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Kotaku EastSouth KoreaMan Lights 100 Cigarettes In Internet Cafe, Gets Arrested
South Korean news reports that a 20-something man has been arrested after lighting up around 100 cigarettes in the smoking room at an internet café According to The Korea Times, the suspect opened seven packs of cigarettes. He then began lighting, smoking them with both hands, and throwing the butts on the floor. Smoke began…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 16, 2020 -
CultureLet’s Watch Hayao Miyazaki Have An Ice Cream Float
Earlier this year, the Ghibli Museum was temporarily shuttered due to coronavirus concerns. In July it opened at reduced capacity, and regular ticket sales resumed last month. The museum also decided to revamp its café Hayao Miyazaki and producer Toshio Ghibli recently checked out the renewed Mugiwara Boushi Café. It’s been turned into a self-service…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 16, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Teen Age Riot | Artist: Sonic Youth | Album: Daydream Youth
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 16, 2020 -
AnimeLatest Evangelion Trailer Reveals A January Release Date
The years-in-the-making Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 was supposed to be out this year. It was delayed due to covid-19, and the eagerly anticipated movie’s latest trailer now reveals a January 2020 release date. Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 is slated to be the fourth and last entry in the Rebuild of Evangelion series. Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 16, 2020 -
CultureNintendo Goes After Zelda Fan Game For Violating Copyright
The Missing Link, a new Zelda fan game made by a team led by prominent Mario modder Kaze Emanuar, has had its website and trailers taken down by Nintendo. We wrote about the game back in July 2020, which was actually 37 months ago, and it looked great! Made using mostly recycled assets from both…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2020 -
CultureTotal RecallJapanese Farm Hides One Hell Of A Video Game Collection
I have seen some impressive game collections in my time, but few that can match either the scale or presentation of this one, which is basically sitting in the middle of some farm fields in Japan. In this episode of Collector’s Quest (via former Kotaku editor Chris Kohler), Nintendo super-fan and author of the incredible…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsThe Story Of Crow 64, A Game That Did Not Exist
Earlier today, filmmaker Adam Butcher uploaded a new video to YouTube detailing the history of Catastrophe Crow, a forgotten Nintendo 64 game whose mysterious creator went missing before the game was completed. A few simple Google searches will reveal that the game and its developer are fake, of course, but that doesn’t keep “What Happened…
By Ian Walker Published October 15, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsMiles Morales Has Lost His Air Jordan 1s, Which Sucks
So one of the best things about Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and really about Miles Morales in general, is that he’s an extremely relatable kid. That was true of his personality and exploits, sure, but it even went as far as his shoes In Spider-Verse, one of the things that most grounds Miles is the…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2020 -
CultureSega Releases Unfinished, Troubled Golden Axe Demo That Was Cancelled Years Ago
A long time ago, in a far away country, a team of Sega developers started work on a collection of 2.5D remakes of some of the company’s classic series. The project was cancelled and never released, but Sega this week just decided fuck it, and released the Golden Axe one on Steam anyway. Called Golden…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryDear Video Games, I’m Begging You: Cut It Out With The Spiders
Torchlight III, an action role-playing game that came out this week, starts innocuously enough. You choose from a cadre of traditional fantasy roles (mage, archer, soldier, or person with mountainous biceps and a murder train) and go on your merry way killing goblins. In short order, you’re sent into a dungeon that’s loaded up with…
By Ari Notis Published October 15, 2020 -
CultureRevamped PlayStation Store Ditches PS3, Vita, PSP Content
An email being sent to PlayStation users today announced that Sony will be introducing a new PlayStation Store on web and mobile later this month. The benefits are unclear, but several features will be removed, including the ability to buy legacy content and build a personal wishlist. Starting on October 21, the new PlayStation Store…
By Ian Walker Published October 15, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsThe Most Fun I’ve Had In Avengers In Weeks Is This Chair
Boredom can do strange things to a person, especially a person who has been waiting weeks for fresh content in a popular service game. Today’s patch finally brought a new hub location to Marvel’s Avengers. That’s where I found this one chair. S.H.I.E.L.D. Substation Zero is a new hub location added in patch 1.3.3. It’s…
By Mike Fahey Published October 15, 2020 -
CultureSpeedrunner Beats Baldur’s Gate 3‘s Early Access Version In 7 Minutes
According to Baldur’s Gate 3‘s Steam page, the long-awaited RPG’s early access version consists of “approximately 25 hours of self-contained content,” but you can tackle it pretty much any way you want. Most diehard fans take a completionist tack, trying to stretch the still-incomplete game as far as it will go. Not Cary “Professor Palmer”…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 15, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsKingdom Hearts: Melody Of Memory Demo Shows Off A Charmingly Simple Rhythm Game
The demo for the upcoming Kingdom Hearts rhythm game is live today for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Switch. Based on what I’ve played, it’s the most straightforward game the series has ever seen, so simple you can play it with just one button. In Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory’s Field Battles, which are the…
By Mike Fahey Published October 15, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsViral Dance Video Recreated In Disco Elysium
Back in May of 2019, a video was uploaded to the internet. The video, titled “Get tf out of my way type way,” was perfect. It became popular, racked up millions of views, and went viral on Twitter and elsewhere. And now, that amazing video has been recreated in Disco Elysium by a developer who…
By Zack Zwiezen Published October 15, 2020 -
CultureCyberpunk 2077 Will Be On Stadia At Launch After All
CD Projekt Red confirmed in today’s latest Nightwire livestream that Cyberpunk 2077 will come to Google’s video game streaming platform Stadia on November 19. That’s the same day it will release on other platforms like Xbox One, PS4, and PC, but up until today it wasn’t entirely clear Cyberpunk 2077 would hit Stadia then as…
By Ethan Gach Published October 15, 2020 -
CultureSony Says It Isn’t Spying On Your PlayStation Parties
Yesterday, Sony rolled out system software update 8.00 for the PlayStation 4, which added new features, renamed some old things, and for the most part got the old console ready to interact with the upcoming PS5. A notification that party chats may now be recorded began appearing along with the update, upsetting many users who…
By Zack Zwiezen Published October 15, 2020 -
CultureBorderlands 3 Is Getting Another Wave Of Downloadable Content
Borderlands 3 isn’t over. Last month, the looter-shooter’s first season pass wrapped up with a meaty story campaign that sent Vault Hunters inside the mind of Krieg, a popular character from the second game. Today, Gearbox revealed that a second wave of add-on content is en route. The two new add-ons are called the Designer’s…
By Ari Notis Published October 15, 2020 -
CultureDestiny 2‘s Next-Gen Upgrades Come To PS5 And Xbox Series X In December
Destiny 2 will be backwards compatible on PS5 and Xbox Series X when the consoles launch next month, but the fully next-gen version of the game won’t land until December 8. Bungie outlined how these slightly delayed upgrades will work in a new blog post today: Destiny 2 will play in 4K at 60fps on…
By Ethan Gach Published October 15, 2020
