Zack Zwiezen

Cutiefly Knows That Amber Is The Color Of Your Energy

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 Cutiefly! Cutiefly Details Type: Bug/Fairy Average Height: 0′ 04″ Average Weight: 0.4 lbs First Added In Generation VII Cutiefly,…

How’s It Going?: Finishing A Big Game Edition

Welcome, to another wonderful, amazing, and damn fine open thread from Kotaku! We do this daily! Come on in and chat. Finally, I beat Assassin’s Creed: Odyessy. For the last two weeks, I’ve been playing 4 to 6 hours a night. Every night. And after finishing a bunch of side quests and locations, I, at…

In a developer update, Crucible developers Relentless Studios have announced that they are removing two of the three game modes from the free-to-play shooter. The developer says they want to focus on their most popular mode while working to improve the game and add features like voice chat.

An Unfinished And Playable Build Of Dead Island 2 From 2015 Has Leaked

An early, unfinished build of Dead Island 2 has leaked online and now folks are playing and sharing footage of this old corpse of a game. As spotted by Eurogamer, this build appears to have leaked in the last 72 hours or so via 4chan. The build is dated June 2015 and was being developed…

2020 Really Sucks

This week we listen to Black creators and how Twitch is failing them, we talk to game companies about what they are doing to really help support Black People, make fun of some cops and try not to think about how awful 2020 has been. I wanted to have a fun image, but right now…

Somebody Turned Half-Life: Alyx Into P.T. In Case You Never Want To Sleep Again

Even though P.T. was just a playable teaser for a game that we will never actually get to play, it still haunts many people’s memories. Now, someone is trying to recreate the terrifying game using the Half-Life: Alyx engine. Spotted by PC Gamer, this creation is simply titled PT. It’s a Source 2 VR map…

The Very First Harry Potter Game Was A Weird LEGO Joint

Long-running video game franchises all have to start somewhere, and it’s not always pretty. Looking back to that origin point can show us not just how the greats began, but how far they’ve come since. Today we unearth the very first Harry Potter video game. So, What Was The First Harry Potter Game? LEGO Creator:…

Rockstar Games Will Temporarily Shut Down GTA Online And Red Dead Online In Support Of Black Lives Matter

Rockstar Games said today that it will shut down the servers for its popular online games, Red Dead Online and Grand Theft Auto Online, for two hours in response to the current protests over police brutality and the death of George Floyd. In a tweetposted today on the company’s official Twitter account, Rockstar wrote that…

Handheld Doom Lets You Manually Crank The Chaingun

It’s a well-known fact that the 1993 classic Doom will be ported to everything, eventually. You can now add the Playdate, a yet-to-be-released micro-console with a crank, to the long list of “Things That Can Run Doom.” Nic Magnier, a game developer, posted a video on Twitter over the weekend showing a version of Doom…

The Week In Games: Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics Can’t Come Soon Enough

I’m so ready to just relax with my girlfriend, turn off the news for a few hours and play 51 games on our Switch. Of course, I’ll turn the news back on right after we are done. And if I’m being honest, I won’t’ really escape any of this. I check Twitter all the time.…

Track: No Glory in The West | Artist: Orville Peck | Album: Show Pony

Red Bull Summer Edition Is A Great New Flavor And Bad New Slushie

Summer is fast approaching. Days are getting warmer. The sun seems brighter and I’m wearing more shorts. And Red Bull has released a new Summer-inspired flavor but in two forms. The traditional canned energy drink and an icy slush drink at Sonic. Which is better? Read the headline. And the rest of this post! This…

‘Shop Contest: National Eyewear Day

I wear glasses. Many of you wear glasses. And it turns out next week, on June 6, there is a holiday for all of us: National Eyewear Day! Congrats. So let’s give video game characters glasses! Your challenge this week: Give video game characters, creatures and etc glasses or sunglasses. Technically, according to NationalToday.com, sunglasses…

How’s It Going?: Cleaning Edition

Another Sunday, another open thread. Come on in, take a break, grab a snack and chat with folks about…anything you want! The last few days have been a wild time for my girlfriend and me. Good wild! We got approved for an apartment and signed a lease. It’s bigger and should work better for us…

Sunday Comics: Are You Okay?

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 28. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published May 25. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: Shark, Winners!

You thought you were safe just because you weren’t in the ocean? Nope! Sharks are everywhere this week after I asked you folks to spread sharks where they don’t belong. Our winning image this week comes from Badonkagronk who reveals the origins behind the Baby Shark song. I’m not surprised. So many different sharks in…

Dancing In The Moonlight

This week on Snapshots we look at some lovely sunsets, a strange monster, a cool jump, a small bird in Red Dead Redemption II, a creepy face, and spot some zombies enjoying a nice run through the dark. It’s caught me in its spotlight. Kotaku Snapshots is a weekly look at some of the best,…

Tips For Getting Your Image Picked!

If you are reading this, you take screenshots a lot! I assume. And you are interested in getting some of these screenshots picked by me to appear in our weekly Snapshots feature. (Again, I’m assuming. It would be weird if you didn’t and were reading this.) Here are some tips! 1. No HUD Or In-Game…

Riot Reveals New Valorant Agent, Reyna

The official Valorant Twitter account released a short teaser today showing off a new character coming to the game. Her name is Reyna and she reminds of someone… Reyna is from Mexico and after teasing the character recently, Riot showed off about 30 seconds of gameplay in a small video. The video also seems to…

The Best Video Games Starring Sharks

There have been a lot of video games released over the years that feature sharks, but not as many let you play as these smooth and deadly beasts. And often shark games aren’t very good. But some stand out. Here are the best shark games ever made. Jaws: Unleashed I remember being very excited to…