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How’s It Going?: Back And Forth Edition

Welcome to another week, and welcome back to our daily open thread. I had a funny weekend. On the plus side, I made a really good rhubarb galette, including finally succeeding at creating a flaky crust instead of the crumbly, tasteless mess I usually come up with. (You food processor pie dough people had the…

Is BloodRayne is making a comeback? Publisher Ziggurat Gameshas acquired several game properties from Majesco Entertainment, including Nazi-killing vampire BloodRayne and ill-fated sci-fi adventure Advent Rising. Ziggurat plans to update older games to be better compatible with modern systems while looking into potential new games.

Who Doesn’t Want To Be A Cybernetic Corgi Named Bullet

In ProtoCorgi from Chilean developer Kemono Games, players are cast as Bullet, a C3 class cybernetic lifeform, as he attempts to save his creator from evil aliens. C3 stands for “Cute Cyber Corgi,” as if there could be any other kind of cyber Corgi. Coming out in November for PC with a Switch port following…

The Week In Games: The Last Week Before The Last Of Us Part 2

The Last Of Us Part 2, the highly anticipated PS4 exclusive from Naughty Dog, releases this week after being delayed earlier in the year. I wasn’t as a big fan of the first game as many others were. I enjoyed some of the characters and the visuals were nice, but the rest of it just…

Official Space Invaders Branded Japanese Booze

Earlier this month, Kotaku reported that Pac-Man, Yakuza, and Sega were all getting their own branded Japanese sake. They’re not alone! According to Famitsu, Space Invaders is, too.  Next month, Space Invaders Sake is going on sale in Japan. The sakes—a pure rice junmai, a pure rice junmai ginjo, and a pure rice junmai daiginjo—were…

Track: A Few Words For The Firing Squad | Artist: Run The Jewels | Album: Run The Jewels 4

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Sheik Looks Great In Overwatch

Shayleen Hulbert is a 3D artist based in the UK who has worked on games like Heroes of the Storm, Spyro Reignited and Borderlands 3 This, though, is her part of a team’s shot at what Zelda’s Sheik would look like in Overwatch, as “a fearless non-binary hero, a lone wolf raised and trained by…

Please Don’t Bury These Real Animal Crossing Items

Wanting to bring a little Animal Crossing into the real world, props builder Kiril Hearn from Flux Tide Designs has gone and made replicas of some of the game’s items/icons, like the furniture leaf and fossil. They’re small enough to fit on your desk (6cm long, 7cm high), but what I really like about these…

Track: Funky Worm | Artist: Ohio Players | Album: Pleasure

You Can Now Play Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge From The Simpsons

Would you like to play Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge? You have selected…yes. Yesterday, former Simpsons writer and executive producer Bill Oakley shared on Twitter a free browser game built by Aaron Demeterthat recreates the disappointing golf game from the episode “Marge Be Not Proud.” This is the game Bart gets at the end end of…

New Divinity: Original Sin II DLC Out Today

A new DLC pack for Divinity: Original Sin 2 is out today for free and features new quests, loot, and enemies. “The Four Relics Of Rivellon” is the latest and biggest gift bag DLC for the popular RPG. It launches on all platforms today at no cost, with developer Larian Studios explaining that Divinity: Original…

‘Shop Contest: The PS5 Cat

A lot of people are having fun with the PS5 console and how wild it looks. But I think the real star of the PS5 event earlier this week was the cat from the upcoming game Stray. Let’s have fun with this cat! Your challenge this week: Spread the PS5 cat around. Add this great…

How’s It Going?: Cereal Edition

Another day, another daily open thread. Come in, talk, and then get out of here. I don’t want y’all making a mess. This weekend was an unusually busy one. I had shows to watch and news galore to round up and sift through. So my meals became simple and quick and one of my favorite…

Sunday Comics: …Somewhere Else

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 June 11. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published June 8. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: Ladders, Winners!

Ladders! They’re like stairs but cooler, taller and more portable. And ladders were finely added to The Sims 4. So to celebrate, I asked you folks to give more gaming characters ladders. Our winning image this week comes from sciteach and it solves a problem I know many of us have faced. What do you…

Giant Hand Takes Sun, Won’t Give It Back

This week on Snapshots: Creepy skeletons, a quiet Red Dead Redemption II farm, face-punching, cool-looking ships, and a giant hand. “Someone sacrifice a goat and bring the sun back, please.” Kotaku Snapshots is a weekly look at some of the best, funniest and coolest screenshots players have taken in their favorite games. If you have…

Everything Announced At The PC Gaming Show 2020

Even though we aren’t getting a proper E3 this year, we still got the annual PC Gaming show. The show didn’t have a ton of huge new announcements, but we did get some new trailers for games like Outlast Trials, Twin Mirror, and Weird West. And some new info about Mafia Definitive Edition and Total…

Ooblets, the ridiculously cute critter farming thing we’ve been in love with since 2017, is launching into early access this summer on PC and Xbox One. The PC version is an Epic Game Store exclusive, which everybody is completely fine with. Or not.

Persona 4 Golden Just Launched On Steam

Persona 4 Golden, the formerly Vita-exclusive enhanced version of Atlus’ classic role-playing game, launched today on Steam. It is available in a standard $20 version or a $25 “digital deluxe” edition that includes an art book and soundtrack. It allows you to choose between English and Japanese voiceover.