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CultureSephiroth Is Coming To Smash
During tonight’s broadcast of The Game Awards, Nintendo announced that Final Fantasy villain Sephiroth will be heading to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Sephiroth is the latest character—after ARMS rep Min Min and Steve Minecraft—to join the massive Ultimate roster as part of the second fighter bundle, and the eighth post-release character overall since the game…
By Ian Walker Published December 10, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsShitty Dragon Age Voice Actor Has Me Considering Deleting My Fanfiction Library
Last week, two prominent BioWare employees, Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah, announced their departure from the studio. Following this, Mark Darrah, now the former executive producer of the Dragon Age series, was attacked on Twitter by Greg Ellis, the voice actor for Cullen Rutherford in Dragon Age: Inquisition. Ellis took to his personal YouTube channel…
By Ash Parrish Published December 10, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsCyberpunk 2077 Doesn’t Let You Change Your Appearance Once You’ve Started
This is hilarious to me. Cyberpunk 2077 is a game set in a cyberpunk future that begins with an incredibly robust character creation suite, letting you modify everything from your cybernetic implant appearance to facial scars to the size of your dick. Almost every single person in the game is a mechanically modified human being.…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 10, 2020 -
CultureNew Cyberpunk Bundle Includes Loads Of Cyberpunk Games That Aren’t Cyberpunk 2077
Interested in the cyberpunk genre but not willing to shell out money to CD Projekt Red for Cyberpunk 2077? Well, the “Be a Better Cyberpunk” bundle on itch.io might be right up your alley. This collection includes 29 different cyberpunk-style projects for a discounted $60 price point, the same amount of money you would be…
By Ian Walker Published December 10, 2020 -
CultureThe Best And Worst Choices We’ve Made In Cyberpunk 2077
After eight years of waiting and what felt like one million years of edgelord-baiting pre-release hype, Cyberpunk 2077 is finally out. The game is many things, but if nothing else, it is certainly vast. That in mind, Kotaku editor-at-large Riley Macleod, video wizard Michael Pasquariello, and I got together to talk about how we’ve approached…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 10, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsCyberpunk 2077 Is Surprisingly Fine On Stadia
Cyberpunk 2077 is the biggest game of the year, but currently the game doesn’t look great or run well on consoles, especially the older base machines. But how does this big blockbuster game fair on Stadia? Surprisingly, the experience isn’t terrible and might even be better than playing on a console. Though it’s not perfect…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 10, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesSeven Settings To Change In Cyberpunk 2077
After eight years, multiple delays, and 800,000 cumulative lifetimes’ worth of reported crunch, Cyberpunk 2077 is out in the wild. It’s a whole lot of game, brimming with gear, side-quests, and map icons that make you compulsively go, “Ooh, what’s that?” As with any massive game, there’s also an overwhelming amount of settings, many of…
By Ari Notis Published December 10, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsFour New Short Stories Let Us Speculate About Dragon Age 4’s Plot
This year’s Dragon Age Day was a mess. Two of BioWare’s beloved executives quit, a voice actor for one of Dragon Age’s beloved characters personally attacked one of those executives on Twitter, and then went on an exceedingly unhinged rant on YouTube while performing as that character. The mess unfortunately overshadowed the only good news…
By Ash Parrish Published December 10, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsYou Can Turn Down Alcohol In Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 gives players a lot of choices, from how you approach missions to how you deal with interpersonal situations. This freedom extends to character-creator options you’ll never even think about again, like choosing your character’s teeth or genitals. But one bit of choice I wasn’t expecting, and which I can’t remember seeing in a…
By Riley MacLeod Published December 10, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsPeople’s Dicks Are Clipping Through Their Pants
Cyberpunk 2077 is out and it has some bugs, one of which includes players’ characters’ dicks popping out of their pants. Cyberpunk has two penis types, with a size slider for each. Apparently some of the dicks players have selected don’t play nice with their character’s clothing choices on the equipment screen, clipping out past…
By Ethan Gach Published December 10, 2020 -
CultureNetflix is making a new Sonic cartoon. The streaming platform announced today that the blue blurr will star in a 3D animated series produced with Sega, the WildBrain media company, and writer collective Man of Action Entertainment, set to air in 2022.
By Ethan Gach Published December 10, 2020 -
CultureMorning MusicI’m Not Yet Sold On Paradise Killer, But Its Soundtrack Is Unforgettable
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today, let’s dive into the OST from Paradise Killer, the deliciously weird puzzle-mystery game from developer Kaizen Game Works. Let me kickstart your day with some inside baseball: We plan Morning Music picks ahead of time, and…
By Ari Notis Published December 10, 2020 -
AnimeHonda Launched Gundam-Themed Mini Motorcycles
In Thailand, Honda is rolling out a pair of limited edition Gundam-themed Monkey motorcycles. The Monkey line or Honda Z series are minibikes that first launched in 1964. These 125cc bikes are based on the RX-78-2 Mobile Suit and the MS-06S Char’s Zaku II. As Bikes Republic reports, these limited-edition rides were unveiled at the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 10, 2020 -
UncategorizedA new Ao Oni horror game will be released in Japan this month as free-to-play on iOS and Android. It will connect with Ao Oni Online, but as of writing, gameplay details, as well as the title, are currently TBA. The first Ao Oni was released as a freeware game in 2007.
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 10, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanDragon Quest Attraction Coming To Japanese Theme Park
The Nijigen no Mori amusement park on Awaji Island, Japan is getting a new Dragon Quest themed attraction. Called Dragon Quest Island, the attraction is a combination of real-world and digital installations that brings the RPG to life. IT Media reports that the attraction will also feature a new story to immerse visitors. Recently, a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 10, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Platform Syndrome | Artist: Scandal | Album: Honey
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 10, 2020 -
CultureCyberpunk 2077 Is Looking Rough On PS4 And Xbox One At The Moment
I’ve spent an hour playing Cyberpunk 2077 on Xbox One, and it hasn’t been pretty. Sometimes it’s been straight up ugly. Based on screenshots and footage other people are sharing online, I’m not alone. Cyberpunk 2077 began rolling out on console earlier today starting in the New Zealand time zone, which is what I set…
By Ethan Gach Published December 10, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsNew Flight Game Is Ace Combat’s Wingman
Project Wingman, an indie arcade dogfighting game for the PC, is a project I’ve had my eye on for years now, so it was cool this week to finally see it released on Steam. The work of a tiny development team—indeed most coding was handled by just one person, Aussie Abi Rahmani—Project Wingman has very…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2020
