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CultureFinally, A Video Game About The Boat
You’ve no doubt heard by now about (literally) the largest story in the world. Three days ago, the Ever Given, a 1,300-foot freight liner, grounded on both shores of the Suez Canal, blocking any passage for any other boats. Despite the best efforts of engineers, tugboats, and one very determined bulldozer. It’s still stuck. As…
By Ari Notis Published March 26, 2021 -
CultureEvery STALKER 2 NPC Has A ‘One-Of-A-Kind Smile’
GSC Game World’s Zakhar Bocharov stopped by today’s ID@Xbox presentation to show off more of STALKER 2, the upcoming sequel to the cult classic, post-apocalyptic shooter series that’s been in production in some form for over a decade. While we still don’t have any actual gameplay, Bocharov provided a brief look at a few character…
By Ian Walker Published March 26, 2021 -
CultureSonicFox Showed Up To A Mortal Kombat Event In Typical SonicFox Fashion
Yesterday the WePlay Esports Ultimate Fighting League kicked off a live Mortal Kombat 11 tournament featuring a handful of international players including Dominique “SonicFox” McLean. The opening ceremony was like any typical esports event, complete with a DJ and the kombatants (official term, Ed Boon says it’s required) standing solemnly on stage before the karnage…
By Ash Parrish Published March 26, 2021 -
CultureA New Melty Blood Fighting Game Got Announced Out Of Nowhere
Japanese developer French Bread recently revealed a new entry in the fighting game series that put it on the map: Melty Blood. I know, I know, but stick with me. This is pretty cool and a big deal for folks who live and breathe fighting games. First, the nitty gritty: Melty Blood: Type Lumina is…
By Ian Walker Published March 26, 2021 -
CultureNobody Saves The World Is A New Action-RPG From The Guacamelee! Devs
Drinkbox Studios, the makers of popular brawler Guacamelee!, have a new game on the way. It’s an action role-playing game called Nobody Saves the World In Nobody Saves the World, the world in question needs saving from a doomsday event called the Calamity. Though it shares a name and purpose (destroy everything) with the Calamity…
By Ari Notis Published March 26, 2021 -
OpinionImpressionsImmortals’ New DLC Taught Me A Lot About Chinese Mythology
It’s probably fair to say most DLC isn’t that great or memorable. That was the case with the first download for Immortals Fenyx Rising, which added a bunch of new puzzles and not much else. However, the game’s second DLC, Myths of the Eastern Realms, is a rare example of good downloadable content. In fact,…
By Zack Zwiezen Published March 26, 2021 -
CultureBalan Wonderworld Gets Day One Patch To Address Seizure Risk
Square Enix has released a day one patch for Balan Wonderworld, released today, to fix issues with a late-game scene that had bright, flashing lights that the company called a “photo-sensitive epilepsy risk.” A tweet from the official Balan Wonderworld account earlier today confirmed that the day one patch would fix a bug that could…
By Zack Zwiezen Published March 26, 2021 -
CultureYou Can Now Only Buy 60 Days Of Game Time In World Of Warcraft
Yesterday Blizzard announced they would be removing the 30, 90, and 180-day game time purchase options from World of Warcraft, leaving only the 60-day option. “We recently conducted a review on the available services in all currencies. Based on this, we have decided to alter the available Game Time options in the Blizzard Shop,” Blizzard…
By Ash Parrish Published March 26, 2021 -
CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
Let’s drop this pretense about what the weekend is for and get straight to the point. Of course I will be playing the free PlayStation 4 idol rhythm game from Square Enix this weekend. No one needs a post to tell them that. What’s that? It’s called Love Live! School Idol Festival ~after school ACTIVITY~…
By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2021 -
CultureMorning MusicDusk Makes My Head Bang And My Knees Shake
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re going old school and grooving to the creepy, heavy soundscapes of modern retro-shooter Dusk I love me a good ‘90s shooter. (No you weirdos, I will not call them “boomer shooters.”) And of the…
By Zack Zwiezen Published March 26, 2021 -
CultureOdds and Ends$900 Resident Evil Statue Is NSFW
PureArts are releasing this 1:1 scale bust of a Resident Evil Licker, which they say is, “One of the most disturbing creatures you can ever imagine encountering.” They are not lying. Due for release at the end of the year, the version PureArts are selling is $900. Please also consider the added cost of explaining this…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2021 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryFallout 76 Was Right, It Was Time To Stop Playing
Bored and without a large, engrossing game to play until Disco Elysium: The Final Cut drops later this month, I did the unthinkable: I downloaded Fallout 76 onto my PlayStation 5. I was almost immediately met by a game-breaking bug that, while easily rectified with a reboot, felt like a sign that I could give…
By Ian Walker Published March 25, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsHey, What The Hell?
Today, during the Future Games Show: Spring Showcase, we got a look at Of Bird and Cage, a playable metal album that forces you to make narrative choices at various points throughout what can only be described as a Mudvayne-themed lucid dream. One of the choices featured in the trailer certainly raised an eyebrow. What…
By Ari Notis Published March 25, 2021 -
CultureYyeessss, We’re Getting More Shadow Tactics
Shadow Tactics is one of the best stealth/tactics games of all time, and with developers Mimimi games having done the just-as-good Desperados 3 last year, they’re returning to Shadow Tactics with a standalone expansion. It’s called Aiko’s Choice, and the trailer for it sucks, since it shows nothing but the logo. But then, it’s Shadow…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2021 -
CultureTwitchTwitch Streamer Behind ‘Never-Ending’ Marathon Says He’ll Only Make A Fraction Of $470,000 Haul [UPDATE]
For the past week and a half, Twitch star Ludwig Ahgren has been on the clock. Whether asleep, awake, or drowsily somewhere between, Ahgren has kept his stream running to fulfill the terms of a “subathon” where every subscription adds ten seconds to a timer. So far, he’s pulled in nearly $500,000. He says, however,…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 25, 2021 -
CultureWe Finally Got A (Brief) Look At The Gollum Game
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum won’t be out until 2022, but the developers at German studio Daedalic Entertainment shared a brief snippet of gameplay during today’s Future Games Show. Unlike action-oriented Lord of the Rings games like Shadow of Mordor, it appears as if Gollum will play to its eponymous protagonist’s strengths by focusing…
By Ian Walker Published March 25, 2021 -
CultureHades Wins Best Game At The 2021 BAFTA Game Awards
In addition to prestigious accolades like Best Indie Game at the 2020 Game Awards and Best Game Times 10 at the 2020 Ari Notis Awards, Hades just picked up top honors at today’s online-only BAFTA Games Awards. Hell yeah, Hades Here’s the full list of nominees, with winners in bold. Congrats to everyone involved. Best…
By Ari Notis Published March 25, 2021 -
EsportsSoon You’ll Be Able To Clip Overwatch League Highlights On YouTube
Today, the Overwatch League announced changes to the way fans can watch its streams. Last season, the Overwatch League drastically changed its viewership options switching platforms from Twitch to YouTube. The move was unpopular with fans as YouTube lacked many features that made Twitch viewership unique and engaging. On Twitch, you could earn tokens for…
By Ash Parrish Published March 25, 2021 -
OpinionShinra Electric Power Company Decides To Tweet Through It
The power utility, consumer electronics manufacturer, and private security force Shinra has taken to social media to respond directly to critics who have accused the tech oligopoly of exploiting workers, impoverishing local residents, and generally doing crimes against the planet. “Shinra is bringing the heat today,” wrote one reporter at cable news network SNBC, followed…
By Ethan Gach Published March 25, 2021
