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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: LeBron James Toy
Come on SLAM and welcome to the JAM! It’s time to have some fun with a weird LeBron James toy! (That didn’t rhyme as well as I hoped. But my backspace key broke months ago so, can’t fix it or improve it. Moving on.) Your challenge this week: Take this weird LeBron toy and add…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 30, 2021 -
CultureBenoît Sokal, Creator Of The Syberia Series, Has Died
Belgian comic book artist Benoît Sokal, the creator of the adventure game series Syberia, died on May 28 after battling a long-term illness. He was 66 years old. The news of his passing was confirmed via a statement from game publisher Microids Sokal began creating comics in the 1970s. One of his first characters was…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 30, 2021 -
CultureSunday Comics: Meanwhile…
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 May 27. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published May 24. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 30, 2021 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Cicada, Winners?
I made a mistake. I forgot that I have to judge these contests. So now I’m trapped looking at all your images featuring nasty cicadas. I’ve played myself. No winner this week. You all created terrible, terrible things. Instead here’s the most awful picture(that didn’t include Sonic.) Congrats, AmazingMeow. I guess. I hated every moment…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 29, 2021 -
CultureCHOKESLAM!
After taking a week off, Snapshots is back. And to make up for the week off, I’ve included more screenshots than usual! Turns out, when you skip a week, you miss a bunch of awesome screenshots. If it’s your birthday, consider it a nice birthday present. Your welcome! Robo Undertaker is here and ready to…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 29, 2021 -
CultureDestruction AllStars Is Getting Bots Because Not Enough People Are Playing
Destruction AllStars, released in February exclusively on PS5, doesn’t seem to have a huge community of players online. So to help improve matchmaking the developers have announced plans to add online bots. The news of bots being added to the game was revealed in a Dev Update post on Reddit. In the post, the devs…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 29, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsHere’s Someone Playing Minecraft Using A Bop It
Bop it! Pull it! Flick it! Mine it! Bop It is a toy that (sigh) kids from the 90s will remember. I played way too much of it. I brought it to school even, which was fine because my teachers and classmates also wanted to play with it. Now Seth Altobelli has taken this toy…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 29, 2021 -
CulturePokemonKomala Is Born Sleeping, Never Wakes Up And Then Dies Asleep
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 Komala! Komala Details Type: Normal Average Height: 1′ 04″ Average Weight: 43.9 lbs. First Added In Generation VII I’m…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 29, 2021 -
CultureTwitchThe Twitch DMCAs Just Keep Coming
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The music industry is taking aim at Twitch, this time to the tune of “about 1,000 individual claims,” according to the company. Twitch’s solution? Second verse, same as the first: Delete, delete, delete. In an email sent to streamers earlier today, Twitch explained that “all of the…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 28, 2021 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryMusings Of A Mass Effect 1 Newcomer
Mass Effect Legendary Edition has given me a chance I missed the first time around. Though I’ve played through the other games of BioWare’s long-running space opera—3, Andromeda, and, years later, 2, in that order—’m tackling the first Mass Effect for the first time ever. Playing Mass Effect in 2021 is, of course, very different…
By Ari Notis Published May 28, 2021 -
CultureBloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Might Be Getting A Sequel, Maybe
In its latest round of fiscal results, 505 Games parent company Digital Bros appeared to reveal that a Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night sequel was in the works. But when reached for comment, the publisher was surprisingly aloof. The original Digital Bros document included a bullet point in its Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night slide…
By Ian Walker Published May 28, 2021 -
CultureNew Site Teaches You How To Play EVE Online
EVE Online is a tough game to learn without a lot of effort and assistance. The good news is that there’s now an easier path to getting started: the EVE Academy, a new companion website to the 18 year old MMO, was created specifically to show new players the ropes, and potentially teach a few…
By Lee Yancy Published May 28, 2021 -
CultureSplitscreenMass Effect Is Back, But It Seems Like Morality Meters Are Gone For Good
Will you save the orphans or eat them? Will you blow up the planet or give it renewable energy and free healthcare? Will you hug Leonardo Da Vinci or let his outstretched arms wither? For a minute there, it felt like games were characterized by binary choices like these—even if their prevalence might have been…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 28, 2021 -
CultureMicrosoft Flight Simulator Is Much Smaller Now
Video games are big, and as new technology supports greater visual fidelity, they’re only bound to get bigger. That’s why it’s always nice when the developers behind bulky games like Microsoft Flight Simulator figure out ways to decrease those download sizes. Microsoft Flight Simulator’s base file size was reduced from over 170 GB to just…
By Ian Walker Published May 28, 2021 -
CultureFar Cry 6 Out October 7, First Gameplay Trailer Released
Today, Ubisoft revealed our first good look at the gameplay of Far Cry 6. It included a missile-launching backpack, guerrilla warfare, and a bunch of guns. Ubisoft also shared Far Cry 6‘s release date. The open-world shooter launches on October 7, 2021 for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC, and Stadia. During Ubisoft’s…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 28, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsFortnite X Books You Read In High School
Fortnite’s gotten a crossover with Mistborn, a fantasy series by Brandon Sanderson. Following a Twitter teaser, players can now get a skin of character Kelsier along with a themed back bling, pickaxe, and load screen. It’s the game’s first book tie-in. A few Kotaku staffers have read Mistborn and were excited by this news. Another…
By Riley MacLeod Published May 28, 2021 -
CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for transforming from a high school kid into a demonic demi-fiend after an evil cult forces the world into an apocalyptic rebirth known as Conception. Ooo, and maybe we’ll get some Wendy’s. Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Remaster came out this week, and so far the game is holding up quite nicely.…
By Mike Fahey Published May 28, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsNew Witcher Board Game Hits $3 Million On Kickstarter
Well would you look at this, a licensed board game shipping with 10,000 plastic miniatures is making millions on Kickstarter. This is my most surprised face. The Witcher: Old World is a new game by Go On Board that’s set a few years before Geralt’s time, and has up to five players (one for each…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 27, 2021 -
CultureCosplayLady Dimitrescu’s Actor & Model Cosplaying As Lady Dimitrescu
Look I know we’ve already seen some incredible Lady Dimitrescu cosplay, but I figured it was worth seeing some more today given the fact the ladies in the dress here are the actors Capcom used to bring the character to life. Is this even cosplay? I don’t know, maybe not! Maybe this is just work.…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 27, 2021
