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Titanfall 2, As Told By Steam Reviews

Titanfall 2 is a masterpiece, a sublime blend of speed, fury, and mech buddy feel-good vibes. Unfortunately, many people are not aware of this, because when the stompy shooter first came out, it flew uncharacteristically under the radar for something involving giant robots. Now it’s getting a second chance on Steam. While a dedicated community…

Rare Copy Of Super Mario Bros. Sells At Auction For Record-Breaking $114,000

A mint-condition sealed copy of the original Super Mario Bros. sold at auction for $114,000 on July 10, setting a new record for the sale of a single collectible video game. The previous record, a private sale for $100,150 in February 2019, was another sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. “How the heck did they…

How’s It Going?: Snakes Edition

Oh dear, it’s Monday again. Welcome back to our daily open thread. This weekend I read Salvation on Sand Mountain, a book about snake handlers. It might be the first time I read about a religion without at least briefly wondering what my life would be like if I joined it. I haven’t seen a…

The Week In Games: Samurai Simulator 2020

This week, Ghost of Tsushima releases. This is one of the last big PS4 exclusives left before the PS5 comes out. I’m excited to play Ghost of Tsushima, but I’m going to hold off. I’m still finishing up Last of Us Part 2 and have to deal with moving and packing over the next few…

The latest version of Microsoft Flight Simulator is launching on August 18 on PC. The standard edition, with 20 planes and 30 airports, will be part of Xbox Game Pass for PC. The $90 deluxe edition has 25 planes and 35 airports. The $120 premium deluxe edition has 30 planes and 40 airports. I have…

Looks Like Lego’s Making A Brick-Built NES That Plays Mario On A Retro TV [Update: It’s Real]

Chinese website VJ Gamer (via Resetera) has uploaded a series of photos of what looks like Lego set 71374, a 2,646 brick recreation of a Nintendo Entertainment System complete with controller, cartridge, and a retro TV set that plays Super Mario Bros. when a crank on the side is turned. I’d buy it. While there’s…

Track: Prisoners | Artist: Doves | Album: The Universal Want

The upcoming Monster Hunter movie with Milla Jovovich has been delayed from September 4 to April 23, 2021. According to Deadline, if Los Angeles shuts down again next month, the August release schedule will move to the fall and reopening theaters would take time. 

Far Cry 6 Is Set On An Island Nation Inspired By Cuba

After some leaks earlier this week, Far Cry 6 got a proper reveal during today’s Ubisoft Forward event. It stars Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad, The Mandalorian) as the main villain, Anton, who is the ruthless dictator of a fictional small-island country heavily inspired by Cuba. (It is also set in the modern day, which means…

Everything Ubisoft Announced Today During Its Not-E3 Event

Today, Ubisoft hosted its not-E3 event, “Ubisoft Forward.” Though the event was ostensibly about games, it was impossible to ignore the recent upheaval surrounding the French publisher. Last night, three high-profile figures—Serge Hascoët, Ubisoft’s chief creative officer; Cécile Cornet, the global head of human resources; and Yannis Mallat, the head of Ubisoft Canada—departed the company…

Today, Ubisoft announced Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla will be releasing on PS4, Xbox One, PC and Stadia on November 17. The company also confirmed that previously delayed Watch Dogs: Legion will release on the same platforms on October 29. Both will be released on next-gen consoles in the future.

‘Shop Contest: Digital Giancarlo Esposito

Oops! Far Cry 6 has leaked a little bit ahead of the official reveal, which is happening later today. Now we know that Giancarlo Esposito is the bad guy. So let’s have some fun with this digital Esposito! Your challenge this week: Add digital Giancarlo Espositio to video games. Let’s try to stick to games…

How’s It Going?: Packing Edition

Annnnddd….we…are…live!! Kotaku’s daily open thread is ready. Come on in and chat about how things are going, how you are doing, or anything else. At the end of this month, my GF and I are moving. I’ve mentioned this a few times before in previous posts, but now that we are about two weeks away,…

Ubisoft Says It Won’t Address Misconduct Issues During Today’s Digital Showcase

Ubisoft’s big gaming showcase event today will be full of hype for upcoming Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry releases, but it won’t mention the stream of allegations, resignations and overall upheaval happening as a result of weeks of reports about sexual misconduct across many parts of the publisher. A tweet posted on the company’s official…

Sunday Comics: I Have To Be There!

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 July 9. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published July 6. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

Top Ubisoft Executives Out Amid Allegations Of Company-Wide Misconduct

Serge Hascoët has resigned as Ubisoft’s chief creative officer after weeks of damning accounts of sexual misconduct throughout the company’s various studios, according to a Saturday evening press release. Yannis Mallat, the powerful head of Ubisoft’s Canadian studios, is also out effective immediately, as is the company’s global head of human resources Cécile Cornet. Hascoët…

‘Shop Contest: Pascal, Winners!

Pascal, Animal Crossing’s cute and chill otter, has returned in the most recent summer update for New Horizons. So in honor of his arrival, I asked you all to create some fun images featuring this adorable critter. Our winning image this week comes from sciteach, who improves a classic film with one simple change. I…

Fly High, Space Biker

This week on Snapshots: More Last of Us Part 2 photos, a creepy swamp, a big skull, an impressive deer, and a biker in the stars. “Where we’re going, we don’t need roads. But we might need a parachute.” Kotaku Snapshots is a weekly look at some of the best, funniest and coolest screenshots players…

Everything Announced During Devolver Direct 2020

In lieu of E3, the folks at Devolver Digital shared their latest nightmare look at the world of video games through a special “direct” presentation today. Here’s everything they showed off. We got an extended look at Shadow Warrior 3. As expected, it’s very bloody. It will be available in 2021. Massively multiplayer online party…

Revealed during Devolver Digital Direct, the cute-looking Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is coming out on PS4 and Steam on August 4th The game has been in a beta stage for some time and is looking great.