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CultureOdds and EndsStreamer Dances Sephiroth To Death In Kingdom Hearts
One of the hardest boss battles in the original Kingdom Hearts is the secret platinum match featuring Sephiroth. He has hard-to-dodge attacks that deal massive amounts of damage. Many players struggle to beat him. But streamer and YouTuber SarahKey not only beat the optional boss fight, she did it using a dance pad. A tweeted…
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CultureGhost of Tsushima Is Getting Free Online Co-op Later This Year
Today, Sucker Punch announced Ghost of Tsushima: Legends, a brand new co-op experience coming to Ghost of Tsushima for free. The new mode will let up to four folks play together in a story separate from the original game, featuring new enemies and characters based on Japanese mythology. Darren Bridges, the senior game designer at…
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CultureThe Week In Games: I Want To Fly Away!
2020 has been and will probably continue to be a terrible, awful year. Now more than ever it’s time to fly away and thankfully, with the release of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 this week, we all can! I’ll end up dropping all the sim options when I play Flight Sim 2020. I know that makes…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Halo Delayed
Halo Infinite has been delayed until next year. This is most likely for the best, as it seemed like it needed some more time in the oven. But it does mean the Master Chief will have a lot more free time on his hands. So, let’s help the big guy out. Your challenge this week:…
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CultureHow’s It Going?: Mechanical Keyboard Edition
Hello and welcome to another open thread. This is the best place to chat and chill with other Kotaku readers! Come on in. After spending years using crappy keyboards that come packed in with computers when you buy them, I finally upgraded. I decided, new place, a new office, a new desk, why not also…
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CultureSunday Comics: Reverse Vampire
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. 13. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Aug 10. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Fall Guys, Winners!
Fall Guys has taken the internet by storm. It seems everywhere I look I see some guys falling. And that was the theme for last week’s contest: Add these little bean boys to more games, movies and TV shows. Our winning image this week comes from MonoArtan who combines Pokemon and Fall Guys into one…
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CultureMore Amazing Ghost of Tsushima Screenshots
This week on Snapshots: Yup, more screenshots from Ghost of Tsushima. Hard to disagree with all the people spending hours in that game taking photos. It has a powerful photo mode and is gorgeous. It’s not all Ghost of Tsushima! We got some screens from Horizon, Gran Turismo, and The Last of Us Part II…
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CultureOdds and EndsRed Dead Online Player Saves Friend In Coolest Way Possible
Out in the wild west of Red Dead Online, you still need to look both ways before messing around railroad tracks. One player almost learned the hard way what happens when you ignore this rule. But then their friend stepped in a saved the day with an expertly timed and perfectly thrown lasso. The clip…
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CulturePokemonCarnivine Has Saliva That Smells Great
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 Carnivine! Carnivine Details Type: Grass Average Height: 4′ 07″ Average Weight: 59.5 lbs First Added In Generation IV Looking…
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CultureThe Latest Update For Call of Duty: Modern Warfare On Xbox One Is A Whopping 66GB
A new update released for Modern Warfare last night that fixes some of the graphical issues players have been experiencing. On PS4 and PC, this new update is a little less than 2GB. However, on Xbox One the update weighs in at 66GB. Not 6.6GB. 66GB. According to Modern Warfare developers Infinity Ward, the reason…
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CultureHow’s It Going?: This Old House Edition
Come on over and join in on our daily open thread! You can chat about stuff with other people using the power of the internet. During one of the first nights in our new place, we found ourselves tired and in need of a rest after moving. So we laid in bed and loaded up…
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CultureMorning CheckpointMore Games Need To Let You Hold Cats
This week we learn why cats love gamer chairs, watch Apple and Epic fight, catch up with what’s going on at Ubisoft after all the recent news, and ask for the ability to hold cats in more games. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Some incredible reporting here by Ethan and Ashley. If you…
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CultureAfter 20 Years, Rockstar Vet Lazlow Jones Has Left The Company
Long time voice actor, producer, writer, and radio host Lazlow Jones has left Rockstar Games after nearly 20 years with the company. He had been a part of every Grand Theft Auto game since GTA 3 and had also worked on other Rockstar titles, including Red Dead Redemption II YouTuber GTAMen spotted the departure via…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryNote To Self: Stop Slashing Horse In Ghost Of Tsushima
The sun is setting on the island of Tsushima as I call over my trusted horse after defeating some deadly Mongols in combat. I am a noble samurai warrior, ready to do whatever I can to help my people and sav—Ahh shit, I just smacked my horse with my sword. Again. I’ve been playing Ghost…
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CultureRockstar Rolls Back Latest Red Dead Online Update After It Broke The Game
For the past few days, Red Dead Online has been almost unplayable, with numerous bugs, broken systems, server issues, flying horses, and missing NPCs. It all started with an update on August 10, one Rockstar is now rolling back in an attempt to fix the game. Red Dead Online’s 1.21 update wasn’t a big one.…
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OpinionImpressionsGTA Online‘s Summer Update Gives You More To Do With Your Yacht
Today’s Grand Theft Auto Online update, The Los Santos Summer Special, adds new missions, clothes, and 15 new cars, and also some small changes that might excite longtime players. While not the biggest or flashiest update, it’s a solid one that adds more to the ever-growing monster that is GTA Online The biggest addition with…
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Fall Guys’ Mini-Games, Ranked
We at Kotaku have been playing a lot of Fall Guys. There are 24 mini-games, and while many of them are good, there are some that are great and others that are terrible. We don’t all agree on which ones those are, though! So here are Fall Guys’ mini-games, ranked from best to worst. Hex-A-Gone…
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CultureOdds and EndsGrand Theft Auto V Kinect Mod Makes Plane-Flying Physical
Flying in video games with a controller is fine. It works well enough and it’s how many folks play. But what if you were the controller? What if you had to hold your arms out to fly and steer? Well wonder no more, for a YouTuber has made a mod for Grand Theft Auto V…
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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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