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CultureIt Took You Cowards Long Enough To Add Yaddle To A Video Game
In 1999, our galaxy received a gift: a wise Jedi Master named Yaddle. This Jedi Master was a female member of Yoda’s species. She never appeared in any video games, but that’s going to change when LEGO Star Wars The Skywalker Saga releases later this year. Finally. Yaddleappeared in a few scenes in the first…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 4, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesYou Can Basically Clone Your Fallen Gears Tactics Troops
Gears Tactics, like many strategy games, has a permadeath feature. The three main characters—Gabe, Sid, and Mikayla—are classified as plot-essential Heroes. (Players who pre-ordered the game received a fourth Hero, Augustus “Cole Train” Cole, the popular franchise mainstay.) If any of them die, you get a game over and start fresh from the most recent…
By Ari Notis Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Update Adds New Game Plus, Combat Challenges
Today is a made-up Star Wars holiday, but the new update for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is in fact very real. The free patch adds a new game plus mode, combat challenges, additional cosmetics, and a slew of upgraded accessibility options. Where many games allow you to carry over abilities into a second playthrough,…
By Ian Walker Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Don’t Want To Finish Final Fantasy VII Remake
When this time of imposed social isolation began, I had a theory: In the absence of real human connection, some people would find themselves growing more attached than usual to video game characters. Well, dear reader, It Happened To Me. For the past handful of weeks, I—like a great many members of the zeitgeist-chasing gamer…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Reset Edition
Welcome to another week, and welcome back to our daily open thread. Social distancing is starting—or continuing—to wear on me. Nothing’s really changed where I live, but the string of days stuck at home is starting to take its toll. My apartment, particularly my couch, looks lived in in a way no amount of cleaning…
By Riley MacLeod Published May 4, 2020 -
UncategorizedEA is moving ahead with its E3-adjacent event this year as a completely digital showcase. EA Play Live 2020 will take place on June 11 beginning at 7:00 p.m. There’s no schedule for it yet, but EA says the livestream will include world premiers and other news.
By Ethan Gach Published May 4, 2020 - Uncategorized
Jalopnik Aston Martin Didn’t Want To Give Pierce Brosnan A Free Car For Playing James Bond | Gizmodo After Months of Teasing, the New 13-inch MacBook Pro Is Finally Here | The Root Trevor Noah Is Paying Daily Show Crew Furloughed by COVID-19 Out of His Own Pocket | Jezebel Just What We Need, Murder…
By G/O Media Published May 4, 2020 -
UncategorizedStar Wars virtual reality adventure Vader Immortal is coming to PlayStation VR this summer. All three chapters of the PC VR game will be available upon launch for PSVR, along with the lightsaber dojo segments. Check out today’s PlayStation Blog post for more info.
By Mike Fahey Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureThe Week In Games: This Tuesday We Riot
The revolution will be televised and also portable. Tonight We Riot releases this week on Switch. Tonight We Riot looks great. In a time when it feels like governments and large corporations are ruining the world and treating people like crap, it might be nice to have a game where you can rise up and…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureDeemo II Gets A Beautiful Animated Concept Video
A girl with flowers growing on her head and a mysterious translucent white being embark on an adventure to find a fantasy kingdom in a gorgeous new concept video for the sequel to Rayark’s touching piano-powered rhythm game, Deemo. Through music and cutscenes, the original Deemo told the story of a young girl dealing with…
By Mike Fahey Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Protecting The Hive | Artist: Belle and Sebastian | Album: N/A
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 4, 2020 -
UncategorizedCERO, Japan’s Computer Entertainment Rating Organization, will resume work from May 7. From April 7, CERO was temporarily shuttered due to coronavirus, but starting this month, there will be reduced working hours. Plus, preparation has begun for the introduction of telecommuting
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 4, 2020 -
Kotaku EastThere Is A Hello Kitty Gas Station
For a character who has been slapped on everything from vending machines to vibrators, it was only a matter of time before someone made a Hello Kitty gas station. I’m not sure whether this gas station in the Philippines is official, but it is very pink and covered in Kitty-chan. Photos started surfacing online late…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureSonicFox Got Not One But Two New Fursuits
Dominique “SonicFox” McLean has made a name for themselves as a fighting game great. Back in 2018, Kotaku first profiled the esports competitor, who has become famous for their excellent play and their now iconic fursuit. SonicFox is adding not one but two new suits to their line-up of fur-covered wear. As Inven Global reports,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Evil Eye | Artist: Fu Manchu | Album: The Action Is Go
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureYou Go First
Ken Niimura is a cartoonist and illustrator (and co-creator of I Kill Giants) currently based in Tokyo. We actually featured some of Ken’s stuff a few years back, but that was was in the Before Times. Now that weeks feel like years, years are like decades, and so it’s time to check out what Ken…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 3, 2020 -
UncategorizedYoshitaka Amano – His universe, On Paper is a short documentary from Archipel that interviews the Final Fantasy legend on his work on the series, his history in the business and his recent fine art pieces. If they don’t activate automatically, there are English subtitles in YouTube’s settings.
By Luke Plunkett Published May 3, 2020 -
CultureHackers Are Likely Responsible For The Last Of Us Part II Leak
Last weekend’s shocking leak of footage from The Last Of Us Part II was likely committed by hackers who exploited a security vulnerability in prior Naughty Dog games, according to a person who said they were familiar with the hack. Kotaku has confirmed some of the details with a second source who is familiar with…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 3, 2020 -
CultureCosplayChinese Exoskeleton Is Basically Death Stranding Cosplay
A Chinese food delivery company has been testing an exoskeleton its couriers could wear which would allow them to carry a lot more stuff. And while they’re at it look like the world’s most expensive Death Stranding cosplayers. The suits are made by ULS Robotics, a firm that specialises in the research of exoskeletons to…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 3, 2020
