What’s A Favorite Childhood Game That Demands A Remake?

It’s Monday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take. This week we Ask Kotaku: What’s a favorite childhood game that demands a remake? Luke We had enough trouble getting EA to bring back Skate, let alone Skitchin’, but a man…

Pro Move: Hold On To Your Meat In Resident Evil Village

While the merchant will be happy to buy up any meat that the chickens and pigs drop, avoid this.

Skate 3’s Sickest Trick Is A Rube Goldberg Machine

“Do a kickflip!” Yeah, yeah, yeah. How about this: “Create an elaborate Rube Golberg machine and then use it to do the sickest trick maybe ever!” Reddit user Skate3Tommy would probably be, like, “Okay.” In a video posted to the Xbox One subreddit today, Skate3Tommy showcased “the culmination of 13 years of play and dedication”…

Even Apple Knows Fortnite‘s Peely Is A Monster

The Epic versus Apple trial kicked off its second week today, finishing up cross examination with Epic head of marketing Matthew Weissinger. In continued discussion of Epic’s unspeakable inappropriateness, Apple’s lawyer had some questions about Fortnite’s cursed banana, Peely Apple’s lawyer was going over the Fortnite mode select screen with Weissinger, establishing that Fortnite is…

Climb Roblox‘s Giant Man, If You Dare

From Terry Cavanagh, the man behind Super Hexagon, Dicey Dungeons, and VVVVVV, comes a Roblox level about climbing a giant guy that you can play for free right now Anyone can make their own game in Roblox, even celebrated indie developers. Fascinated by the free-to-play game development platform that’s enchanted children of all ages around…

The Room: Old Sins Dollhouse Is An Excellent Lego Idea

In The Room: Old Sins, players navigate a mysterious, puzzle-filled dollhouse, hoping to solve the mystery of a prominent engineer gone mad. Players find pieces of the dollhouse as they play, adding them to the build to unlock new areas. Sounds like the perfect project for the Lego Ideas program. Submitted to the Lego Ideas…

The Week In Games: Mass Effect Is Back

Mass Effect Legendary Edition is out this week on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. I’m still playing Resident Evil Village, so I won’t be playing Mass Effect’s big remastered collection anytime soon. But I expect many people are going to be reminded that a lot of Mass Effect 1 is uh.. clunky. That game had…

Dragon Ball Super Getting Another Movie Next Year

After the Dragon Ball Super TV anime ended in spring 2018, it returned to Japanese movie theaters later that year in a feature film continuation called Dragon Ball Super: Broly (pictured, above). Now, DBS is coming back once again in 2022. The official site has an English language announcement from creator Akira Toriyama, which reads:…

Everything That’s Happening In The Apple vs Epic Case

The big court case between Apple and Epic is one of the most important legal showdowns in the history of video games. It’s also throwing up a ton of very funny and interesting looks at how these billion-dollar companies do business behind the scenes. Epic instigated the lawsuit back in 2020, believing that the 30%…

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I Wish This Lady Dimitrescu Action Figure Was Real

Capcom, if you want to make a lot of money, watch this fake ‘90s action figure ad about Resident Evil Village’s Lady Dimitrecsu. Then make this thing a reality. This fake ad was created by Kevin Cappiello, a senior video editor at IGN, and shared on their Twitter account where it wasretweeted over 3k times.…

‘Shop Contest: Baby Fallen

I don’t know much about Destiny’s lore or whatever. But I do know that the Fallen baby is adorable. Let’s have some fun with this infant that looks oddly similar to a grenade Your challenge this week: Add the Fallen infant to other games, movies, and TV shows. My only knowledge of the Fallen is…

Activision Cuts Ties With Call Of Duty Voice Actor Following Sexist Remarks

Activision has cut ties with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019’s Ghost voice actor Jeff Leach after a video montage was released showing him using sexist and misogynistic insults and language. Leach also voiced Ghost in Warzone In a Twitter video posted on May 7 by NitroLukeDX, Leach is seen using misogynistic language. In the…

Sunday Comics: HONK HONK!

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 May 6. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published May 3. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: Pokémon Snap, Winners!

That’s not a Pokémon! Yet, here it is in this picture taken in the popular video game New Pokémon Snap. What a wild and zany situation this is! Our winning image this week comes from Badonkagronk who brings us a creature stranger than any Pokémon. I’m talking about the one and only living nightmare that…

Screaming Into The Void

Welcome to Snapshots, Kotaku’s weekly round-up of the best and coolest screenshots from around the web. This week I got a ton of emails from folks and it was hard to pick the best of the best. And our first screenshot from Resident Evil Village. I can’t wait to see what folks do with that…

Someone At Capcom Really Hates Ethan’s Hands

Ethan is the main protagonist of Resident Evil Village. He has a rough life, what with all the dangerous monsters trying to kill him. Ethan’s hands seem to be the main target. They get treated so poorly that I’m starting to suspect someone at Capcom hates Ethan’s hands and wants to destroy them as much…

Shirley The Skyrim Grandma Has Her Own Fully Voiced Mod

The internet’s favorite Skyrim-playing grandma, Shirley Curry, now has her very own Skyrim mod which adds her to Bethesda’s RPG as a companion. And Shirley voiced the character herself. In Shirley – A Skyrim Follower Mod, she has provided her voice for the companion and according to the mod’s Nexus page, she will tell you…