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OpinionRedBox Is Ending Its Video Game Rentals, And I’ll Miss Them A Lot
There’s a small stall that occupies approximately 10 square feet of the sprawling, glass-roofed warehouse where I buy my groceries. Inside are a handful of discs—a rotating shortlist of the most popular console blockbusters—that I can take home, try, and return for only a few bucks. Redbox, you’ve burned me in the past, but damn…
By Ethan Gach Published December 10, 2019 -
CultureAll The Big Announcements From Nintendo’s Indie World
Today’s “Indie World” presentation from Nintendo was surprisingly packed full of big announcements, including sequels to indie Switch hits Axiom Verge and Golf Story. Here’s a rundown of the big stuff you missed if you weren’t watching along. Developer Tom Happ showed a short look at Axiom Verge 2, which will be available in the…
By Chris Kohler Published December 10, 2019 -
CultureBonkers New Indie Game Lets You Mash Up Different Genres
Supermash is a game about mashing up video game genres, and it’s coming to the Switch in May 2020. I’m psyched y’all. I know I’ve had daydreams about gameplay mechanic crossovers I’d love to see. Just a second ago, Kotaku managing editor Maddy Myers and I were talking about how dope it would be if…
By Gita Jackson Published December 10, 2019 -
CultureSports Story Is Golf Story Except With Lots More Sports
Just announced during Nintendo’s Indie World showcase this morning, Sports Story is a sequel to Golf Story, the 2017 golf RPG that was a breakout indie hit on Switch. It’s coming in mid-2020 and will launch exclusively on Switch. Not only are we talking about more sports, we’re talking about a mashup of every sport.…
By Chris Kohler Published December 10, 2019 -
CultureJeopardy Puts Up Pokémon Category That’s Somehow Even Easier Than Pokémon Games
Last night, trivia game show Jeopardy had a Pokémon category. It was almost embarrassingly easy and lowkey I’m kinda pissed about it. I’m not talking easy for Pokémon fans—these questions were so easy that I think my mom could have answered them, and my mom can barely use a computer. In fact, I just called…
By Gita Jackson Published December 10, 2019 -
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
