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CultureOdds and EndsThese New Consoles Need New Beep-Boops
The next generation is officially here. As I write this, I’ve just received and hooked up my PS5, next to my recently purchased Xbox Series X. They are two big blocks of expensive technology and plastic, with tons of new features and more powerful innards. Yet, these new consoles still make the same beep-boop noises…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: The Metapod Man
2020 has sucked. So, I’m going to buy one of these wild Metapod…pods and hide away until things get better. I’m thinking 2023-ish. But one downside of being trapped, safely and warmly, in one of these pods is that you can’t go anywhere or play games or do anything. Let us help the sad man…
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CultureMorning MusicHuh, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag’s Fantastic Pirate Tunes Are By The Tokyo Drift Guy
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we jump aboard our pirate ship and search the seas for Templars and loot in Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag. I’ll admit that when 2013’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (playlist / longplay / VGMdb) first…
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CultureSunday Comics: I Like It
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 Nov. 12. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Nov. 9. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Steve Kornacki, Winners!
Remember the election? It feels like 21 years ago, but it was actually just 11 days ago. That seems impossible. But ‘tis true! Anyway, Steve Kornacki stayed up for way too long during that day and the nights that followed, and to thank him we have added him to a bunch of video games and…
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CulturePlayers Are Trying To Figure Out How To Unlock A New Mysterious Door In Demon’s Souls
The Demon’s Souls remake on PS5 seems to be hiding a new mystery behind a locked door and while the community is working on how to open it, nobody has figured it out yet. Demon’s Souls was first released on the PS3 back in 2009. The newly released remake, one of the few PS5 exclusives,…
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CultureOdds and EndsMeet New York’s Greatest Superhero, Spider-Brick
Sure, sure, New York City has a bunch of superheroes and supervillains. But none of them excite me, a person who loves masonry and small items. That was until Spider-Brick showed up on the scene. Spider-Brick, like any good superhero, has a happy accident to blame for their existence. In this case, Rob Sheridancollided with…
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CultureSpider-Man: Miles Morales Has An Amazing Photo Mode
Not long ago I said Ghost of Tsushima had the best photo mode in any video game. Well, while its photo options are still great, the new Spider-Man: Miles Morales game on PS4 and PS5 has it beat. Already players are creating some amazing shots with it only a few days after it was released.…
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CultureMountain Dew Hot Sauce Is Good (In Small Amounts)
A few weeks ago I got an email from some folks at Mountain Dew. They wanted to send me something. I was intrigued. I said sure, send it my way. A few days later I found a small box on my doorstep and inside was Mountain Dew-infused hot sauce. My first thought was simply “Oh…
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CulturePokemonAlomomola Provides Great And Free Healthcare
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 Alomomola! Alomomola Details Type: Water Average Height: 3′ 11” Average Weight: 69.7 lbs First Added In Generation V Imagine…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Love Being A Lazy Hacker In Watch Dogs: Legion
When it comes to finishing missions and doing side quests, Watch Dogs Legion gives you a lot of options. You can run in and shoot everyone, sneak around using stealth, recruit an enemy, and use them to walk into a hostile area unnoticed or you can just sit in your car and be lazy. This…
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CultureMorning CheckpointWelcome To The Goose Parade
This week we talk about Bloodborne, visit the “Rose Garden”, look at some ugly teeth in Demon Souls, check out what’s new in Animal Crossing and watch a goose parade! Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week I’ll hold back any Watch Dogs Legion jokes… Without a big sea change in how music and sound…
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CultureOdds and EndsSpider-Man Remastered’s Terrible-Looking Boat NPCs Now Hide A Fun Easter Egg
Spider-Man: Remastered on PS5 contains an easter egg connected to scary-looking boat passenger NPCs seen in the original PS4 game. Spider-Man on PS4 was a gorgeous game, but if you dared to get your suit wet, you could swim out and see something not gorgeous. The people riding around in the boats were hideous monsters…
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CulturePolice Evacuate Ubisoft Montreal HQ Amid Hostage Rumors, Say No Actual Threat Identified [Update]
Police were outside the Peck building, which houses some of Ubisoft Montreal’s offices, responding to a possible hostage situation Friday afternoon. Update – 3:58 p.m. ET, 11/13/20: The Montreal police are now evacuating the building and wrote on Twitter that “No threat has been identified for now.” TVA Nouvelles is now calling the 911 call…
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CultureOver 100 Backward Compatible PS4 Games Might Have Some Issues On PS5
Though the vast majority of the 4,000+ PS4 game catalogue works without a hitch on the new PlayStation 5, around 115 games in the US PlayStation Store are tagged with a warning: “When playing on PS5, this game may exhibit errors or unexpected behavior and some features available on PS4 may be absent.” That doesn’t…
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CultureOdds and EndsI Love Assassin’s Creed Valhalla‘s Excellent Anime Reference
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, the latest Ubisoft murder tourism sim, is a massive game. It’s brimming with intriguing activities and brief vignettes, many of which go places big-budget action games tend not to. For instance: Tucked away in one of Valhalla’s early areas, you may even find an amusing reference to a popular anime and manga…
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CultureOdds and EndsThe PS5 Music Is A Whole Existential Mood
Last night I set up my PS5, started to download some games, and was immediately sucked through a haunting wormhole of self reflection by the next-gen system’s brooding menu music. I’ve been following all of the pre-release news and read dozens of PS5 reviews, including Kotaku’s own, so I had a pretty good idea of…
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CultureRemastered Nioh Collection Coming To PS5 In February
Samurai action games Nioh 1 and 2 are getting next-gen upgrades, including graphical enhancements and higher framerates, on PS5 come February 5. In a post on the PlayStation Blog, Team Ninja creative director Tom Lee writes that both games will support 4K, run at 120 FPS, have much faster load times, and let players bring…
By Ethan Gach
