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CultureSunday Comics: Tom Holland!
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 Oct. 29. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Oct. 26. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
By Zack Zwiezen Published November 1, 2020 -
CultureJoe Biden Has A Fortnite Island Now
It’s no giant Joe Biden hologram, but Fortnite has gotten a Biden/Harris-themed Creative island days before the US election. “Build Back Better With Biden” features mini-game challenges, easter eggs about the candidates, and voting information. Like everything about 2020, it’s more depressing than inspiring, but it’s what we’ve got. As first reported by Mashable, the…
By Riley MacLeod Published October 31, 2020 -
CulturePokemonSpectrier Kicks So Hard That It Knocks Souls Out Of Bodies
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Spectrier! Type: Ghost Average Height: 6′ 07” Average Weight: 98.1 lbs First Added In Generation VIII Out there, in…
By Zack Zwiezen Published October 31, 2020 -
CultureMorning CheckpointBad Cat!
This week we see just how accurate London in Watch Dogs Legion actually is, find out which big games are getting delayed, listen to some terrible Halloween sex sounds, explore a strange house in VR and meet a bad cat. A very bad cat. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week As always, Nathan does…
By Zack Zwiezen Published October 31, 2020 -
CultureClassic Guilty Gear Sees Massive Spike In Players After Rollback Netcode Patch
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R, the 2012 update to a game originally released in 2002, is currently testing a patch on Steam (developed in part by a controversial figure in the fighting game community) that improves online play in a big way. This has led to a huge influx of players, completely shattering…
By Ian Walker Published October 30, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsYakuza 0 and Part Time UFO Are Giving Me My Crane Game Fix
Crane games are sinister, alluring bedevilments with their bright flashing lights and happy jingles that tempt suckers like me into feeding them money. For just a few dollars you too can own this ugly yet endearing horse plushie you have no space for but look how precariously it’s perched and how its long neck is…
By Ash Parrish Published October 30, 2020 -
CultureSkullgirls Designer Worked On Guilty Gear Patch Despite Sexual Harassment Accusations
Lab Zero Games developer Mike Zaimont has been suspended from work on an official Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R netcode patch, Gamasutra reports. The fact that the former Skullgirls designer was working on this patch as recently as October 24 is surprising, given recent accusations by both fans and fellow employees of sexual…
By Ian Walker Published October 30, 2020 -
CultureNot All Assassin’s Creed Games Will Be Backwards Compatible On PS5 (Update: Ubisoft Pulls Listing)
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate and a few of the series’ spin-offs won’t work on PS5, Ubisoft announced today Update – 9:06 p.m. ET, 10/30/20: Ubisoft has since taken down today’s support page announcing the backwards compatibility exceptions for PS5, and it now links to an earlier announcement about Ubisoft Connect. “We have pulled the Ubisoft Connect…
By Ethan Gach Published October 30, 2020 -
CultureSplitscreenWe Wrote The Greatest Horror Movie Twist Of All Time (Using Video Game Characters)
It is once again almost that time: Tomorrow, the scary day will be upon us. In light of that, we did not talk about horror games/movies on this week’s episode of Splitscreen—that would be too obvious. Instead, we made our own. (Also, we talked about things in non-horror games that terrify us and a bunch…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 30, 2020 -
CultureSpider-Man: Miles Morales Has An Into The Spider-Verse Suit
Much like its predecessor, Spider-Man: Miles Morales will feature a variety of spider suits for its titular superhero when it arrives on November 12. That said, it’s going to be hard to top the one modeled after Miles Morales’ appearance in Into the Spider-Verse PlayStation announced today that Miles Morales includes a gorgeous homage to…
By Ian Walker Published October 30, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Bautista Edition, Winners!
Last week, Microsoft announced an option to recast Marcus Fenix in Gears 5 as former-wrestler Dave Bautista. Taking a celebrity and dropping them into a video game is sort of OUR thing, so it felt right to ask you all to do just that with Bautista. Our winning image this week comes from Villings who…
By Zack Zwiezen Published October 30, 2020 -
CultureLet’s See How Accurate Watch Dogs Legion’s London Really Is
Watch Dogs Legion is set in a near-future central London, and unlike so many other games supposedly located in the United Kingdom’s capital, it often actually looks—and sounds—an awful like the city. While there are unquestionably some odd mistakes, some assumptions that don’t quite work, and something not quite right about the overall atmosphere, it’s…
By John Walker Published October 30, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsSurprise: Pikmin 3 Deluxe’s Epilogue Is Some Of The Best Pikmin Ever Made
Twenty-two days ago, I wrote: “If Nintendo has hidden some amazing twist at the end of Pikmin 3 Deluxe, if the epilogue really delivers, the joke will be on me.” Today I am here to tell you there is no twist, at least not a plot twist at the end of the new Switch port…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 30, 2020 -
CultureDestiny 2 Director To Players: ‘Delete All That Shit’ Taking Up Space In Your Vault
This week we got another heads-up on several changes coming to Destiny 2, both in its next expansion and beyond, including that players won’t need to keep copies of all their favorite-looking armor in order to take advantage of the upcoming stats-preserving transmog system. “You’re not going to have to have the copy in your inventory,”…
By Ethan Gach Published October 30, 2020 -
CultureMorning MusicLunar’s Beloved Composer Scored A Game About Angels Fighting Alien Dicks
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’ll fly with angels, which in Gynoug is far, far grosser than it sounds. Early Sega Genesis was weird Sega Genesis, at least until Sonic raised the system’s profile in mid-1991. Western development, particularly from…
By Alexandra Hall Published October 30, 2020 -
AnimeReport: Sony To Buy Crunchyroll For Over $957 Million
The Tokyo-based electronics giant is reportedly going into the final round of negotiations to buy Crunchyroll. According to Nikkei Asia, the acquisition could cost Sony over 100 billion yen ($957 million). This comes as Sony obtained the exclusive right to negotiate for the popular anime streaming service. Up to now, Sony has been licensing its…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 30, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanCheck Out These Resident Evil 2 Collectible Statues, Each Priced At $1,349
Starting next year, Prime 1 Studio is releasing a pair of limited-edition Resident Evil 2 statues, featuring Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield blasting zombies. The Claire statue is 21.6 inches high, weighing 40.5 pounds, while the Leon one is 23 inches and 46 pounds. They are priced at $1,349 and will be out internationally.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 30, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Anata | Artist: Hikaru Utada | Album: Hatsukoi
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 30, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsWatch This Great Documentary On Shinji Mikami
If you’re a fan of Capcom, Clover, horror, or just good video games in general, please set aside part of your week to enjoy this hour-long documentary by Archipel on Shinji Mikami, the legendary director of everything from Resident Evil to God Hand to Vanquish
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2020