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Tips & GuidesIt’s Easy To Get The Division 2’s New Snowball Gun
The makers of the Division 2 may have just added more serious clothes to their game, but they’ve also added a more ridiculous gun. The new Sleigher is a holiday-themed Tommy Gun that shoots snowballs. Miyamoto would approve The gun is a cinch to obtain. Players just need to log in, roam around the game’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 11, 2019 -
CultureMona Lisa Too Expensive? Now You Can Own Johnny Five Aces’ Original Concept Art
Internet historians, here’s your chance to own your own piece of internet history: concept art of Johnny Five Aces, main character of the legendarily shitty game concept The Zybourne Clock. The Zybourne Clock was an idea for a steampunk game about time travel proposed in 2003 in the forums of Something Awful, comedy website with…
By Gita Jackson Published December 11, 2019 -
CultureNew Fallout 76 Bugs Are Making Armor Weak And Weapons Brittle
It wouldn’t be a Fallout 76 patch if it didn’t introduce a few unusual new bugs, and yesterday’s update was no exception. Some players are discovering that reloading their weapons causes their defense stats to drop. The bug is pretty straightforward: A player reloads their weapon and then sees the defense stats for their some…
By Ethan Gach Published December 11, 2019 -
UncategorizedWe’ll be streaming some of Destiny 2‘s new Season of Dawn over on Kotaku’s Twitch channel shortly You can come watch us breakdown the new grind, take a look at some of the game’s new weapons, and show off how Osiris’ Sundial multiplayer activity works.
By Ethan Gach Published December 11, 2019 -
UncategorizedNinja Is A Regular Human Being Who Definitely Knows How To Make A Sandwich
Richard Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is a fully grown 28-year-old adult best known for playing Fortnite and making more money in a day than any of us will make in our lifetimes. He has, at some point in his life, eaten a sandwich. I’m not sure if he’s ever made one for himself, however. Blevins recently…
By Heather Alexandra Published December 11, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsThe Avengers Game Has A Tie-In Comic About How The Team’s Troubles Started
Square Enix’s upcoming Avengers video game begins with a tragic mission that tears the superhero team apart. In issue one of Marvel’s Avengers: Iron Man, the first official tie-in comic book for the game, we learn that the team’s falling out starts long before the game begins. Written by Jim Zub with art by Paco…
By Mike Fahey Published December 11, 2019 -
UncategorizedIt’s not too late to claim any Season of Undying rewards you may have missed in Destiny 2 Although Season of Dawn went live yesterday, and the new season pass along with it, you can still access your old season pass over on Bungie’s website to collect anything you might have missed.
By Ethan Gach Published December 11, 2019 -
ReviewsYear in ReviewThe Most Underrated Games Of The Decade
The decade has come and gone, with the passage of time once again showing that we live in a meaningless universe where we ultimately die. But hey! There were some cool video games along the way. Caught in that catalogue were countless games that were woefully misunderstood, never getting the limelight they deserved. This is…
By Heather Alexandra Published December 11, 2019 -
CultureBreaking Down The Intense World Of Castlevania Speedrunning
Castlevania is a punishing game. Getting hit at the wrong time might mean plummeting to a frustrating death. It’s a classic that requires precision to finish. Speedrunners have been challenging it for years, and a new video breaks it down from the early days until now. Summoning Salt, who makes videos detailing the speedrunning history…
By Heather Alexandra Published December 11, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanWoman Arrested For Allegedly Making Death Threats To Anime Retailer
Animate is a large retailer of anime, manga, and video games with well over a hundred stores in Japan. A woman has been arrested for allegedly sending threatening emails, including one in which “kill” (殺す or korosu) was apparently written 3,852 times. Over a several week span in August, she allegedly sent threatening emails that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 11, 2019 -
UncategorizedLet’s Compare Resident Evil 3 Remake With The Original Graphics
As reported yesterday, Resident Evil 3 is getting a remake. The original game came out in 1999. Since then, lots has changed! Just look at the leap in graphics. Compared to Resident Evil 2 Remake, which featured very new faces, Resident Evil 3 Remake seems to do a decent job of capturing the spirit of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 11, 2019 -
Tips & GuidesPSA: If Destiny 2‘s Osiris Says He Doesn’t Have New Quests, Keep Asking
Destiny 2‘s Season of Dawn began today, and with it came all sorts of changes, including the return of the mysterious exiled Warlock Osiris. He has new quests for you, but for some reason, he likes to hide them. Osiris appears to be the main quest giver this season, and as a result, players will…
By Ethan Gach Published December 10, 2019 -
CultureGrand Theft Auto V Is Getting A New Radio Station
Six years after its release, Rockstar is still fine-tuning Grand Theft Auto V’s radio lineup, with December 12 seeing the arrival of a new station hosted by Danny Brown called iFruit Radio. Artists featured include Travis Scott, Young Thug and Brown himself, while the highlights are probably: And: The station will be running on both…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 10, 2019 -
CultureChoose Your Own Adventure’s Owners Are Going After Some Indie Games
Chooseco, the company that owns the rights to the trademarked title Choose Your Own Adventure, has begun issuing takedown notices to indie games hosted on itch.io that have been using the term. While it’s understandable that folks could be thinking that Choose Your Own Adventure is more of a genre than a title, and/or that…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 10, 2019 -
CultureThe First Epic Exclusives Are Now Arriving On Steam
In the annals of holiday lore it said that, every year, after circling the globe on a carpet-sized copy of Death Stranding, Geoff Keighley touches down for the briefest of moments in December to host The Game Awards. Last year, this led to an announcement that was curious indeed: a store, from grumpy old mega-corporation…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 10, 2019 -
UncategorizedTop streamers Benjamin “DrLupo” Lupo, Saqib “Lirik” Zahid, and Timothy “TimTheTatman” Betar have all signed “multi-year” exclusivity deals with Twitch. Twitch partners are technically exclusive to the platform already, so this is being billed as a “re-signing” in a time that’s seen popular streamers like Ninja, Shroud, and CouRage leave Twitch for platforms like Mixer…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 10, 2019
