Zack Zwiezen

‘Shop Contest: Summer 2020

This weekend marks the official start of summer. Most folks will be stuck inside and most pools are closed, but still, it’s summertime! Your challenge this week: Let’s have some summer fun with video games! In the picture above Leon is not wearing a mask, but he is practicing social distancing. So, better than nothing.…

How’s It Going?: Masks Edition

I waited for you. Get in here, quick! The open thread is already live and everyone is talking without you. Please wear a mask when you go outside. Please. My GF and I had to head out to the furniture store to look at getting a new couch for our new place. We had been…

Sunday Comics: Worth It!

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 June 18. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published June 15. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: The PS5 Cat, Winners!

One cute and futuristic cat caught my attention during the PS5 reveal. So I asked you folks to add this furball to more games, movies and TV shows. Everyone deserves a good, future cat. Our winning image this week comes from sciteach who pulls off the rare back-to-back wins! Can they be stopped next week?…

Folks Are Already Taking Great Photos In The Last Of Us Part II

This week on Snapshots: A bunch of Last of Us 2 photos, some creepy Star Wars ruins, a tiny squirrel, and one cool looking Spider-Man. (I don’t believe any of the photos featured here contain spoilers as they all seem to be taken early on in the game. But if you don’t want to be…

Depixelizing Video Game Characters Creates Monsters

A new digital tool built to depixelize photos sounds scary and bad. Another way to remove privacy from the world. But this tool is also being used for a sillier and not terrible purpose: Depixelizng old game characters. The results are…nevermind, this is also a terrible use of this tool. “Face Depixelizer” is a tool…

Honchkrow Is A Shitty Boss

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 Honchkrow! Honchkrow Details Type: Dark/Flying Average Height: 2′ 11″ Average Weight: 60.2 lbs First Added In Generation IV Have…

How’s It Going?: Backlog Edition

The rumors are true! Kotaku’s daily open thread has once again returned. Come on in and chat with us! We all have backlogs. A list of games we always wanted to get around to playing or finishing, but for various reasons haven’t. I have a large backlog. And I’ve been making more time to knock…

Animal Crossing Player Has Too Many Fans

This week we celebrate Juneteenth, clean up an apartment in Deus Ex, meet the snake who swallowed an AK-47, find out when Horizon Zero Dawn 2 is releasing on PS5 and find out how many fans in Animal Crossing is too many. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Ashely Parrish’s latest big piece is…

Here’s Our First Look At Star Wars: Squadrons Gameplay

Today at EA Play, the publisher revealed the first look at gameplay from the upcoming Star Wars: Squadrons. Squadrons is being developed by EA Motive, the same studio that worked on the singleplayer campaign featured in 2017’s Star Wars: Battlefront II. The game is set during the aftermath of the second Death Star’s destruction and…

The Destroy All Humans! Remake Demo Has Me Excited To Do Exactly That

The cult classic game Destroy All Humans is getting a full remake courtesy of Black Forest Studios. A new demo released this week on Steam has me optimistic for the full release in July. It captures the spirit of the original game while looking and playing in a sharper, more modern way. In video games,…

Cyberpunk 2077 Delayed (Again) Until November 19

CD Projekt Red has announced that fans will have to wait a bit longer to play Cyberpunk 2077. It has been delayed until November 19. It was originally going to release in September. On Twitter today, CD Projekt Red apologized for the delay and explained the situation that led to Cyberpunk 2077’s release date being…

EA’s Star Wars Squadrons Will Finally Give Us A New Star Wars Space Combat Game

Today, EA officially revealed Star Wars: Squadrons, their next big Star Wars game. It will be released for PS4, Xbox One, and PC on October 2 and will support crossplay. While on PC and PS4 it will also support VR. Squadrons will focus on space combat, featuring first-person starship action. The game takes place after…

The Week In Games: The Last Week Before The Last Of Us Part 2

The Last Of Us Part 2, the highly anticipated PS4 exclusive from Naughty Dog, releases this week after being delayed earlier in the year. I wasn’t as a big fan of the first game as many others were. I enjoyed some of the characters and the visuals were nice, but the rest of it just…

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You Can Now Play Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge From The Simpsons

Would you like to play Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge? You have selected…yes. Yesterday, former Simpsons writer and executive producer Bill Oakley shared on Twitter a free browser game built by Aaron Demeterthat recreates the disappointing golf game from the episode “Marge Be Not Proud.” This is the game Bart gets at the end end of…

New Divinity: Original Sin II DLC Out Today

A new DLC pack for Divinity: Original Sin 2 is out today for free and features new quests, loot, and enemies. “The Four Relics Of Rivellon” is the latest and biggest gift bag DLC for the popular RPG. It launches on all platforms today at no cost, with developer Larian Studios explaining that Divinity: Original…

‘Shop Contest: The PS5 Cat

A lot of people are having fun with the PS5 console and how wild it looks. But I think the real star of the PS5 event earlier this week was the cat from the upcoming game Stray. Let’s have fun with this cat! Your challenge this week: Spread the PS5 cat around. Add this great…

How’s It Going?: Cereal Edition

Another day, another daily open thread. Come in, talk, and then get out of here. I don’t want y’all making a mess. This weekend was an unusually busy one. I had shows to watch and news galore to round up and sift through. So my meals became simple and quick and one of my favorite…

Sunday Comics: …Somewhere Else

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 June 11. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published June 8. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…