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CultureKotaku Game DiaryThe Bite-Sized Link’s Awakening Is The Perfect Follow-Up To Breath Of The Wild
How do you create a follow-up to Breath of the Wild? The Switch launch game was a massive rethinking of the Legend of Zelda series, a colossal non-linear open world in which players could create their own journey. As it turns out, the perfect way to follow that was with a Zelda that is as…
By Chris Kohler Published October 3, 2019 -
CultureSilicon Valley And ‘Skepticism For Disruption’ Inspired This Futuristic Taxi Game
Patrick Ewing, creative lead for indie game Neo Cab, told me a story about how he once got an Amazon package delivered by a person with the license plate “Uber God.” The Uber God had actually been fired from Uber that week, he told Ewing, after five years and over 19,000 rides, following an anonymous…
By Riley MacLeod Published October 3, 2019 -
CultureIf You Like Comics, You Should Read Marvel’s House of X and Powers of X
For the past 11 weeks, I have eagerly awaited Wednesday mornings in a way I haven’t in a very long time. I’m a longtime comic book reader, and since Wednesdays are when new comics come out, I’m always a little excited—but this has been different. There’s something special going on in the world of X-Men…
By Joshua Rivera Published October 3, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryFlimsy DLC Is Actually Nice If You Play It Years Later
They say familiarity breeds contempt, and video games often ask you to get extremely familiar with them. This might explain why, after a 60-plus-hour game, I’m usually…kind of tired? I don’t hate the game, but I’m definitely ready to move on. I like closure. Endings are nice. They help contextualize what was just experienced, and…
By Joshua Rivera Published October 2, 2019 -
CultureBeing King Doesn’t Look Easy in Upcoming Medieval Management Sim
Yes, Your Grace is an upcoming management sim that will put you in charge of a kingdom, and all of the witches, hunters and generals therein. I am pleased to report that this game looks like it is one thousand percent my shit. In Yes, Your Grace, you play as a king who needs to…
By Gita Jackson Published October 2, 2019 -
CultureFortnite‘s Season 10 Has Been Extended A Week
Fortnite Season 10 has been extended and will end on October 13. You’ll have another week to complete your challenges, but you’ll also have another week of dealing with the chaos this season has brought. Today’s 10.4.1 patch notes read, “We may be almost out of time, but we’re not out just yet—Season X has…
By Riley MacLeod Published October 2, 2019 -
CultureSuper Mario Maker 2 Finally Adds Online Matchmaking With Friends
Super Mario Maker 2 is packed with fun levels and player-made challenges. Enjoying these levels online with people on your friends list wasn’t possible, something that disappointed fans. A new update finally brings online matchmaking, allowing up to four players the ability to join up and tackle courses together. Before today, Super Mario Maker 2’s…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 2, 2019 -
CultureRocket League Is Replacing Loot Boxes With ‘Blueprints’
Because they suck (and also because they’re increasingly becoming illegal in some places, especially Europe), Psyonix decided in August to get rid of Rocket League’s loot boxes. They’re being replaced by something called “Blueprints,” which work….kinda like loot boxes. Currently Rocket League’s loot boxes drop at the end of matches but have to be unlocked…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 1, 2019 -
CultureOfficial Overwatch Cookbook Lets You Recreate Pharah’s Favorite Childhood Snack
From Chelsea Monroe-Cassel, author of cookbooks for World of Warcraft, The Elder Scrolls, Firefly, and A Game of Thrones, comes the first official guide to cooking the delicacies of Overwatch. Who among us hasn’t dreamed of sinking their teeth into Pharah’s Canadian Butter Tarts and washing them down with Mercy’s elderberry liquor toddy, the Valkyrie’s…
By Mike Fahey Published October 1, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryThese Are My Settings For Every Video Game
I started playing a new video game yesterday: Ghost Recon Breakpoint. But It might as well have been any other console game, in terms of how I set up the settings. Brightness? I’m going to make sure that symbol is pretty visible. After all, who knows what “barely visible” even means. It’s all relative. I…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 1, 2019 -
CultureOne Of The Best Third-Party PlayStation 4 Controllers Gets A Sequel
The Scuf Vantage is an incredibly comfortable, highly customizable third-party controller for the PlayStation 4. It’s got four customizable back paddles, extra side buttons, swappable faceplates and analog sticks—it’s basically the PS4’s answer to Microsoft’s Elite Wireless. Well, now Scuf has announced the Vantage 2, which is all that, only better. Tim Rogers and I…
By Mike Fahey Published October 1, 2019 -
CultureCall Of Duty: Mobile Is Live
After being in rigorous beta testing across multiple countries since July, Activision and Tencent’s Call of Duty: Mobile is go for iOS and Android devices everywhere but mainland China, Vietnam, and Belgium. Battle across recognizable maps, fight as iconic heroes like Ghost and Soap, and participate in a battle royale the likes of which you’ve probably…
By Mike Fahey Published October 1, 2019 -
CulturePlayStation Now Price Drops To $10 A Month, Adds New Games
Sony’s streaming game service has been slowly improving since it launched in 2014, transforming from a library of older games with ridiculous pricing into a nice selection of old and new games with questionable pricing. Today Sony cut PlayStation Now’s $20 a month subscription fee in half and added a handful of high-profile games like…
By Mike Fahey Published October 1, 2019 -
CultureTrack: Gesshoku Horizon | Artist: Alexandros | Album: Gesshoku Horizon (single)
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 1, 2019
