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A Sea Of Thieves Player Is Hiding On An Island And Waiting For You

Hello! Today we long to ride a motorcycle, discover the corn man, think about tricking pirates on a deserted island and ruin(?) Smash Bros. with dicks. 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! Humanity once…

Forager, Steam’s Latest Hit, Is All About The Grind

When I first started playing Forager, I nearly fell asleep. My little marshmallow man spawned on an abandoned island, and I was all alone, sans direction save for the option to build a furnace and hack at some trees to collect supplies. I couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about. Then I leveled up,…

Steam Users Flood Assassin’s Creed Unity With Positive Reviews Following Ubisoft’s Notre-Dame Efforts

Typically, when thumbs-down ratings pour in and Steam’s chart-based review-bomb-detection alarms start ringing, it means a developer’s done something to earn users’ ire on a massive scale. Assassin’s Creed Unity, however, is experiencing the opposite: a positive review bomb. Earlier this week, Ubisoft contributed €500,000, or about $564,775, to the Notre-Dame restoration effort in the…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for repotting and trying to trim down my very leggy houseplant, which once looked lovely and is now a gangly monster. We’ll see how that goes. It’s also for playing video games! Keza’s impressions of Katana Zero got me really excited to check the game out. Also, watching the Fortnite World Cup Open…

I’m Cramming Old BoxBoy Games Before The Sequel Comes Out

About a year ago, I came to grips with my failure to keep up with some of my favorite game series. I’m about two Fire Emblems behind and still about a half-game short of being caught up on Mario & Luigi. I’ve learned that I should just skip and reset with the new one, but…

Track: Lovin’ You | Artist: Minnie Riperton | Album: Perfect Angel  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Interurban Vein. Fukuoka, Japan. By tsuna72 | Flickr JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Through Births, Illnesses, And Holidays, This Guy Streamed On Twitch For 2,000 Days In A Row

You end up sharing a lot with your audience when you decide to stream a portion of each day for 2,000 consecutive days. Holidays, birthdays, births. Also, bodily fluids. At one point, while battling an illness, Ben “CohhCarnage” Cassell even brought the camera with him into the bathroom. “I couldn’t get away from the toilet…

The Magic Of Muscle Memory For Games

I’ve been practicing my Street Fighter V combos lately, and I’ve found that the less I think about them, the easier it is to do them. On this week’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, my co-host Kirk Hamilton and I talked about muscle memory in games, and also music. Our third host Jason Schreier is on…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Should I Choose My Crush Or My Arranged Marriage?

Hello all you concupiscent piranhas of death, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column to help you start the New Game+ of your love life. This week, we’re navigating the thorny world of feels vs. reals and making the calls that might change your relationship forever. How do you try to…

A Cyberpunk Ninja Game Where You Manipulate Time

After talking my way past the receptionist at a grotty hotel in Katana Zero, I stand in the elevator at the entrance to a heavily guarded floor, watching goons patrol back and forth. One’s got a shotgun, another a knife, another a pistol. I formulate a plan, then burst through the doors, slicing through all…

Track: Everybody Here Hates You | Artist: Courtney Barnett | Album: Tell Me How You Really Feel Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Sega Just Revealed Ten More Genesis Mini Games

In late March, Sega revealed that the Sega Genesis Mini (Mega Drive Mini) will include forty games. Ten of those games were announced. Today, Sega divulged ten more. Previously announced titles include Sonic The Hedgehog, Gunstar Heroes and Castlevania Bloodlines. The ten titles Sega revealed today are Thunderforce III Super Fantasy Zone Musha World of…

Hungarian Mountains. Visegrád, Hungary. By Marcus Patai | Instagram JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

A Wee Dragon Workshop

Nicholas Foong is an artist from Singapore currently living in LA. He’s worked on stuff like How to Train Your Dragon and Planet of the Apes You can see more of Nicholas’ art at his personal site

Our Favorite Cosplay From WonderCon 2019

WonderCon is one of America’s biggest nerd shows, with over 50,000 fans heading through the gates of the Anaheim Convention Center late last month. Here’s a collection of some of our favourite cosplay from the event! All photos and video below were taken by Mineralblu. And yes, in case you were wondering, that Samus by…

A Teen Dirtbag Beat-Em-Up With Phenomenal Writing

The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa, an independent game for the Nintendo Switch, shocked me with its greatness. I streamed it yesterday. You can watch the above video archive if you want to see me, sincerely and in real time, react to the game’s blowing of my mind. Before I downloaded it, the game had already…

Track: Love Will Tear Us Apart, 1995 Remastered Version | Artist: Joy Division | Album: Closer Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Brilliant Skies. Osaka, Japan. By Pedro Szekely | Flickr JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Persona 5‘s Joker, A Stage Builder And More Are Coming To Smash Bros. Ultimate Tomorrow

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s 3.0 update will be out on Wednesday and will add a lot to the game, even if you aren’t buying the game’s paid DLC. Those who do pay for the $5.99 add-on will be able to play as the Persona 5 character Joker and summon his persona, Arsene. A 15-minute video…