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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Pokemon Of The Year
As has been documented many, many times on this very website, I don’t know much about Pokemon. The games, the shows, the movies, the creatures. But even with my limited knowledge of Pokemon, it seems odd that Greninja is the Pokemon Of The Year. Your challenge this week: Make some images featuring the Pokemon Of…
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CultureDevelopers And Publishers Say Google Isn’t Offering Them Enough Money To Bring Their Games To Stadia
Google Stadia hasn’t been a huge success. One big reason is the lack of games. And it seems the reason Stadia’s library of software is so small is that Google isn’t willing to spend the money to get more games on the platform. As reported by Business Insider, many developers have explained that one of…
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UncategorizedAll The Previous Times Capcom Remade Resident Evil 3
Resident Evil 3 is getting a big, fancy remake in a few weeks. But this isn’t the first time RE3 has been remade. Over the years, Capcom and others have recreated small and large portions of the classic game in various ways. Last year, before the release of Resident Evil 2, Youtuber The Sphere Hunter…
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CultureSunday Comics: Totally Hidden
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 Feb. 27. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Originally published Feb. 24. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Tom Nook On Vacation, Winners!
Vacations! We all want one, but most of us can’t really take one. Animal Crossing’s Tom Nook, on the other hand, has plenty of bells to spend on some rest and relaxation. So I asked you fine folks to create some images of what he did on his long vacation. Our winning image this week…
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CultureBad Kitty!
This week on Snapshots, some Spider-Men, some Stormtroopers, a cool collection of feathers, a gold mask, some shoes in a maze and one bad kitty. And more! I never noticed those shoes in the Ashtray Maze in Control. Which is wild. I wonder what other details I missed in that game? I guess I’ll have…
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UncategorizedNo, That Robot Image Isn’t Teasing GTA 6
I understand a lot of you want Grand Theft Auto 6 news or information, but this isn’t it. And this isn’t how you will learn about GTA 6. Recently, the exact date isn’t important, Rockstar updated their website to include some new images. Two of these images caught the attention of Reddit and some GTA…
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UncategorizedMario Maker Contest: I Love Power-Ups
I love a good power-up in a Mario game. Especially one that makes the level easier or more exciting to play through. Or what about that feeling of grabbing a Super Star and knocking out every enemy in your way. It never gets old. Your challenge this week: Create courses filled with power-ups or using…
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CultureTo Celebrate Leap Day, All The Daily Challenges In Red Dead Online Involve Jumping
I forgot today was Leap Day. But the folks over at Rockstar Games didn’t and decided to have some fun by making all the daily challenges in Red Dead Online about jumping. As pointed out by Reddit user HoneyNoots, it seems someone at Rockstar is a big fan of Leap Day. All of the daily…
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CulturePokemonMalamar Has The Strongest Hypnotic Powers Of Any Pokemon (And Might Be Evil)
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 Malamar! Malamar Details Type: Dark/Psychic Average Height: 4′ 11″ Average Weight: 103.6 lbs. First Added In Generation VI I’ve…
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CultureMorning CheckpointSmoosh
Hello! This week we fall asleep while playing games, learn about all the companies skipping GDC, ask how Greninja won Pokemon Of The Year, check out the new GTA Online DLC, fight some Ewoks and crush a Furby. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Democracy was a mistake. I fell asleep once playing Far…
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CultureGame Developers Conference Has Been ‘Postponed’ To Summer
Following the exit of several major exhibitors, the organizers of the Game Developers Conference said Friday that the show, originally scheduled to take place from March 16 to 20 in San Francisco, will be postponed until the summer due to concerns over the spread of coronavirus. “After close consultation with our partners in the game…
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ReviewsHardwareComputersNZXT’s New Mini Case Makes A Fine Little Gaming PC
Vertically-aligned boxes are beautiful. That’s the first thing I learned from NZXT’s H1 Mini PC, a new pre-configured gaming PC sporting the elegantly monolithic H1 mini-ITX case on the outside and impressive space economy on the inside. This article is really about two items NZXT released this past week. The first one is the H1…
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CultureSplitscreenThe Best Kirby Game For Non-Kirby Fans
How can anyone not like Kirby? For this week’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, I got my two cohosts to try out Kirby: Planet Robobot because I won a bet. Kirk has never played a Kirby game before, whereas Jason is just a skeptic. By the time they’ve beaten this game, they’ll both be dedicated Kirby…
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Tips & GuidesCan’t Decide What To Play In Dreams? Try These
It’s not an exaggeration to say the possibilities in Dreams are endless. Media Molecule’s creativity game, which officially came out for PS4 a few weeks back, puts the tools of a developer in the hands of a gamer. It’s not the Frostbite Engine or iD Tech 4, but, on the other hand, you don’t need…
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CultureEVE Online‘s Annual Fanfest Canceled Due To Coronavirus
EVE Online’s annual Fanfest event is the latest in a string of video game-related events to be negatively impacted by the spread of COVID-19, or coronavirus. EVE developer CCP Games announced today that the event, scheduled to take place April 2 through 4, would be canceled due to concerns of the spread of the virus.…
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UncategorizedThere’s a new Trackmania game coming to PC on May 5. Announced today at the Trackmania Grand League finals in Lyon, France, it’s a remake of 2006’s Trackmania Nations with a focus on simplicity and regular competitive play while giving players more tools to create their own custom tracks. Check out the official announcement for…
By Mike Fahey
