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CultureDestiny 2: Beyond Light‘s New Stasis Powers Have Turned PVP Into A Mess
Destiny 2: Beyond Light’s brand new Stasis powers let players freeze one another, but they aren’t too happy about it. Play through Beyond Light’s main story campaign and you’ll get to command powers that freeze mobs of enemies and then let you shatter them into a million crystalline pieces. Stasis, a new elemental subclass derived…
By Ethan Gach Published November 12, 2020 -
Tips & Guides15 Tips To Make The Most Of Your New PlayStation 5
With the launch of the PlayStation 5, “next-gen” is no longer a thing of the future. We’re officially in current-gen territory now. But every period of novelty brings a period of learning—about new features, new functions, and new ways to play games. It can be a lot to take in, whether or not you’re coming…
By Ari Notis Published November 12, 2020 -
CultureDay One Patch To Fix Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War‘s Overpowered Sliding
Treyarch announced it’s going to fix one of Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s most powerful and controversial tactics ahead of launch: sliding. While Black Ops Cold War doesn’t come out until tomorrow, players have already gotten a taste of its multiplayer during weekend betas earlier in the month. One of the major verdicts?…
By Ethan Gach Published November 12, 2020 -
CultureForget About The Pandemic For A Second And Look At This Chill Game About Bird Watching
Monument Valley creators Ustwo Studio couldn’t have picked a better time to release a new game about exploring nature on a breezy Mediterranean island. In Alba: a Wildlife Adventure you spend a summer with your grandparents taking hikes, cleaning up litter, and snapping pics of all the wildlife you run into. First announced earlier this…
By Ethan Gach Published November 12, 2020 -
CultureMorning MusicNo Wonder Billie Eilish Likes Ilomilo So Much
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re checking out music from Ilomilo, a puzzle game so overwhelmingly delightful that Billie Eilish wrote a song about it One of my favorite games of all time, Southend Interactive’s Ilomilo (playlist / longplay /…
By Mike Fahey Published November 12, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanDemand For PS5 In Japan Means High Gray Market Prices
When the PlayStation 5 launched earlier today, there weren’t long lines wrapped around the stores. In Japan and internationally, Sony is limiting launch sales to online and pre-order pickups. “The COVID-19 situation makes us very nervous about putting stock into stores around the launch window,” Jim Ryan, president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, told…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 12, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Autumn In New York | Artist: Billie Holiday | Album: Lady in Autumn
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 12, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanThe PlayStation 5 Reminds Players That Japan’s Buttons Have Changed
Now that the PlayStation 5 has been released, the X and the circle buttons are officially swapped for Japan. Since the original PlayStation, the action button has been the circle button, while this was reversed in the West. The X and circle buttons originally had meaning in Japan. Our colleagues at Gizmodo previously reported that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 12, 2020 -
CultureThe Art Of Watch Dogs: Legion
The latest Watch Dogs game might be set in a real place, but Ubisoft’s vision for near-future London still took a lot of work to pull together. In this gallery you’ll find a selection of pieces from a number of artists who worked on the game. It’s not everything from everyone, but it’s enough to…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 11, 2020 -
CultureAssassin’s Creed Syndicate Sort Of Works On PS5, If You Don’t Mind The Shadows
Remember when Ubisoft said the PS4 version of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate wouldn’t run on the PS5, then said never mind? Well, the quietly excellent 2015 Assassin’s Creed game mostly works on Sony’s new system. There’s just a lot of flickering. I downloaded Syndicate to my PS5 a few days ago and was pleased to see it…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 11, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsDemon’s Souls On PS5 Has Still Got It
After spending a few hours with the remake this morning, I can confirm that playing Demon’s Souls on PlayStation 5 is almost exactly like playing Demon’s Souls on PlayStation 3. And that’s a very good thing. I’ll admit I arrived to the Demon’s Souls party later than most, like “first played it in the last…
By Ian Walker Published November 11, 2020 -
CultureYouTube Is Down, So No, It’s Not Just You [Update]
YouTube is suffering one hell of an outage right now, with not just its video playback but accompanying services like YouTube music also down for the count. I first noticed it about an hour ago while…looking up old Homeworld videos, then quickly noticed that my YouTube Music playback (I keep music playing in the background…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 11, 2020 -
CultureCosplayNow 2021 Cosplay Shows Are Being Cancelled As Well
We were all expecting most 2020 conventions to have been cancelled, but the complete inability of most of the planet—and the United States in particular—to get its shit together means that we’re already starting to see big 2021 shows thrown in the bin as well. Katsucon is the first, announcing earlier today that “It is…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 11, 2020 -
CultureTwitchTwitch Apologizes, But DMCA Fiasco Continues With Punishments For In-Game Sounds, Deleted Clips
Twitch’s past three weeks have been bleak, to say the least. Late last month, the company abruptly purged thousands of streamers’ videos and advised them to delete all remaining clips in advance of a massive music industry DMCA crackdown—one it had known about for months, but failed to adequately warn streamers about until it developed…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 11, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesHow To Move Your PlayStation 4 Stuff To Your PlayStation 5
The PlayStation 5 promises the future, but that doesn’t mean you need to let go of the past. After all, we’re talking about seven years of hard-earned memories: beloved games, hard-earned save data, and sweet, sweet, Trophies. The bad news is that, as far as I can tell, there’s no way to move your screenshots…
By Ari Notis Published November 11, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Yakuza: Like A Dragon
It doesn’t matter if you’re a newcomer to the series or a veteran, there’s a lot to get to grips with in the latest Yakuza game, thanks to a new cast, a new city and, most important of all, a transition from action gameplay into full-blown JRPG combat. Also Yakuza: Like a Dragon is just…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 11, 2020 -
CultureThis Speedy Gaming Monitor Was Co-Designed By Porsche
Non-congressional gaming monitor maker AOC and Porsche Design have teamed up to create exactly what one would expect from such a collaboration—an incredibly fast gaming monitor. The $800 Porsche Design AOC AGON PD27 is a 27-inch QHD monitor with a 240 Hz refresh rate, .5 millisecond response time, and a stand design inspired by a…
By Mike Fahey Published November 11, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesHow To Make The Most Of Your PlayStation 5’s Internal Storage
Those making the leap from a PlayStation 4 Pro to a PlayStation5 are in for a rude awakening. The PS4 Pro, of course, boasts a 1TB hard-drive. The PS5, meanwhile, is equipped with an 825GB solid-state drive (SSD)‚ but that’s only on paper. As with any modern video game console, a good chunk of the…
By Ari Notis Published November 11, 2020 -
CulturePlague Inc. Now Has A New Mode In Which You Try To Stop A Pandemic
The most successful video game about spreading disease got a long-promised new mode today that lets you try to stop a pandemic. Plague Inc’s new Cure mode challenges you to find the right mix of contact tracing, lockdown enforcement, vaccine research, economic assistance, and similar measures to bring society to the moment we’re all dreaming…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 11, 2020
