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CultureThe Week In Games: Aliens Vs. Predator
Prepare for an alien invasion as two different games featuring aliens both release this week. The launch of the surprise XCOM spin-off Chimera Squad and the asymmetrical multiplayer game Predator: Hunting Grounds. I dig taking popular franchises and building out weird and smaller spin-offs. This new XCOM game might be a total flop and that’s…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 20, 2020 -
CultureTrack: PDLIF | Artist: Bon Iver | Album: PDLIF (single)
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanNew Anime Episodes For Pokémon, One Piece And More Delayed Due To Coronavirus Covid-19
The novel coronavirus is impacting the production of anime in Japan. With a state of emergency declared, voice actors aren’t going into the studio, which makes recording new episodes difficult, if not impossible. Because of this, a number of shows will be delaying future new episodes and in their place reruns will be aired. As…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanMan Recreates Cloud Strife’s Buster Sword In Cardboard
Previously, we saw the iconic Final Fantasy VII blade carved in pencil graphite. Now, let’s see it recreated in cardboard. YouTuber Crafty Transformer uploaded the clip below showing how he brought the Buster Sword to life in cardboard. In the walkthrough, Crafty Transformer shows each step along the way (unfortunately the closed-caption subtitles are only…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanDomino’s Japan Releases Pizza Covered In Boba From Bubble Tea
Last year, bubble tea’s popularity exploded in Japan. Now, Domino’s decided to release a pizza covered with those tapioca starch pearls. With a state of emergency declared in Japan, perhaps Domino’s decided it was a good idea to bring bubble tea’s bubbles to people. On pizza. As Kotaku previously reported, a bubble tea boom caused…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2020 -
CultureCosplayGalleryPlease Enjoy Probably The Last Cosplay Show Gallery For 2020
In any other year this would be the time where we’d only just be ramping up our cosplay event coverage as we approached shows like Anime Expo and Comic Con, but in 2020, where everything is terrible, we are not. Instead, somehow, March’s PAX East is probably going to end up being the last show…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2020 -
CultureFormer White House Press Secretary Blames China After Getting Bamboozled Over Bootleg PS4 Controller
With all that’s going on in the world, there are a lot of things to get upset about right now! Blaming China because you got suckered into buying a bootleg PS4 controller on Amazon is maybe not one of them, though, especially if you’re the former White House press secretary for the Bush administration, Ari…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2020 -
Culture$1,900 Death Stranding Jacket Released, Sells Out Instantly
An official tie-in jacket between Death Stranding and techwear label Acronym went on sale today for €1,750/$1,900, and even at that price, they sold out almost instantly. This is fairly standard practice for Acronym jackets at the best of times, to be fair, since they’re a highly desirable piece of clothing, but still. If you’re…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2020 -
CultureDarts Competition Moves Online, Players Withdraw Because Their Internet Sucks
While loads of athletes are keeping busy by playing the video game version of their chosen sport on TV, other sports, like darts, can just have players keep on playing at home. If, that is, their internet can handle it. The PDC (Professional Darts Corporation) Home Tour, which is being broadcast in England, involves pro…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Police Truck | Artist: Dead Kennedys | Album: Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 19, 2020 -
UncategorizedI Have Too Many Damn Birds On My Animal Crossing Island
Across the web, I’ve seen many cool and interesting villagers visiting and living on various Animal Crossing: New Horizon islands. Toads! Bears! Squids! Alligators! And many more. But I don’t get any of them. Instead, my island is mostly birds and I’m starting to get annoyed about it. Look, I don’t hate the birds on…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 19, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: The Predator
A new game starring The Predator is coming out next week. The poor guy has had a rough gaming career. Remember Concrete Jungle? It wasn’t great. But some of the AVP games were fun! So in honor of The Predator returning to video games, let’s create some images tarring the hunter himself. Your challenge this…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 19, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: HL:VR But The AI Is Self-Aware Edition
It’s Sunday! The week is over, but don’t worry about it. For only 6 PLAYCOINS you can comment in Kotaku’s daily open thread. “Half-Life VR but the AI is self-aware” is a long and weird name for one of the best things on Youtube right now. The name isn’t really accurate at all, beyond the…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 19, 2020 -
CultureSunday Comics: Humans Happened
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 16. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 13. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 19, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Easter Sunday 2020, Winners
Easter has come and gone. You might have totally missed it considering most of us are stuck in our homes, unable to see or invite over family and friends. But I still ran a contest using Easter as the theme because… I don’t know. Tradition? Our winning image this week comes from Mrichston who shows…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 18, 2020 -
CultureWell, This Is Awkward…
This week on Snapshots a lion taking a bath, a cool looking car, a creepy dude in a chair, a disturbing bonfire party, a happy baby, an ax-wielding killer in Animal Crossing and way too many Stormtroopers. “Boys, I’m lost. Can you kind folks help a Jedi out?” Kotaku Snapshots is a weekly look at…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 18, 2020 -
UncategorizedValve Intros, Ranked
Valve is a video game company that mostly runs Steam but sometimes releases video games. In fact, just a few weeks ago they released a new Half-Life game. And before each of their games start, you will see a short video with their name and some creepy or weird image featuring a valve or many…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 18, 2020 -
CulturePokemonCrustle Is Only Confident When It’s Thicc
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 Crustle! Crustle Details Type: Bug/Rock Average Height: 4′ 07″ Average Weight: 440.9 lbs First Added In Generation V Confidence…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 18, 2020
