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CultureSupergiant’s Hades Is Coming To Switch
To kick off today’s Nintendo Indie World showcase, Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre developer Supergiant announced that its most recent game, Hades, is coming to Switch this fall. Hades is a narrative-driven roguelike rooted in Greek mythology. The Switch version will have cross save functionality with the PC version, so if you—like me—have already sunk countless…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 18, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going? Flight Stick Edition
Dammit, Microsoft Flight Simulator. Welcome back to our daily open thread. Good morning. I’ve spent the opening hours of my day on the website of one Thrustmaster because Microsoft Flight Simulator demands it. I own more than three dozen mechanical keyboards, but none of them are adequate to control a Cessna. They work okay, and…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2020 -
CultureNext-Gen Arkane Game Deathloop Delayed To 2021
Deathloop, Arkane’s upcoming time-based immersive sim, has been delayed to spring of 2021, the studio tweeted today. And just like that another next-gen game falls out of this year’s lineup. The studio cites work-from-home and “the health and safety” of staff as reasons for the delay, writing, “This extra time will allow our team to…
By Ethan Gach Published August 18, 2020 -
CultureFall Guys Creators Incite Twitter Brand Bidding War For Charity, And It’s Beautiful To Watch
Since the launch of wildly successful battle royale Fall Guys, Twitter brands have been falling over themselves to get their products and/or services represented as in-game costumes. Yesterday developer Mediatonic launched a two-week “Battle of the Brands” event, with the brand that donates the most to gamer charity Special Effect securing the coveted tie-in. As…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2020 -
CultureReport: Batman Developer Rocksteady Accused Of Failing To Address Sexual Harassment [Update]
Female staffmembers at Rocksteady Studios, best known for the Batman: Arkham series, sent a letter to management back in 2018 complaining about sexual harassment, according to a new report by the Guardian The letter, reportedly signed by 10 of the 16 women on staff at the time, cited a number of persistant issues including transphobic…
By Ethan Gach Published August 18, 2020 -
CultureMorning MusicThis Cassette Tape Made Double Dragon Sound Awesome
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s new, daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Double Dragon’s super-famous 1987 soundtrack interests me for two reasons: It kind of sucked on its original arcade hardware, and a much better version came out on a cassette tape! Okay, “sucked” is a bit…
By Alexandra Hall Published August 18, 2020 -
UncategorizedOver 150 Capsule Toy Machines Installed In Tokyo Train Station
Do you like capsule toys? Akihabara Station is now home to a wall of over 150 gachapon vending machines. Called Kenelestand, the slick-looking gachapon area was designed by well-known designer Akira Mabuchi. As Spoon & Tamago points out, what makes these capsule toys so interesting is that they are aimed at adults, instead of children.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2020 -
AnimeAsh From Pokémon No Longer Has Superhuman Strength
Ash Ketchum’s strength is legendary. He can carry heavy Pocket Monsters with ease. He can lift logs and throw them. Rather, he could. In the latest episode of the Pokémon Journeys anime, Ash and Goh tried to lift a heavy log but they could not. Ash said it was “impossible.” Remember, in 2006, Ash lifted…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesIf Microsoft Flight Simulator Looks Frozen After You Start It, Relax
I cleared my afternoon today to play the new Microsoft Flight Simulator on PC, and was surprised to find the game was only a 500mb install. I should have known better. The 500mb install was just the client, and upon starting up the game I was greeted with an accessibility menu screen. After clicking through…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 18, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsSome Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Mysteries, Solved
The older Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games had some weird hidden stuff tucked away, which over the years have inspired countless urban myths and tall tales. Now Ralph D’Amato has tried to set the record straight on some of them D’Amato, who worked on the series from its inception, all the way through to 2007,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2020 -
CultureThe Reigns Team Are Making An Animal Farm Game
Nerial, the team behind the excellent Reigns, are now working on a game based on George Orwell’s Animal Farm It’ll be a “narrative” game, where you can, “Throw out exploitative farmers. Found a new Republic. Guide its leaders. All animals are equal. You decide which animals are most equal of all.” The game is being…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2020 - Uncategorized
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By G/O Media Published August 17, 2020 -
CultureTera Publisher En Masse Is Shutting Down
Publisher En Masse Entertainment, which has overseen MMORPG Tera in the West for nearly a decade, announced today on Facebook that it will soon be shutting down. “Today, it is with a heavy heart that we begin the process of discontinuing the business of En Masse Entertainment,” En Masse wrote. “Our focus in the coming…
By Ethan Gach Published August 17, 2020 -
EsportsA Racist Overwatch Team Got Banned, But I Still Feel Like Shit
Despite having not played in a while, I love Overwatch. I love its bright and vibrant characters from every part of the world (with one glaring omission). I love its message of hope for better, and how we all have the capacity to affect positive change. As the heroine Tracer says, “the world could always…
By Ash Parrish Published August 17, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsHalo 5 Forge Experts Are Remaking Halo Infinite Demo
Halo Infinite may have been delayed until next year, but Halo fans are busy trying to recreate the world shown in its first gameplay trailer inside of the last Halo game. Halo 5: Guardians is five years old at this point and hasn’t gotten a major update in quite some time. But its map making…
By Ethan Gach Published August 17, 2020 -
CultureEpic Asks Court To Prevent Apple From Blocking Fortnite And The Unreal Engine
Even if you’ve been living under a rock with only your computer-illiterate grandparents and the TI-84 calculator you all huddle around each night for warmth, you’ve probably heard that Apple is removing Fortnite from the App Store. Now developer Epic says that Apple is going after every part of its App Store presence, including the…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 17, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsHow Microsoft Flight Simulator Makes The Ground Look So Good
While in-air screenshots and footage from the latest installment of Microsoft Flight Simulator are gorgeous, it’s not too shabby at ground level either, depending on which of the three different cityscape rendering types the game uses. YouTuber ObsidianAnt shows us the difference between handcrafted, auto-generated, and photogrammetry-built cities. In their video, ObsidianAnt uses the game’s…
By Mike Fahey Published August 17, 2020 -
OpinionAsk KotakuAsk Kotaku: What Was The First Game That Disappointed You?
It’s Monday, and that means it’s time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku’s rank and file weigh in on the burning questions of our times. Sometimes serious, sometimes less so. Mostly it’s just another excuse to talk vidya games. You down? This week on Ask Kotaku: What was the first game that…
By Alexandra Hall Published August 17, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsStreamer Dances Sephiroth To Death In Kingdom Hearts
One of the hardest boss battles in the original Kingdom Hearts is the secret platinum match featuring Sephiroth. He has hard-to-dodge attacks that deal massive amounts of damage. Many players struggle to beat him. But streamer and YouTuber SarahKey not only beat the optional boss fight, she did it using a dance pad. A tweeted…
By Zack Zwiezen Published August 17, 2020
