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CultureActivision Blizzard Suing Netflix Over Poached Exec
For those of you who love corporate beef, here’s a whopper: Activision Blizzard is suing Netflix. As reported by Deadline, Netflix poached a top Activision exec, chief financial officer Spencer Neumann, before his contract expired. In response, Activision filed suit in the Superior Court of California earlier today. According to Activision’s lawyers, Neumann started working…
By Ari Notis Published December 4, 2020 -
UncategorizedThe Playable Pac-Man Is A Great Touch In Dontnod’s Latest Mystery, Twin Mirror
Twin Mirror, the latest game from Life is Strange developer Dontnod, is a dark psychological thriller set in a podunk mining town. Like many a small town, the best thing about the fictional Basswood, West Virginia is the grungy old Pac-Man machine in the back of the local dive bar. I wasn’t expecting the Pac-Man…
By Mike Fahey Published December 4, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsCake Bash Is A Deliciously Sweet Take On Mario Party
Everyone loves a good sugar rush. It’s why, no matter how big the backlog, we gravitate to games that could generously be qualified as comfort food. But the sweetest sugar-rush I’ve run into lately isn’t some paint-by-numbers first-person shooter you’ve played a hundred times or some formulaic open-world adventure you won’t even need a tutorial…
By Ari Notis Published December 4, 2020 -
CultureThose Weird Noises In Demon’s Souls? Just A Glitch, Says Sony
After weeks of speculation, we finally have an answer regarding those loud, seemingly random sound effects haunting the Demon’s Souls remake: Sony told Kotaku they’re a glitch, nothing more. Since the game’s release last month, Demon’s Souls players have documented several instances of odd, clanging sounds that didn’t exist in the original, ringing out in…
By Ian Walker Published December 4, 2020 - Culture
Black Ops Cold War’s Season One content and Warzone integration has been delayed until December 16, Activision announced in a blog post. The upcoming free content will provide new maps and modes, including the fan favorite “Raid” map from Black Ops 2, but fans will have to wait a week longer than expected.
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CultureDragon Age Voice Actor Potentially Out After Twitter Attack On Series Writer Mark Darrah
Yesterday BioWare general manager Casey Hudson and lead Dragon Age series writer Mark Darrah resigned from BioWare, spawning a wave of concern in fans over the continued health of the studio’s popular franchises. Today, Greg Ellis, the actor who voiced Dragon Age’s Anders and Cullen, took to Twitter to personally attack the writer, prompting a…
By Ash Parrish Published December 4, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Immortals Fenyx Rising
Immortals Fenyx Rising is much better than its bad name. It’s the latest big open-world game from Ubisoft. Wait, don’t run away! While it’s true Ubisoft has made some overly-long open world games before, Immortals is different. It’s a simpler, pared down game featuring a smaller map and more puzzles than your average Assassin’s Creed…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 4, 2020 -
CultureSplitscreenThe Cyberpunk 2077 Hype Is Just Too Much
In less than one week, everybody in cyberpunk future year 2020 will be playing Cyberpunk 2077. Or at least, that’s the impression I get, based on the fact that it’s all anybody is talking about. Such is the nature of the hype surrounding the robo-armed role-playing sensation: Hardly anybody has played it yet, but they’re…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 4, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesHow To Make Short Work Of Any Enemy In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla isn’t a difficult game. If you venture at all off the beaten path, you’ll quickly accrue enough experience and gain enough Power levels to become an unstoppable Viking tank. Still, some boss fights—and other high-level enemies, like zealots—can be a pain. That is, unless you’ve equipped the best ability in the game:…
By Ari Notis Published December 4, 2020 -
CultureReport: Metal Gear Solid Movie Taps Oscar Isaac To Play Solid Snake
Sony Pictures’ upcoming Metal Gear Solid movie will feature Star Wars and Ex Machina star Oscar Isaac in the lead role of Solid Snake, according to Deadline A silver-screen adaptation of Metal Gear Solid has been in the works for well over a decade. Series creator Hideo Kojima first announced the project at E3 2006,…
By Ian Walker Published December 4, 2020 -
CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for figuring out what my children want for Christmas aside from “a toy” and “get the fick out of my bedroom.” It’s also for playing video games, and it turns out there are quite a few to play. I find myself with a glut of games I want to play as we…
By Mike Fahey Published December 4, 2020 -
CulturePersona 5 Strikers Comes West On February 23, With A Surprise PC Port
According to an unlisted video on Atlus’ YouTube channel, since pulled, the Dynasty Warriors-style sequel to Persona 5 is finally coming to North America and Europe on February 23, including a release on Steam for PC, along with PS4 and Switch. That’ll wake you up, get you up, and get you out there. Released in…
By Mike Fahey Published December 4, 2020 -
CultureMorning MusicStar Ocean: The Second Story’s Killer Final Song Comes Out Of Nowhere
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re listening to “We Form In Crystals,” an absolute banger of a credits song that is way better than it had any right to be. “We form in” what? Yes, “we form in crystals.” I’ve…
By Ethan Gach Published December 4, 2020 -
Kotaku EastSouth KoreaSadly, Atelier Ryza 2 Won’t Get A PlayStation 5 Upgrade In South Korea
Originally announced for the PlayStation 4, Atelier Ryza 2 is also coming to the PlayStation 5 via a free update. In South Korea, as of writing, it’s not. According to the game’s South Korean publisher Digital Touch (via tipster Sang), the company does not have the publishing rights to the PlayStation 5 version. Rather, Digital…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 4, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanDitto Makes For An Excellent Pokémon Sofa
When you see that purple amorphous Pokémon blob, don’t you just want to sit on it? Good news, now you can! Ditto (aka Metamon in Japan) has been transformed into a sofa, which makes sense because it can transform into anything. The sofa looks very soft. The Ditto cover can be removed and put in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 4, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsThe Monster Hunter Movie Was Inspired By A Metal Gear Solid Collab
When the first trailer for the live-action Monster Hunter movie debut, some fans might have been surprised by the soldiers and military hardware. For director Paul W.S. Anderson, this was not out of left field. It was, he said, organic. During a recent Sony Pictures chat, filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson was asked why Milla Jovovich’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 4, 2020 -
CultureCross-Platform Gaming Has Been Great
While I’ve already bemoaned the lack of real technological advances in the past console generation, not every innovation of the PS4/Xbox One era had to do with visuals or framerate. One of the quieter revelations, and one of the most forward-thinking, has been the slow adoption of cross-platform gaming, aka crossplay. For as long as…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 3, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsNew Mars Game Isn’t A City-Builder, It’s A Planet-Builder
Per Aspera is a new PC game out this week that has you playing as an AI responsible for terraforming Mars. You’re tasked transforming it from a big cold rock into somewhere humans can walk their dogs outside in a grassy green park. It’s a city-builder in spirit, in so far as you build buildings…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 3, 2020 -
CultureYou Can All Get This Ugly Suit In Arkham Knight Now
Today, Rocksteady Games announced that two obscure skins will finally be obtainable again in its five-year-old superhero adventure Batman: Arkham Knight. The suits in question are the Anime Batman suit and the Zur En Arrh suit, and starting today, after you update Arkham Knight, the suits will be unlocked and playable for free, without any…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 3, 2020
