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Your New Weekend Editor Has Sent You A Letter
Dear Kotaku Readers, Hi! I’m Zachary Zwiezen, but most folks call me Zack. I have some news for you. Starting today, I’m officially your new weekend editor. I’m sure you have some questions and maybe even some concerns. So let me try and help ease your concerns and answer your questions. Right now you might…
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Red Dead Online‘s Next Update Will Combat Griefing, Rebalance Weapons
Red Dead Online will be receiving a large update on February 26th, Rockstar Games announced today. This update will add new daily challenges and rebalance some weapons. It will also implement some of the changes Rockstar first revealedback in January. In their news post, they explained in more detail how many of these changes will…
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The Week In Games: Who’s Hungry For Some Gods?
This week’s biggest release is God Eater 3, a game which I don’t really know anything about! Looking at screenshots and videos it seems cool. Maybe I’ll give it a try when it comes out February 8th on PS4 and PC. Before I looked up anything about God Eater I had this idea in my…
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I Played All 17 Angry Birds Games And I Have Some Thoughts
There are 17 Angry Bird games available to download and play on your mobile device. I decided to download all of them and play them in chronological order of release and document my journey and maybe learn something. Actually, there are more games. You see some Angry Birds games got kicked out of the nest…
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Weird Faces, Classic Camera Angles And Other Mods For Resident Evil 2
Modders are magical. In only a short amount of time after Resident Evil 2 was released, they have been able to create some really interesting and strange mods for the remake. Not all of these mods are necessarily helpful or needed, but not all mods need to fix a game. Sometimes I just want a…
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Popular Modder Creates A Custom One Handed PS4 Controller
Ben Heck, a popular hardware modder, has spent the past few months working to create a one handed PS4 controller. In his latest update it seems he has a completed his project and has a working prototype. Using clay, duct tape and some other basic materials Heck is able to create a shape that feels…
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JumpGrid Mixes Together Pac-Man And Teleportation Into A Uniquely Fast Game
JumpGrid is a mix of bullet-hell dodging, Pac-Man and teleportation. Which might sound like a weird combo, but the mix of fast muscle memory gameplay, puzzle solving and colorful art is really fun and unlike any game I’ve played in recent memory. In JumpGrid, players control a small ship that can teleport to different fixed…
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Red Dead Redemption 2 Players Are Still Unraveling All Of Its Mysteries
One community of Red Dead Redemption players is determined to find every secret, ghost, strange sound, Easter egg and more. They don’t just want to find them though, they are also working to record them all and maybe connect them to other mysteries and even other Rockstar published games. This is the wild world of…
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Sunday Comics: Mommy?
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 January 28. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published January 31. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…
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The New Tony Hawk Game Is For Phones And It’s Bad
Tony Hawk’s Skate Jam is the newest skateboarding game from world famous skater Tony Hawk. It tries to recapture the magic of those old Pro Skater games, but ends up feeling really bad to play. I loved the Tony Hawk games. For years I would excitedly buy each new installment. So when I heard The…
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The Weird Story Behind Doom’s Rare “Ouch Face”
I don’t remember the exact situation I was in when I first saw the face, but I was surprised. I was playing Doom on a crappy Dell computer at the time. I was no older than 10. What was that? Why did the Doomguy look like he had just stepped on a LEGO brick with…
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Red Dead Redemption 2 Players Are Using Canoes To Escape The World
The world of Red Dead Redemption 2 is large. Though after you spend enough time running around the deserts and swamps of RDR2, you might want to take a vacation. Maybe go visit a new exotic land? Some crafty players have figured out how to do just that and all it takes is a canoe…
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A History Of Bowling In Video Games
How many bowling games do you think have been made? I looked around and via the Giant Bomb wiki it seems like there have been almost 100 bowling games or games that include bowling mini games. Which seems like a lot. How many different versions of bowling games does the world need? It seems like…
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Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son Is A PSVR Game And A Sequel To The Bill Murray Film
Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son is a new PSVR game that is a follow up to the 1993 comedy film, Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray. The game is being developed by Tequilla Works and MWM Immersive and published by Sony Pictures Virtual Reality. Groundhod Day: Like Father Like Son will tell the story of Phil…
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The GTA San Andreas Mission So Bad, Rockstar Had To Fix It
There have been a lot of missions in the Grand Theft Auto series. Hundreds of various missions tasking players to kill drug dealers, steal cars, destroy rival gangs and even do some yoga. Not all of these missions have been great and a few of them are completely awful. But one mission in Grand Theft…
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Resident Evil 2 Stats Reveal Players Have Seen Millions Of Cockroaches & Killed Lots of Zombies
Capcom has released some new stats about Resident Evil 2. Most of these stats are what you would expect, number of kills or time played. But Capcom is also tracking some weirder in-game actions, like how many players are staring at a specific dead body. RE2 has been out for just over a week and…
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GTA Online Adds RC Cars In Latest Update
Grand Theft Auto Online’s newest game mode isn’t about powerful supercars or big armored tanks. Instead, this new mode focuses on something tiny and fast: remote controlled cars.The RC Bandito is a small RC car that first appeared last month in the Arena War update, which added a whole new deadly game show to GTA…
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The Week In Games: Grab Your Keyblades & Get Ready!
Sora, Goofy and Donald Duck team up once more to take down evil in this week’s biggest release: Kingdom Hearts 3. I hear a lot of folks enjoy them some Kingdom Hearts and they now will finally be able to play this long awaited sequel. Which is great! Hope it was worth the wait! As…
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500+ Games Are Backward Compatible On Xbox One And More Interesting Stats
ResetEra user MauroNL spent some time putting together a comprehensive list of stats and dataabout the Xbox One backwards compatibility program. Using Wikipedia, Xbox.com and other tools, MauroNL figured out how many games are backwards compatible on Xbox One and how many have yet to receive support. MauroNL also put together some interesting stats about…
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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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