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UncategorizedBehold the beige and blue of the first gameplay footage from Babylon’s Fall, the new action game being created by Platinum Games in partnership with Square Enix announced back in 2018. It uses something called a “Brushwork Filter” in order to look like this. Expect more info and possibly more colors next summer.
By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2019 -
CultureEverything Sony Announced At Today’s State of Play
Here’s everything Sony announced during today’s State of Play. A Resident Evil 3 remake will come to PlayStation 4 on April 3, 2020, along with Project Resistance, an online survival game with its own campaign mode. The Kingdom Hearts III DLC expansion is coming with new characters and battles on January 23, 2020. Untitled Goose…
By Natalie Degraffinried Published December 10, 2019 -
CultureResident Evil 3 Remake Announced, Out In April
Nemesis returns to terrorize Resident Evil fans all over again. During this morning’s PlayStation State of Play presentation, Capcom confirmed the rumored Resident Evil 3 remake is coming to PlayStation 4 on April 20, bundled together with the four-versus-one Resident Evil Resistance multiplayer game. The remake was introduced during the presentation as the unannounced single-player…
By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsRazer’s Keycap Upgrade Kits Are An Easy Way To Make A Keyboard Pretty
Swapping out keycaps is the simplest way to personalize and beautify your mechanical keyboard, but finding affordable keycaps in the right profile can be a real pain. Razer’s new keycap upgrade sets are a pretty good solution, covering an entire standard keyboard in one of four different colors—green, pink, white, or black—for just $30. You…
By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2019 -
CultureTrack: Blind Leading the Blind | Artist: Mumford & Sons | Album: Sigh No More
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 10, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanFull Metal Panic Manga Creator Apologizes After Tweets About Greta Thunberg
Over the weekend, manga creator Shouji Gatou took to Twitter, writing what he thought about environmental activist Greta Thunberg. Today, he has apologized, calling his earlier remarks “awful.” “I hate this kid,” he wrote in a now-deleted tweet about Thunberg, reports NicoNico. “If I pulled the strings that controlled the world, I would like to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 10, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanAnime Studio Mysteriously Vanished, With Artists Unpaid And Unhappy [Update]
Tear Studio churned out shows like this year’s Why the Hell Are You Here, Teacher!? and last year’s Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King. And Fragtime, a movie the studio animated, is currently in theaters. Tear Studio, however, seems to have suddenly vanished. Update – December 17 – 5:00 AM EST: AWOL anime maker Tear…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 10, 2019 -
UncategorizedPlayStation’s Baseball Studio Is Releasing Games On Rival Systems
MLB The Show, a long-running exclusive to PlayStation systems that is developed by a Sony studio, will now be appearing on other consoles as part of the series’ new licensing deal with Major League Baseball. The deal means that while the series will continue to appear on Sony systems, it will also be released on…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2019 -
CultureTwitchScammers Are Impersonating Popular Twitch Streamers
Anybody can make an account on Twitch. It’s a quick, simple process that takes only a few minutes. You (a super villain, in this hypothetical scenario) might be wondering what’s to stop somebody from naming an account after a popular streamer and, say, scamming a bunch of people. Not much, it turns out. Over the…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 9, 2019 -
CultureOh Hell Yeah Vanquish Is Getting Remastered (And Bayonetta Too)
Sega will next year be remastering two of PlatinumGames’ best releases—Bayonetta and Vanquish—and bringing them to the PS4 and Xbox One. Bayonetta, cool, we all know Bayonetta, but fuck yeah Vanquish is back! The cult classic shooter kinda split opinions at release in 2010, but as its 2017 release on PC showed, its slippy-slidey gunplay,…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2019 -
UncategorizedTotal Tank Simulator Sure Looks Familiar
Total Tank Simulator is coming on PC for anyone who, like me, misses Battlefield Heroes dearly. And let’s get this out of the way first: It has nothing to do with Totally Accurate Battle Simulator Despite the name, premise, art style and color scheme looking a lot like Landfall’s cult hit, this is actually coming…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2019 -
CultureI’ll Pass On These $1140 League Of Legends Sneakers, Thanks
League of Legends has a fashion collab with Louis Vuitton that’s now out and available to purchase. If you’ve ever wanted to spend over $600 on a video game T-shirt, now’s your chance. There’s a line of mostly women’s focused apparel and a pair of sneakers available, and as you’d expect with such a gaudy…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2019 -
UncategorizedHow’s your Mario Making going after that last update? Making any Zeldas? I made a Zelda. If you make one, be sure to submit it to the contest! I am not eligible. Please enjoy this one, though. THB-4LW-MJG. Don’t forget about all of Link’s items!
By Chris Kohler Published December 9, 2019 -
CultureDestiny Player Earns Every Title In The Game (And It Only Took 1,200 Hours)
One Destiny 2 player has collected every Guardian title that currently exists in the game. It took him over 1,000 hours to pull off, yet, he tells Kotaku, he doesn’t regret it. Titles in Destiny 2 are special achievements that players earn by completing various tasks, some very grindy and others incredibly hard. They range…
By Ethan Gach Published December 9, 2019 -
CultureDonkey Kong 64 Originally Had A Realistic Shotgun, Horrifying Shigeru Miyamoto
Donkey Kong 64 stood out from the rest of the banana-obsessed Donkey Kong bunch. The DK Rap is, of course, its most memorable and meme-able element, but we cannot—and indeed, should not—understate the fact that Donkey Kong also had a freaking gun. The coconut gun could fire in spurts, and if it shot you, it…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 9, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsThe Video Game Version Of Paranoia Makes Betraying Your Teammates Fun
Paranoia is the ultimate backstabbing tabletop role-playing game. Created in 1984 by Greg Costikyan, Dan Gelber, and Eric Goldberg, the game is set in a dystopian future city ruled over by a computer AI and populated by horrible vat-born people all trying to betray one another for their own advancement. Paranoia: Happiness Is Mandatory, out…
By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsThe X-Files Creator Also Made A Freakin’ Weird Show About Virtual Reality Soldiers In The ’90s
I’m not exactly sure how to explain Harsh Realm, one of the shows that X-Files showrunner Chris Carter worked on in the late ’90s, but I am going to try. I had never heard of Harsh Realm until recently. My boyfriend and I both have a fascination with shows that have only had one season,…
By Gita Jackson Published December 9, 2019
