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By G/O Media Published July 10, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryBattle Chef Brigade Helps Me Navigate A Complicated Relationship With Food During Covid-19
(Note: This post contains discussions of disordered eating.) During the pandemic, there are days when I don’t eat. I’ll be hungry, and I’ll have food, but I’ll just simply decline to eat. Quarantine robs me of my desire to eat, and depression from said quarantine robs me of the energy to cook. But what I…
By Ash Parrish Published July 10, 2020 -
UncategorizedAmazon Game Studios’ MMORPG New World has slipped to spring 2021. In a blog post, studio director Rich Lawrence explained that a desire to build more middle- and end-game content required delaying its previous launch date of Aug. 25. Recently, the studio also decided to pull and retool its team-based shooter, Crucible
By Alexandra Hall Published July 10, 2020 -
CultureTycho’s Ghost Of Tsushima Remix Is Ridiculously Chill
Four popular electronic musicians remixed a handful of songs from Sucker Punch’s upcoming open-world samurai game, Ghost of Tsushima. The result, an EP called Sound of the Storm – Ghost of Tsushima Soundtrack: Reimagined, is officially out today, and I cannot stop listening to it. It’s so good I’ve—and you’ll never believe this—decided to not…
By Ari Notis Published July 10, 2020 -
CultureU.S. Army’s Twitch Chat Is Banning People For Asking About War Crimes
Some folks have recently taken to trolling the U.S. Army’s official Twitch channel by asking in chat about the military’s well documented history of committing war crimes. The channel’s moderators have responded by banning them. The U.S Army has a Twitch channel where the members of its esports team occasionally stream games, and earlier this…
By Ethan Gach Published July 10, 2020 -
CultureValve Failed To Make A Lot of Half-Life Games Before Alyx
Back in March, after 13 years of waiting, Valve finally released a new Half-Life game. Half-Life: Alyx, a VR-only prequel to Half-Life 2, was a big success for Valve, garnering lots of positive reviews and pushing many folks to buy a VR headset. But before Alyx, Valve tried and failed to create more Half-Life, with…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 10, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsTwin Mirror, Dontnod’s Upcoming Game, Looks Like A Less Sci-Fi Life Is Strange
Over the past decade, Dontnod Entertainment has established itself as a capable developer of solid adventure games. The French studio’s upcoming game, Twin Mirror, looks like a promising continuation of that thread, at least based on a hands-off preview shown this week. Those expecting another adventure game in the vein of Life Is Strange both…
By Ari Notis Published July 10, 2020 -
CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for having bought a bunch of frozen fish, which means I get to have some fish this weekend, which I haven’t had since the pandemic began so I’m really excited about it! It’s also for playing video games while I air the cooking fish stink out of my apartment. I still haven’t…
By Riley MacLeod Published July 10, 2020 - Uncategorized
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By G/O Media Published July 10, 2020 -
CultureFar Cry 6 Seemingly Leaked In Hong Kong PlayStation Store Listing [Update]
An apparent listing for Far Cry 6 briefly appeared on the Hong Kong PlayStation Store earlier today, revealing some details about the game’s possible setting as well as a release date of early next year. According to an English translation of the listing, which was captured in screenshots by ResetEra forum goers and a number…
By Ethan Gach Published July 10, 2020 -
CultureThe Art Of Disintegration
I know the game came out a little while ago now on PS4, Xbox One and PC, but things on this planet have been busy, you know? And so tonight we’re circling back around to feature some art from Disintegration, mostly because I love a robot with a jacket on. Below you’ll find some art…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2020 -
CultureBoard Game Designer Eric Lang Suspended From Twitter [Update]
Eric Lang, one of the most famous board game designers on the planet, has been suspended from Twitter after what he says was a targeted campaign by a “scumbag serial harasser”. Lang, designer of stuff like Blood Rage and the Star Wars and Game of Thrones card games, has worked with everyone from Fantasy Flight…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2020 -
CultureActivision Is Quietly Reversing Unfair Call Of Duty Bans
A recent wave of bans of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone accounts swept up a number of players who said they were perfectly innocent. Now, Activision seems to be quietly cleaning up the mess. Cheating has been rampant in Modern Warfare since the launch of the free-to-play Warzone battle royale, and its developer…
By S.E. Doster Published July 9, 2020 -
CultureWhen Nintendo Struggles To Manage Expectations
Earlier this evening, while promoting an upcoming gameplay session for the new Paper Mario on Treehouse Live, Nintendo dropped a teaser for “a first reveal and gameplay for a title in a franchise new to developer WayForward”. And people lost their God damn minds. WayForward have a loooong history of making platformers across all kinds…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2020 -
CultureOver 50 Sexual Misconduct Allegations Have The Super Smash Bros. Community In Turmoil
The competitive community for Nintendo’s popular Super Smash Bros. series has recently been rocked by an overwhelming amount of sexual misconduct allegations. An endless stream of victims—many speaking out against highly-skilled, popular, or otherwise powerful individuals—has come forward to expose the dark underbelly of a scene built around playing an ostensible children’s game. This has…
By Ian Walker Published July 9, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsWorld Of Warcraft‘s Improved Character Creator Will Enable A Lot More Diversity
My first World of Warcraft character is still around, largely unchanged even after 13 years. WoW’s character creator, too, exists in nearly the same, unchanged state. But with the upcoming Shadowlands expansion, character creation is getting a long-overdue upgrade that’ll give me something I’ve been yearning for: a real afro. This has been a long…
By Ash Parrish Published July 9, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryThe Last Of Us 2‘s Scariest Scene Has A Gameplay Problem
Between the screaming fungus zombies and the overtones of mindless militarism, The Last of Us Part 2 is basically one big, playable nightmare. But the scariest moment of the game comes at the midway point. At the end of Abby’s “Seattle Day 2” chapter, you end up at the Washington Liberation Front’s hospital base. Your…
By Ari Notis Published July 9, 2020 -
CultureSony Invests $250m In Epic Games For ‘Further Collaboration’
Sony has purchased a $250 million minority stake in Epic Games, makers of Unreal Engine and Fortnite, according to a joint announcement by both companies today. $250 million isn’t a huge amount relative to Epic Games’ overall value, which a recent report by Bloomberg estimated at over $16 billion, but it’s a lot for one…
By Ethan Gach Published July 9, 2020 -
CultureJust-Revealed Superhot Sequel Is Free For Owners Of The Original
What started out as free downloadable content for time-manipulation action game Superhot has blossomed into Superhot: Mind Control Delete, a new standalone game four times as large as the original. It’s launching on July 16 for PC, PlayStation 4, and PC, and owners of the first game get this new one for free. The Superhot…
By Mike Fahey Published July 9, 2020