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My Madden 21 Says The Chiefs Won The Super Bowl, And I Accept That Reality

This morning Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs were awarded the Vince Lombardi trophy after defeating Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 36 to 20 in my Madden 21 simulation of Super Bowl XV. Sounds right to me. In my simulated game, which played out on my Xbox Series X console at 11…

Terraria Dev Cancels Stadia Port Over Being Shut Out Of Google Accounts

The sprawling 2D world-crafting game Terraria has been ported almost everywhere. One place it won’t be going? Stadia. At least according to one of its creators who recently took to Twitter to cancel the streaming version of the game after—he says—Google locked him out of all of his accounts. “I absolutely have not done anything…

343 Industries teased a “a new place and way to play” Halo: The Master Chief Collection in its latest development update. It could mean just about anything, like maybe MCC is getting VR support, or maybe it’s just coming to a new storefront.

Final Fantasy XIV Patch 5.5 Sets The Stage For Endwalker On April 13

There’s a new Final Fantasy XIV expansion coming later this year, but first we’ve got some loose ends to tie up. The third and final installment of the Nier-themed raid series and the first of a two-part story update leading to this fall’s Endwalker expansion arrives on April 13, alongside the open beta of the…

iam8bit’s Persona 5 Royal Vinyl Soundtrack Looks Pretty Sweet

Pre-orders for iam8bit’s three-LP vinyl soundtrack to Persona 5 Royal opened back in December, with fans dropping $75 on it without knowing what the album art or actual records look like. We’ve got an exclusive first look at the package, and, luckily for them, it’s a thing of beauty. The perfect companion to the unfortunately…

The Week In Games: Prepare For Bowser’s Fury

People like Mario games, I’ve heard. So it’s good to see Nintendo releasing another one! Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury releases later this week for Switch. I’m very excited about this port. I never owned a WiiU, so I missed out on this Mario game. It always looked like a lot of fun…

The Remade Demon’s Souls’ Soundtrack Is (Mostly) Good Enough For Me

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we take a trip into the Nexus to compare a classic’s iconic score with the newfangled revamp that attempts to build on it. For my money, the single brightest spot of the PlayStation 5’s aggressively…

Track: Discreet Music (Remastered 2004) | Artist: Brian Eno | Album: Discreet Music

The Jedi In The Woods

Adam Fisher is an artist we featured so long ago on Fine Art that the series didn’t even have a name yet Ten years later it does, and Adam has some done some incredible work in the meantime (on everything from Prey to Total Warhammer to Call of Duty), so I figured it was time…

Now This Is A Very Nice Xbox

The Xbox Series S looks very nice in white, but I think it looks even nicer in this bright, bold and decidedly floral paint scheme by 14 year-old Dutch artist Pepijn van der Flier Done with spray paint and Posca pens over multiple layers, then finished with a matte varnish, it’s exactly the kind of…

Genshin Impact City Recreated As An Enormous Model That Took 1000 Hours To Build

Here’s a piece of fan art of Genshin Impact’s Liyue Harbour, where my use of the term “fan art” seems about as woefully short of capturing the enormousness of the project as is humanly possible. This is more of a fan endeavour, requiring an astounding amount of preparation, design work, printing, painting and assembly (around…

Track: We Like Sportz | Artist: The Lonely Island | Album: Incredibad 

Cactus Props At Super Nintendo World Appear To Be Based On A Fan Game

It appears someone working on the cacti props at the Super Nintendo World theme park in Universal Studios Japan might have inadvertently built them to look just like some cacti that appear in a New Super Mario Bros Wii fan mod. Whoops! As spotted by Twitter user Meatball132, the cacti in question can be clearly…

That’s A Good Lookin’ Burger

Resident Evil 2 is a good looking video game, so it shouldn’t be too surprising that it contains a damn fine looking burger. I want to eat it. Give me that greasy, gooey cheeseburger. Thanks to Gasp on Twitter, we have a fantastic close-up look at the burger model that appears in the Resident Evil 2…

‘Shop Contest: Super Bowl 2021

The big game! The final match. The super thing! Whatever you call it, the Super Bowl is today. Seems weird to hold a Super Bowl during a pandemic, but hey, what do I know. Your challenge this week: Add some video game characters to football! Football is fine. It’s a bit boring at times, but…

Sunday Comics: You’re Hired!

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. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Feb. 1. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Feb. 1. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: Tall Lady, Winners

Last week, after resisting as long as I could, I asked you all to create some images featuring the internet’s favorite new woman: That tall lady vampire from Resident Evil Village. Our winning image this week comes from Richardrae1 who GIGAMAX’s an already tall lady. That seems like a dangerous game to be playing. As…

Keanu Reeves Doesn’t Look At Explosions

This week on Snapshots we have some great screenshots from a bunch of different games, including a nice selection of games including God of War, Control, Cyberpunk 2077, and more! Maybe he should look, because that one is pretty close, my dude. Watch out. It’s going to get you! Kotaku Snapshots is a weekly look…

GTA Online Player Pulls Off Amazing Escape

In Grand Theft Auto Online, bad things can happen at any moment. And when these bad moments surprise you, rarely can you get out of them, let allow survive in style. But every now and then someone gets very lucky. For example, Reddit user MagicBeans69420 uploaded a short clip of them barely surviving something that…

Tynamo Is Just A Boring Little Fish

Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Tynamo! Tynamo Details Type: Electric Average Height: 0’08” Average Weight: 00.7 lbs First Added In Generation V “Every Pokemon…