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Red Zones Are Putting PUBG‘s Creator At Odds With Players
Red zones, randomly occurring mortar hells, have been in PUBG since the beginning, but they’ve never been particularly popular with players. To many, they represent death by randomness, rather than skill. Recently, Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene came to the feature’s defense, and now players are pushing back harder than ever. Red zones are small mortar bombardment…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 18, 2018 -
CultureKotaku Game Diary
The Demonic Strategy Game I Love Playing Before Bed
Golem Gates is a surprising mix of strategy and card game elements that’s beautiful to look at but rough around the edges. While I started playing it because of its weird hybrid mechanics, what I really came to appreciate was its serenely empty world and relaxing ASMR voice overs I commute long hours and often…
By Ethan Gach Published April 18, 2018 -
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Paragon Used To Look A Lot More Interesting
As it was released (and as it is about to die), Epic’s Paragon looks very much like a Generic Video Game™. But these original pieces of character design show that it was at one point looking a lot cooler. They were done super early in the game’s development—we’re talking years before release—by artist Dave Rapoza,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 17, 2018 -
CultureStep Inside The Forest Of Liars
Forest of Liars is an upcoming adventure game inspired by both American and Japanese animation, in which players enter a dangerous forest and encounter a different experience each time they sit down with the game. The name comes from the challenges you’ll face once inside: you’ll encounter a range of characters who will try and…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2018 -
CulturePUBG Supply Drop Has A Mind Of Its Own
Today on Highlight Reel we have impressive outpost captures, nautical glitches, sad graves, and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! Catch up on all…
By Chris Person Published April 16, 2018 -
CultureVideo Games Can’t Handle Their Booze
I never pass up the opportunity to drink in a game. I’ve visited every bar in The Witcher 3. I’ve filled Adam Jensen’s pockets with booze in Deus Ex; I’ve chugged those drinks in the bars in Hengsha and Prague, alone in his apartment, or on street corners just because. I’ve gotten Commander Shepard blackout…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 16, 2018 -
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The Week In Games: Good Dads And Cardboard
This week, two fathers will make their way to the PlayStation 4, while Switch-owning fathers will have to deal with the cardboard machinations of their children. After playing God of War 3 again a couple years ago, I really didn’t think I could get excited about the series ever again. I was still cold on…
By Eric Van Allen Published April 16, 2018 -
Culture
Frozen Coca-Cola Released In Japan
Summer is still a while away, but Coca-Cola is releasing “Coca-Cola Frozen Lemon” this week in Japan. It’s a Coke-flavored slushie style drink with, you guessed it, a twist of lemon. The drink comes in a squeezable pouch, and according to Entabe, it apparently took eight years to develop this product from conception. From the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2018 -
CultureCosplayThe Best Cosplay From Fan Expo Dallas 2018
Fan Expo Dallas ran from April 6-8 at the Dallas Convention Center, and in addition to a surprisingly huge list of star attendees there was also loads of amazing cosplay present as well. Our cosplay photographer Mineralbluwas in the house (and outside it) taking shots, the best of which you can see below. He also…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2018 -
Culture
One Punch
Jason Kang is a freeelance concept artist and illustrator who has worked on stuff like Magic: The Gathering and Hearthstone You can see more of Jason’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2018 -
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Sunday Comics: Puppies
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 April 9. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published April 12. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 15, 2018 -
Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for the weather being nice enough to hang out on my fire escape, which means returning all of the things that have fallen from the upstairs neighbors’ fire escape onto mine. It’s also for playing video games! I’m determined to finish Far Cry 5 this weekend. I’ve only got one area to…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 13, 2018 -
CultureDrake, Jake, God Of War And More: The Week’s Hot Game Stories
God of War gets judged, sad news from Overwatch League, PlayStation 5 rumors, and more on Kotaku XP, our weekly video roundup of what the heck is going on with games and the people who play them. This week, Drake played Fortnite again, and people loved it again. This week, Jake Paul played Fortnite again,…
By Tim Rogers Published April 13, 2018 -
CultureThe Rampage Movie Is Stupid And Amazing
There is a Hollywood action movie adaptation of the video game Rampage, and it is one of the dumbest, most fun movies in theaters right now. Gita Jackson: Tim, we had the incredible treat of watching Rampage starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson last night. Were you expecting to be as entertained as we ended up…
Gita Jackson & Tim Rogers Published April 13, 2018
