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CultureKotaku Game DiaryThe Forgotten Video Game Memories Hiding In Our Brains
The mind is a mysterious vessel full of things we know and, weirdly, things we’ve forgotten. My brain was cruising along as usual on Wednesday until a minute before noon when, suddenly, a Nintendo Switch press release reminded me of a passenger I had long forgotten about. There in my email inbox was a subject…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 7, 2019 -
CultureE3The E3 2019 Press Conference Schedule
It is nearly time for E3, the annual convention where companies from around the world unite to show trailers for video games that don’t actually exist yet. Are you ready? I’m ready. The show runs from June 11 through June 13, but the fun starts well before then. Beginning on Sunday, June 9, some of…
By Jason Schreier Published June 7, 2019 -
CultureSplitscreenEverything Should Be Ported To Switch (And Other Wild Hopes For E3 2019)
Will this E3 be the year we hear about Final Fantasy XVI? Or get that long-awaited Metroid Prime trilogy Switch port? On this week’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, we shared our best guesses and most optimistic dreams about what will and won’t be revealed at E3 2019. First, we talk about what we’re playing. Jason’s back…
By Maddy Myers Published June 7, 2019 -
CultureTwitchBanned Fortnite Streamer Admits He’s 12, Streams On YouTube With His Mom Supervising [UPDATED]
A pro Fortnite player signed to the esports organization FaZe Clan, who was recently banned from Twitch for being under the age of 13, has admitted that he is, in fact, 12 years old. The streamer, named Patrick, aka “H1ghSky1,” has now moved his stream to YouTube, with his mom occasionally supervising on camera. The…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 6, 2019 -
CultureThe Black Mirror Fighting Game Episode Was Out Of Control
Kotaku Editor Natalie Degraffinreid and I watched the second episode of the new season of Black Mirror, which is about two old friends that reconnect through a video game. If that sounds both tame and normal, we would both like to assure you that it is neither. It was so out of control that we…
By Gita Jackson Published June 6, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Foolishly Covered My Precious Gaming Keyboard in Slime
This is a story about the perils of homemade slime, over-intoxication, and one utterly defiled mechanical gaming keyboard. It is a story about what happens when these three things combine, and one that I am deeply conflicted about sharing. Unless you live under a rock or you’re my boss Stephen Totilo, you’ve noticed that slime—yes,…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 6, 2019 -
CultureE3Everything We Learned Today About Google Stadia [UPDATED]
The upcoming streaming platform Google Stadia won’t just follow the Netflix model, as many fans had hoped. It will instead have both a subscription and games for sale individually, as Kotaku previously reported. Here’s everything we learned today during Google’s “Stadia Connect” stream. Stadia, which was announced in March, is a streaming platform designed to…
By Jason Schreier Published June 6, 2019 -
CultureEvery Dragon Ball Character, Together
Christopher Cayco is an illustrator and artist who figured sure, why the hell not, let’s put every single character from Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Super and Dragon Ball GT in a single drawing. That’s a lot of work! Almost four months and 1000 hours hunched over a tablet, in fact, a timelapse…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2019 -
CultureTwitchPro Fortnite Player Banned From Twitch After Claims He Was Only 12
Most of the details in Turner “Tfue” Tenney’s recent lawsuit against FaZe Clan focused on the ills of his since-leaked contract with the esports organization. But the suit also alleged that FaZe lied about the age of another player it signed, saying he was 13 when, at the time, he was only 11. This would…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 5, 2019 -
CultureThe Internet Reacts To Today’s Pokémon Sword And Shield News
This morning we all learned more about Pokémon Sword and Shield, and also met my new child, Wooloo. The internet is as excited for new Pokémon as I am. After today’s Nintendo Direct, I learned that it was possible to feel even more excited for a new Pokémon game than I had already felt before…
By Gita Jackson Published June 5, 2019 -
CultureE3One Year Later, Did Nintendo (And Friends) Keep Their E3 2018 Promises?
In June 2018, the Nintendo Switch was a few months past a debut year that featured the standout games The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey. What would Nintendo reveal at E3 2018 that could possibly rival their 2017 output? And could they deliver? As with past years, the company…
By Narelle Ho Sang Published June 5, 2019 -
Culture
Each Family Member Is A Different Monster-Slaying Class In Children of Morta
Children of Morta is an upcoming action game about a monster-slaying family, developed by studio Dead Mage and published by Frostpunk developer 11 Bit Studios. We sat down with some folks from 11 Bit to talk about the development process and the role family plays in the game. In the video above, 11 Bit Studios’…
By Riley MacLeod Published June 5, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Love It When A Puzzle Game Gets Its Difficulty Curve Just Right
A good puzzle game latches onto my mind and never lets go. One of the best ways to achieve this is to lead me along a perfectly plotted difficulty curve. MythicOwl’s math-based puzzler, Hexologic, is a prime example of how that’s done. Hexologic is a relaxing Sudoku-style math game, available on Steam, iOS, Android and…
By Mike Fahey Published June 5, 2019 -
CultureSources: Destiny 2 Is Coming To Google Stadia, Getting Cross-Save
You’ll soon be able to transfer your Destiny 2 progress between multiple platforms: Xbox, PC, and the streaming service Google Stadia, on which the popular loot shooter will launch this fall. PlayStation 4 remains up in the air. Right now, switching from console to PC for Destiny 2 means starting from scratch, as there’s no…
By Jason Schreier Published June 5, 2019
