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Genshin Impact Fans Don’t Like Barbara’s New Voice, And They’re Taking It Out On Her Voice Actor

Genshin Impact’s brand new 1.3 patch, released earlier this week, added new characters, new activities, and a whole new event, but it also took something away: Barbara’s voice. Barbara is a playable character who’s basically a pop star, and before 1.3, her peppy demeanor reflected that. Now her delivery is more muted. Many fans are…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for going through all the cool indie game demos available in the Steam Game Festival. I would suggest other activities, but there are more demos than there is weekend. The particular demo I am currently enjoying is Devastator by Radiangames, an indie developer we’ve been following since thedays of the Xbox Live…

The Mass Effect Remaster’s New Look Isn’t Doing It For Me

This week we got our first good look at BioWare’s Mass Effect trilogy remaster, and I have to say it hasn’t immediately won me over, especially when it comes to the first game. Mass Effect 1 was a finicky mess at times, but it also nailed its big moments and had an irresistibly eerie sci-fi…

Playing Cyberpunk 2077 will no longer leave your PC open to getting hacked CD Projekt Red announced this morning that it’s patched out the security flaw previously introduced through the game’s mod support.

Ys IX: Monstrum Nox’s Lush Metal Is Hitting Me Right In The Cloaca

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re going to dive into the first dungeon from Ys IX: Monstrum Nox to see why the latest game in the series rocks so hard. There’s a new Ys game out this week, and once…

Let’s See How Judgment On PS5 Looks Compared To The PS4 Version

Judgment originally debuted as a PlayStation 4 exclusive in 2018. It looked great! As announced this week, the game is going multiplatform and bound for the PlayStation 5. The game stars Japanese superstar Takuya Kimura as sleuth Takayuki Yagami as he tries to find a serial killer in Kamurocho, a fictionalized version of Shinjuku’s entertainment…

Track: Design as Reduction | Artist: Brian Eno | Album: Film Music Europa

A Hat Generates Big Controversy In Latest Sky: Children Of Light Update

The latest update to thatgamecompany’s Sky: Children of Light introduced a new hat that has stirred up controversy among the game’s Chinese and Korean fans, with both sides claiming cultural significance related to the cosmetic item and refusing to give an inch on social media. While accessories aren’t labeled in-game, the Sky community largely assumed…

Someone Actually Hit Every Target In Super Smash Bros. Melee’s Credits

As a game that’s been played both casually and competitively for almost two decades, Super Smash Bros. Melee is pretty much figured out at this point. But one thing has always eluded diehard fans, at least in terms of recorded footage: a perfect run of the credits sequence. That changed two days ago. It started…

Cyclists Are Now Cheating In Video Games As Well As Real Life

Cycling is a sport that is riddled with Lycra-clad cheats. It has been since the very beginning, and remains so to this day. So much so that even while stuck inside and competing in their sport virtually, cyclists are still cheating. As this great Defector story sums up, loads of cyclists have been competing in…

WallStreetBets Mods Are Now Battling For Control Over The Subreddit [Update: Reddit Intervenes]

A couple weeks ago, most people hadn’t ever heard of WallStreetBets, the edgelord Reddit hangout for renegade investors and amatuer traders. Now it’s blown up to over 8.5 million users, and a war has broken out between the old mods and the new for control over the community and its future. “Big drama going down…

For The Streamer From The Last Of Us Bunny Meme, Virality Led To Death Threats Over Things She Never Did

If Emme “Negaoryx” Montgomery’s chat moderator hadn’t gotten up to use the bathroom, six million people would not have seen what happened next. During a stream last week, a viewer asked Montgomery, “What color is your thong today?” Usually, Montgomery doesn’t acknowledge those sorts of messages. But with her mod gone, the message did not…

Zenimax Co-Founder & CEO Robert Altman Has Died

Robert Altman, who co-founded Bethesda parent company Zenimax and was the company’s chairman and CEO, has died, Bethesda announced today Formerly a lawyer, Altman teamed up with Bethesda founder Christopher Weaver in 1999 to create Zenimax, which in addition to Bethesda’s internal studios also owns Arkane (Dishonored), id Software (Doom), MachineGames (Wolfenstein) and Tango Gameworks…

Congress Wants To Ask DeepFuckingValue Some Deep Fucking Questions About GameStop

Rep. Maxine Waters announcedthat Reddit investor DeepFuckingValue, aka YouTuber Roaring Kitty, aka former insurance marketer Keith Gill, will testify before Congress about what the hell has been going on with GameStop’s stock later this month. Waters made the announcement on Cheddar TV yesterday following Gill’s posts on the WallStreetBets subreddit, where he goes by the…

Destiny 2‘s Raid Rocket Launcher Is Supposed To Be A Lot Easier To Get

Eyes of Tomorrow is one of Destiny 2’s best rocket launchers. It’s also one of its rarest, and some players who have spent months trying to get their hands on one have still come up short. They’re especially shocked now that one of Bungie’s developers has confirmed it’s supposed to be easier to get the…

It’s Official, Lego Is Making A Sonic The Hedgehog Set

Early last year theLego Ideas program began looking into the possibility of turning a fan-made Sonic Mania Green Hills Zone design into a real Lego set. This morning The Lego Group makes it official. Lego Sonic the Hedgehog is happening. Lego Ideas is a program in which fan builders submit their creations for judging by…

This Violin-Playing Cosplayer Is The Hero We Need

Meet the Violin Samurai. The YouTuber dresses up as iconic characters in ramshackle costumes and then plays video game music. If only he could see half the time! In the clip below, for example, he spends the first section trying to get his costume (and the music) right. The actual performance is about three minutes…

Track: Tokyo Midnight feat. Botani | Artist: Niko Niko Tan Tan | Album: Tokyo Midnight (single)  

Death Stranding Cosplay Is Very 2021

It’s fitting that in a year where traditional shoots and shows are going to be off the table, one of our first features is a very lonely, very wonderful collection of Death Stranding cosplay. The cosplay here is by Mike Knight, while the photos are by heimeiart

Please Enjoy These Custom Yoshi Sneakers

For this pair of custom sneakers, which he stitched up using his own leather, Kenneth Coledecided on two things. First, he was going to make a pair of Dunks, and second, he was going to make them Yoshi Dunks. In sneaker customisation, this is what’s known as a reconstruction, where you take a shoe Nike…