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CultureReport: CD Projekt Red Issuing DMCA Takedowns To Keep A Lid On Hacked Source Code
Maker of The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red, is hitting Twitter users with Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedowns for sharing links to Gwent source code, according to a recent report by Vice Multiple Twitter users reported that their tweets, at least some of which linked to source code likely leaked in…
By Ethan Gach Published February 22, 2021 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Persona 5 Strikers Arrives In Style
Persona 5 Strikers is one stylish-looking game and it comes out later this week for PS4, Switch, and PC. I don’t have much to say about Persona 5 Strikers, as I’ve never played a Persona game. Instead, I point you towards the fantastic review of the game. It honestly makes me want to give it…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 22, 2021 -
CultureMorning MusicForrest 64 Is What A Fictional Nintendo 64 Game Sounds Like
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. We’ve got an odd one today: the soundtrack to a make-believe Nintendo 64 game hidden away in the Switch version of Firewatch Yep, if you’ve got the (I’m told, lovely) adventure game Firewatch on the Switch,…
By Alexandra Hall Published February 22, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanDelicious Looking (And Totally Fake) Super Mario Sushi
This is like the fake food you see in front of Japanese restaurants, but with Nintendo characters. YouTuber Nendo Zaiker-Snail created this Mario sushi from polymer clay. You can see the process in the 12-minute Japanese language clip below. What really sticks out is how this seems somewhat possible with real sushi. Make the Mario…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 22, 2021 -
Kotaku EastTaiwan Turns Horrible Diseases Into Manga-like Characters
Syphilis. Rabies. Ebola. While you’d probably not like to get any of these, the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control has turned a host of sicknesses into manga-type characters to raise awareness. As Hachima reports, the Taiwan CDC has brought in talented artists to bring these horrible diseases to life as a way to inform the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 22, 2021 -
CultureTake-Two Goes After Reverse-Engineered Grand Theft Auto Code
Last week we shared the good news that the source code for Grand Theft Autos III & Vice City had been reverse-engineered, allowing folks to port the games and come up with cool new mods. Now, we bring you the predictable news that publisher Take-Two Interactive are not happy. The company, listing themselves specifically in…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsI Was Wrong About An Award-Winning Final Fantasy Author
Back in 2014, I wrote about author M.J. Gallagher’s attempts to turn the Final Fantasy series into a giant novel, and said, “It’s not going to win many literary prizes.” I am here today to eat some shit. After completing two of the three volumes (the third is still coming) of his Final Fantasy VII…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2021 -
CultureTotal RecallHappy 35th Birthday, The Legend Of Zelda
On February 21, 1986, the original Legend of Zelda was released on the Famicom in Japan. It did OK, Nintendo made some more Zelda games, and we’ve all been having some good times ever since. It’s easy to turn these kind of posts into general retrospectives, a checklist look back at some of the biggest…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2021 -
OpinionIt’s Weird To See Ryu Use A Gun In Fortnite
Yesterday, after some hints and leaks, Street Fighter characters Ryu and Chun-Li came to Epic’s mega-popular battle royale game, Fortnite. Watching Ryu run around shooting people with an assault rifle is weird. It’s also just one more example of how Fortnite consumes popular characters and franchises without much care or celebration. Guest characters have been…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 21, 2021 -
CultureHogwarts Legacy Lead Designer Used To Run Anti-Social Justice YouTube Channel
Troy Leavitt is a lead designer at Warner Bros. development studio Avalanche Software currently working on controversial Harry Potter game Hogwarts Legacy. He also ran a reactionary YouTube channel focused on attacking feminism and social justice for over a year. This information was first provided by Did You Know Gaming? contributor Liam Robertson, who highlighted…
By Ian Walker Published February 21, 2021 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: The Legend Of Zelda 35th Anniversary
This year marks the35th anniversary of the Zelda franchise. But specifically, it seems today Feb 21 is the actual day the series hits the big 3-0 (plus five.) Let’s celebrate the long-running franchise by creating silly images. It’s how we do things around here. Your challenge this week: Celebrate the anniversary of The Legend of…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 21, 2021 -
CultureSunday Comics: Shut Up Now
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 Feb. 18. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Feb. 15. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 21, 2021 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Thicczilla, Winners
Godzilla is old news. Last week, Netflix introduced the world to the glorious Thicczilla. We here at Kotaku decided to celebrate this big, beautiful boy. Our winning image this week comes from MonoArtan who shows us how Thicczilla got those mega-thighs. You aren’t born like that. You earn it. I was going to apologize for…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 20, 2021 -
CultureGo Ahead And Jump!
This week on Snapshots we have more Spider-Man and Assassin’s Creed screenshots, some nice shots from Ghost of Tsushima, half of a scary lady, leaping, running, and Lara Croft. And one big jump. In video games, I like to make a mental note of where I would personally be stuck and unable to move forward.…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 20, 2021 -
CulturePokemonPyukumuku Can Spit Its Organs Out And Use Them As A Weapon
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Pyukumuku! Pyukumuku Details Type: Water Average Height: 1’oo” Average Weight: 2.6 lbs First Added In Generation VII Pyukumuku (double-checks…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 20, 2021 -
CultureRock N’ Roll Racing Music Might Get Twitch Streamers In Trouble
Yesterday, Blizzard released a collection of the studio’s classic games. But the studio also gave a warning to those looking to stream one of the games, Rock n’ Roll Racing on Twitch: Turn off the music. All of it. Announced and released yesterday, the Blizzard Arcade Collection contains three classic games: The Lost Vikings, Rock…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 20, 2021 -
CultureA Fully Playable Build Of Rare’s Unreleased N64 Game Dinosaur Planet Has Leaked Online
A group of gaming preservationists has released online a fully playable (and a bit buggy) build of Dinosaur Planet, a canceled Nintendo 64 project developed by Rare. It would eventually become Star Fox Adventures, which was released on the Gamecube in 2002. Game preservation group Forest of Illusion uploaded the unreleased build of Dinosaur Planet…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 20, 2021 -
CultureThere’s Been An N64 Mini-Game Hidden Inside The Switch Version Of Firewatch All This Time
Yesterday Cabel Sasser, the co-founder of Panic, revealed a little-known secret only found in the Switch port of Firewatch, a game his company published back in 2016. Turns out, there’s a fun platformer hidden in it. And (almost) nobody found it! To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Firewatch, Sasser shared a fun and surprisingly elaborate…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 20, 2021
