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‘Shop Contest: Next-Gen Brute

We got to see some gameplay from that new Halo game coming out later this year. It didn’t look…amazing. But it did give us a next-gen Brute. And he looks sad. Let’s get him out of Halo Infinite and let him explore other worlds! Your challenge this week: Add this new Brute to other games,…

How’s It Going?: Frozen Food Edition

It’s Sunday and like every other day during this pandemic, that means once again it is time for another daily open thread. Come on in and chat! This is the last day before the big move and so over the past week, we have been trying to eat up all the frozen food and leftovers.…

Sunday Comics: The Horror!!!

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 July 23. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published July 20. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: Special Eyes, Winners!

They say eyes are the windows to the soul. I assume that if the eye in question is super high resolution, then you probably have a 4k soul. Regardless, last week I asked you folks to take a high-quality Luigi eye and create images with it. Our winning image this week comes from Raptureiscoming who…

Ghost of Tsushima Has The Best Photo Mode

This week on Snapshots: Ghost of Tsushima might have the best photo mode I’ve ever seen and folks are using it to take some amazing shots. So this week, most of the pics are from that game. Though there are few shots from other games like Death Stranding mixed in below. Each time I see…

Video Game HUDs Used To Be Cool

Video games look really good these days. I boot up almost any PS4 game released in the last few years and I’m impressed. But while games might look nicer than ever before, we lost cool looking “heads-up displays”, HUDs, in the process. Was it worth it? I’ve been playing a lot of Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey…

Amoonguss Is Basically An Enemy From The Last of Us

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 Amoonguss! Amoonguss Details Type: Grass/Poison Average Height: 2′ 00″ Average Weight: 23.1 lbs First Added In Generation V When…

How’s It Going?: Painting Edition

It’s Saturday! Did you know that? Well, now you do. Welcome to another open thread. We do this every day. Come on in. As I get ready for my upcoming move, I’ve been working on fixing up the walls in our current place. It’s always surprising how dinged up white walls can get, even if…

Spider-Man Is Having A Rough Day

This week we celebrate Waluigi’s birthday, watch how evil Magpies are, twirl some hotdogs, get spooked by some big spiders and feel sorry for Spider-Man. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week I’ve gone down a rabbit hole and discovered that Magpies fucking suck. Mario seems REALLY excited about this thing. Ain’t no shame ladies,…

Nintendo, Please Stop Your Hit Console From Capping My Perfect Tweets At Just 140 Characters

Although Twitter increased character limits on posts from 140 to 280 in late 2017, Nintendo has yet to reflect this change through the Switch’s screenshot and video sharing functionality. As someone who spends much of the day reading Twitter and weeping, I think this is A Big Deal. This problem has vexed me for awhile,…

G4 Is Coming Back, Apparently

The gaming-focused television network G4 has hinted at something happening next year via a brief video on its revived Twitter account. And while that’s exciting for those of us who grew up watching G4 in the early 2000s, it’s unclear what exactly it will bring to today’s audiences. The teaser was released during an IGN…

Let’s Talk About The Paper Mario: The Origami King Scene That Blew Us Away

The best thing about the Paper Mario franchise is its willingness to take a peek into the internal lives of characters that are usually just gunk at the bottom of Mario’s boots. For today’s VG Chat, Ari and Ash discuss the best character of Paper Mario: The Origami King, a little Bob-omb with a dream,…

Published last year in Japan as Iwata-San, Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Nintendo’s Legendary CEO is the English translation of Hobonichi’s biography of late, great Nintendo leader Satoru Iwata. The English translation was announced today by Viz Media, with digital and print release scheduled for next year.

I’m Finally Clearing My Gaming Backlog, And It Rules

We all have backlogs of games we keep meaning to get to, all those games we promised ourselves we would totally, for sure, for real, play eventually. Recently, I’ve started actually finishing up some games on my backlog. It feels amazing. I love finishing a game. It’s satisfying to see the credits roll, and even…

Suikoden Developers Get The Band Back Together For New RPG

Key developers responsible for various entries in the Suikoden series have formed a supergroup to develop a spiritual successor called Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, which they plan to crowdfund starting next week, according to reporting by The Verge Yoshitaka Murayama, who is often credited with creating Suikoden due to his extensive work as a director,…

Apex Legends Developers Respond To Criticism Of Pandemic Work Schedule

Screenshots of a post on Glassdoor criticizing Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment appeared on Reddit yesterday. The anonymous poster described a negative work-from-home environment that severely impacted their mental and physical health. “I feel extremely stressed and burnt out trying to keep our seasonal releases on the same aggressive timeline as pre-shelter in place productivity,”…

After A Long Wait, Red Dead Online’s Next Big Update Is Out July 28

After seven months of waiting and player protests, Red Dead Online players are finally getting a big new update, including a new Outlaw Pass, on July 28. GTA Online will be receiving some big updates and new heists later this year as well. Rockstar announced the updates today via a post on its official blog.…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for maybe baking another cake, which I did last weekend, only to end up with far too much cake, just like last weekend. It’s also for playing video games while the cake cools. I’m really excited to play Roki, a folklore adventure game that came out this week. I got excited about…

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis Basically Sounds Like A New Game

When Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis was announced during yesterday’s Xbox Game Showcase, it wasn’t immediately clear what it was. An update? A new expansion? Something more? Based on a new trailer with a lot more information than yesterday’s reveal, New Genesis seems like it will be a huge overhaul of the original 2012…

Australian Streamer Attacked By Magpie

Even streaming inside in Australia doesn’t guarantee you’re safe from an old fashioned swooping. That’s what Aussie gamer Lynchy discovered this afternoon. In the middle of a lengthy overtime game of ranked Valorant, the 28-year-old Australian got interrupted by a cheeky magpie who flew in from a side door. After being initially startled, the Aussie…