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Tips & GuidesYou Shouldn’t Play Video Games To Fall Asleep (But Here’s How Anyway)
We’ve all done it. One minute, you’re watching Jim say something mean to Dwight; the next, you’re waking up to a screen that asks “Are you still watching The Office (U.S.)?” While you might feel a bit sheepish when Netflix scolds you for falling asleep to its offerings, the use of media as a sleep…
By Ari Notis Published February 25, 2020 -
CultureYou Can Easily Play Stadia Games Using Your Phone’s Touchscreen Now
Stadia is still missing a lot of common sense features following its launch late last year, including a built-in touch control option. But now, a fan-made Chrome extension called TouchStadia lets you bypass Stadia’s controller requirement and use touch controls on smartphones. Released over the weekend on Reddit where it was first spotted by Android…
By Ethan Gach Published February 25, 2020 -
UncategorizedSearching games on Steam got some much needed improvements today as part Valve’s Steam Labs initiative to make the platform better. You can now search games by specific pricing, using multiple tags, and exclude ones you already own from the results. At long last there’s also infinite scrolling now.
By Ethan Gach Published February 25, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsThe Latest Lego Game Is A Star Wars: Galaxy Of Heroes Clone, And That’s Fine
Released on iOS and Android in 2015, EA’s Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes is a role-playing game in which players collect Star Wars characters, form teams, and fight in short but satisfying turn-based battles. Lego Legacy: Heroes Unboxed, launching this Thursday for iOS, Android, and Windows, is the same thing, only we’re collecting Lego minifigures.…
By Mike Fahey Published February 25, 2020 -
CultureSamurai Jack Gets Its First Video Game In Over A Decade
Samurai Jack, the popular Cartoon Network series that recently received a much-needed conclusion on Adult Swim, gets its first new video game adaptation since 2004 this summer. Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time is being made by developer Soleil, whose previous work includes Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker, No More Heroes: Travis Strikes Again, and, uh,…
By Ian Walker Published February 25, 2020 -
CultureThe New Xbox One Home Screen Is A Lot Cleaner
Microsoft released a new update for the Xbox One home screen yesterday that makes recently played games easier to find and removes a lot of the extra junk that had previously been taking up real estate. The three rows that used to make up the home screen have been condensed and moved. Now, in the…
By Ethan Gach Published February 25, 2020 -
ReviewsPS4Space Channel 5 VR: The Kotaku Review
How badly do you want to play another Space Channel 5 game? Your personal level of yearning to see Sega’s long-dormant rhythm game series make a comeback is likely to be proportional to the amount of fun you have with this week’s Space Channel 5 VR Kinda Funky News Flash for PlayStation VR. At its…
By Chris Kohler Published February 25, 2020 -
UncategorizedThe SNK World Championship in Japan has been postponed indefinitely over coronavirus concerns. This event, which would have capped off months of Samurai Shodown and King of Fighters XIV competition, was originally scheduled for late March. The CDC recently placed Japan on ’Alert’ in response to the disease’s spread.
By Ian Walker Published February 25, 2020 -
UncategorizedPanzer Paladin is coming to Switch and PC this summer. Tribute Games, who you might remember from Mercenary Kings and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game, announced the released window ahead of the game’s return to PAX East this year. I loved it when I played it at last year’s show.
By Ethan Gach Published February 25, 2020 -
UncategorizedTemtem’s short-term roadmap includes quite a few oft-requested features. Spring, for instance, will hopefully bring in-game chat, ranked matchmaking, and club management, while summer is the tentative date for player housing, and fall will herald the arrival of in-game tournaments, the first mythical Temtem, and achievements. There will also be other features and new Temtem…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 25, 2020 -
UncategorizedHere’s March 2020’s Xbox Live Games With Gold
March’s Xbox Live Games with Gold are a nice mix. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Gold subscription. March’s Games with Gold are: Xbox One Batman: The Enemy Within—The Complete Season (March 1-31) Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (March 16-April 15) Xbox 360 (compatible with Xbox One) Castlevania: Lords…
By Riley MacLeod Published February 25, 2020 -
UncategorizedMobile Dragon Quest game Dragon Quest For The Stars is finally out in North America today after releasing first in Japan back in 2015. The free-to-play spin-off revolves around turn-based battles against slimes and the like just like the main series but with the addition of stamina meters and microtransactions.
By Ethan Gach Published February 25, 2020 -
CultureFans Beautifully Remaster One Of World of Warcraft‘s Greatest Moments
It’s been a decade since World of Warcraft players stormed Icecrown Citadel to take down the Lich King Arthas Menethil once and for all. Blizzard’s ending cinematic to the Wrath of the Lich King expansion is a powerful piece, but it’s showing its age. Nothing new models, textures, lighting effects, and some very dedicated fans…
By Mike Fahey Published February 25, 2020 -
CulturePeanut Butter Company Finally Addresses GIF Pronunciation Issue
Since the debate between the hard and soft pronunciation of the G in GIF began, we here at Snacktaku have been waiting for the J.M. Smucker Company to figure out how to tap into the argument to sell Jif peanut butter. We are pleased to report that our wait is over. Just in time for…
By Mike Fahey Published February 25, 2020 -
CultureI’m Already Having Nightmares About The Whirling Blades Of Disc Room
Last night I dreamt I was being relentlessly chased by spinning saw blades. Yesterday, Devolver Digitalrevealed Disc Room, a game coming to Steam later this year in which a scientist dodges his way through an alien deathtrap made up of rooms filled with spinning blades. It’s a collaboration between developers Kitty Calis, Jan Willem Nijman,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 25, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanJapanese Idol Group Charging Fans Who Don’t Wear Sickness Masks Because Of Coronavirus
Numerous events scheduled for the next few weeks have been canceled in Japan and abroad. Idol group 2o Love to Sweet Bullet isn’t rescheduling upcoming events, but rather charging extra for fans who don’t wear masks. 2o Love to Sweet Bullet isn’t a mainstream idol group. It’s what’s called a chika aidoru (地下アイドル) or “underground…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2020 -
UncategorizedNintendo Comes To The Rescue After 95-Year-Old Grandmother’s Game Boy Breaks
In the Asahi Shimbun, one of Japan’s largest newspapers, 70-year-old Kuniko Tsusaka recounted how her mother always had a Game Boy nearby to play Tetris. But when her mother turned 95 and her health started to suffer, her Game Boy stopped working. This was her mother’s third Game Boy, and Tsusaka, who lives in Chiba, wasn’t…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2020
