Zack Zwiezen

‘Shop Contest: SHARK!

I have been thinking about sharks a lot lately, after playing and reviewing Maneater earlier this week. So let’s have some fun with sharks! Your challenge this week: Add sharks where they don’t belong! Going a bit more open-ended this week. As long as your image includes a shark and is funny, it might win…

How’s It Going?: Skateboarding Edition

Grab your skateboard and take a seat here at our latest daily open thread. Come chat about kickflips or anything. Thanks to the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 remake being announced recently, it seems the world is filled with skateboarding everywhere I look. Which is fine with me. I’ve always enjoyed skateboarding in video games,…

Sunday Comics: Praise Be To Money!

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 May 21. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published May 18. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: Tony Hawk, Winners

We are getting a (sort of) new Tony Hawk game this year and that means we are also getting a new digital Tony Hawk. So I asked you folks to take this new virtual Tony and add him to anything you wanted. Our winning image this week comes from Tiger-Nemesis who created a big Tony.…

Spider-Man, Please Put Me Down

This week on Snapshots we have cool looking cars, gorgeous nighttime skies, creepy skeletons, far away fighting and Spider-Man continues to be a menace. Three weeks in a row. This weekly feature wasn’t supposed to be a showcase of Spider-Man being a dick to people, but here we are. Kotaku Snapshots is a weekly look…

A Very Important Question: Is Knack Naked?

Stop whatever you are doing and help the internet answer this question about Knack. ResetEra user Lant_War posted the question “Is Knack naked?” earlier today and asked others to vote yes or no. As of this writing nearly 200 folks have voted and the vast majority (94%) believe that Knack, the lovable star of the…

Whismur Breathes Through Its Ears And Screams So Loudly It Scares Itself

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 Whismur! Whismur Details Type: Normal Average Height: 4′ 03″ Average Weight: 58.6 lbs First Added In Generation III One…

How’s It Going?: Nice Glass Of Tea Edition

The weekend is here, it’s time to relax, kick off your shoes and find a nice chair. Oh and it’s time for another open thread! Finally, after what I believe was 17 years, warmer weather is returning to my neck of the woods out here in Kansas. Which means it’s the perfect time to start…

Assassin’s Creed Developer Shares Funny Story About Last Minute Changes To Original Game [Correction]

Some of the original Assassin’s Creed’s side missions were added during a short five-day sprint, according to a viral Twitter thread shared online today. Correction: May 23, 12:50 p.m.: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that all of the game’s side missions were added at the last minute. That was an incorrect interpretation…

Please Enjoy This Giant Nintendo DS

Hello! This week we learn about the latest Twitch controversy, celebrate the 40th anniversary for Pac-Man, check out the new Paper Mario game and look at some REALLY big Nintendo DS consoles. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week A fantastic and well written deep dive into one of the most famous arcade games ever…

Ubisoft confirmed to Kotaku that after Area F2 was recently removed from Google and Apple’s app stores by Ejoy.com, it has now dropped a lawsuit against those three companies. The suit was filed last week over the mobile game, which Ubisoft called a “near carbon copy” of Rainbow Six Siege.

Saints Row: The Third Remastered Looks Nice But Feels Old In 2020

Saints Row: The Third Remastered brings the apex of the franchise to PS4 and Xbox One for the first time, warts and all. Originally released in 2011, the third game in the Saints Row franchise was a turning point for the series and the most successful effort to distinguish it as something more than a…

Maneater: The Kotaku Review

So many games only let me play as a human. Sure, that’s fun, but it’s not really taking full advantage of games’ ability to let us be and do anything. Maneater gets it. In Maneater, I’m not a dull person—I’m a shark. A dangerous, agile, and cool shark, free to swim anywhere and eat whatever…

One Animal Crossing player got tired of watching some greedy players sell others their favorite characters for real money. So they edited their save and started giving popular characters like Raymond out to anyone, completely for free. Via Polygon

Hackers Take Full Advantage Of GTA Online Going Free

Grand Theft Auto Online on PC has always had a problem with hackers and modders. But the situation has gotten much worse after the game became free on the Epic Games Store last week. It’s been a wild few weeks for GTA Online. The month started off nicely with a fun alien war that players…

The Week In Games: Get Ready To Jump The Shark

Become a shark and eat anything that gets in your way in Maneater, releasing later this week for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. I’ve written about how there just aren’t enough games that let you play as an animal. One of my favorites came out years ago, back on the PS2. Jaws Unleashed was a…

Welcome To Danny DeVito Island

Can I offer you a Danny DeVito Animal Crossing island in this trying time? Sure you could make a gorgeous village or fancy kitchen in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. OR you could make an island featuring the face of actor Danny DeVito. That’s what Reddit user B4SSOON decided to do with their island. Over on…

It’s Time For A Tony Hawk’s Underground Remake

A new Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game is coming out this year and it is a remake of the first two games. This would be more exciting if they hadn’t already done this same thing back in 2012. How about this: Stop remaking those classic games and remake Tony Hawk’s Underground, please. I love those…

‘Shop Contest: Tony Hawk

A new Tony Hawk game means a new digital recreation of the world’s most famous skater. Let’s have some fun with this new model. Your challenge this week: Add Mr. Tony Hawk to video games, movies, TV shows, etc. I pre-cut a Tony just for you folks to use how you see fit. I also…

How’s It Going?: Harley Quinn Edition

Welcome back to another wonderful open thread. Come chat with us about…well anything! I’ve tweeted about the animated Harley Quinn show a few times over the last few months, but I seriously love this damn show. The writing is great. The cast is great. All of it is great. The show feels like an adult…