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CultureOdds and EndsMod Brings 2003’s NBA Street Vol. 2 Into 2020 With Modern Players, Uniforms
Oh hell yes. NBA Street Vol. 2, released back in 2003 for the PS2, Xbox and GameCube, has recently been updated to feature some of the players and jerseys we’d expect to be seeing in a game released in 2020. Building off a major 2016 update by johnz1 and Mazzochi, agent_michael_scarn has released NBA Street…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 6, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsThe Last Of Us 2’s Zombie Sounds Were Made By Squishy Fruit And Porridge(?)
There’s a great video up on SoundWorks Collection today featuring Beau Anthony Jimenez, sound designer at Naughty Dog, who shows off some of the ways the sounds for The Last Of Us 2 were recorded since there were no actual fungus zombies to stick in the recording booth. While the video deals with all kinds…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 6, 2020 -
CulturePlayStation Showcase Game Was ‘Stolen,’ Say Former Developers [Update]
A group of developers went public today with serious accusations of overwork and theft against their former employer, the Estonian studio Limestone Games. The claims surfaced shortly after a trailer for Aeon Must Die, the game they say was stolen from them, was shown during today’s State of Play broadcast In total, eight members of…
By Ian Walker Published August 6, 2020 -
CultureApple Says Xbox, Stadia Streaming Apps Would Break The App Store’s Rules
Google’s Stadia app can’t stream games on iOS, and yesterday Microsoft said its new xCloud streaming service wouldn’t be coming to Apple devices either. Turns out there’s a pretty concrete reason for both of those omissions: Apple won’t let them. In a statement released to Business Insider earlier today, Apple says “The App Store was…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 6, 2020 -
CultureHere’s How Bugsnax Plays
Today’s PlayStation State of Play gave an in-depth look at gameplay for the “body-horror but make it cute” hit of the summer, Bugsnax. Check out the gameplay trailer below. “Use traps and sauces to capture Bugsnax,” developer Young Horses wrote in a press release. “On top of being tasty, each of the 100 different species…
By Ash Parrish Published August 6, 2020 -
CultureFall Guys Players Are Already Unlocking An Achievement That Developers Thought Was Impossible
Fall Guys looks easy until you try it. Then you realize that it’s not about claiming glorious victory over noodle-legged nobodies. Instead, your one and only goal is to avoid accidentally discovering innovative new ways to eat shit. Winning one match is tough. Winning five in a row is darn near impossible. And yet, mere…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 6, 2020 -
CultureEverything PlayStation Announced During Today’s State Of Play
Here’s everything noteworthy that was announced, revealed, or otherwise discussed during today’s State of Play broadcast. Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time is a direct sequel to Crash Bandicoot: Warped It’s the first new game in the series in over a decade, and will give you the ability to play through the entire adventure as…
By Ian Walker Published August 6, 2020 -
CultureAll Three Hitman Games Will Be Playable In VR
Revealed today during Sony’s State of Play, IO Interactive is bringing Hitman to VR. The upcoming game, as well as the previous two games in the current trilogy, will be completely playable in VR via PSVR on PS4 when it comes out January 2021.
By Zack Zwiezen Published August 6, 2020 -
CultureStriking Lovestruck Writers Challenge Bosses And Win
Today the writers of Lovestruck, a popular visual novel romance game, announced a successful end to their unprecedented strike. Two weeks ago Kotaku reported on a writers strike for the mobile app, Lovestruck. Now, the writers have come to an agreement with their bosses at Voltage Entertainment whereby all of the writers will receive significant…
By Ash Parrish Published August 6, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsBeep Beep Whoosh
Fortnite’s latest update yesterday finally brought drivable cars to the game. We’re still finding out all the things we can do with them, but some players have found a weird new form of off-roading: trucks can fly. Players on the Fortnite subreddit, as well as on YouTube, have been posting a glitch that makes trucks…
By Riley MacLeod Published August 6, 2020 -
CultureWorld of Warcraft Adds NPC Memorial Honoring Twitch Streamer Reckful
Byron “Reckful” Bernstein was a Twitch fixture, transforming himself into an essential part of the platform’s DNA during his eight-year streaming career. Last month, he died by suicide, leaving a whole host of gaming communities mourning in his wake. Now, Blizzard has chosen to honor him with an in-game World of Warcraft tribute. Last night,…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 6, 2020 -
CultureDoom Eternal And Elder Scrolls Online Are Getting Next-Gen Ports
Bethesda announced this morning that Doom Eternal and The Elder Scrolls Online are coming to Xbox Series X and PS5 sometime in the future. The publisher didn’t say when the games would be available on the next-gen consoles, but did note that existing owners of the games will be able to upgrade to the Xbox…
By Ethan Gach Published August 6, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going? Clutter Edition
What is all this crap? Welcome back to our daily open thread. I am currently dealing with an overabundance of stuff issue in my living space. There are too many things. Boxes, books, medical supplies, cats, children—there’s too much stuff. Our landlord recently decided that, after seven years of on-time rent payments, too much stuff…
By Mike Fahey Published August 6, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsGundam Is Here With An Important Public Service Announcement: Be Good To Each Other
Gundams and their pilots are here to remind us all not to lose faith in our shared humanity. Over on the GundamInfo YouTube channel, which usually hosts an ever-changing lineup of episodes and movies from the series’ decades-long back catalog, a video titled “Message from Gundam ‘Beyond’” recently went up, full of trippy visuals and…
By Ethan Gach Published August 6, 2020 -
CultureLet’s See What The Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games Are!
Over the past few months, with more folks at home due to the ongoing pandemic, people have been buying and playing a lot of Nintendo Switch games. Let’s see what the best-selling Nintendo Switch games are! As of June 30, here they are:
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 6, 2020 -
CultureMy Goodness, Nintendo’s Profits Increased Over 400 Percent
During the three month period from April to June 2020, Nintendo’s operating profits increased by 427.7 percent. In its latest financial earnings statement, Nintendo revealed its year-on-year sales increased by 108.1 percent, while the company’s net profit is up 541.3 percent. Out of that, dedicated video game platform sales, which includes hardware, software and accessories,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 6, 2020 -
CultureSteam Glitch Temporarily Removed Some Games, Purchases From Accounts
Last night a temporary glitch hit some Steam users in the worst way possible, removing games and additional purchases like DLC from some players’ libraries. It affected all kinds of games, from Red Dead Redemption 2 to Fallout 4, with the only common trait seemingly being that they were all titles on sale for one…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 5, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsHalo Infinite, Only On The N64
Last month Microsoft showed off a ton of footage from the upcoming Halo Infinite, featuring a crash landing and a very upset pilot. They looked OK in high definition, but there’s something about them that looks even better imagined as an N64 game. This video by Hoolopee does exactly what it suggests, recreating 1:42 of…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 5, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsPaper Mario Player’s Coins Hit A Very Nice Number
Twitch streamer and speedrunner Boyks accomplished a monumental feat of gaming prowess earlier this week when he briefly hit 42,069 coins in Paper Mario: The Origami King That’s it, that’s the story. I’m 12 years old.
By Ian Walker Published August 5, 2020
