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CultureKotaku’s Witcher Nerds Talk About The Netflix Series
Monsters, sorceresses, ballads, and swords. Netflix’s The Witcher is fun high fantasy pulp, particularly if you’re already a fan. We sit down to talk about what we did and did not like in this latest adaptation of the classic book series. The Witcher is rough around the edges but it has a lot of heart.…
Heather Alexandra & Riley MacLeod & Nathan Grayson Published December 23, 2019 -
Tips & GuidesThis Year’s Dawning Event Is A Huge Gift To Players Grinding Destiny 2‘s Season Pass
Destiny 2’s seasonal “Dawning” event is showering players in experience points, helping to ease the months-long grind through the game’s second battle pass-style reward progression. The event went live last week and will remain in effect until January 14. During that time the Tower will have a nice, festive dusting of snow and players will…
By Ethan Gach Published December 23, 2019 -
CultureCall Of Duty Players Are Getting Quick Nukes Thanks To Spawn Camping On New Map
Tactical nuke kill streaks are supposed to be hard to get in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, but some players have been getting them incredibly fast thanks to bad spawn points on the game’s Shipment map. Over the weekend the TapXNation YouTube channel put up a video showing a player by the name of Streaking…
By Ethan Gach Published December 23, 2019 -
CultureThe Week In Games: One More Wii U Game…
It is nearly 2020 and yet, on this list of games releasing this week, you will find a Wii U game. It’s a Christmas miracle. Digging around for information about this Wii U game, it was released on the Wii U in Europe back in 2017. And for some reason, in 2019, it is finally…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 22, 2019 -
CultureTrack: Never Felt Like Christmas | Artist: Lizzo #XmasSongsILove
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 22, 2019 -
ReviewsYear in ReviewZack Zwiezen’s Top 10 Games Of 2019
2019 was a weird year for games. Some great stuff was released in the last 12 months, but there was also a lot of stuff released in 2019 that felt too broken or unfinished. There was also a feeling that this generation of consoles has hit its breaking point. A lot of games were almost…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 22, 2019 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Christmas 2019
Happy holidays! We have almost made it through 2019. What a year. A bad year, for most folks around the world. But we did it. Congrats. Christmas is almost here so let’s have some fun. Your challenge this week: Celebrate the holidays with video game characters. No other rules or requirements. A simple and open…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 22, 2019 -
CultureCats Is Getting Patched Like A Video Game
Something very weird is happening. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the recently released Cats film is being updated, only a few days after it hit theaters. This new version of the film will fix CGI issues. According to THR, this is the first time a movie has been updated while still in theaters after…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 22, 2019 -
CultureSunday Comics: Aww, You’re The Best!
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 Dec. 18. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Dec. 16. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 22, 2019 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Baby Yoda, Winners!
The Child, also known as Baby Yoda to everyone outside Disney and Lucasfilm, has quickly become a beloved part of Star Wars and the new The Mandalorian series. And with him popping up in The Sims 4 recently, I figured it was about time he got his own ‘Shop Contest. Our winning image this week…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 21, 2019 -
UncategorizedOne NPC In Red Dead Online Wants All The Booze
The latest Red Dead Online update added a whole career path for players. You can now open up a moonshine shack and start making and selling illegal booze. You can create different strengths and flavors of booze. But no matter what you make, one NPC will always be interested in your shine. Mr. Bert Higgins.…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 21, 2019 -
CulturePokemonStantler Pulls Santa’s Sleigh And Has Magical Antlers That Warp Reality
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 Stantler! Stantler Details Type: Normal Average Height: 4′ 07″ Average Weight: 157.0 lbs. First Added In Generation II Some…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 21, 2019 -
UncategorizedModder Breaks Out Of PT And Explores The Town Of Silent Hill
PT is a game that is mostly about exploring the same creepy hallway over and over again. But at the very end, players do get a peek at the outside world and get a small glimpse of the town of Silent Hill. And now a modder has figured out a way to explore this area…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 21, 2019 -
CultureMorning CheckpointLet Them Fight
Hello! This week we get excited about Wake Island’s return, check out some underrated games from the past decade, find some weird dancing crabs, get a new look for Batman and watch a cat dominate another cat. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Call Of Juarez: Gunslinger is one of the best games from…
By Zack Zwiezen Published December 21, 2019 -
Kotaku EastThe Year That Was In Kotaku East
There are only a handful of days left before the year draws to a close. There were triumphs and tragedies. Let’s take a second to look back at the year that was in Kotaku East Ariana Grande’s New Kanji Tattoo Is An Unfortunate Mistake To celebrate her newest single “7 Rings,” pop star Ariana Grande…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 20, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsGet Kills Or Go Kaboom In Modern Warfare’s New ‘Cranked’ Mode
Modern Warfare’s newest mode is a return to the fast-paced, addictive multiplayer we expect from Call of Duty. It forces players to move around for kills, or else go kaboom. This week’s update for Modern Warfare added new Special Operation missions and more multiplayer maps, but the new mode, called Cranked, was by far the…
By S.E. Doster Published December 20, 2019 -
CultureMan Masters Time Crisis, Playing On Two Screens At Once
On December 15, cosplayer and light gun arcade game master Eddie Esguerra went viral on social media. DC Comics editor Andi Khouri Tweeted a video of him dual wielding two pistols in Time Crisis 2 as if he were a character in an anime by. The video, in which Esguerra dodges like a boxer and…
By Ethan Gach Published December 20, 2019 -
ReviewsYear in ReviewThe Biggest Video Game Disappointments Of 2019
We had such high hopes for 2019, and then it happened. Sure, there was good stuff, but there were some downers, and that’s what we’re talking about today. Oh, the disappointments the year brought! There was that glitchy Red Dead Redemption 2 launch on PC, Ubisoft’s release of a new take on Ghost Recon that…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 20, 2019 -
CultureWell, Okay, Let’s Talk About Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker
Scientists agree that the leading cause of climate change is carbon dioxide emitted by people offering their opinions about Star Wars movies. I am sad to say that we are only making the problem worse today. The Rise of Skywalker is out today, a big weird mess of a movie that we aren’t sure what…
Chris Kohler & Jason Schreier Published December 20, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsLego’s New Apple Arcade Game Is A Quiet, Thoughtful Puzzler
Lego Builder’s Journey, out today on Apple Arcade, is a far cry from the usual lighthearted and playful Lego video games. It’s a quiet, thoughtful puzzle game that wordlessly tells the tale of a father and son discovering the importance of play. It’s an incredibly nuanced toy commercial that hits me right in the dad…
By Mike Fahey Published December 20, 2019