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CultureXbox Series X Expandable Storage Costs $219.99
The price for 1TB of expandable storage on Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and S consoles has finally been revealed and it’s a whopping $219.99. That’s based on a listing that recently went up over at Best Buy and was first spotted by The Verge. (Update – 11:34 a.m., 9/24/20: Microsoft confirmed the price over on…
By Ethan Gach Published September 24, 2020 -
CultureMorning MusicEndless Space’s Alien Music Makes Spreadsheet Management Feel Transcendent
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today I’m here to sing the praises of Endless Space’s lowkey ode to micromanagement, which featured the only game soundtrack that’s ever made me feel equal parts noble and enlightened for spending hours fiddling with resource…
By Ethan Gach Published September 24, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanXbox Series S Already Got A Price Cut In Japan
The Xbox Series S isn’t out yet, but in Japan, it’s already getting a price cut. Today, Microsoft Japan announced that the smaller next-gen console, originally priced 32,980 yen ($313) in the country, will retail for 29,980 yen, which with the current exchange rate is $285. As pointed out on My Game News Flash, that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 24, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsAdidas Is Making Cyberpunk 2077 Sneakers
Normally sneaker collabs like to pay homage to things that have already established themselves as cultural forces, but when it comes to directly helping advertise an upcoming blockbuster video game, Adidas figures it can bring that timeline forward a little. While yet to be officially unveiled by Adidas, collector solebyjc—who often gets sample pairs early…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 24, 2020 -
CultureNintendo Gets Around To Announcing New Kirby Game
A day after accidentally announcing the game, Nintendo has gone ahead and provided some more formal information—and a trailer—for Kirby Fighters 2 on the Switch. First things first, it’s out now. You can go and buy it on the eShop. It’s $20. Next: there’s a single-player story mode, and also “up to four player” multiplayer,…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 23, 2020 -
CultureAmong Us 2 Cancelled One Month After It Was Announced
Among Us 2 was announced 36 days ago. Today, it is being cancelled so the developers of the latest very big thing on Twitch can instead focus all their energies on making the original better. In a blog post on the game’s site PuffballsUnited, one of the game’s co-creators, writesthat the surge in popularity of…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 23, 2020 -
CultureSquad, A Big PC Shooter, Is Out After Six Years In Early Access
Well, this is nice to see: Squad, a PC shooter made by the same team behind the excellent Battlefield 2 mod Project Reality, has finally been released after spending six years getting better in Early Access. If you’ve played Battlefield and ArmA, Squad sits very comfortably in the space between both, with the latter’s scale…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 23, 2020 -
CultureMorrowind Completely Rebooted Your Xbox During Some Loading Screens
The latest episode of the official Xbox podcast features a discussion between Microsoft and Bethesda executives about the console manuracturer’s recent acquisition of the Elder Scrolls developer for a whopping $7.5 billion. While the video is mostly about hyping up a massive business deal, Bethesda’s chief software engineer Todd Howard did share a neat anecdote…
By Ian Walker Published September 23, 2020 -
CultureI Downloaded All Of Xbox Game Pass To One Hard Drive (And It’s Not Even Half-Full)
Western Digital’s WD_BLACK D10 game drive is a 12 terabyte, 7200 RPM, powered external hard drive for the Xbox One. In order to test the drive out, I downloaded every game available for the console on the Xbox Game Pass, somewhere around 250 games. It took a week and my ISP is pissed, but I…
By Mike Fahey Published September 23, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsDestiny 2 Honors Deceased Developer With Moving Piece Of In-Game Lore
When players log onto Destiny 2 this week they’ll be asked to go investigate some lost Golden Age tech on Mars as part of a special tribute to Matt Helsom, an artist at Vicarious Visions who passed away last year. Touching down on Mars there’s no objective marker for where to begin the Signal Intercepted…
By Ethan Gach Published September 23, 2020 -
CultureSony Confirms There’s No Free PS5 Upgrade For PS4 Spider-Man Players
There are still a lot of questions surrounding Spider-Man on PlayStation 5. The good news? We have answers. The bad news? Well, the answers themselves. As of now, there is no upgrade path to get the graphically upgraded Spider-Man Remastered on PlayStation 5 for players who already own the original Spider-Man on PlayStation 4, according…
By Ian Walker Published September 23, 2020 - Uncategorized
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By G/O Media Published September 23, 2020 -
CultureBaldur’s Gate 3 Early Access Beta Delayed A Week
Baldur’s Gate 3 won’t make its early access debut on PC and Stadia at the end of this month after all. Instead, it’s been pushed back to October 6. Larian Studios announced the delay on Twitter today, citing some issues with stability and hold-ups around the game translation into various languages. “We’re nearly there but…
By Ethan Gach Published September 23, 2020 -
UncategorizedFormer Blizzard Boss Mike Morhaime Launches Dreamhaven, Which Sounds Like Blizzard 2.0
Blizzard co-founder and bass guitarist Mike Morhaime stepped down from his position as company president in 2018. Now’s he’s back with a whole new game company, Dreamhaven, overseeing two new game development studios packed with former Blizzard talent. We’ve seen a lot of new studios popping up over the years boasting former Blizzard devs, but…
By Mike Fahey Published September 23, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanA Game With The Word “Shit” Was Just Re-Released On The Nintendo Switch In Japan
When Super Tennis was originally released in Japan in 1991, the in-game tennis players would exclaim the world “shit”. The North American and UK versions, however, substituted “rats” instead. Today, Super Tennis was re-released on Nintendo Switch Online. Staying true to the original version, the Japanese version still contains the word “shit.” Purists would expect…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 23, 2020 -
CultureNo Man’s Sky Update 3.0 Drops Today, Updates Entire Universe
Since this year began the procedurally-generated space opera No Man’s Sky has added living spaceships, exo-mechs, creepy derelict freighters, bobbleheads, and crossplay between PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Today developer Hello Games caps off 2020 with Origins, a massive update that adds billions of new planets to discover, ups the diversity of flora and fauna,…
By Mike Fahey Published September 23, 2020
