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Sunday Comics: Good Work!

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. 20. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Originally published Feb. 17. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero…

‘Shop Contest: Everything’s Coming Up Robotnik, Winners!

Last week I asked you all to show some love to Sonic’s longtime enemy, Dr. Robotnik. (Or Eggman if you want to use the worse name.) You all did great. Well, most of you. Some of you created terrible things. But some of those things won awards, so I’m as much to blame as you…

We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat

This week on Snapshots, creepy skeeball machines, firing a rocket in Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order, hordes of zombies, a big monster, a destroyed car and a shark from Assassin’s Creed: Odyessy eating someone. And more! I’m very happy to see some great screenshots from the latest Division 2 episode. That place is filled with…

Coca-Cola Energy Is Terrible

Coca-Cola is a classic soda that has been around for over 120 years. But times change and folks in 2020 no longer want a little caffeine. They want a lot of it. As a result energy drinks are super popular right now and so Coca-Cola, wanting to capture some of this new market, has released…

Smoochum Kisses Everything Before Touching It

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 Smoochum! Smoochum Details Type: Ice/Psychic Average Height: 1′ 04″ Average Weight: 13.2 lbs. First Added In Generation II Kissing.…

Mattel Is Making Cute Mini NFC-Enabled Toys For Minecraft Earth

Minecraft Earth is a mobile game that released last year and reminded a lot of folks of Pokemon GO. But some mini toys announced at the New York Toy Fair are going to give Minecraft Earth something Pokemon GO doesn’t currently have: Collectible toys that can give you in-game power-ups and rewards. These cute little…

Toilet Cat, Quit Hogging The Toilet

Hello! This week we cut up some giant ships, complain about the long load times in Destiny 2, find a dead body in Animal Crossing, dream about Skate 4, fall in love with a weird Fortnite skin and meet the wonderful Toilet Cat. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week These old consoles are creaking…

After Confessing To Playing 300 Hours Of Breath Of The Wild, St. Vincent Realizes She’s Played 300 Hours Of Breath Of The Wild

The above picture is of indie rock artist St. Vincent from a recent interview with Variety. It’s also the face of someone who would rather be playing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild than admitting how many hundreds of hours they’ve already spent with it. Variety’s interview with the infamously enigmatic St. Vincent…

Body Painting Streamer Banned For Nudity Despite Efforts To Stay Within Twitch’s Rules [UPDATE]

Twitch’s policies around content it deems “sexual” are inconsistently applied, but body painting—creating art using one’s face and torso as the canvas—doesn’t run afoul of them. Body painting even has its own official tag on the streaming platform. That, however, has not stopped Twitch from indefinitely suspending a streamer who says she was doing everything…

Sources: EA Canceled A Star Wars: Battlefront Spinoff Last Year

Last spring, Electronic Arts canceled a planned spinoff of its popular Star Wars: Battlefront series—the third Star Wars game that the publisher has axed since 2017. This latest game, code-named Viking, was originally envisioned for release in fall 2020 alongside the next generation of consoles. But once it became clear to EA’s executives that the…

It’s Way Too Easy For One Person To Review Bomb A Game On Metacritic

Earlier this week, members of the three-person game studio TurtleBlaze discovered their newest game, Kunai, had been inundated with what they claim were bogus negative scores. The game’s user score on Metacritic had sunk from a strong 8.1 to an atrocious 1.7, emblazoned in a bright red box for all to see. “We got review…

Destiny 2’s Load Times Are Getting To Be A Real Pain

Loading times and lag have been annoying Destiny 2 players, especially on base PS4 and Xbox One consoles, for some time now, but the game’s latest season has truly pushed the envelope on how much time you spend waiting for things to happen. Today, I booted up Destiny 2 from the home screen of my…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for being able to squeeze in one more long run before I do my first half-marathon next week, which I am pretty nervous about! The weekend is also for playing video games while I try not to obsess over feeling unprepared I’m struggling with Fortnite’s new NPC bases (as you can see…

Every Big Game Coming Out In Winter 2020

Winter is upon us, the cold and dreary season where the fall’s big games go to get delayed. The weather outside may be frightful, but games are hopefully delightful. Let’s turn those lights way down low and see what the wintertide has in store. Save those holiday gift certificates, for there is good stuff on…

Track: Nankasa (Live) | Artist: Never Young Beach | Album: A Good Time

Japan’s Most Delicious Bread Is Melon Pan

Japan has brought the world some truly delicious treats, but one of the best of all has to be meron pan (melon bread). We know it tastes good, but how was it invented? And why is it called that? Typically, melon bread is fluffy bread with a sugar-covered cookie-type top crust. The exact origins of…

Here’s the teaser for the upcoming Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter – The Final/The Beginning movies. The Final, which opens in Japan on July 3, centers on Kenshin’s battle with a weapons dealer, while The Beginning, opening in Japan on August 7, recounts the swordsman’s younger days. No word yet on international releases.

Things Will Be Okay (Hopefully) Kyoto, Japan. By Nathan Rutkofske. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line 

The Art Of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Tonight, let’s take a look behind the scenes at some of the concept art that went into the creation of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, one of the most Star Warsy-lookin’ games of all time. Below you’ll find examples of everything from character design to environmental work and even some Imperial posters, done by both…

Capcom Finally Applies Band-Aid To Street Fighter V‘s Broken Online Multiplayer

The latest Street Fighter V patch finally addresses one of the game’s most prevalent problems: shoddy online multiplayer. It took constant prodding from fans and a recent third-party fix to finally get these changes, four years after the game’s release. Street Fighter V is a game with problems, the most notable of which prevents users…