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The PlayStation Forums Are Closing Down

For the longest time, Sony has run its own official message board, a place where PlayStation owners could get together, hang out, ague pointlessly and, most importantly, troubleshoot. But on February 27, that board will be shutting down. Sony announced the move late last week with a very short, very blunt message: Hello, Beginning 27th…

Persona 5 Royal Is Editing Two Homophobic Scenes

Persona is a series that has sometimes struggled with homosexuality, like Persona 4’s well-meaning-but-ultimately-busted approachto Kanji’s romance. Persona 5, meanwhile, had a couple of scenes involving a “Scruffy Romantic” and “Beefy Trendsetter” on release that were…yeah. Here’s the first of those scenes: Just so you can get a clearer idea of the tone, here’s the…

Track: Rodeo | Artist: Lil Nas X (ft. Nas) | Album: 7 

This Is A Controller For A Sega Saturn Game

Weird controllers! I love ‘em! And so does the YouTube channel Stop Skeletons From Fighting. They recently released a video going over some of the dumbest, weirdest and most expensive controllers ever made. A few months back, SSFF uploaded a great video about weird Dreamcast accessories, including a fishing controller you can use for a…

The Week In Games: Slide To The Left, Slide To The Right

It’s time to power slide and shoot some robots. Vanquish is being released on PS4 and Xbox One this week, alongside Bayonetta. It is a good day for fans of action games. I’ve been putting off playing Vanquish for too long. I need to just buy it and play it. I’ve gone too long in…

Track: Jolene | Artist: Dolly Parton | Album: Jolene 

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A Wretched Hive Of Scum And Villainy

Kevin Jick is an artist at Treyarch. You can see more of Kevin’s stuff at his ArtStation page

When Konami Employees Got Complaints For Being Too Dirty

I’ve been readingthrough the new book Japansoft: An Oral History recently, and while it’s full of very cool and interesting stories about the earliest days of Japanese game development, there’s one story in particular that’s my favourite. The book is a prettier and more concise repackaging of John Szczepaniak’s excellent The Untold History of Japanese…

Track: Dead Of Night | Artist: Orville Peck | Album: Pony 

It Seems A Playable Xbox Build Of StarCraft Ghost Has Leaked (Update)

Here’s something I didn’t expect to see today: New gameplay footage of StarCraft Ghost. The third-person shooter had a rocky and well-known development history before being officially canceled by Blizzard, something confirmed back in 2014.Now an early Xbox build seems to have leaked out and popped up online. Andrew Borman posted some screenshots on Twitter…

‘Shop Contest: Everything’s Coming Up Robotnik

Dr.Robotnik, or Eggman if you prefer the worse name, is the main villain of the Sonic games and the new movie. In the movie, he is played by Jim Carrey. Let’s take this version of the ol’ doctor and add him to other games! Your challenge this week: Add Jim Carrey’s Robotnik to stuff. Look,…

Sunday Comics: Peeps?

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 Feb. 13. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Originally published Feb. 10. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero…

‘Shop Contest: Valentine’s Day Cards, Winners!

Last weekend, I wasn’t here but you all got the mission to create some gaming themed Valentine’s Day cards. Special thanks to Peter and Narelle for keeping the ‘Shop Contest train going while I was away. Our winning image this week comes from Buchi Chu who created a cute and funny card, with some fantastic…

You Wanna Ride The Rollercoaster?

This week on Snapshots, scary big monsters, starry skies in Fallout 4, cool spaceships in No Man’s Sky, some sweet neon signage in The Division 2 and a creepy rollercoaster in Fallout 76. I played some of those new missions in The Division 2 and they feature some wonderful art and visuals. Check that stuff…

Mawile Will Eat You Up In One Big Chomp

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 Mawile! Mawile Details Type: Steel/Fairy Average Height: 2′ 00″ Average Weight: 25.4 lbs. First Added In Generation III I’ll…

Be Very Suspicious, Anything Could Be A Cake

Hello! This week we play some creepy demos, learn about the new Division 2 expansion, find out what’s hidden in the files of Pokemon Home, watch Fred Flintstone eat too much and cut up some disturbingly real-looking cakes. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week I never thought about how Fallout 4‘s VATS system could…

Coffee Talk Is A Sleepy Little Game In A Magical, ‘Post-Racial’ World

I’ve been holding off on playing Coffee Talk even after reading Heather’s positive impressions the other day. It wasn’t until Kotaku’s Senior Editor Natalie Degraffinried was in town when I finally had a good excuse to play it, which we did for the first time together on video. What I wasn’t fully prepared for was…

Jedi: Fallen Order Almost Couldn’t Include The Word ‘Jedi’

At the D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas earlier this week, Respawn Entertainment director Stig Asmussen sat down for a brief fireside chat about Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The talk provided a peek behind the curtain on the game’s development, including the revelation that the studio almost had to tiptoe around using the official Jedi…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for a three-day weekend, which should always be the length of weekends. I am going to do chores, and do nothing, and play some video games. I started tinkering around with The Swindle on my Switch last night. It’s a stealth robbery game I played a lot of when it came to…