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Sunday 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…

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…

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,…

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…

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.…

‘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…

Cascoon 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…

This 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!…

Red 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…

The Week In Games: Get Over Here!!!

It’s time once again for decapitations, burning flesh and other grisly deaths. Mortal Kombat 11 is out this week. In the words of Scorpion “Get over here and play my game. Thank you.” I love me some Mortal Kombat. I’m not a huge fighting game guy and I’m not great at them, but I always…

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Forza Street Is Pretty Looking, But Too Simple

The newest game in the Forza franchise isn’t a sequel to Horizon 4 or a new entry in the main Motorsport series. Instead, Forza Street is an upcoming mobile game spin-off that is now available on the Windows 10 Store on PC. The game focuses on one-on-one street races and looks gorgeous. Sadly, there isn’t…

A New Mod Adds CJ And Big Smoke From GTA: San Andreas Into Resident Evil 2

The mod adds audio clips and character models ripped right out of the original San Andreas into RE2

‘Shop Contest: Easter Sunday 2019

It is that wonderful time of the year when bunnies lay eggs and Jesus did something. I think? I actually don’t know much about Easter and stopped celebrating it years ago. But I like the pretty colors and eggs! Your challenge this week: Help video game characters celebrate Easter! Agent 47 will celebrate any holiday…

Sunday Comics: Slushie Tornado!

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 15. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published April 19. Read more of Corpse Run  Clueless Hero by Luis…

World War Z Is Almost The Left 4 Dead Successor I’ve Wanted For Years

I’ve come to peace with the fact that Left 4 Dead 3 will never happen. So without Valve creating a new entry in the franchise, it is up to other studios to fill that zombie-co-op-action hole that L4D3 will never fill. World War Z feels like it might just do that, but it is a…

YouTuber Uses Fan Made Tools To Showcase Unused Content In New Super Mario Bros. U

Popular Mario superfan and YouTuber, Ceave Gaming, recently made a video showcasing some of the unfinished and cut content hidden in New Super Mario Bros. U. Ceave used a fan-made level editor for the game to show the unused content. Ceave used the fan-created level and game editor, named Miyamotoafter Mario’s creator, to dig deep…

Something Ain’t Right With The Latest Dinosaur Added Into Jurassic World Evolution

The newest DLC was recently released for the park building game Jurassic World Evolution. This new update included some new features, like a photo mode for consoles, but more importantly, it added some new dinosaurs. But one of these new dinos is a bit broken. Proceratosaurus is a small carnivore which was added in the…

‘Shop Contest: Models And Video Games, Winners!

Last week I asked you wonderful readers to add some more video games to a series of fashion photos and models. I didn’t know what to expect and as usual, you folks knocked it out of the park with some funny and creative creations. Our winning image this week was created by Bob The Rock…

Buzzwole Is An Alien That Communicates Exclusively In Body Building Poses

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 Buzzwole! This Pokemon was suggested by Kotaku reader Aeternus. Thanks! Buzzwole Details Type: Bug/Fighting Average Height: 7‘10“ Average Weight:…