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CultureTwitchFirst Streamer To Hit 60 In WoW Classic Kicked From Top Esports Organization For Stealing Item
Before the tail end of August, Daniel “Jokerd” Gobey was basically a nobody. Then he won the worldwide race to hit level 60 in WoW Classic and became an overnight Twitch sensation, with over 300,000 people tuning in to watch his big moment just three days after Classic’s launch. But the 22-year-old player from Malta,…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 14, 2019 -
ReviewsPCUnity Of Command II Is A Really Solid World War Two Strategy Game
The first Unity of Command game was good, and had some very smart ideas on how armies are bound by their logistics, but its limited scope and weird graphical choices held it back a little. Its sequel is a big improvement in almost every respect, and I’m in awe at just how good it is.…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 14, 2019 -
CultureCosplayShowcaseGiant Batman Cosplay Is A Work Of Art
One of my favorite cosplayers on the planet, Julian Checkley, has spent the last two years working on a Batman outfit that is so good I’m starting to wonder if he’s actually working for Bruce Wayne on the side. “Everything was sculpted, molded and cast in various grades of urethane rubber by me,” Julian says…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 14, 2019 -
CultureEverything Announced For Xbox One And PC At X019
New game announcements from Obsidian, Rare, and Dontnod highlighted Microsoft’s Inside Xbox presentation at X019, the company’s annual fan festival taking place in London this weekend. It also showed several updates and new trailers for previously announced games, as well as new content coming to Project xCloud and Xbox Game Pass—including 10 Final Fantasy games.…
By Chris Kohler Published November 14, 2019 -
CultureA Ton Of Final Fantasy Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass
Final Fantasy VII through XV (excluding the two MMOs) will get added to Game Pass in the coming months, Microsoft announced today during the latest episode of Inside Xbox at this year’s XO19 fan event in London. That chunk of the series includes 10 games, many of which, like Final Fantasy VIII and Final Fantasy XII:…
By Ethan Gach Published November 14, 2019 -
CultureNew Game From The Makers Of Life Is Strange Features A Transgender Hero
Dontnod Entertainment, the studio behind Life is Strange and Vampyr, are making a new game. Tell Me Why is a mystery adventure game about unraveling a troubled past starring a pair of twins, one of whom is transgender. In Tell Me Why, players follow the story of Tyler and Alyson Ronan, exploring both of their…
By Heather Alexandra Published November 14, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsObsidian’s Next Game Is A Survival Adventure Where You’re The Size Of An Ant [Update]
Today, as part of Microsoft’s XO19 conference in London, Outer Worlds developer Obsidian announced its first project under the Xbox Game Studios umbrella: a survival adventure game called Grounded Grounded, which is releasing in early access on Xbox One and PC in spring 2020 (digitally and as part of Xbox Game Pass), is an up-to-four-player…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 14, 2019 -
CultureRare Is Making A New Open-World Adventure Game
Rare’s upcoming game, Everwild, is a delightful and fantastical-looking adventure game set in a natural paradise. Revealed today at Inside Xbox, Everwild featured Princess Mononoke-style wilderness and creatures. The British studio was acquired by Microsoft in 2002. This is Rare’s first game since Sea of Thieves. We couldn’t discern much about the gameplay or plot…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published November 14, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsEpic’s New Hero-Collecting Game Seems Fine, Has Vague Connections To Fortnite
The most striking thing about Battle Breakers, Epic Games’ new free-to-play collectible character role-playing game for PC and mobile devices, is its rocking ‘90s cartoon style opening, complete with theme song lyrics. “Monsters from the sky / want us all to die / they’re hidin’ underground / now they must all be found.” Good stuff.…
By Mike Fahey Published November 14, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsAge Of Empires II‘s Remaster Kicks Ass
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is a lot. It adds new campaigns, civilizations, revamped enemy AI, and 4K graphics, in case you’ve been waiting to see a flood of medieval warriors clash incomprehensibly with one another in crisp detail. Remastered and slightly reworked, one of the defining real-time strategy games of the turn of…
By Ethan Gach Published November 14, 2019 -
CultureAsk Dr. NerdLove: Help, I’ve Fallen For My Roommate
Hello, you sexy pheromone ghosts, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column to come to you from dingy bars on the Outer Rim. This week, we’re asking hard questions and facing harder consequences. What happens when it feels like your roommate might also be your soulmate? What do you do when…
Harris O'Malley Published November 14, 2019 -
UncategorizedPlayers Find Holy Grail Of Majora’s Mask Speedrunning
Every game has the one trick that speedrunners are searching for, the one trick that completely changes the game. Famously, Wind Waker speedruns were blown open once players found a way to break through an impassable barrier. For Majora’s Mask, the Holy Grail has always been warping directly to the final dungeon on the moon.…
By Heather Alexandra Published November 14, 2019 -
UncategorizedJ-pop legends Sheena Ringo and Hikaru Utada have collaborated once again on a new song that 1. is awesome, and 2. has a music video featuring a futuristic tabletop version of Tetris. I wish it were real so I could play it with Paul Tamayo (who would destroy me).
By Maddy Myers Published November 14, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryA Complete List Of Video Games I Played On Paternity Leave
I had a baby a couple months ago, and I took a few weeks off work to hang out with her. Mostly that meant giving her bottles, changing her diapers, and holding her on my lap as I played video games, because it turns out there’s nothing babies hate more than NOT being held at…
By Jason Schreier Published November 14, 2019 -
UncategorizedSurvival game This War of Mine got a free update on PC today to celebrate the game’s five year anniversary. The update adds “a new character, new classic scenario, and more quests and events on the locations known from Stories episode,” as well as graphical overhauls.
By Riley MacLeod Published November 14, 2019 -
UncategorizedI Think I’ve Been Bullied Into Getting A Pokémon Game
For most of my life, I have not played Pokémon games, and I’ve been fine with that. Like a lot of people my age, I was swept up in Pokémania and loved Red/Blue and later, Gold/Silver, but after that, I just sort of moved on. Pokémon was my gateway to the wider world of Japanese…
By Joshua Rivera Published November 14, 2019 -
UncategorizedWant to know how the arcade scene has changed in Japan? According to Abema Times, there were over 26,000 arcades in 1986. As of last year, there were around 4,000. For more on the challenges arcades are having in Japan, check out Kotaku’s previous coverage
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 14, 2019 -
Kotaku EastSouth KoreaBlack Desert Developer Pearl Abyss Announces 3 Games, All With Impressive Visuals
Pearl Abyss is best known for Black Desert—and its eye-popping character creation tool. Today in South Korea, the studio just announced three games. They all look visually impressive. At the G-Star gaming expo (via tipster Sang), Pearl Abyss announced the following games: Plan 8 Pearl Abyss is aiming to release this open world “exosuit MMO…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 14, 2019
