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How’s It Going? New Edition

I’ve been wanting to do this since I took over this post. Welcome back to our daily open thread. The only question about the New Edition edition of How’s It Going? was which song to use. “Candy Girl” is too obvious. “Mr. Telephone Man” hasn’t aged well. So I went with the most modest of…

India has banned the immensely popular PUBG Mobile game along with 118 other China-based mobile apps according to a press release from the Indian Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology. This is the latest round of Chinese app bans from the Indian government after TikTok and WeChat were banned in June.

It Took 12 Years, But I Finally Got A Platinum PlayStation Trophy

Sony introduced trophies for PlayStation 3 games in July of 2008. Since then I’ve earned more than 3,000 virtual accolades on PlayStation consoles, but it wasn’t until last weekend that I finally joined the Platinum trophy elite, thanks to Hello Games’ The Last Campfire. I wasn’t looking for fame and notoriety as I wound my…

Gyruss Remixed Bach, Then NES Remixed Gyruss

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s new, daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re checking out Gyruss, which impressed early arcade-goers with its switched-on Bach, then sounded even better on the NES and its Japan-only disk add-on. 1983’s Gyruss (longplay), by Time Pilot creator and future Street…

Track: September (Live) | Artist: Earth, Wind & Fire | Album: Live in Orlando

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Tim Douglas is an artist who has worked on games like Squad and Beyond the Wire You can see more of Tim’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Twitch Employee Accused Of Sexual Assault No Longer With Company

Back in June, Hassan Bokhari, accounts director of strategic partnerships at Twitch, was accused of sexual abuse and assault by a Twitch streamer named Vio. Now, after an investigation that began months ago, Twitch has banned Bokhari from the platform, and he is no longer an employee at the company. This evening, Twitch banned Bokhari’s channel,…

Oh Look, Microsoft Is Accidentally Mentioning A Next-Gen Console They Haven’t Actually Announced, Again

To date, Microsoft has announced a single next-gen console: the Xbox Series X. Thing is, we all basically know that there’s a second console coming, one that is yet to be announced, despite the fact there are more and more products out there that specifically mention it. Products made by Microsoft! That console is the Xbox…

The Twitch Viewers Who Dedicate Their Days To Trolling The Army And Navy

Sam is a 20 year-old college student who says he felt deceived by military recruitment efforts at his own high school. Recently, he found a way to push back. He and dozens of others, spread across a couple of Discords, spend chunks of their day trolling the military on Twitch. They harbor no delusions. They…

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Will Bring Some D&D To Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering fans, get ready to get a little bit of Dungeons and Dragons chocolate in your Magic: The Gathering peanut butter. In today’s official Zendikar Rising preview, Wizards of the Coast announced a new card set coming in Q3 2021 that will bring some D&D flavor to the planes of Magic While Dungeons…

It’s Damn Near The Apocalypse, But At Least My Blaseball Team Is Doing Well

Shit sucks. Our government continues to expand the boundaries of its fascist power. The ostensible opposition party lacks the strength or willingness to do anything. Society continues to buckle under the weight of a preventable pandemic. The only “hope” we have is a doddering politician who promises to change nothing if he becomes president. But…

Players Are Making Amazing Things In Overwatch‘s Workshop Mode

Overwatch turned four this past June, and despite attempts to keep the game fresh with new events, skins, and game modes, there’s only so many times one can tell a teammate to get on the damn payload. But one way players are keeping the game fresh and exciting is through experimenting in Overwatch’s Workshop, a…

Destiny 2’s Newest Subclass Will Work Very Differently

Bungie is radically reworking how build customization works for Destiny 2’s upcoming Stasis subclasses. We got our first look at these new Stasis subclasses in all of their crystalline glory during Gamescom Opening night. Now Bungie has put up a blog post that breaks down how they’ll work in more detail, and it’s a big…

Moon Designer Credits Toby Fox With Motivating Western Release

If you’re enjoying Moon: Remix RPG Adventure’s newly released Switch port, you probably have Undertale creator Toby Fox to thank. In a recent VICE Games interview, Moon scenario writer and designer Yoshiro Kimura credits Fox with providing the “emotional motivation” necessary for the developers to finally bring the game west. “We’re from different generations, but…

Vlambeer Is Closing Down

In 2010, two Dutch students—Rami Ismail and Jan Willem Nijman—founded an independent video game studio. It would start with some fishing, go on to release games like Nuclear Throne and Luftrausers, and now in 2020 is shutting down like a rock band deciding yeah, you know what, enough is enough. So broken is this industry…

Pokémon Masters EX Hashtag Looks Real Bad In Lowercase

Last month, the mobile game Pokémon Masters underwent some changes. In addition to new story events and trainer pairings, it also received a new name: Pokémon Masters EX. But we’re not here to talk about any of that. We’re here to talk about how the game is getting promoted on Twitter, chiefly through a hashtag…

Ubisoft’s next Forward event will be September 10 at 3pm EDT, the company revealed today. A pre-show starts at 2pm EDT.

Biden Campaign Brings Centrist Yard Signage To Animal Crossing

It’s September 1, the 2020 election is barely two months away, and the Biden campaign has hit the ground running with some very official Animal Crossing: New Horizons designs for players to show support for the Democratic ticket throughout their islands. As The Verge reports, there are four separate designs. The first features the official…

Fortnite’s Latest Marvel Map Change Adds A Black Panther Statue

Since Fortnite’s Season 4 started, the map has been getting new landmarks at a furious pace. The latest is a monument to the Marvel superhero Black Panther, a giant statue called Panther’s Prowl. The Panther’s Prowl monument is just west of Misty Meadows. Like many of the new Marvel POIs, it’s less of a landmark…

How’s It Going? Hooray September Edition

It’s still hot outside, the sun is still shining bright, but there is an end in sight. Welcome back to our daily open thread. It’s going to be another month before the leaves start changing in my area, and who knows when the temperatures will drop from “it burns” to “this is nice,” but it…