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CultureOfficial Spider-Man x PlayStation Sneakers Are Blergh
As we told you last month, Miles Morales—who in the recent animated film made Air Jordan 1s an iconic part of his entire character—has lost his Nike deal in exchange for an Adidas one. And it’s a definite downgrade. While originally all we had to go on were some images from the game, Adidas and…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 10, 2020 -
CultureDestiny 2‘s Steam Player Count Is Nearly At An All-Time High, Despite Beyond Light Launch Difficulties
Any time there are millions of people itching to play a new expansion, there’s bound to be difficulties. You might even call it Destiny… 2: Beyond Light’s rollout, which is happening right now. Today, Bungie’s sci-fi flavored entry in the “bad guys fall down, numbers go up” genre is within spitting distance of a new…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 10, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsWorld Of Warcraft: Shadowlands’ Pre-Launch Event Is A Nostalgia Road Trip
The pre-launch event for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, now live, serves as the story lead-up to Shadowlands’ main event. Key leaders of the Alliance and Horde factions have been kidnapped on the orders of Sylvanas Windrunner. But before adventurers can rescue them, they must deal with a Scourge invasion. The pre-launch events detail your efforts…
By Ash Parrish Published November 10, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsMy First Three Hours With Destiny 2: Beyond Light
Today is Destiny 2’s big day. Beyond Light, the game’s third major expansion, is finally live after a seven-week delay, and with it a major new patch and the latest season. I have a lot of feelings right now that will take days, if not weeks, to fully shake out. But at the moment I’m…
By Ethan Gach Published November 10, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesThe PS5 Lets You Automatically Invert The Y Axis (Most Of The Time)
The PlayStation 5 is brimming with novelty. You can finally, after seven long years, check out your playtime stats. The new DualSense controller is arguably the best case for the next generation. And then there’s all that beefed-up tech, which helps load games at blistering speeds. But one of the coolest selling points isn’t a…
By Ari Notis Published November 10, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesTip: Make Your New Xbox Your Home Xbox ASAP
It’s a fact of life by now: Console launches are never smooth sailing. If you’re a new owner of an Xbox Series S or X, you might even find yourself locked out of your downloaded games—unless you thought to set your new machine as your home Xbox. Over the course of the day, the very…
By Ari Notis Published November 10, 2020 -
CultureHow PS5 Remote Play Works On PS4
A surprise application appeared on everyone’s PlayStation 4 yesterday that allows the console to remotely access the PlayStation 5. Here’s a quick primer on how this feature works. Playing PlayStation 5 games remotely on the PlayStation 4 works much the same way as the feature did between prior Sony consoles. Users will need to activate…
By Ian Walker Published November 10, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
After two years off, Assassin’s Creed returns today with the Nordic-inspired Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S. Keeping with series tradition, Valhalla is a biiiig game. A couple of us on staff have been getting our vikingr on for the past week. Here’s…
Ari Notis & Zack Zwiezen Published November 10, 2020 -
Tips & Guides13 Tips To Make The Most Of Your New Xbox Series X Or S
And just like that, the next generation is here. The Xbox Series X and its smaller, more affordable sibling, the Xbox Series S, are available (well, to those who were quick enough on the draw to nab preorders). If you’re coming over from the Xbox One, you probably know your way around already. The interface…
By Ari Notis Published November 10, 2020 -
CultureThe PS5 Doesn’t Support 1440p Output Now, But It Could In The Future
Keep bugging Sony about it and the PS5 might one day support 1440p just like the Xbox Series X/S. This ray of hope comes via an interview with Japanese tech outlet AV Watch in which two Sony VPs explain that there’s nothing technically holding the PS5 back from outputting in 1440p, the native resolution of…
By Ethan Gach Published November 10, 2020 -
ReviewsHardwareGame SystemsXbox Series X: The Kotaku Review
The Xbox Series X does not feel like the kind of machine we usually get at the start of a new generation, when we’re used to clean breaks with radical new hardware that basically starts our time with a PlayStation, Xbox, or Nintendo device over. Instead, the Series X feels like another version of Microsoft’s…
By Mike Fahey Published November 10, 2020 -
CultureMorning MusicAkira Yamaoka Signed Every Shadows Of The Damned Soundtrack Sold In The West
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re revisiting 2011’s Shadows of the Damned, which has one particular track that flies in the face of its goth, heavy metal aesthetics. Grasshopper Manufacture’s Shadows of the Damned (playlist / longplay / VGMdb) is…
By Ian Walker Published November 10, 2020 -
Kotaku EastSouth KoreaLeague of Legends Pro Suspended And Fined For Hate Speech
Kim “OnFleek” Jang-gyeom, a League of Legends pro for Sandbox Gaming, has been fined and will be suspended for hate speech. Inven reports that Kim made a racist remark during a stream. As translated by Ashley Kang, a writer for ESPN Sports, Kim wrote, “The only good Chinese is a dead Chinese.” “It has been…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 10, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanAnother Tokyo Arcade Is Closing Due To Covid-19
This has been a bad year for Tokyo arcades. The one-two punch of the global pandemic and Japan’s travel ban has meant few customers, which has squeezed the industry’s bottom line. Landmark Tokyo arcades are shutting. Add Arcade Playland Carnival in Shinjuku to that list. Unfortunately. The arcade’s official Twitter account announced that on November…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 10, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanIn Japan, Sony Will Stop Servicing The Original PlayStation 4
With the PlayStation 5 launching this month, a new console era has begun. Sony is driving that point home by revealing that it will no longer service launch PS4s in Japan Via Twitter, Sony announced that on December 25, service for PS4 CUH-1000/CUH-1100 series of consoles would end in Japan, and individuals needing their consoles…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 10, 2020 -
AnimeHayao Miyazaki Asked About Anime When Picking Up Trash
Earlier this month, Japanese tabloid Flash spotted famed animator Hayao Miyazaki as he was leaving the house to pick up trash around his neighborhood. In Japan, neighborhood associations meet a few times a year with residents gathering to pick up litter and pull weeds. It’s unclear whether Miyazaki was doing this, or simply tidying up…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 10, 2020 -
CultureDestiny 2‘s Live Event Has Let Players Into Its Gorgeous Last City
Destiny 2 servers are set to shutdown tonight for maintenance ahead of tomorrow’s launch of the Beyond Light expansion, but just before they do Bungie decide to treat players to a nice relaxing stroll through the game’s breathtaking Last City. Players have been anticipating some sort of live in-game event to cap of the game’s…
By Ethan Gach Published November 9, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsAdvance Wars Fans, Please Play Mobius Front ’83 Immediately
I was surprised a few weeks back to see the announcement for Mobius Front ‘83, a new tactics game for the PC by Zachtronics. I’m even more surprised now to find that it’s not only already out, but that it’s incredible Nintendo’s continued abandonment of its once-cherished mobile franchise has been a decade-long disappointment. One…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 9, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Just Want To Play Watch Dogs: Legion
Nearly two weeks ago, Watch Dogs: Legion came out. One day later, I booted it up on my PC for a breezy three-or-so-hour play session. One day after that, I once again tried to play the latest cyberpunk entry in a genre that, for expediency’s sake, we will just call “Ubisoft,” only for the loading…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 9, 2020
