s been going at Ubisoft, meet a demon version of Baby Yoda, expose a Spelunky 2 scammer, question why Comic-Con is still going to happen, find out what free games Xbox Live and PS Plus users are getting and say hello to October and Vampire Kermit. Great Kotaku Content…

Star Wars: Squadrons: The Kotaku Review

While plenty of games over the last few years have let lightsaber and blaster fans live out their dreams, it’s been a while since a big Star Wars game focused exclusively on starships and space combat. Thankfully for more dogfight-obsessed fans, the newly released Star Wars: Squadrons lets you become an ace pilot for both…

Apex Legends Is Getting Cross-Play On October 6

PS4, Xbox One and PC players of Apex Legends will soon be able to shoot and ping together, development studio Respawn Entertainment and publisher EA announced today. Cross-play will be offered starting October 6 and will be enabled by default on all platforms. Players will be able to opt-out of cross-play if they wish. Respawn…

Manhunt’s Soundtrack Would Make John Carpenter Proud

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we straight-up murder some people for the amusement of a sicko filming it all. But at least the soundtrack is good. Rockstar Games, the developer behind Bully and Grand Theft Auto V, is no stranger…

The Week In Games: Lock S-Foils In Attack Position

It’s time to do some barrel rolls and other cool spaceship maneuvers while quoting Star Wars lines, because Star Wars Squadrons comes out later this week on PS4, Xbox One and PC. I’m very excited for Squadrons. It’s odd how, lately at least, Star Wars games have been mostly focused on people running around with…

Track: I Put A Spell On You | Artist: Screamin’ Jay Hawkins | Album: At Home with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins #SpookySongs

All Doom Demons, Ranked

Doom Eternal is coming to Xbox Game Pass on October 1 and that got me thinking about Doom. I like Doom a lot. I’ve written about it many times before onKotaku and it seems like it’s about time I sit down and rank all the demons who have appeared in Doom games throughout the years.…

‘Shop Contest: Mario Action Figure

You’ve seen Mario in LEGO form, you’ve of course seen him in video game form and you’ve probably seen him in his animated form. But now he’s a big toy that makes noises. On Friday, Nintendo posted a tweet advertising the Mario action figure. Apparently, this thing has been out for a few months? Well,…

Viva Piñata‘s Soundtrack Makes Me Happy To Be Alive

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we look back at a game that is the exact opposite of 2020: the nice, soft, fun, and colorful world of Viva Piñata and its fantastic soundtrack. Before Rare was making a game about pirates,…

Sunday Comics: Excuse Me

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 Sep. 24. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Sep. 21. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: Getting A PS5, Winners!

Last week, I challenged you all to create images featuring the pain, confusion, and frustration many felt while trying to pre-order PS5s. And as usual, you all (well… most of you) did a great job! Our winning image this week comes from Richardrae1 who depicts the famous battle, you know the one. The Battle At…

Hello And Welcome To My Sewer!

This week on Snapshots we have some lovely Ghost of Tsushima screenshots, a free couch, a diving Spider-Man, a creepy werewolf, some gorgeous sunsets, and one disturbing looking sewer monster. “Yes, I drink a lot of Mtn Dew? How can you tell?!” Shit. I think I just dunked on myself. Kotaku Snapshots is a weekly…

You All Need To Pet The Dog In Hades More

You would think a big, fluffy dog in a video game would receive tons of pets from everyone. But apparently, this isn’t the case as only 12% of Hades players have pet Cerberus 10 times or more according to data from Steam. This fact comes from theCan You Pet The Dog Twitter account. Ten times…

Kirlia Can Rip Holes In Spacetime And Also Loves To Dance

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 Kirlia! Kirlia Details Type: Psychic/Fairy Average Height: 2′ 07″ Average Weight: 44.5 lbs First Added In Generation III Sometimes…

Here’s Our First Look At Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Gameplay

Today, during the 2020 Tokyo Game Show, Koei Tecmo revealed the first gameplay of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. During a longer stream presented by Koei Tecmo, the first gameplay was revealed. GameXplain broke out this part of the stream into a separate and easy to watch video.   The new footage included the first…

Time For An Awkward Cyber Dance Party

This week we learn about weird ways Bethesda got Morrowind working on Xbox, find out what’s inside Kirby, check out the new trailer for the upcoming Destiny 2 expansion, and virtually dance to a new…Vin Diesel song? Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week A great dive into how one of the most nefarious and…