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OpinionImpressionsHood, A New Multiplayer Heist Game, Is Fine
What if Robin Hood but moodier than a mid-2000s Warped Tour ticket line? That’s the premise of Hood: Outlaws and Legends, a class-based multiplayer heist game based on a dark and stormy version of the Robin Hood folk tale, officially released yesterday for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. (Over the weekend, those who pre-ordered were able…
By Ari Notis Published May 11, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsWhaddaya Buyin? (Ethan Winters’ House, Please)
My partner and I have been looking for our dream home, and I think we found it. It’s somewhere in Eastern Europe—possibly Romania—it’s probably owned by a shady government agency, and I have it on good authority that its previous occupants won’t be coming back any time soon. I’m talking about Ethan Winters’ house in…
By Ash Parrish Published May 11, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsA Baby’s Head On Chris Redfield Is Somehow Even More Cursed Than Chris Redfield’s Head On A Baby
Yesterday, we introduced you to Baby Chris Redfield, who will decidedly not be rivaling Baby Yoda or any other baby, real or fictional, in popularity polls anytime soon. Perhaps, though, you will find Chris Redfield’s tall, rippling body with the goo-spewing head of an infant more to your liking. Or maybe you won’t. Maybe you…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 11, 2021 -
CultureUbisoft’s Skull & Bones Delayed To Late 2022
Skull & Bones is sailing into rough waters once again. In an earnings report today, Ubisoft revealed that the game has been delayed to next year. “Skull & Bones will now be released in 2022-23,” Ubisoft wrote in its report. This is the fourth delay for the swashbuckling pirate game, which was originally announced at…
By Jonathan Lee Published May 11, 2021 -
CultureXbox’s Quick Resume Will Finally Show You What Games Are Suspended
This month’s Xbox update will bring changes to Quick Resume, including, at long last, an ability to see what games you currently have suspended on your Xbox Series X or S. Last year, Microsoft’s next-gen Xboxes received attention for improved performance and graphical fidelity. But Quick Resume—a feature that allows you to juggle around half…
By Ari Notis Published May 11, 2021 -
CultureLucasArts Classic Zombies Ate My Neighbors Returns To Consoles And PC Next Month
Because the dead never rest, Lucasfilm Games and developer Dotemu have teamed up to bring enhanced versions of 1993 16-bit classic Zombies Ate My Neighbors and its less-beloved sequel to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC on June 29. These new versions of Zombies Ate My Neighbors and 1995 follow-up Ghoul Patrol take the…
By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2021 -
CultureTwitchTwitch Sure Seems To Hope This Whole ‘Sports’ Thing Blows Up
If you’ve heard of esports, you might also be familiar with “sports,” a spinoff of esports that people somehow play without computers. Twitch, which made its name on esports, has recently become very interested in these un-electronic sports and seems to really hope they’ll catch on. It began in July of last year, when Twitch…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 11, 2021 -
CultureThe Mandalorian Scores Its Own Stern Pinball Machines
When you’re really good you get your own pinball machine. Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian is really, really good, so it gets three. This morning, after some light social media teasing, Stern Pinball announced a trio of pinball machines based on the adventures of Mando and Grogu, the artist previously known as Baby Yoda.…
By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2021 -
CultureAlto Developer Snowman Spawns New Studio Dedicated To Creative Kids Play
From Snowman, the creative minds behind super-chill games like Alto’s Adventure and Skate City, comes Pok Pok, a new studio dedicated to super-chill creative play-based learning for kids—open-ended play that inspires children to imagine and think. Sounds like a nifty goal. Pok Pok began with a pair of Snowman artists, Mathijs and Esther, building a…
By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanFatal Frame Returns As A…Pachinko Slot Machine
Hoping for a new Fatal Frame? Looks like you’re going to have to wait. In Japan, a new Fatal Frame pachislo (pachinko-slot) machine has been announced. Developed by Tecmo, the first Fatal Frame debuted on the PS2 in 2001, while the most recent entry, Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, was released on the Nintendo…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 11, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanYoko Taro Has Some Story Ideas For Monster Hunter Rise
Yoko Taro did not make Monster Hunter Rise, but he certainly has some ideas for the game’s plot. On Twitter, the Nier creator listed out a version of the plot he concocted while playing through the game. Youtuber and Monster Hunter expert Gaijinhunter did a translation of Yoko’s suggestions, which can be read below: As…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 11, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanEvangelion World Closes At Japanese Theme Park
If you didn’t visit, you missed your chance. The Evangelion World attraction at the Fuji-Q Highland amusement park closed this past Sunday. The news was announced via the park’s official Twitter. As Kotaku previously posted, Evangelion World included a bust of a life-sized EVA-01 unit, clocking in at around 30 feet tall. ANN adds that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 11, 2021 -
CultureReport: Next-Gen PlayStation VR Is Sounding Pretty Impressive
Sony’s next-generation virtual reality hardware for PlayStation 5 will include a number of fancy features and even some forward-thinking technologies that are not yet available on popular consumer VR headsets, according to a report on UploadVR. Citing “reliable sources,” UploadVR reports that the next PlayStation VR headset will feature eye tracking and foveated rendering, haptic…
By Alexandra Hall Published May 10, 2021 -
CulturePlease Enjoy This Brief Courtroom Description Of A Fortnite Trailer
There wasn’t too much of note going down in the big Apple vs Epic court case today, but one thing I did enjoy very much were these official court transcripts of Fortnite trailers, in which the various events are described in painstaking detail. If you have scope for another, here’s a more detailed description of…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 10, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsNintendo’s New Waluigi Art Is Mysterious, Erotic
Over the weekend, Nintendo dropped a new video dedicated to unboxing the upcoming blue-purple Switch colorway. The upload mostly got attention, however, due to its inclusion of a never-before-seen Waluigi render that the internet…well, just look at it. I’m sure you can guess what kind of reaction the above image got without me spelling it…
By Ian Walker Published May 10, 2021 -
CultureLone Developer Stands Up To Grand Theft Auto DMCA Claim, Wins
Earlier this year fans reversed engineered the source code to Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. They released it to the web, but Grand Theft Auto copyright holder Take-Two pulled it offline via a DMCA claim. But one fan stood up to the publisher and has now succeeded in getting the…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 10, 2021 -
OpinionUncharted 4 Has The Perfect Video Game Ending
It’s the fifth anniversary of the release of Uncharted 4, and while the developers are reminiscing over on Naughty Dog’s site, I thought I’d revisit this 2016 story I wrote about the perfect video game ending. There are two endings in Uncharted 4, one right after the other. The first is fairly typical. The second…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 10, 2021
