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CultureJapan’s Most Delicious Convenience Store Chicken Nuggets Get A Robot
Japanese convenience store chain Lawson makes some truly yummy chicken nuggets it calls “Kara-age Kun.” Now store staff has a helper to make the fried food. Meet Kara-age Kun Robo Currently in trials in Tokyo, the robot has turned the Kara-age Kun cooking from six minutes to one. According to IT Media, the robot can…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 11, 2018 -
Culture
Portal Easter Egg In Counter-Strike Isn’t Teasing A New Game, Valve Says
Christmas came early for Counter-Strike players in the form of a new battle royale mode with its own fun (albeit compact) map. Thanks to an Easter egg on that map, Portal fans think their Christmas might be coming, too. To this, Valve responded that no, there is no Santa Claus. One room in a compound…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 10, 2018 -
CultureCosplayGalleryOur Favorite Cosplay Photos From Anime NYC 2018
Even though it’s only in its second year, Anime NYC is already the #1 show in the area outside NYCC, with almost 40,000 people coming through the gates of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center between November 16-18. Below you’ll find some cosplay photos and images taken by Mineralblu from the weekend, while each cosplayer’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 10, 2018 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryAshen Is A Dreamier Dark Souls
I’m a voracious Souls player. From multiple playthroughs of the Dark Souls trilogy to games like The Surge and Nioh, I can’t get enough of moody exploration and tough boss fights. Ashen, a new Souls-like published by Annapurna Interactive, released last week on the Epic store and Xbox One, and while it doesn’t reinvent the…
By Heather Alexandra Published December 10, 2018 -
CultureThe Internet Reacts To The Sonic The Hedgehog Movie Poster
The poster for the upcoming Sonic The Hedgehog movie had been released, and I just wanna say, “LMAO what the fuck?” What’s up with Sonic’s jacked, humanoid legs? What’s up with his strangely delicate fingers? Why does he look like he’s posing nude? This poster has certainly piqued my curiosity, along with the rest of…
By Gita Jackson Published December 10, 2018 -
Culture
The Week In Games: Kingdom Force
We’re spinning into the end of the year, but there’s still Earth Defense Force, Kingdom Two Crowns, and a Night Trap port coming down the pipe. We’re in the winter months now. What video games are there to play? We’ve lived through the last two months of constant rush, and now the video games have…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published December 10, 2018 -
Culture
Lookin’ Sharp, Aloy
Luc de Haan is a character and concept artist at Guerrilla, the studio behind Horizon: Zero Dawn and Killzone We’ve featured some of his stuff before, but that was a long time ago, so I figured we were due for a refresher. You can see more of Luc’s work at his ArtStation page
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2018 -
CultureShop Contest
‘Shop Contest: Katamari Rolls Everywhere
Katamari Damacy Rerolled is out in the world, gracing your Switches, and we need to figure out where that damn ball is going to go next. I’m a big fan of the Prince and his little ball. It collects all the things. You direct that little fella around and his ball just gets bigger and…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published December 9, 2018 -
Culture
Sunday Comics: Santa Dialogue
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. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published December 7. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published December 6. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published December 9, 2018 -
Culture
This Week In The Business: Epic vs. Valve
QUOTE | “In our analysis, stores charging 30% are marking up their costs by 300% to 400%. But with developers receiving 88% of revenue and Epic receiving 12%, this store will be a profitable business for us.” – Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney explains the thinking behind the newly launched Epic Games Store while throwing a…
Brendan Sinclair Published December 8, 2018 -
Culture
Steam Is Banning Sex Games With Young-Looking Characters [Update]
These days, anything goes on Steam, but not anything anything. If games are “illegal, or straight up trolling,” Valve says it’ll send them packing. In the past, that’s meant low-effort games with titles like Big Dick and MILF, achievement spam, and certain sex games Now, according to some developers, Valve is going after games that…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 7, 2018 -
Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for having been invited to a potluck/Christmas decoration party, which is so wholesome it’s kind of freaking me out. It’s also for playing video games. In my determination to get nowhere in Red Dead Redemption 2 I haven’t had a chance to check out so many recent games, so hopefully I’ll do…
By Riley MacLeod Published December 7, 2018 -
CultureKotaku Game Diary
Help, I Accidentally Bought Mario Party Instead Of Smash
After last night’s announcement that Persona 5’s Joker is coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, I finally decided I was going to buy the damn game. Then I bought Super Mario Party I don’t know how I made this mistake. Maybe I was just being hasty. Maybe after so many hours of Game Awards my…
By Gita Jackson Published December 7, 2018 -
CultureGame Awards
The Russo Brothers Have Mastered Avengers 4 Trolling
Earlier this evening, the Russo brothers appeared on stage at the Game Awards to make a Thanos joke and give an award to Fortnite Their appearance at the Game Awards was promoted. Repeatedly. Nobody forgot! When Joe and Anthony Russo appeared on stage, people got excited. People thought it meant an Avengers 4 trailer or…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 7, 2018 -
CultureGame AwardsAll The Big Announcements At The 2018 Game Awards
The 2018 Game Awards have come and gone. You can see a list of all the winners here, but if you missed anything, here’s what happened during this night of very pretty music from Red Dead Redemption 2, and also Rivers Cuomo in an aviator jacket. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: Black Order Is A Switch…
By Riley MacLeod Published December 7, 2018 -
CultureGame AwardsSonicFox Steals The Show At The Game Awards
Dominique “SonicFox” McLean took home the award for Best Esports Player tonight at The Game Awards in Los Angeles. The 20-year-old full-time student and fighting game ace gave a candid acceptance speech that was one of the night’s more heartfelt moments. “I just really really enjoy playing video games competitively,” he said. “I’ve never really…
By Heather Alexandra Published December 7, 2018 -
CultureGame Awards
God of War Wins Game Of The Year At The 2018 Game Awards
God of War is the 2018 Game Awards’ Game of the Year, beating out stiff competition from games both big and small including Red Dead Redemption 2 and Celeste. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Spider-Man, and Monster Hunter: World also came up short in the category, though a few of them picked up honors elsewhere during the…
By Ethan Gach Published December 6, 2018 -
CultureGame AwardsSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate Is Getting A Persona 5 DLC
PERSONA 5‘S MAIN CHARACTER, JOKER, IS COMING TO SUPER SMASH BROTHERS ULTIMATE AS A DLC CHARACTER. JESUS FUCK. I thought they’d given me enough gifts with Animal Crossing’s Isabelle, but somehow, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the gift that keeps on giving. This is the first of five DLC characters, which Nintendo are calling “Character…
By Gita Jackson Published December 6, 2018
