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CultureParadox Director Is Very Sorry For “Low Quality” DLC Releases
Following fan backlash over Europa Universalis IV’s Leviathan DLC, which wound up the worst-rated launch on Steam of all time, the director of the studio responsible has apologised to fans for not just Leviathan’s poor quality, but that of some other recent releases as well. Posting on the company’s forums, Paradox Tinto manager Johan Andersson…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 12, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsGrand Theft Auto V Looks Almost Photorealistic Thanks To Machine Learning
While we’ve seenloads of examples of AI making games look better over the last couple of years, I’ve never seen anything like this approach, that’s able to take Grand Theft Auto V and through the power of magic make it look so damn real This is a project by Stephan R. Richter, Hassan Abu AlHaija…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 12, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsResident Evil Village Looks Much Scarier As A PS1 Game
I wasn’t blown away by the scares in Resident Evil Village, and it turns out a PlayStation 1-style demake is all the proof I need to believe the game would have been a much more terrifying experience on older consoles. Created by Hoolopee, whose impressive work we’ve showcased before, this Resident Evil Village demake video is…
By Ian Walker Published May 12, 2021 -
CultureSex Game Can’t Get On Steam, Even After $20,000 Worth Of Attempts
The developers of Holodexxx are at a loss. After spending months attempting to get their VR sex game onto Steam, they’ve hit a wall that no amount of self-censorship or mechanical refinement has been able to drill through: Valve’s nebulous definition of “pornography.” Holodexxx is a game in which simulated versions of real adult performers…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 12, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsEthan’s Severed Hand Is More Than A Gory Resident Evil Gag
We’ve established by now that Resident Evil Village puts protagonist Ethan Winters through a great deal of unpleasantness. But the already-iconic visual of Ethan’s hand being slashed and sliding off isn’t just a good running gag or Capcom at its most masochistic. It’s also a clue to an end-game twist. Spoilers for the end of…
By Lisa Marie Segarra Published May 12, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsThe Wait Is Over: Calculator Debuts For Nintendo Switch
Today, after weathering a presumably blistering fan campaign (Project Nerdfall?), Nintendo added a Calculator app to the Nintendo eShop. For 10 whole-ass American dollars you can purchase what comes in every other phone, tablet, and computer for free. I’m trying to imagine who this Calculator is for. In the app’s description it says, “Calculator has…
By Ash Parrish Published May 12, 2021 -
CultureNew Xbox Series X/S Background Is A Pulsating Blob From The Past
Rolling out with the May Xbox Series X/S update that includes important updates to that handy Quick Resume feature, “The Original” dynamic theme marks the return of the glowing green glob of Flubber from the original Xbox’s startup and dashboard. Those of you old enough to remember the original Xbox know that weird amorphous blob…
By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2021 -
CultureEvery Big Game Coming Out In Spring 2021
Spring is here! The birds are singing, flowers blooming, and uh, it rains more. What a season! Sadly, covid-19 hasn’t gone anywhere. So depending on where you live you might still be stuck inside. Well, at least you’ll have games like Monster Hunter Rise, Outriders, and Mass Effect Legendary Edition to play while you continue…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 12, 2021 -
OpinionImpressionsSilicon Dreams Is Blade Runner Meets Papers, Please
Silicon Dreams is something rather special. I almost feel bad reducing it to an elevator pitch, but honestly it captures the game so perfectly, and communicates exactly what you need to know: It’s Blade Runner meets Papers, Please OK, that’s not quite perfect. This android interrogation simulator is actually an awful lot more involved than…
By John Walker Published May 12, 2021 -
CultureMy Singing Monsters Comes To Consoles With A Bunch Of Non-Singing Minigames
Mobile hit My Singing Monsters is a game about collecting and breeding musical monsters whose unique noises join together to create beautiful music. Coming to consoles this November, My Singing Monsters Playground is a party game featuring more than 20 different minigames. Hopefully one of those minigames is singing, but I can’t tell yet. My…
By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2021 -
ReviewsToysI’m Not Sure I’m Ready For The Biomutant Plushie
Dear THQ Nordic store, I am not supposed to have the urge to cuddle a video game hero until after I have played it, and Biomutant does not come out until May 25. You cannot have my heart yet, no matter how soft and fluffy it looks with its little plush eye injury and super-cute…
By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsPretty Much Everyone In Resident Evil Village Needs Therapy
I’m a big believer in therapy and finding healthy coping mechanisms, so throughout my playthrough of Resident Evil Village, I kept thinking about how much better off everyone would’ve been had they just worked their shit out. Seriously. I think everyone in this fucked-up game could benefit from talking things out and exploring their deep-rooted…
By Lisa Marie Segarra Published May 12, 2021 -
UncategorizedGundam’s Zaku Makes A Pretty Good Japanese Teapot
Quick! Out of all the Gundam mecha, if you were to pick one to make a Japanese teapot, which would you pick? Well, as Get News reports, Bandai selected Zaku. Starting this month, pre-orders kick-off for the green-color version Zaku teapot. Priced at 27,500 yen ($252), it will also go on sale in late June…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 12, 2021 -
Kotaku EastSouth KoreaStarcraft II Great TaeJa Is Retiring Once Again
Today, Yun “TaeJa” Young Seo has announced he’s retiring from professional StarCraft II play. “There are few individuals who have been as impactful as TaeJa in the path for Team Liquid to grow to where it is today,” wrote Victor “Nazgul” Goossens—Team Liquid co-founder—in a statement. “We started working together when he was 17 years…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 12, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanCard Shop Employee Arrested For Alleged Assault Over Mask Request
Late last month, 27-year-old Kazuhiro Arita traveled from Osaka to Fukuoka. While there, according to News 24 and ANN, a 55-year-old man warned him about not wearing a mask, provoking Arita to allegedly punch him repeatedly in the head. The incident happened at around 11 pm on May 1. At that time Osaka was under…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 12, 2021 -
CultureTotal RecallLet’s Remember Gran Turismo 5’s Intro, Which Was A Masterpiece
We tend to associate video game intros with lavish, pre-rendered cinematic sequences. Something to help kickstart the story, set the tone. Which is fine, but there’s been a video game intro stuck in my head for over a decade now, and it wasn’t trying to tell me a story. It was trying to teach me…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 11, 2021 -
CultureLife Is Still Strange
Florent Auguy is an artist from France who has worked on stuff like Into the Spider-Verse and Detroit: Become Human We also featured his art waaaaaay back in 2013, but since that was such a long time ago and he’s done so much since (including a bunch of Life is Strange 2 art which you’ll…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 11, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsLady Dimitrescu vs The Humble Coffee Table
She’s as big as a truck and can kick your ass if she gets anywhere near you, but Resident Evil Village’s Lady Dimitrescu’s relentless pursuit can be rendered powerless by a single artefact: a…coffee table. As you can see in this video below, because of her walking speed and the way she pathfinds her way…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 11, 2021 -
CultureROM Hack Puts Conker In Super Smash Bros.
Smash Remix is a popular ROM hack that takes the original Super Smash Bros. and cranks the mayhem to 11 with new characters, stages, and moves. Ganondorf and Bowser were added to the popular platform fighter in previous updates, and earlier today, the developers revealed none other than Conker as a playable character alongside Star Fox…
By Ian Walker Published May 11, 2021
