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The Monster Hunter Movie Was Inspired By A Metal Gear Solid Collab

When the first trailer for the live-action Monster Hunter movie debut, some fans might have been surprised by the soldiers and military hardware. For director Paul W.S. Anderson, this was not out of left field. It was, he said, organic. During a recent Sony Pictures chat, filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson was asked why Milla Jovovich’s…

Track: If Not for You (Alternate Take – Audio) | Artist: Bob Dylan | Album: If Not for You (Alternate Take – Audio) (single)

Cross-Platform Gaming Has Been Great

While I’ve already bemoaned the lack of real technological advances in the past console generation, not every innovation of the PS4/Xbox One era had to do with visuals or framerate. One of the quieter revelations, and one of the most forward-thinking, has been the slow adoption of cross-platform gaming, aka crossplay. For as long as…

You Can All Get This Ugly Suit In Arkham Knight Now

Today, Rocksteady Games announced that two obscure skins will finally be obtainable again in its five-year-old superhero adventure Batman: Arkham Knight. The suits in question are the Anime Batman suit and the Zur En Arrh suit, and starting today, after you update Arkham Knight, the suits will be unlocked and playable for free, without any…

BioWare Studio Head, Dragon Age Producer Both Leave Studio

Casey Hudson is leaving BioWare, again. In a blog post announcing his departure, the creative director of the Mass Effect series and now former studio general manager of BioWare wrote, “I’m incredibly fortunate to have had a career where I’ve been able to work with brilliantly talented people, create entire worlds from our imaginations, and…

Ardenweald Is The Best Shadowlands Zone And It’s Not Even Close

My Shadowlands experience has been an interesting curve. It started poorly in Bastion, picked up in Maldraxxus, and now, in Ardenweald, I’m at the top of the curve. Everything in this zone—the story, the questing, just being in Ardenweald is WoW at its best. Of all the new zones in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, I…

Markiplier Fans Celebrate His Bowel Movement

Mark “Markiplier” Fischbach is one of the biggest YouTube stars in the world. At almost 30 million subscribers, he’s afforded a level of celebrity that can make even a mundane activity, like taking a dump, a big deal. After a recent stay in the hospital for an intestinal blockage, Markiplier updated his fans on his…

Demon’s Souls Was Filled With Rubber Duckies During Development

Just like the PlayStation 3 original, the Demon’s Souls remake on PlayStation 5 is a moody, atmospheric game with very little in the way of brightness or joy. But that wasn’t always the case. The staff at Bluepoint Games frequently made use of a rubber ducky model to evaluate aspects of the Demon’s Souls engine…

Recently Teased Division 2 Mode Won’t Happen After All, ‘A Casualty Of A Tough Year.”

Yesterday, Ubisoft confirmed that an upcoming gameplay event in The Division 2, Codename Nightmare, has been canceled and will not be released as planned this year, Yannick Banchereau, the Associate Creative Director on the game, explained the situation in the latest State of The Game livestream. Codename Nightmare was a planned upcoming special Division 2…

SNK confirmed today that Kyo, Benimaru, and Shun’ei will be in King of Fighters XV, with a gameplay reveal scheduled for January 7, 2021. The game was originally announced back at EVO 2018.

Fortnite Leaks And Teases Suggest Major Xbox, PlayStation Characters Coming To The Game (Update: Kratos Confirmed)

Update (12/03/2020, 4:11 p.m. ET): Fortnite has officially announced Kratos. God of War items are available now across all platforms. Our original story follows below. Kratos and Master Chief could be headed to Fortnite soon based on recent tweets and leaks that hint at a major new cross-over in Epic Games’ massive battle royale game. The…

Sea Of Thieves Is Getting A Battle Pass

Sea of Thieves will ditch its monthly update schedule and move to a Fortnite-style seasonal model starting next year, Rare creative director Mike Chapman announced in a new update to players. “After a year of updating the game [monthly], we’re moving to a new way,” Chapman said. “So from January, seasons are coming to Sea…

Nothing Takes Me Back To 1987 Like The Legend Of Zelda

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today’s object of aural inquiry requires no introduction, so what am I even writing here? Let’s get to it. Sometimes I’ll think back to a fascinating music/gaming/cultural scene and think, “damn, I wish I had been…

Track: If We Make It Through December (Cover) | Artist: Phoebe Bridgers | Album: If We Make It Through December (single)

PlayStation Vita’s Store Isn’t Working For Some Reason (Update: It’s Back)

Update (12/03/2020, 5:06 p.m. ET): According to several users, the Vita store is working again. Our own testing confirms this as well. Kotaku has still received no word from Sony on the matter. Our original story follows below. Widespread issues with PlayStation Network on PlayStation Vita have kept players from downloading or transferring games to the…

Genshin Impact’s Mobile Haul Is Nearly $400 Million (And Counting)

Open-world adventure game Genshin Impact has made its developer miHoYo around $393 million in revenue since launching in late September, according to mobile analytics firm Sensor Tower. The wild part? That number only accounts for the game’s mobile income. Genshin Impact found near-instant worldwide success when it arrived on PlayStation 4, PC, iOS, and Android…

Scientists Are Trying To Work Out Why You Weirdos Invert Your Controls

AfterThe Guardian ran a story earlier this year on gamers inverting their controls, a group of scientists—who have shifted their studies into online stuff during Covid—are now going to do a little research to try to find out why some people play video games the normal way, while others try to play them backwards. (I…

We Sure Got Used To Microtransactions And DLC, Huh

There once was a time—around when Bethesda had the idea to sell armour for a horse back in 2006—that the prospect of buying a video game then paying more money for stuff in the same game would prompt outrage. When they first started showing up during the PS3/Xbox 360 years it felt like microtransactions and…

The Brightness Slider Is The Dimmest Idea In Video Games

“Retinas are fried after cranking up brightness to see enemies.” That is the headline of a Reddit post submitted one month ago to the Call of Duty: Cold War subreddit. His plight is achingly familiar. “It’s literally so difficult to see enemies in this game,” they write. So they delved under the hood and obliterated…

Spend Less Time On Fire With New Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch

Baldur’s Gate 3 has a new patch filled with nifty quality of life adjustments, as well as new story changes that I’m eager to see. New to Patch 3 is a new reward system for players who don’t employ the typical “party of murder hobos” tactic common in most Dungeons and Dragons games. “Patch 3…