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CulturePS5 System Update Fixes Dumb PS4 Disc Install Issue
PlayStation 5 system update version 20.02-02.50.00 is now live, featuring a fix that keeps PlayStation 4 discs from installing old game versions after they’ve already been upgraded. The latest PS5 system update is a small one, vaguely improving system performance, enabling editing clips with Share Factory Studio directly from the media gallery, and fixing one…
By Mike Fahey Published February 3, 2021 -
CultureMorning MusicCeleste’s Chill Soundtrack Is Perfect For A Snow Day
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today, let’s tune into Celeste, one of the literally coolest (get it? because frozen…mountain?) game soundtracks of all time. Please don’t steal my Gamer® card, but I stumbled upon Celeste (playlist / VGMdb / longplay) by…
By Ari Notis Published February 3, 2021 -
CultureSony Is Doing Great, But Making More PS5s Is Difficult
Today, Sony released its financials for the three-month period ending on December 31, 2020. Even with the pandemic and supply issues, it sold 4.5 million PlayStation 5s. The hardware is a big hit! But at this time, making more of them sounds hard. Let’s break down the numbers. During the previous quarter, which ended on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 3, 2021 -
AnimeStudio Ghibli Is Building A Real-Life Howl’s Moving Castle
The already cool-sounding Studio Ghibli theme park now sounds even better. Aichi Prefecture, where it will be located, revealed that a real-life Howl’s Moving Castle will also be built on the grounds. Sadly the castle won’t move and will be smaller than the one in the movie. However, as Tokyo Shimbun notes, it will be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 3, 2021 -
CultureTrack: Hikouki Gumo | Artist: Yumi Matsutoya | Album: Yumi Arai The Concert with Old Friends
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 3, 2021 -
CultureGearbox Has Been Bought
Gearbox Studios, developers of games like Borderlands and also publishers of stuff like the new Homeworld titles, have been bought by Embracer Group, the same Swedish company that owns THQ Nordic and Koch Media. The acquisition makes Gearbox the company’s seventh video game holding, alongside other companies like DECA and Saber Interactive. The purchase includes…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 3, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsLet’s Compare Resident Evil Village‘s Lady Dimitrescu To Other Tall Video Game Characters
Lady Dimitrescu, otherwise known as Resident Evil Village’s Tall Vampire Lady, is very tall. Capcom confirmed yesterday that she stands at nine feet, six inches tall. That got me thinking: How does she compare to other video game characters? First off, let’s take a look at the dudes she’ll probably be fighting in Resident Evil…
By Ian Walker Published February 2, 2021 -
CulturePC Cases Catch Fire, Company Responsible Eventually Apologises
There have been complaints for a few months now that one of PC case company NZXT’s products has been catching fire. This week, the company has finally apologised and removed the case from its store. The issues concerned their H1 case, which is basically a very big, Xbox Series X-like box. As OC3D report, “It…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 2, 2021 -
OpinionImpressionsDestruction AllStars, A New PS5 Exclusive, Is Fine
You’ve played Destruction AllStars a thousand times. You’ve also never played something like Destruction AllStars. The new multiplayer derby battler from Lucid Games—out today exclusively for PlayStation 5—is both immediately familiar and refreshingly new. After taking it for a spin, my initial feelings for the game are all over the place. Let’s start with the…
By Ari Notis Published February 2, 2021 -
CultureFallout Mod Returns After Removing Some Pretty Questionable Shit
The Frontier, a huge Fallout: New Vegas mod that was pulled last week after one of its artists was found to have posted “animated pedophillic content” online, is now back The work of that contributor—which reportedly amounted to “the vast majority of pip-boy icons”—has been removed, but so too have some other things that had got…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 2, 2021 -
CultureCyberpunk 2077 Players Warned To Avoid Mods After Security Exploit Found
Cyberpunk 2077 developers CD Projekt Red have had to issue a warning today that anyone deciding to install a mod for the game should “use caution” after a security issue was discovered. The issue is a “vulnerability in external DLL files which can be used to execute code on PCs.” While the company works on…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 2, 2021 -
CultureApex Legends Drops Onto Switch On March 9
Titanfall spin-off Apex Legends is set to bring its online battle royale action to the Nintendo Switch on March 9, according to new details released by developer Respawn Entertainment. Apex Legends on Switch was first announced last summer for a fall release before being delayed to 2021. Panic Button, a Texas-based development studio that has…
By Ian Walker Published February 2, 2021 -
CultureBezos Out As Amazon CEO Less Than A Year After Launching Terrible Game
Jeffrey Preston Bezos announced today he’s stepping down as CEO of Amazon less than a year after it un-released team-based shooter Crucible because nobody wanted to play it. First Stadia. Now Bezos. You hate to see it. “I’m excited to announce that this Q3 I’ll transition to Executive Chair of the Amazon Board and Andy…
By Ethan Gach Published February 2, 2021 -
CultureGameStop Stock Is Starting To Go Bust
After soaring for more than a week, GameStop’s stock has plummeted back down to earth, sinking below $100 a share several times today, a drop-off of more than $200 from last week. The freefall comes after an already rocky time yesterday that saw the meme stock steadily decline throughout the day. Now its fall appears…
By Ethan Gach Published February 2, 2021 -
CultureA Nameless Gatekeeper Beats Marth In Fire Emblem Popularity Poll
The latest official Fire Emblem Heroes popularity poll wasn’t won by Marth or Chrom or any of the other pretty-boy main characters from the franchise’s history. No, fans overwhelmingly voted for the unnamed Gatekeeper that guards the entrance to Garreg Mach Monastery in 2019’s Fire Emblem: Three Houses Nintendo revealed the full results of the…
By Ian Walker Published February 2, 2021 -
CultureNintendo Canned Netflix’s Live-Action Zelda TV Show Due To Leak
In 2015 The Wall Street Journal reported that Nintendo and Netflix had joined forces for a live-action The Legend of Zelda TV series. What happened with that? According to comedian Adam Conover, Nintendo canceled both the live-action Zelda and an unannounced claymation Star Fox show because someone at Netflix spilled the beans. Nintendo likes to…
By Mike Fahey Published February 2, 2021 -
CultureThe Story Behind DuckTales On NES
As a kid, I used to rush home from school so I could catch the latest episode of the Disney cartoon DuckTales. I loved following Scrooge McDuck and his nephews across the world as they charted a path towards gold and glory, and it was always a blast seeing what new caper they’d stumble into.…
By Peter Tieryas Published February 2, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsDo Not Touch The Mako!
The Mass Effect Legendary Edition will be out May 14th, and amid the myriad of emotions I am feeling right now, one tidbit of information gives me pause. According to reports on Eurogamer and VentureBeat, in addition to all the fancy graphical bells and whistles BioWare is adding to the eldest of the trilogy, the…
By Ash Parrish Published February 2, 2021 -
CultureMass Effect: Legendary Edition Out May 14
This is big news for all Mass Effect fans but even bigger news for me, personally, as I won’t have to wait long to protect Garrus Vakarian from certain doom. Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is out on May 14 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. For those who’ve been sleeping under a chunk of palladium,…
By Ari Notis Published February 2, 2021
