-
CultureNintendo Cancels Splatoon Stream After Teams Show Solidarity With Smash Community
Over the weekend, Nintendo quietly canceled a Splatoon 2 tournament livestream, and participants believe it’s due to the names of some of the participating teams. While Nintendo hasn’t publicly stated their reasoning, the result was a last-minute makeshift replacement tournament for the multiplayer Switch shooter. The fill-in event was a big success. Word of an…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 7, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesHow To Clean Up Your PS5’s Newsfeed
Like an untamed Instagram feed, the PlayStation 5 sometimes gives you updates about things you don’t care about. When you tap the PS button, you’ll see an “official news” card, which lists a handful of news blips—trailers, announcements, that sort of thing—about “your games.” Most of the games listed appear to be those you follow…
By Ari Notis Published December 7, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsThe Original Fire Emblem Is A Weird Game For The Switch To End Its Year On
I’ve spent the last week, in odd moments here and there, helping Fire Emblem’s Prince Marth search for a legendary sword and defeat the forces of darkness to rescue his kingdom from an evil wizard. Throughout all of it, in good times and bad, one question kept bubbling up to the surface: why? Why did…
By Ethan Gach Published December 7, 2020 -
OpinionImpressions30 Hours With Cyberpunk 2077 Brings Mixed Feelings
Cyberpunk 2077, the most recent game from Witcher developer CD Projekt Red, was first announced in 2012. In the last couple years, it’s had an onslaught of hype and dripfed information, most of which I’ve ignored. The developers have promised unlimited freedom, unparalleled graphics, and cameos from celebrities like Grimes and Keanu Reeves. Much of…
By Riley MacLeod Published December 7, 2020 -
CultureMorning MusicOnly One RPG Has Music From The Rocky IV And Transformers: The Movie Guy
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 music from an indie RPG composed by Vince DiCola and Kenny Meriedeth. DiCola of course, is best known for the synth-driven soundtracks to Staying Alive, Rocky IV, and (lest we forget) 1986’s…
By Mike Fahey Published December 7, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanJapan’s Super Nintendo World Looks Amazing, Sure, But Also Kind Of Small
Yes, we can all probably agree that the upcoming Super Nintendo World looks incredible. On the inside, it’s amazing, but on the outside, it looks somewhat small. This is something that we’ve previously heard. When Bloomberg’s Kurumi Mori checked out the park in a press previewlate last month, she did say, “I do want to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 7, 2020 -
AnimeNew Code Geass TV Anime Announced
A new Code Geass anime has been announced. Titled Code Geass: Z of the Recapture, the series is the follow-up to the 2019 film Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection Code Geass first aired on TV in Japan from October 2006 to July 2007 and was followed by a sequel series the following year. Feature…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 7, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Hakushunmu | Artist: My Hair Is Bad | Album: Life
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 7, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsNBA Team Releases Incredible Video Game Tribute For Basically No Good Reason
The schedule for the upcoming NBA season was released the other day, and feeling like they had to do something to mark the occasion, the Utah Jazz went and made this video game montage highlighting some of the better matchups. Street Fighter, Outrun, Mario, Pokemon, there’s loads to get through. The Joe Ingles likeness in…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 6, 2020 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Wake Up Samurai, Cyberpunk 2077 Is Almost Here
After countless delays, literal years of hype and trailers, and a ton of controversy, Cyberpunk 2077 is here. Easily the most anticipated game of the year for a lot of folks, Cyberpunk 2077 featuring Keanu Reeves drops later this week on PS4, Xbox One, PC and Stadia I’ll be sitting out Cyberpunk 2077 for now. I…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 6, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Wonderful Christmastime | Artist: Paul McCartney
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 6, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsI’ll Never Get Tired Of Sending Enemies Flying In Immortals
Immortal Fenyx Rising, Ubisoft’s cartoonish take on an open-world game, has fine combat. It’s not amazing, being lifted straight from Assassin’s Creed Odyessy, but it works and it feels nice. However, killing enemies in Immortals is amazing because they don’t just collapse and die, but instead shoot off into the sky, like Team Rocket or…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 6, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Monoliths
Over the last few weeks, strange monoliths have been appearing around the world. Is it the work of aliens? Secret government agencies? Time travelers? Bored artists, who have a bunch of free time during the pandemic? (It’s probably that last one…) And now I hear they are appearing in video games?!?! Your challenge this week:…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 6, 2020 -
CultureMorning MusicSplinter Cell: Chaos Theory’s Soundtrack Was Perfectly Chaotic
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today I’m talking, quietly, about Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory’s soundtrack. You might not think Tom Clancy games from Ubisoft have great soundtracks, and for the most part you’d be right. That’s not to say the music…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 6, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsThis SNL Skit Is All About Begging Santa For A PS5
Right now, many people are desperately trying to buy a PS5. It’s been a real shitshow. In fact, it has gotten so bad that even Saturday Night Live has jumped in with a skit all about one man, Stu, begging Santa to get him a PS5. Stu is a clear parody of Eminem’s “Stan,” including…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 6, 2020 -
CultureSunday Comics: Ray Tracing
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 Dec. 3. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Nov. 30. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 6, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: New Steppenwolf, Winners!
Time in 2020 works differently than in previous years. So the new Steppenwolf both feels ancient and yet somehow not that long ago. It’s odd. But yes, two weeks ago, we got our first look at the new Steppenwolf from the upcoming Justice League rerelease and it looked…uh… bad. Our winning image this week comes…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 5, 2020 -
CultureThese Shoes Were Made For Crawling
This week… more screenshots from Miles Morales! But I’m not complaining! That game has such a great photo mode that I expect I’ll be getting screenshots from it for years to come. Some other great screenshots from Control, Assassin’s Creed, and more. Correction: SpecterOwl’s photo was actually from someone else! Removed the incorrect image and…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 5, 2020 -
CultureMonster Hunter: World Review Bombed On Steam As Backlash To Movie Grows In China
In the last 48 hours Monster Hunter: World has received over 2000 negative reviews on Steam after a racist joke in the Monster Hunter film has led to a backlash in China and calls to ban the film. Daniel Ahmad, a senior analyst at Niko Partners, tweeted a clip from the Monster Hunter film yesterday…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 5, 2020
