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Culture
The Art Of Endless Legend & Endless Space 2
Amplitude are the creators of beautiful (and excellent) strategy games like Endless Legend and Endless Space. Today we’re looking at the work of two of their artists. Which means a lot of the stuff you’re about to see is going to look familiar, only bigger, since most of it is only ever visible in-game as…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 9, 2017 -
CultureSplitscreen
What We’d Do If We Were Making Destiny Spinoffs
Would you watch an animated series about Destiny bounty hunters before the Fall? Would you play a game where you have to balance Destiny guns? On episode 78 of Kotaku Splitscreen, we answer all these questions and more. During last week’s show, we reached into the mailbag and took out some questions from listeners, including…
By Jason Schreier Published May 9, 2017 -
CultureIn Battlegrounds, The Troll Might Be ON The Bridge
Today on Highlight Reel we have bad Mimics, Mario Kart comebacks, Hitman killings, 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! Sleeping Dogs –Don’t Wreck…
By Chris Person Published May 8, 2017 -
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Steam just added a widget that helps shed light on why the store is showing you particular games. It’s not crazy in-depth or anything, but it does demystify the processes underlying Steam’s increasingly important algorithm a little bit. Check out Valve’s full post for the reasoning behind this addition.
By Nathan Grayson Published May 8, 2017 -
CultureSomeone Already Beat Prey In Less Than 20 Minutes
Yesterday, speedrunner DraQu beat the sci-fi shooting sim Prey in just 45 minutes. Today, he’s knocked it down to 20. This is a game that has been out for three days. You’re safe to watch the first few minutes without spoiling too much, just to see how he pulled it off. The short version: DraQu…
By Jason Schreier Published May 8, 2017 -
CultureRöki, An Adventure Game About The Deep Dark Woods
Röki is an upcoming adventure game about a girl who heads out into the wild and runs into a lot more than just some deer and snow. It’s the product of Polygon Treehouse, a new studio founded by two former art directors at Guerrilla Cambridge. The game is due out in 2018. While the stills…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 8, 2017 -
Culture
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
