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Even After A Large Increase Due To Half-Life: Alyx, Less Than 2% Of Steam Users Own VR Headsets

Half-Life: Alyx helped lead a large surge of new VR headsets being connected to Steam, according to data from Valve. However, the percentage of Steam users who own VR headsets is still hovering at around 1.9%. According to a recent hardware survey from Valve, the first since Alyx was released on Steam back in late…

Sunday Comics: Take Our 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 April 30. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 27. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: Astroneer Costume, Winners!

Last week, we all learned not to wear a Halloween costume as a form of virus protection. But also, I tasked you with taking ashockingly silly and dumb ideaand having some fun with it. Our winning image this week was created by Rembrantt who shows us what shopping during a pandemic looks like in 2020.…

One Image Taken Before Disaster

This week on Snapshots a skateboarding president, a big dog, a sad hug, gruff cowboy closeups, Spider-Man kicking in the air and a photo taken right before tragedy. “Hey, clones! What’s this about an order…66? Or maybe 65?” Kotaku Snapshots is a weekly look at some of the best, funniest and coolest screenshots players have…

You Have To Use Cheats To See The Only Hidden Watermelon In Half-Life: Alyx

Watermelons could be found hidden in a few spots throughout Half-Life 2. But for whatever reason only one melon is hidden in Half-Life: Alyx and it can’t even be seen unless players use console commands. As documented in a recent video by Half-Life superfan MarphitimusBlackimus, there is a single melon in Half-Life: Alyx. It is…

What Your Predator Mask Says About You

The new Predator game is out and it’s fine. But it does offer a nice selection of masks for fans to unlock and wear. But a mask is more than just a mask. It is a window into a person’s soul. Or in this case a Predator’s soul. So let’s figure out what each mask…

Houndoom Will Make You Feel Pain For The Rest Of Your Life

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 Houndoom! Houndoom Details Type: Dark/Fire Average Height: 4′ 07″ Average Weight: 77.2 lbs First Added In Generation II I…

How’s It Going?: Old Games Edition

Another weekend, another open thread. Come chat with other folks about how things are going. Clearing your backlog of games is always a nice idea, but the allure of older games I’ve played is hard to ignore. So instead of playing something I’ve never played before, I decided to start playing the original Gears Of…

Memorial Statues Honoring Soldier Voice Actor Rick May Appear In Team Fortress 2

Valve has updated Team Fortress 2 and added memorial statues featuring the Soldier as a tribute to Rick May, who died last month. May, who voiced the Soldier in Team Fortress 2, passed away on Apri 13 due to complications involving COVID-19 after recovering from a stroke. He was 79 years old. He had voiced…

Count Dooku Has Evolved

Hello! This week we dunk on Elon Musk, check out a cool LEGO Mario game, watch an android do some flips, ask rich companies to help more, check out the new Apex Legends character and meet the new Dooku. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week I will never understand why so many people think…

GTA Online Players Are Picking Sides In A Giant Alien War

There is a war raging in Grand Theft Auto Online, but not between drug dealers or criminal kingpins. Instead, players are donning green, purple, or white suits in a war of different colored aliens. It’s weird, even for GTA Online. As with most wars and conflicts, it is impossible to pinpoint a specific moment when…

Predator: Hunting Grounds Is Only Fun When The Predator Is Around

Predator: Hunting Grounds takes the original film’s concept—a small squad of soldiers on a mission in the jungle are ambushed by a deadly alien hunter—and turns it into an asymmetrical multiplayer game. It seems like a logical and fun adaptation, but some mediocre gunplay and long waits bog the whole experience down. Hunting Grounds, out…

Gears Tactics: The Kotaku Review

When Gears Tactics was first announced back at E3 2018, which feels like 10 years ago, I was excited. I had never thought about it until then, but Gears of War seemed like a perfect fit for a turn-based strategy game, similar to XCOM. It turns out I was right to be excited. Gears of…

The Week In Games: Get Tactical, Gears!

The newest Gears of War game drops this week and it is different than every previous game in the franchise. Because it ain’t a cover shooter. Gears Tactics is a turn-based strategy game. I guess technically Gears Pop!, that mobile game that came out a while back, isn’t a cover shooter either. But nobody really…

Track: Far Away Eyes | Artist: The Rolling Stones | Album: Some Girls

RPG Spell Or Energy Drink Flavor?

Can you accurately pick out video game spells from the energy drink flavors? There are a ton of weird, wild, and bad energy drinks out in the world these days. I’ve reviewed some of them on this very website. Many of these drinks also have strange names and some even sound a lot like spells…

Enjoy This Cover Of Toto’s ‘Africa’ Made Using Animal Crossing

Hey, the world ain’t a great place right now for a whole host of reasons. So, relax, take a break and enjoy a wonderful little cover of a classic pop song that was made using only Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Update: This was made using Animal Crossing and some audio software to make it sound better.…

‘Shop Contest: Astroneer Costume

It’s 2020 and I can’t believe we have to tell people this, but please don’t use Halloween costumes to protect your kids from a dangerous virus. You know this gives me an idea… Your challenge this week: Show us other places, games, and movies where this costume wouldn’t be very helpful. I guess if you…

How’s It Going?: Rainy Days Edition

Sunday is the end of the week, but before we leave this week lets have one more open thread. Come on over and chat about the week or whatever. Rain! I love the rain. I get excited when I hear storms rolling in and dark clouds start to fill the sky. I’m not trying to…

Sunday Comics: Turn Off That Game!

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 April 23. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 23. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…