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The Week In Games: Back For Blood
They just don’t make first-person shooters like they used to. Except for Strafe I actually don’t really remember how they used to make video games. Firing laser beams at motherboards? The 90s are almost two decades old, so who knows what they were really like, but the uber-violent shooter-throwback Strafe seems like as good an…
By Ethan Gach Published May 7, 2017 -
CultureSplitscreen
Podcast: Should Nintendo Make Switch VR?
Should Nintendo make a VR peripheral for Switch? What would Kirk and I do if we were put in charge of Bungie? Get the answers to those questions and many more, on today’s Kotaku Splitscreen I just started Nier: Automata, so Kirk and I talk about that for a bit (7:17) before jumping into the…
By Jason Schreier Published May 7, 2017 -
Culture
Sunday Comics: Mario And Friends
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published May 2. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published May 1. Read more…
By Ethan Gach Published May 7, 2017 -
CultureSlime-san Is A Lo-Fi Platformer That Wants To Sweep You Off Your Feet
Slime-San is the type of twitchy, lighting-quick platformer I‘m happy to spend hours dying in. Filled with micro levels similar to Super Meat boy, the fourth project from the New York studio Fabraz takes the labyrinths of classic games like Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong Country and condenses them down into a single screen…
By Ethan Gach Published May 6, 2017 -
Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for usually writing some funny thing here about your weekend and then also mentioning video games, but you’re playing Prey for review so that’s all you’ve got. I’m playing Prey. I streamed some of it earlier today and it was a lot of fun, though I wish the mimics would jump like…
By Riley MacLeod Published May 5, 2017 -
CultureLegendary Mario 64 Record For Collecting All The Stars Finally Broken
For years, speedrunners have been trying to collect 120 Mario 64 stars in under 1:40:00. People have come close, but nobody was able to break the barrier—until now. Allan “Cheese05″ Alvarez just earned his place in Mario 64 history by collecting all the stars in a record 1:39:57, as you can see below: To understand…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 5, 2017 -
CultureWatch Someone Speedrun Portal Without Using Any Portals
Speedrunner 097AceOfSpades beat Portal in 52 minutes using no portals and a lot of airboat cheats. Usually, Portal takes about three hours to complete. And, as the title implies, you complete it by using portals to solve the game’s tricky puzzle-based campaign mode. 097AceOfSpades relies on one main hack to get through the game sans…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published May 5, 2017 -
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Storm Collectibles’ Ryu And Scorpion Figures Are The Best Around
No one makes fighting action figures quite like Storm Collectibles. From real life warriors like Bruce Leeand Muhammad Ali to a pair of video game’s most famous martial artists, Storm’s kung fu is incredibly strong. I’d meant to showcase Storm’s renditions of Mortal Kombat’s Scorpion and Street Fighter’s Ryu much sooner, but the box they…
By Mike Fahey Published May 5, 2017 -
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Battlegrounds Will Add Loot Crates And Skins, But Not Until After Early Access
With over two million copies sold, I think it’s fair to say that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is doing alright, money-wise. The developers hopefully will not starve. They do, however, have plans to make more money off the game in the future. But not until it’s “done.” In an interview with Gamasutra, Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene said that…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 4, 2017 -
CultureHoly Crap, We Made 300 Episodes Of Highlight Reel
Today on the *drumroll* 300th episode of Highlight Reel we have a glitchy gay brothel, blue shell escapes, Romans, Nioh PvP, pan faces and much, 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.…
By Chris Person Published May 4, 2017 -
Culture
March Of The Killer Babies
Rock D is a concept artist from China who works in the video game business. You can see more of Rock D’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 work of video game…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2017 -
CultureTetris Speedruns Remain Hypnotizing
The only thing more enjoyable than seeing the reactions of speedrunners KevinDDR and ApertureGrillz at the end of this new world record for Tetris: the Grandmaster 2 Plus is watching all of those pieces fall into just the right places. Please do watch this video, recorded earlier this week when they set the record. There’s…
By Jason Schreier Published May 4, 2017 -
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Steam Users Are Concerned About Valve’s New Gift Policy
As part of a recent round of tweaks to Steam, Valve made some subtle quality-of-life changes to Steam’s gifting system. Users, however, pointed out that the consequences are farther-reaching than they initially seem. What the change is: First and foremost, gifting is now more straightforward. Instead of gifting games to a friend’s email address or…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 4, 2017 -
CultureCosplay
This is Acdramon with a custom-coloured Genji from Overwatch.
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2017
