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Teaser For Monster Hunter Live-Action Movie Is Filled With Guns

When you think of Monster Hunter, you probably think of giant monsters and giant swords. The teaser for the Hollywood adaptation gets the giant monsters part right, but adds huge guns. Watch said teaser below: Why guns?! The film’s official description might provide insight: When an unexpected sandstorm transports Captain Artemis (Milla Jovovich) and her…

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‘Shop Contest: Minecraft Kirby

Yesterday, we got a long and detailed video from Nintendo going over Steve, the new character coming Smash Bros. Ultimate later this month. But who cares about that!? Instead, the internet quickly became obsessed with what happens to Kirby when he eats Minecraft’s very blocky Steve. Your challenge this week: Add Minecraft Kirby to more…

Sunday Comics: Important Things

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 Oct. 1. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Sep. 28. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: Mario Action Figure, Winners!

Last week, we had some fun with an oddly large Mario action figure that Nintendo was advertising on Twitter. As usual, you all created some wild, funny, strange, and disturbing images. Our winning image this week comes from sciteach who pulls off the obvious joke wonderfully. What is it about this Mario doll that made…

You’re One Ugly…

This week on Snapshots we get some artsy screenshots from a few different games, check out a scary monster from Fallout, relax in the snow, punch the sky and meet a very ugly spider-thing in Star Wars. “You don’t look like your online profile picture at all!” Kotaku Snapshots is a weekly look at some…

Sandygast Is A Sand Monster Who Mind Controls Kids

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 Sandygast! Sandygast Details Type: Ghost/Ground Average Height: 1′ 08” Average Weight: 154.3 lbs First Added In Generation VII BOO!…

Oblivion’s Soundtrack Is Perfect For Adventuring

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we return to the adventurous world and epic soundtrack of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (playlist / longplay / VGMdb) was a big deal when it came out in March…

Steve From Minecraft Coming To Smash Bros. Ultimate On October 13

Steve and Alex from Minecraft are coming to Smash Bros. Ulitmate on October 13. The news was announced today during a video presentation going into great detail about Smash’s newest upcoming character. The new character is part of the Smash Bros. Fighters Pass Vol. 2, but players can also buy him separately for $5.99. I…

Vampire Kermit Is Here To Wish You All A Happy October

This week we learn more about what’s been going at Ubisoft, meet a demon version of Baby Yoda, expose a Spelunky 2 scammer, question why Comic-Con is still going to happen, find out what free games Xbox Live and PS Plus users are getting and say hello to October and Vampire Kermit. Great Kotaku Content…

Among Us Has A Cheating Problem

The past few years have made us all pretty numb to the depths of human depravity, but large swathes of people still remain shocked that anyone would dare cheat at a party game. First, it was Fall Guys. Now it’s the even less win/lose-focused Among Us Among Us is a game about players teaming up…

Spelunky 2’s Turkey Man Doesn’t Respect My Labor

Most everything in Spelunky 2 is out to kill you, so it’s always nice to come across Yang, a random NPC who mostly just chills in a little hut and talks about turkeys. But as my explorations continue to improve, so too has my knowledge of Yang’s racket, and I’m disappointed by what I’ve discovered.…

PSA: Bloodborne Is Currently Free On PS Plus [UPDATE: No Longer Free]

Update, 4:20 p.m.: Bloodborne was quickly re-listed at its MSRP, $20. We’ve reached out to Sony for clarification. Original story follows: Starting next week, members of PS Plus will be able to get free copies of Need for Speed: Payback and Vampyr through the end of October. But members can snag a terrific game for…

EVE Online Gets An Actual ‘Spreadsheets In Space’ Mode

The idea that EVE Online is just spreadsheets in space is one I’ve heard hundreds of times since I started playing EVE five years ago. I always try my best to explain the breadth and depth of the EVE experience as being much more than that. Today however, a new update to the game has…

Hades‘ Level Design Is Less Random Than It Seems

When you’re playing a game whose layout is randomized, you might not immediately think all that much about level design, or even assume the levels were designed in the same sense as, say, a fully linear game or a series of finely tuned multiplayer maps. And yet, in games such as Hades, developers meticulously assemble…

One In Four Ubisoft Employees Witnessed Or Experienced Misconduct, Internal Survey Finds

Earlier today, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot updated his employees about a recent company-wide survey regarding the status of reforms following a summer complaints about harassment, misconduct, and other systemic issues at the global video game publisher He did so in a message that was shared with Kotaku not by current employees but by Ubisoft PR.…

Here Are Some Great Video Game Victory Fanfares For No Reason At All

With the world in crisis, just straight-up, feel-good moments are few and far between. So some of us here at Kotaku, for no other reason at all, much less one dominating the current news cycle, have grabbed a bunch of our favorite fanfares from a bunch of our favorite video games to help you close…

Sea Of Thieves Streamers Quit The Game In Protest Against Rare’s Response To Toxicity

When Rare announced their pirate-adventure-sandbox Sea of Thieves to the world, the studio put an emphasis on developing the game alongside a community of players. A part of this was establishing a Pirate Code that dictated—among other things—“Everyone is welcome on the Sea of Thieves regardless of age, gender, race, sexuality, nationality or creed.” But…

NHL 94 Rewind Is An Update Of The Original With Current Rosters

One of the better classic NHL games is coming back in the form of NHL 94 Rewind. Unfortunately it’s currently only available as a pre-order bonus. “It’s today’s teams and rosters with controls and graphics from ‘94,” EA wrote on Twitter today. The publisher didn’t say if the game will have any bonus features like…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

This weekend is for rummaging around my closets to see if I have anything I can sell only so I can afford the PlayStation 5 I pre-ordered. It’s also for starfighting in starfighters. Yeah, I’ll be playing Star Wars: Squadrons all weekend long. Might even break out my Thrustmaster flight stick. Why didn’t EA license…