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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Mortal Kombat Guest Characters, Winners!
Last week I asked you, the readers of Kotaku, to pitch some guest characters you wanted to see in Mortal Kombat. I got a large and varied list of characters, some of which I actually could see getting added into a Mortal Kombat game in the future. Our winning image this week comes from SeaBeastRising…
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Shut The Hell Up, Deacon
The world of Days Gone is serious stuff. Zombies Freakers are everywhere, killing anyone who dares get close to them. Society has collapsed. Water and food are scarce. Bandits torture, kidnap and murder innocent people. But I can’t really take any of this stuff too seriously because the game’s main protagonist won’t shut up. Days…
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Star Wars Battlefront II Players And Developers Pay Tribute To Chewbacca Actor Peter Mayhew
Earlier this week, we learned that Star Wars legend Peter Mayhew, the actor who played Chewbacca in multiple films, had passed away on April 30, 2019. Many of his fellow actors, friends, and fans have mourned the loss and now Star Wars Battlefront II fans and developers are paying tribute in-game. Soon after the sad…
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CulturePokemonZoroark Can Trick People With Illusions And Turn Into A Human
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 Zoroark! Zoroark Details Type: Dark Average Height: 5‘03“ Average Weight: 187.8 lbs. First Added In Generation V It sounds…
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CultureMorning CheckpointPlayer Gets A Terrible Zombie Surprise
Hello! Today we learn how to spell Jason Statham’s name, watch a man lose five years of progress, torture our cats with teabags, get ambushed by zombies and leave hidden notes around the office. It’s Morning Checkpoint! Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Like most weeks, Kotaku was filled with some great stories. Here…
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CultureThe Week In Games: Welcome To The Zodiac Age
You know it’s a quiet week when some of the biggest games are just ports of previously released games. Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age is making its way to Switch and Xbox One and Starlink is heading to PC. After the busy last few weeks, this upcoming week feels like a nice vacation from…
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Pewdiepie Calls For End To The ‘Subscribe To Pewdiepie’ Meme
In a video posted today, Pewdiepie asked his fans to stop using the popular “Subscribe To Pewdiepie” slogan, citing events like the Christchurch shooting, where a shooter yelled the slogan before opening firing on Muslims worshipping in New Zealand. “I think it’s time to end the ‘subscribe to Pewdiepie’ movement, or meme,” Pewdiepie says in…
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CultureWhat Was The First Game You Finished?
Inspired by a recent viral Tweet by Andy Bush, I want to know what games Kotaku readers finished first. Was it a massive RPG? A small platformer? An action game? A 90s era shooter? The first game I ever beat was Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie on the Sega Genesis. It was a beat’em…
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YouTuber Shows That Shovel Knight Is Actually 3D
Recently, the popular YouTube channel Boundary Break worked closely with developer Yacht Club Games to do a special episode taking a look at the developer’s beloved Shovel Knight series. What the YouTuber found is that the Shovel Knight games are actually 2D games built in a 3D engine. This is the most interesting and visually…
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Minecraft Villagers Are Out Of Control After The Latest Update
Villagers have been a part of Minecraft for a few years now, mostly just being quiet and boring. But the latest Minecraft update, Village & Pillage, has changed villagers and suddenly fans are encountering some strange and annoying locals. Village & Pillage is a massive update, possibly the biggest update Minecraft has ever received. It…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Mortal Kombat Guest Characters
Mortal Kombat 11 was released earlier this week and it doesn’t have any guest characters in it, at least not yet. It will almost certainly get DLC guest characters in the future. So, let’s share some ideas and concepts for future guest fighters. Your challenge this week: Add any video game character you want into…
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CultureSunday Comics: Deep Jungle
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. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 22. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published April 25. Read more of Corpse Run Clueless Hero by Luis…
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A Video Game Developed To Detect Alzheimer’s Disease Seems To Be Working
Sea Hero Quest is a video game developed in partnership with Germany’s Deutsche Telekom, game studio Glitchers and several European universities and it is designed to identify individuals who might have early and mild symptoms of dementia that medical tests aren’t able to detect. When most folks think of Alzheimer’s disease they think of an…
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After Labo VR Update Breath Of The Wild Seems To Load Faster
It seems the latest update for The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild, which added a new VR mode, has also improved the game’s loading times. Earlier this week the game received an update which added support for Labo VR. It seems this update has improved the game’s performance. As first spotted by Polygon,…
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Real-Life Crappy Military Gear Inspired The Division 2’s Weird Item Descriptions Found On Starting Gear
In the most recent State of The Game stream, it was revealed why the starting gear in The Division 2 has strange text descriptions. It turns out these bits of text were written by a veteran of the Swedish military and are inspired by his experiences in the army. Every week, Ubisoft does a stream…
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Man Spends 24 Hours Inside Minecraft VR
A YouTuber decided to experience another world and to do this, he loaded up Minecraft in VR on his PC and spent 24 hours inside the game. He then shared the results of his experiment in a recently released short documentary, revealing what happens to the brain and body during and after that much VR.…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Easter Sunday 2019, Winners!
Last week I asked you, my awesome readers, to help video game characters get a bit more into Easter spirit. You all did a wonderful job adding ears, eggs and pastel colors into various gaming worlds. Our winning image this week comes from sciteach who tried to add a bit of Easter fun into the…
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CulturePokemonCascoon Never Forgets Who Hurt It And Will Get Its Revenge
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 Cascoon! Cascoon Details Type: Bug Average Height: 2‘04“ Average Weight: 25.4 lbs. First Added In Generation III Cascoon is…
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CultureMorning CheckpointThis Monkey Really Loves Instagram
Hello! Today we ignore the freakers, watch a monkey surf the web, discuss how Yoda talks, ask “What is Rage 2?” and hope for more platformers starring pigs. It’s Morning Checkpoint! Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Like most weeks, Kotaku was filled with some great stories. Here are a few of my favorites!…
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CultureSix Months LaterRed Dead Redemption 2, Six Months Later
Red Dead Redemption 2 launched six months ago today. In those past six months, developer Rockstar faced criticisms over crunch, the main game released to great reviews, Red Dead Online launched and grew, and a country-trap hybrid hit song used the game in a music video. Here’s what’s happened in the last six months. In…
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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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