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CultureSony Shakes Things Up, Adds Big White Rectangle To PS5 Boxes
After months of rumors, pleading, and undercover operatives gone missing, Sony’s finally revealed the final look of PlayStation 5 retail game cases. Please contain your excitement. Also, I hope you like white rectangles. The new case design was shown off in a small post on the Official PlayStation Blog. The new case design is very…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 9, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Love Cracking Safes In The Last Of Us Part 2
The Last of Us Part 2 has 14 locked safes scattered throughout its world. In contrast to the rest of the game, where resources are limited and ammo is scarce, these safes are loaded with supplies. In a game where visceral fun isin short supply, cracking these safes is a pleasurable experience that forces you…
By Kevin Wong Published July 9, 2020 -
CultureValorant‘s First ‘Ultra’ Skin Set Is A $100 Investment
If you looked me square in the eyes and said that you didn’t love the idea of a dragon-shaped gun with funny little arms—a tiny, handheld battle buddy that spits bullets and belches flame—I’d call you a damn liar. That’s the kind of admirably goofy universal appeal resting in the ammo chambers of Valorant’s first…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 9, 2020 - Uncategorized
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By G/O Media Published July 9, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsRuinous Effigy Is One Of Destiny 2‘s Best Guns Yet
Destiny 2 has had a ton of great, overpowered guns over the years, but Ruinous Effigy, the latest exotic weapon to get added to the game, already feels head and shoulders above most of them. Introduced on Tuesday as part of Season of Arrivals’ new exotic quest line, Ruinous Effigy is actually pretty straightforward to…
By Ethan Gach Published July 9, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Celery Edition
It’s Thursday, which is almost Friday. Welcome back to our daily open thread. I got a giant head of celery in my CSA this week. Celery pisses me off—I don’t know how anyone gets excited about what is essentially stringy water. This particular celery extra pisses me off because it’s so big it barely fits…
By Riley MacLeod Published July 9, 2020 -
CultureTetris Is Getting A Competitive Game Show On Smartphones
Thirty six years after it was invented, Tetris is finally getting the game show treatment, complete with cash prizes and a wry host. Called Tetris Primetime, the game show mode announced earlier today by Tetris mobile makers N3TWORK has you compete every night starting around 7:30 p.m. for a chance to win actual money. The…
By Ethan Gach Published July 9, 2020 -
CultureCrash Bandicoot Gets A New Mobile Runner, Courtesy Of King
Doesn’t Crash Bandicoot seem like a great candidate for a mobile runner? Activision thought so, so they tapped Candy Crush makers King to put one together. It’s not called Candy Crash Saga, though. It’s Crash Bandicoot: On The Run, coming soon to iOS and Android. Crash Bandicoot: On The Run is a free-to-play runner. What…
By Mike Fahey Published July 9, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsHow Paper Mario: Origami King‘s Puzzle Battles Work
Nintendo’s next big Switch game is Paper Mario: The Origami King, announced less than two months ago via a humble tweet and arriving on July 17. The Paper Mario series’ reputation has been a bit spotty as of late, but Origami King has by and large gotten rid of the more annoying parts of the…
By Chris Kohler Published July 9, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanBathe In Red Water At The Evangelion Hot Springs
This month, the Hakone Kowakien Yunessun resort in Kanagawa, Japan rolled out a special Evangelion themed hot springs. In Evangelion, the Second Impact is a huge explosion in Antarctica after which the oceans run red with “blood.” At this onsen (hot springs) resort, the water in the slides and cave baths are colored red. This…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanJapan’s Roller Coaster Screaming Ban: “Please Scream Inside Your Heart”
As Japanese theme parks start to reopen, guidelines have been issued to (hopefully!) help ensure a safe experience for visitors, including visitors being asked not to scream on roller coasters. According to The Wall Street Journal, a video message tells park visitors, “Please scream inside your hearts.” Previously, Kotaku reported that haunted houses in Japan…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2020 -
CultureWhat One Artist’s Work On The Last Of Us Part 2 Looked Like
We took a big look at the art behind The Last Of Us Part 2 last week, but given the way Fine Art tends to be a feature that deals in scale and volume, I thought it might also be cool to take a deeper dive into the game and find out what a single…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 8, 2020 -
Culture“OK” Hand Gesture Removed From Call Of Duty
The “OK” hand gesture, added to both Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Warzone earlier this year, has been removed from the games, presumably because of its growing association with white supremacists While neither Activision nor developers Infinity Ward have yet to comment on the removal, as Eurogamer report it’s been missing…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 8, 2020 - Uncategorized
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By G/O Media Published July 8, 2020 -
CultureShantae‘s Very Rare, Very Expensive Game Boy Color Game Is Getting A Re-Release
The lowest price on eBay for a legitimate used copy of 2002 Game Boy Color platformer Shantae is around $530. That’s just the cart. Open with box and manual? Nearly $4,000. Sealed and graded? $10,000. As long as the new physical release Limited Run Games announced this afternoon is in the low three figures, I’ll…
By Mike Fahey Published July 8, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsFortnite YouTubers Buy Mansion, Decorate It Like Sad Teenagers
Behold the One Percent Fortnite house, a mansion some gaming YouTubers bought and proceeded to turn into a vaguely fun-looking giant home office. It’s both a reminder that even when you’ve “made it” as an influencer the grind never stops, and also that most people have no idea how to decorate a home like a…
By Ethan Gach Published July 8, 2020 -
CultureMetal Gear Solid V Is Leaving Xbox Game Pass Next Week
Tomorrow, Fallout 76 and the one-of-a-kind action-RPG CrossCode are coming to Xbox Game Pass. But as life giveth, life taketh. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain will soon depart Microsoft’s games-on-demand service. Metal Gear Solid V is a massive game—so massive, in fact, that you probably won’t be able to finish it before it…
By Ari Notis Published July 8, 2020 -
CultureThe Sims Is Getting A Reality Show Because Why Not
A competition-based reality show themed around The Sims is happening whether you like it or not. The Sims Spark’d, which is set to premiere on July 17, tasks its contestants with building “the most unique characters, worlds and stories” in The Sims 4, according to a press release. Other than that, details are sparse, but…
By Ian Walker Published July 8, 2020
