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The Week In Games: Sure, More Werewolves!

WolfTeam: Classic is coming to Steam, to let others and myself relive the bygone era of free-to-play PC shooters like Combat Arms. I might download this classic re-release of the game and mentally go back in time to when these were the games I played in my high school computer lab. Also, between Werewolf Apocalypse:…

President Biden Only Just Beat His Granddaughter At Mario Kart

Over the weekend President Joe Biden made his first visit to Presidental retreat Camp David and to relax he played some Mario Kart Arcade GP DX. The moment was shared by his granddaughter, Naomi Biden, on Instagram He raced against his granddaughter, who later shared the moment on social media. She claims that although he…

Track: If You Want Blood (You Got It) | Artist: AC/DC | Album: Highway To Hell

‘Shop Contest: Thicc Godzilla

♫Oooooh no, here comes the big boy, Thiczilla.♫ Your challenge this week: Share thicc Godzilla with the world. This image of a large and in charge Godzilla comes courtesy of Netflix and the upcoming anime series Godzilla: Singular Point. Godzilla has always been thicc, but this latest one is really going for it. And I’m…

Here’s The PS1 Version Of The Witcher 3 Tub Scene

Sure, in our universe The Witcher 3 was released on PS4, Xbox One, and PC in 2015. But in an alternate universe, it was released in 1996 for the original PlayStation. This PS1 take on the famous Witcher 3 bathtub scene was created by Anders Lundbjörk, a game developer who recently released a video showing…

Modder Adds Tifa Lockhart To Tekken 7

Tekken 7 already has a large roster of characters, including some odd guest characters. But now, thanks to a talented modder, you can play as Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Created by modder Wolfe, this Tekken 7 PC mod replaces Josie in the game with Tifa and comes with five different outfits inspired by…

Sunday Comics: Does This Spark Joy?

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 Feb. 13. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Feb. 8. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: Super Bowl 2021, Winners!

Well, as someone who doesn’t like Tom Brady and lives in the Kansas City area, that wasn’t my favorite Super Bowl to watch. But it did provide us with a great topic for last week’s contest. Our winning image this week comes from Richardrae1 who sends Luigi to the moon, like a GameStop stock. Some…

Bending Over Backwards

This week on Snapshots we get some more Ghost of Tsushima screenshots, see what the Avengers are up to, spy on Spider-Man, look at pretty flowers, get angry and bend over backward. Yoga classes at the Oldest House are free, but also really weird. Kotaku Snapshots is a weekly look at some of the best,…

Please, Just Let Me Be The Dog

There’s a new game out. It lets you play as a dog (or wolf I guess, but whatever). But then, throughout the game, it turns you back into a human against your will. Hey, stop that. Video game. Stop. Let me be the dog, please. Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood isn’t great. It’s a lot…

Cosmog Is An Idiotic, Naive Ball Of Gas

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 Cosmog! Cosmog Details Type: Psychic Average Height: 0’08” Average Weight: 0.2 lbs First Added In Generation VII One of…

Dance Team Perfectly Recreates Apex Legends Character Intros

Monster Hunter Dancers, a dance group in Japan, has recreated some of the character intros featured in Apex Legends during the selection process before a match. It’s fantastic. As you might expect with a dance group, the video features dancing after the intros. I wish Apex Legends randomly loaded into a dance battle, sounds like…

Drifting PS5 Controllers, Video Game Movies Casting Big Names, 60 FPS Bloodborne, And More

This week on Morning Checkpoint, we rant about PS5 scalpers, check out some new gameplay of Nier: Replicant, play Bloodborne at 60FPS, crush a bunch of people in Hitman 3 and get an update on the GameStop stonks fiasco. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Everything I knew was a lie. My world is…

In Militsioner, Tall Cops Are Bastards

Russian studio TallBoys has released a few more minutes of footage from Militsioner, its upcoming “try to escape a town watched over by a gigantic policeman” simulator (h/tRock Paper Shotgun). Since last July, the game has been updated with voice acting as well as a system that allows you to speak to the giant cop…

Today, the law firm of Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP filed a class action complaint against Sony in New York’s Southern District. The complaint seeks damages for defective DualSense controllers. A class has not been certified yet.

Twitch Viewers Elect Meme Lizard As New Permanent Pogchamp

Today, Twitch let viewers vote on a new permanent Pogchamp emote. A lizard won. Frankly, it was inevitable. KomodoHype first got to be Pogchamp for a day last month as part of the intermittently disastrous Pogchamp-a-day promotion that brought us to this point, which Twitch decided to run after the original face of the popular…

Those Are Strawberries (Not Hearts) On Arthur’s Boxers In Ghosts ‘N Goblins

Ghosts ‘n Goblins creator Tokuro Fujiwara recently shared a mind-blowing factoid from the development of Capcom’s fiendishly hard platformer: Arthur’s iconic heart-patterned boxers are actually covered in strawberries. Okay, maybe it’s just mind-blowing to me. “There’s one very important detail I need to share with you that people might not know: the pattern on his…

The Division 2 Will Get More Updates, Announce Seemingly Surprised Developers

Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment have confirmed today that The Division 2 will receive more content this year, doubling down on statements made by Ubisoft’s CEO earlier this week during a call with investors. The current season of The Division 2 is named “End of Watch” and wraps up a storyline and character arc that began…

My Son Inadvertently Designed A Metroid Xbox Series X/S Controller

Overwhelmed by the options available at custom controller shop Mega Modz, I turned to nine-year-old Seamus Fahey for design advice. What at first seemed like a completely arbitrary selection of colors and buttons coalesced into this purple, green, red, and orange homage to Metroid, a series that will never be officially playable on an Xbox.…

Sordid Tales Of Real Romance In Online Games

It’s February, and love is in the air. But so are airborne particles that transmit a global pandemic, so real-world romance isn’t an option for a lot of people. Fortunately, uh, online games still exist, at least? And where there’s a will to flirt with complete strangers, there’s a way. On this week’s episode of…