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‘Shop Contest: King Shark, Winners!

If you are a fan of comic book character King Shark, last week was a treat. We got two different and new versions of King Shark announced at DC’s online FanDome event. One from the new Suicide Squad movie and one from the new Suicide Squad game. So to celebrate, I asked you all you…

Some Heads Are Gonna Roll

This week on Snapshots: Control’s latest DLC just came out and it seems a lot of folks are going back to the game and taking some cool screenshots. Of course, we also have more Ghost of Tsushima photos too! One day people might stop taking great pics of that game..but that ain’t today. And some…

The People In Ghost Of Tsushima Need To Clean Up All The Corpses

Imagine you are visiting a quiet little inn or village out in the countryside. The sun is up. The sky is clear and life is good. You are happy. And then you round a corner and you see a dead body just lying in the middle of the place, with people walking around and going…

Ariados Is One Cold-Hearted Bastard

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 Ariados! Ariados Details Type: Bug/Poison Average Height: 3′ 07″ Average Weight: 73.9 lbs First Added In Generation II Imagine…

How’s It Going?: Mobile Games Edition

I see you. Yes, you! Come on in. Come chat with other Kotaku readers in another one of our daily open threads. I have a bunch of consoles and big TV that they are all hooked up to. I also have a large list of games I want to play or replay and I have…

Peace Was Never An Option

This week we ponder delaying the next generation, throw Mario into a dryer, check out the new trailer for LEGO Star Wars, find out more about the weird far-right conspiracy featured in a Black Ops: Cold War trailer and yell at some capybaras. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week A fantastic and important story…

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Will Have A 60 FPS Mode

Insomniac has confirmed today that Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart will have two different modes, one running in 4k at 30 frames per second and the other mode running in “lower resolution” at 60 frames per second. The news comes from a Famitsu interview with Insomniac about its upcoming PS5 exclusive Ratchet & Clank game.…

Finally, You Cowards Put Yaddle In A Star Wars Game Trailer

And so, nearly two years after I first lamented the absence of the great Yaddle from ALL the Star Wars games, my suffering has ended. Finally, those cowards have released the first in-game footage of Yaddle from 2021’s LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. During Gamecom’s Opening Night Live event today, we got a bunch…

Everything Announced At Gamescom’s Opening Night

Summer Game Fest, the not-E3 months-long event created by Geoff Keighley, wrapped up today with a big, live event kicking off Gamescom 2020. This has been a strange year for video game announcements and reveals. With no E3 and many other shows going digital, publishers, websites, and developers have had to create their own online…

Beware This Pack Of Deadly Beavers In Red Dead Online

I never thought I would be afraid of beavers. But after playing a legendary animal mission recently, I’m terrified of the buck-toothed bastards. However, I’m also excited that Rockstar finally seems to be adding more creative, exciting, and silly content into Red Dead Online. The latest big update for Red Dead Online arrived last month…

GTA Online Dataminers Find And Play Secret UFO Mission

Earlier this month, Grand Theft Auto Online received the big Summer Special update, which added a bunch of new cars, co-op missions, and other small quality-of-life changes. But buried in this update was a new secret mission involving a massive UFO and the theft of spaceship parts. While nobody yet knows how to actually activate…

The Week In Games: Welcome To Wasteland 3

2020 at times feels like the prologue of a post-apocalyptic game, so it seems like a perfect time for Wasteland 3 to release. Wasteland 2 is one of those games I keep wanting to play and then I just don’t get around to it for various reasons. I did try the Switch version and I…

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The Original Doom Used A Lot of Weird Sound Effects, Like Groaning Camels And Hissing Cats

While some of the sound effects in the original Doom were created just for the game, most of them actually came from sound libraries. This means dedicated fans with some time on their hands can actually dig around and find exactly where nearly every sound in the game comes from. Turns out camels are a…

‘Shop Contest: King Shark

Yesterday was a great day for King Shark fans, like myself. We got two different digital King Sharks. One from the recently announced game Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League and one from the upcoming Suicide Squad movie. This is a good thing. Let’s celebrate. Your challenge this week: Have some fun with King Shark!…

How’s It Going?: Batman Edition

We need to talk! Luckily for you, there’s a nice place to do just that! Come on in and welcome to our daily open thread. DC FanDome is going on this weekend and as a result, my Twitter feed is filled with DC news, announcements, trailers and memes. Also a lot of Batman. We have…

Sunday Comics: That Sucks!

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 Aug. 20. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Aug 17. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Is Out In 2022

Today, during a DC FanDome presentation, developer Rocksteady revealed Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, the first new game from the studio since 2015’s Batman Arkham Knight. It will be released in 2022 on PS5, Xbox Series X and PC. The trailer played during the event showed of Harley Quinn, King Shark, Deadshot and Captain…

‘Shop Contest: Halo Delayed, Winners!

Last week, after we all learned that Halo Infinite was delayed until 2021, I realized that poor Master Chief would need something to do while he waits for them to finish making his big game. So I asked you all for help. Our winning image this week comes from TheWorldof who decided to just show…

And Boom Goes The Samurai

Last week I got a bunch of great Ghost of Tsushima screenshots. Or so I thought. This week I got more photos emailed to me than ever before. Nearly 60 emails containing multiple screenshots and all but a few of them were Tsushima images. So this week on Snapshots, even more photos from Ghost of…