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Culture2004’s Star Wars Battlefront Gets Its Official Online Multiplayer Back
As EA begin to wind down support for the latest Battlefront game, a surprise update has brought back online multiplayer for the original Star Wars: Battlefront, released back in 2004. On Friday, both the Steam and GOG versions of the classic multiplayer shooter—which loads of people still prefer to the more modern takes on the…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 3, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Cash Machine | Artist: DRAM | Album: Big Baby DRAM
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 3, 2020 -
UncategorizedFans Are Using Forced Perspective In Animal Crossing To Create Some Amazing Things
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has a large community of fans who all seem to have endless creative ideas. One new creative trick that’s become popular is using forced perspective to create impressive landscapes and scenes. Forced perspective is when you distance to make something look bigger or smaller. For example, you can have your friend…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 3, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: National Paranormal Day
Boo! Did I scare you!? Sorry. Well, there won’t be any more scares in this post. Today is, according to countless websites that track this stuff, National Paranormal Day. Let’s have some fun, with ghosts, aliens, and ghouls! Your challenge this week: Create images featuring paranormal monsters, aliens, and creatures from video games. You can…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 3, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Good News Edition
Hello, hi, welcome. Take a seat and we will start the open thread momentarily. I just need to finddd…the… buttonnnn…AHH! Here we go. The open thread is…LIVE! For those of you who care anddon’t follow me on Twitter, I became a full-time writer for Kotaku last week. This is some good news in a time…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 3, 2020 -
CultureEven After A Large Increase Due To Half-Life: Alyx, Less Than 2% Of Steam Users Own VR Headsets
Half-Life: Alyx helped lead a large surge of new VR headsets being connected to Steam, according to data from Valve. However, the percentage of Steam users who own VR headsets is still hovering at around 1.9%. According to a recent hardware survey from Valve, the first since Alyx was released on Steam back in late…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 3, 2020 -
CultureSunday Comics: Take Our Money!
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 April 30. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 27. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 3, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Astroneer Costume, Winners!
Last week, we all learned not to wear a Halloween costume as a form of virus protection. But also, I tasked you with taking ashockingly silly and dumb ideaand having some fun with it. Our winning image this week was created by Rembrantt who shows us what shopping during a pandemic looks like in 2020.…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 2, 2020 -
CultureOne Image Taken Before Disaster
This week on Snapshots a skateboarding president, a big dog, a sad hug, gruff cowboy closeups, Spider-Man kicking in the air and a photo taken right before tragedy. “Hey, clones! What’s this about an order…66? Or maybe 65?” Kotaku Snapshots is a weekly look at some of the best, funniest and coolest screenshots players have…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 2, 2020 -
UncategorizedYou Have To Use Cheats To See The Only Hidden Watermelon In Half-Life: Alyx
Watermelons could be found hidden in a few spots throughout Half-Life 2. But for whatever reason only one melon is hidden in Half-Life: Alyx and it can’t even be seen unless players use console commands. As documented in a recent video by Half-Life superfan MarphitimusBlackimus, there is a single melon in Half-Life: Alyx. It is…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 2, 2020 -
UncategorizedWhat Your Predator Mask Says About You
The new Predator game is out and it’s fine. But it does offer a nice selection of masks for fans to unlock and wear. But a mask is more than just a mask. It is a window into a person’s soul. Or in this case a Predator’s soul. So let’s figure out what each mask…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 2, 2020 -
CulturePokemonHoundoom Will Make You Feel Pain For The Rest Of Your Life
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 Houndoom! Houndoom Details Type: Dark/Fire Average Height: 4′ 07″ Average Weight: 77.2 lbs First Added In Generation II I…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 2, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Old Games Edition
Another weekend, another open thread. Come chat with other folks about how things are going. Clearing your backlog of games is always a nice idea, but the allure of older games I’ve played is hard to ignore. So instead of playing something I’ve never played before, I decided to start playing the original Gears Of…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 2, 2020 -
CultureMemorial Statues Honoring Soldier Voice Actor Rick May Appear In Team Fortress 2
Valve has updated Team Fortress 2 and added memorial statues featuring the Soldier as a tribute to Rick May, who died last month. May, who voiced the Soldier in Team Fortress 2, passed away on Apri 13 due to complications involving COVID-19 after recovering from a stroke. He was 79 years old. He had voiced…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 2, 2020 -
CultureMorning CheckpointCount Dooku Has Evolved
Hello! This week we dunk on Elon Musk, check out a cool LEGO Mario game, watch an android do some flips, ask rich companies to help more, check out the new Apex Legends character and meet the new Dooku. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week I will never understand why so many people think…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 2, 2020 -
CultureTwitchDr Disrespect’s Shtick Takes A Dangerous Turn Into Spreading Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories
During a stream today, Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm, whose 4 million followers make him one of the most popular streamers on Twitch, shared two pieces of widely debunked coronavirus-related media with his viewers. Many viewers reacted with shock and disappointment. Others cheered him on. He never dropped his facade—never removed his trademark wig or sunglasses—but…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 1, 2020 -
OpinionAssassin’s Creed Games’ Modern Day Sequences, Ranked
The announcement of a new Assassin’s Creed has inspired people to prove their taste and expertise by ranking the series’ main games. That’s nice, but how about we rank the most important parts of each Assassin’s Creed game, shall we? From best to worst… III’s Modern Day Black Flag’s Modern Day Rogue’s Modern Day Brotherhood’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 1, 2020 - Uncategorized
Lifehacker What to Watch This Weekend | The A.V. Club The best movies on Amazon Prime | Jalopnik How I Built A $100 Drive-In Movie Theater To Hang Out With Friends While Social Distancing | Gizmodo The Leeroy Jenkins of Tech Sends Tweet, Wipes $14 Billion Off Tesla’s Market Value | Jezebel Inside New York’s…
By G/O Media Published May 1, 2020 -
UncategorizedA Late Game Boss Fight Shows Final Fantasy VII Remake At Its Best
Final Fantasy VII Remake’s combat kit-bashes the series’ role-playing battles with the hefty action of a game like Monster Hunter World. Part action, part tactics, it usually works even if some camera woes mess things up from time to time. One fight later in the game—a fight that wasn’t in the original 1997 classic—highlights everything…
By Heather Alexandra Published May 1, 2020