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CultureVisual Novel Sets Out To Buck Trends By Being Less Sexual, Gets Blocked By Steam Anyway
From the start, the lead developer of Crime Opera: The Butterfly Effect, Sean Bester, wanted his game to be different from the other games in Steam’s sea of often sexually-tinged romance and horror visual novels. This meant it would have very little sex and nudity, with the focus instead on a “mature” mafia tale. That,…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 22, 2019 - Culture
Visionary game designer Brad McQuaid died this past Tuesday at the age of 51. He co-created the pioneering MMO EverQuest and continued to work in the genre until his passing. His death was announced earlier this week on the forums of Visionary Realms, where he was serving as creative director for its MMO Pantheon. “Brad was…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 22, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Bomberman-inspired multiplayer game Ponpu is coming out sometime in the first half of next year Purple Tree Studio announced today. It’ll be on both PC and console, including Switch, and looks like a really cute, hand-drawn labyrinthy party game.
By Ethan Gach Published November 22, 2019 -
CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for rock climbing, and going on a long run, and being a generally very sporty dude. It’s also for playing video games while nursing all the aches and pains getting into fitness at 37 is giving me. I’m totally charmed by this weekend’s Fortnite fishing competition, even though my efforts to participate…
By Riley MacLeod Published November 22, 2019 -
CultureReports: Resident Evil 3 Remake Planned For 2020
A Resident Evil 3: Nemesis remake is in the works from Capcom, according to two new reports. It will reportedly release in 2020. Capcom released a remake of Resident Evil 2 this year, which was received warmly by fans of the franchise. Given how difficult it is to play Resident Evil 3 at the moment,…
By Gita Jackson Published November 22, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryBring Back Destiny’s Self-Resurrection, You Cowards
Once upon a time, Warlocks in Destiny could channel the fiery energy of distant neutron stars or however that universe’s space magic works to instantly bring themselves back to life. Then they lost all their powers in the switch over to Destiny 2. They gained a bunch of new ones, but self-reviving wasn’t among them.…
By Ethan Gach Published November 22, 2019 - Uncategorized
Fortnite is having a fishing contest from now through Sunday in solos, duos, and squads mode. There are different categories and in-game prizes for catching the most Floppers, Small Fries, Slurpfish, and the Mythic Goldfish. See Epic’s post for all the rules.
By Riley MacLeod Published November 22, 2019 -
CultureSplitscreen‘Jedi Master’ Should Really Be The Easiest Difficulty Setting
You know what video games have gotten all wrong? Difficulty setting names. This week on Kotaku Splitscreen, we discuss. This week we take a deep dive into Jedi Fallen Order, the great new Star Wars single-player action-adventure game from Respawn. We talk about its influences, its difficulty, and whether Uncharted and Metroid can really harmonize.…
By Jason Schreier Published November 22, 2019 -
UncategorizedJeremy “DisguisedToast” Wang, who you might remember from his grueling shiny Pokémon ordeal earlier this week, is moving from Twitch to Facebook Gaming. This exclusivity deal comes in the wake of similar Twitch departures from high-profile streamers like Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek, and Jack “CouRageJD” Dunlop. Facebook’s streaming platform is, according to streaming…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 22, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsPokémon Jobs Are Kind Of Messed Up
There is so much dumb bullshit in the Pokémon universe that is not explained and will never be explaned. What’s it like inside a Poké Ball? Do people eat Pokémon? These are questions that, when we have asked the developers, they have been unable to answer. Not helping are a new addition to Sword and…
By Gita Jackson Published November 22, 2019 -
CultureTrack: Everlasting Nothing | Artist: Beck | Album: Hyperspace
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanPoll: People In Japan Reveal Which Famous Game Franchises They Haven’t Played
Have you played every big-time game franchise? Are there any well-known game series you haven’t checked out? In Japan, a recent poll asked people about which famous series they haven’t played. There were 2,362 votes in this Goo Ranking poll. Here are the top responses. 16. Persona series – 44 votes 15. Taiko no Tatsujin…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2019 -
UncategorizedToday is the 25th anniversary of the Sega Saturn. The console first went on sale on November 22, 1994 in Japan. It wouldn’t go on sale in North America until the following year. The console wasn’t a smash hit, but did produce classics like Panzer Dragoon. However, a Sonic game was not released on the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2019 -
CultureThe Internet Reacts To Tesla’s Cybertruck, Which Looks Like A PS1 Car
As our colleagues at Jalopnik report, Tesla revealed the Cybertruck. It looks like something out of Total Recall—or better, yeah, something you’d drive in a PlayStation 1 game. People have opinions! There are the serious car takes, like this one on Reddit: As well as the inevitable video game-related opinions: The video game comparisons certainly didn’t…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2019 -
CultureThe Mandalorian Is Built On Classic Star Wars Art
The show at large is leaning on a lot of cues from 1977, so of course the first round of concept art released for The Mandalorian is doing likewise, with very strong Ralph Maquarrie influences. Below is a wide range of art from the show’s first two episodes, which means yes, there’s some Baby Yoda.…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2019 -
CultureCivilization VI On PS4 And Xbox One Works, It’s Fine
I’m not here to review Civilization VI again, or its two expansions. I’ve done that already. What I am here today to tell you is that all that stuff is now available on PS4 and Xbox One, and against my best instincts and predictions, it’s absolutely fine. Prior to playing, and as someone who hadn’t…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2019 -
CultureLet’s Watch Nolan North Play The Last Of Us For The First Time
The Last Of Us has one of the most powerful beginnings of any video game, which makes it hard to stop watching this unusual new Let’s Play of the game. The 77-minute video, uploaded to YouTube yesterday, is hosted by the actors who played the lead roles in that intro scene, while the game is…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 21, 2019 -
CultureBorderlands 3 Update Finally Makes Menus Less Sluggish
Borderlands 3 got a big update today that, among a bunch of other additions, makes the game’s menus system less hellishly slow. When Gearbox’s loot shooter came out in September, it had a lot of performance issues. Split-screen was a mess, the frame-rate frequently dropped, the inventory system would occasionally eat people’s gear, and most…
By Ethan Gach Published November 21, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsMario Kart Tour’s Winter Update Is A Bust
Mario Kart Tour’s big winter update went live yesterday and it feels underwhelming, making me question whether or not it’s really worth it to keep subscribing to the game’s $5 monthly subscription. The game’s Winter Tour is meant to be a festive bit of seasonal fun to close out the year. It sports Mario in…
By Ethan Gach Published November 21, 2019
