How’s It Going?: This Old House Edition

Come on over and join in on our daily open thread! You can chat about stuff with other people using the power of the internet. During one of the first nights in our new place, we found ourselves tired and in need of a rest after moving. So we laid in bed and loaded up…

More Games Need To Let You Hold Cats

This week we learn why cats love gamer chairs, watch Apple and Epic fight, catch up with what’s going on at Ubisoft after all the recent news, and ask for the ability to hold cats in more games. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Some incredible reporting here by Ethan and Ashley. If you…

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Rapper Sounds Like An Animal Crossing Character

645AR is a Bronx rapper who burst onto the scene a few months ago thanks to his… unique vocal delivery. “I do the squeaky voice but nothin’s sweet,” 645AR, whose real name is Austin Alan Rochez, told lyrics database Genius in February I guess this technically requires a NSFW warning but come on.

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A Parent’s Guide To What The Hell Is Going On With Fortnite

Maybe you’re a parent who, like a lot of parents nowadays, is working from home as the covid-19 pandemic still rages on. If you have tween-aged, gaming inclined children, they probably play Fortnite. Yesterday, that tween-aged gamer came to you wondering what’s going on with Fortnite. And you, dear parent, have no idea what to tell…

My Fall Guys Bean Is Very Stylish

I don’t deal with stagnancy well. If I have a bad run in Fall Guys, for instance, I’ll often tinker with my bean dude’s costume for a sort of fresh start. Keeping in mind that I’m constantly messing with color palettes and patterns, here are a few of the major evolutions my bean’s fits have…

EVE Online On Your Phone Is Enjoyable, If You Squint Enough

Officially launching this week on iOS and Android, EVE Echoes is all of the mining, exploring, transporting, pirate-fighting, fleet-battling action of CCP’s venerable science-fiction MMO in convenient portable form. See all of that tiny text? I might need a bigger phone. EVE Echoes wastes no time getting into the swing of things. Within the first…

Ubisoft’s #MeToo Reckoning, Two Months Later

At the start of the summer, as the world roiled from multiple crises, something unusual and essential happened in video games. It started with a Tweet, then another, one by one as people—mostly women—began speaking out regarding sexual harassment, abuse, and other misconduct at Ubisoft. Testimonials followed, then reporting in English and French, the native…

After 20 Years, Rockstar Vet Lazlow Jones Has Left The Company

Long time voice actor, producer, writer, and radio host Lazlow Jones has left Rockstar Games after nearly 20 years with the company. He had been a part of every Grand Theft Auto game since GTA 3 and had also worked on other Rockstar titles, including Red Dead Redemption II YouTuber GTAMen spotted the departure via…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

This weekend is all about facing my deepest, darkest fears. The best part of being paralyzed is the fact that there are still spiders all over the damn place and there’s nothing I can do about it. I may have found a way to strike back. Kill It With Fire, released yesterday on Steam, is…

Assassin’s Creed Creative Director Fired From Ubisoft Following Investigation Into Misconduct

Former Assassin’s Creed Valhalla creative director Ashraf Ismail, who stepped down from that role in June after being publicly accused of pursuing extramarital relationships with women under false pretenses, has now been terminated, according to an internal announcement by Ubisoft. Employees in the Ubisoft Montreal office where Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is being developed were notified…

A Tribute To Mega Man 8‘s Lost Banger, ‘Electrical Communication’

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s new, daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today’s object of aural inquiry is a single track, a helluva banger from Rockman 8. No, not Mega Man 8… just Rockman 8. Hmm. So what happened was Capcom hired a short-lived band called Ganasia…

Earlier this year, The Pokémon Company released a handful of ASMR videos. Now they’ve released a new one. As Kotaku previously explained, auditory sensory meridian response, or ASMR, is a tingling sensation that comes from listening to certain sounds. 

Nintendo, It Seems, Has Removed Mario’s Nipples

Back in 2017, the world experienced the glory that is Mario’s nipples. But now in 2020, they appear to have vanished. See? Well, no. You can’t! As website Automaton points out, Mario’s nipples should be here—or so. Nintendo has made official art of the character striking a similar pose, nipples and all. The new art…

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