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‘Shop Contest: Next-Gen Brute

We got to see some gameplay from that new Halo game coming out later this year. It didn’t look…amazing. But it did give us a next-gen Brute. And he looks sad. Let’s get him out of Halo Infinite and let him explore other worlds! Your challenge this week: Add this new Brute to other games,…

How’s It Going?: Frozen Food Edition

It’s Sunday and like every other day during this pandemic, that means once again it is time for another daily open thread. Come on in and chat! This is the last day before the big move and so over the past week, we have been trying to eat up all the frozen food and leftovers.…

Sunday Comics: The Horror!!!

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 July 23. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published July 20. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: Special Eyes, Winners!

They say eyes are the windows to the soul. I assume that if the eye in question is super high resolution, then you probably have a 4k soul. Regardless, last week I asked you folks to take a high-quality Luigi eye and create images with it. Our winning image this week comes from Raptureiscoming who…

Ghost of Tsushima Has The Best Photo Mode

This week on Snapshots: Ghost of Tsushima might have the best photo mode I’ve ever seen and folks are using it to take some amazing shots. So this week, most of the pics are from that game. Though there are few shots from other games like Death Stranding mixed in below. Each time I see…

Video Game HUDs Used To Be Cool

Video games look really good these days. I boot up almost any PS4 game released in the last few years and I’m impressed. But while games might look nicer than ever before, we lost cool looking “heads-up displays”, HUDs, in the process. Was it worth it? I’ve been playing a lot of Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey…

Amoonguss Is Basically An Enemy From The Last of Us

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 Amoonguss! Amoonguss Details Type: Grass/Poison Average Height: 2′ 00″ Average Weight: 23.1 lbs First Added In Generation V When…

How’s It Going?: Painting Edition

It’s Saturday! Did you know that? Well, now you do. Welcome to another open thread. We do this every day. Come on in. As I get ready for my upcoming move, I’ve been working on fixing up the walls in our current place. It’s always surprising how dinged up white walls can get, even if…

Spider-Man Is Having A Rough Day

This week we celebrate Waluigi’s birthday, watch how evil Magpies are, twirl some hotdogs, get spooked by some big spiders and feel sorry for Spider-Man. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week I’ve gone down a rabbit hole and discovered that Magpies fucking suck. Mario seems REALLY excited about this thing. Ain’t no shame ladies,…

Nintendo, Please Stop Your Hit Console From Capping My Perfect Tweets At Just 140 Characters

Although Twitter increased character limits on posts from 140 to 280 in late 2017, Nintendo has yet to reflect this change through the Switch’s screenshot and video sharing functionality. As someone who spends much of the day reading Twitter and weeping, I think this is A Big Deal. This problem has vexed me for awhile,…

Here’s The Deal With Ghost Of Tsushima‘s Final Stance

Success in Ghost of Tsushima requires one thing: mastering the game’s four sword stances. Each stance deals boosted damage against specific enemy classes, which is essential for managing crowds and quickly taking down Mongols. There’s Stone stance, which wrecks anyone wielding a sword. Water stance makes short work of shields. Wind stance trumps spears. And…

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G4 Is Coming Back, Apparently

The gaming-focused television network G4 has hinted at something happening next year via a brief video on its revived Twitter account. And while that’s exciting for those of us who grew up watching G4 in the early 2000s, it’s unclear what exactly it will bring to today’s audiences. The teaser was released during an IGN…

Oh No, I’m Hooked On Warframe Now

Warframe has been out for over seven years. For the longest time, I looked at it like Destiny or EVE Online—games that I find conceptually compelling, but that now contain so many systems I’m intimidated by the mere idea of starting. Well, I started Warframe the other day. Within a 24-hour span, I played for…

Let’s Talk About The Paper Mario: The Origami King Scene That Blew Us Away

The best thing about the Paper Mario franchise is its willingness to take a peek into the internal lives of characters that are usually just gunk at the bottom of Mario’s boots. For today’s VG Chat, Ari and Ash discuss the best character of Paper Mario: The Origami King, a little Bob-omb with a dream,…

Published last year in Japan as Iwata-San, Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Nintendo’s Legendary CEO is the English translation of Hobonichi’s biography of late, great Nintendo leader Satoru Iwata. The English translation was announced today by Viz Media, with digital and print release scheduled for next year.

I’m Finally Clearing My Gaming Backlog, And It Rules

We all have backlogs of games we keep meaning to get to, all those games we promised ourselves we would totally, for sure, for real, play eventually. Recently, I’ve started actually finishing up some games on my backlog. It feels amazing. I love finishing a game. It’s satisfying to see the credits roll, and even…