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CultureTwitchTwitch DMCA Purge Deletes Thousands Of Streamers’ Videos
It’s finally happening: Twitch is taking action against copyrighted music—long a norm among streamers—in response to music industry pressure. Today, hundreds of streamers received emails from the company stating that videos or clips in their back catalogues had run afoul of copyright rules, resulting in deletion. This, it seems, is just the beginning. Something similar…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 20, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesYou Can Stream Xbox Games To Your iPhone Now, But It’s Messy
Following this week’s update to the iPhone Xbox app, you can now remotely play Xbox games on your iPhone. It’s not quite last month’s ballyhooed Android xCloud launch, but it’s a neat feature with a lot of potential, in limited circumstances. To play, you’ll need an iPhone updated to iOS 12 or later, according to…
By Ari Notis Published October 20, 2020 -
CultureEVE Online‘s Alien Invasion Is Finally Over
EVE’s long-running alien invasion has come to an end. Over the last few months, the aliens known as Triglavians have taken over many of the game’s star systems, with the help of some players. The mysterious forces’ ultimate goal was not known until the launch of the Phoenix Quadrant last week, when 27 of those…
By Lee Yancy Published October 20, 2020 -
CultureStadia Is Getting A Pac-Man Battle Royale Game
The battle royale train apparently hasn’t run out of steam yet, as now Pac-Man is jumping aboard. Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle is a spin-off of the classic arcade series in which players will try to survive an all-you-can-eat buffet of death. Announced during a brief Stadia presentation today, the 64-player competitive game will be coming…
By Ethan Gach Published October 20, 2020 -
CulturePlayers Discover Luigi Easter Egg In Super Mario Bros. 35
It turns out there’s a way to unlock 8-bit Luigi in Super Mario Bros. 35 after grinding through a bunch of the game, because it’s always the Year of Luigi somewhere. It’s unclear who was the first person to discover Mario’s brother in the battle royale game, but players started to take note after Tetris…
By Ethan Gach Published October 20, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Can’t Stop Playing Picross, Send Help
I’m going to make this quick so I can get back to the game that’s making me write this in the first place: Picross has taken over my life. Mario’s Super Picross (pronounced PIE-cross) is a free puzzle game on the Super Nintendo service available to all Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. (Yes, I know the…
By Ash Parrish Published October 20, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsGenshin Impact‘s Sidekick Is Annoying As Hell, But Also Good
When I first met Genshin Impact’s mascot character, Paimon, I had serious second thoughts about playing any more of the game. This was an issue, because she first shows up approximately two minutes after the game begins. Many things about Genshin Impact, the free-to-play Breath of the Wild-inspired JRPG that’s blown the absolute heck up…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 20, 2020 -
CultureMaster Chief Collection Is Getting Upgraded To Play At 120 FPS On Xbox Series X/S
Halo fans on console will finally get to see Master Chief at double the frames per second when Halo: The Master Chief Collection gets upgraded for Xbox Series X and S on November 17. Microsoft announced the news on Twitter today, stating that the next-gen optimized version of the collection would play at 120 FPS…
By Ethan Gach Published October 20, 2020 -
CultureInject The Whimsy Of Balan Wonderworld’s Opening Directly Into My Veins, Please
As the U.S. barrels towards a history-shaping day of reckoning, I find myself craving lighter, happier things. The bright, colorful, and slightly creepy intro movie for Balan Wonderworld, the new game from the creators of Sonic the Hedgehog and Nights Into Dreams, is exactly what I need. Magic happens when director Yuji Naka and designer…
By Mike Fahey Published October 20, 2020 -
ReviewsOne Of The Best USB Streaming Mics, Now In World Of Warcraft Flavor
Blue Microphones’ Yeti X is one of the most caster-friendly high-end USB microphones going, with cool features like on-mic LED volume metering and an outstanding software utility for tweaking every aspect of your voice recording. The Yeti X World of Warcraft Edition is all that with a cool black-and-gold rune-etched look and entertaining WoW-themed voice-changing…
By Mike Fahey Published October 20, 2020 -
AnimeAnime Movie Tops The Global Box Office
While movie theaters in the United States are in jeopardy, theaters in Japan just saw their biggest box office weekend ever thanks to the Demon Slayer feature anime. NHK reports that 3.4 million people saw Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train in theaters in Japan. The movie opened on a Friday, playing on 403 screens,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 20, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanHere’s An Excellent Cyberpunk Mask
This year, more than ever, people are wearing face masks. Twitter user Shuka, who specializes in cyberpunk designs, created this cool-looking face mask. The mask has three different ways to wear it, from a chin guard to a mask and a full-face covering. I imagine wearing a filter or medical mask underneath would make quite…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 20, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanTeenager Finally Achieves Her Dream Of Dating Godzilla
Thirteen-year-old Seira Watanabe is a huge Godzilla fan. She has an impressive collection of figures and does an excellent impression of the kaiju’s roar. Recently, she wrote to Osaka television show Tantei! Knight Scoop, asking to go on a date with Godzilla. Tantei! Knight Scoop takes requests from viewers (often very silly ones), turning those…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 20, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Can I Believe You | Artist: Fleet Foxes | Album: Shore
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 20, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Ghost Of Tsushima’s New Co-Op Mode
On Friday, Ghost of Tsushima got a lot bigger. Alongside a raft of quality-of-life updates, the latest patch for Sucker Punch’s open-world samurai adventure also introduced a robust new cooperative mode called Ghost of Tsushima: Legends. It’s really two modes—a two-player narrative adventure alongside a four-player survival gauntlet, both of which are steeped in mysticism—but…
By Ari Notis Published October 19, 2020 -
ReviewsBoard GamesWestern Empires: The Kotaku Review
Western Empires is a big board game. A very, very, very, very, very big board game. Designed for nine players (though you can go as low as five), and played over the course of around eight hours, it’s the setting for an entire day of expansion, science, trade and battle. You and eight friends/former friends…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 19, 2020 -
CultureBungie Cracks Down On Destiny 2 Cheat Seller
The website PerfectAim no longer sells cheats for Destiny 2 after it says it received a cease and desist letter from Bungie. PerfectAim sells access to cheats that give players an unfair advantage in a whole range of games, but Destiny 2 will no longer be one of them. When you visit the site’s cheat…
By Ethan Gach Published October 19, 2020
