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CultureActivision Blizzard’s CEO Doesn’t Think Its Games Should Be Political
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick doesn’t think his companies’ games should be used as platforms for sharing political views. He said as much an interview appearance on CNBC earlier today “We’re not the operator of the world’s town halls,” Kotick, who in 2017 made 28.6 million running the video game company behind Call of Duty…
By Ethan Gach Published November 19, 2019 -
CultureCosplayGalleryOur Favorite Cosplay From Armageddon Expo 2019
Most of our cosplay show coverage comes from North America and Europe, so it’s great tonight to get the chance to feature some amazing work from the southern hemisphere instead. Namely, this year’s edition of Armageddon Expo, which has been going down in New Zealand since 1995. All photos and video by Mineralblu, and you’ll…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2019 -
CultureJedi: Fallen Order Pays Tribute To A Lucasarts Star Wars Veteran
Fallen Order is a game that, between its echoes and scanning, has a lot of incidental background fluff. Amongst all that, though, is a lovely tribute from a son (who worked on Fallen Order) to his father (who worked on a ton of classic Star Wars games back in the 90s) Respawn level designer Nicholas…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsShenmue 3 Feels Like A 90s Throwback, For Better And For Worse
Clumsy, awkward, and stiff. Those are some words you can use to describe Shenmue 3. Rustic, charming, and cozy. Those are also words to describe Shenmue 3. The long-awaited third entry in Yu Suzuki’s adventure epic has all the quirks of the 1999 original, good and bad. You will either love it or be left…
By Heather Alexandra Published November 19, 2019 -
UncategorizedWarframe’s The Old Blood update went live today for PS4 and Xbox One Released a few weeks ago on PC, it adds a new body horror-inspired Warframe whose torso is a giant mount as well as a new villain and changes to the melee system. The Switch version shouldn’t be far behind.
By Ethan Gach Published November 19, 2019 -
CultureTwitchTwitch Streamer Gives Away $5,000 After Failing To Catch Shiny Pokémon In 15 Hours
You win some, you lose some. Some days you eat the bear, some days the bear eats you. Long have these sorts of aphorisms existed in the cultural lexicon. Now, thanks to popular streamer Jeremy “DisguisedToast” Wang, we’ve got a new one: Sometimes you catch the shiny Pokémon as part of two streams that last…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 19, 2019 -
UncategorizedSmash Player Develops Hand-Warming GameCube Controller
The unwieldy GameCube pad is ubiquitous in Super Smash Bros. competition. Smash players have long been improving the controller through mods, the latest of which is an internal hand-warming mechanism that gets fingers nice and toasty after periods of inactivity. The hand-warming GameCube controller is the invention of Morne, a Super Smash Bros. Melee player…
By Ian Walker Published November 19, 2019 -
CultureStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Bugs Are Forcing Players To Start The Game Over
Players zipping through the newly released Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order should tread carefully and find a way to back up their saves, if possible. We’re now aware of two spots in the game where glitches have trapped players with no way to advance and no recourse but to start a new game from scratch.…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 19, 2019 -
CultureSay No! More, A Game For Anyone Who Has Hated Working In An Office
Which would be…nearly all of you? This is Say No! More, coming next year for PC, Switch and iOS. Described as “a One-Button-Game about saying ‘No!’ and a stolen lunchbox”, you don’t really say “no” as much as you blast it into people’s faces with the power of 1000 hairdryers. If nothing else, it looks…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2019 -
CultureCosplayShowcaseOverwatch Voice Actors Hit BlizzCon Cosplaying As Their Characters
Back in March, we ran a little feature on Carolina Ravassa, the voice actor behind Sombra who spent a day cosplaying as the Overwatch hacker. That was at Katsucon, but for BlizzCon 2019, she was joined by two other cast members, Anjali Bhimani (Symmetra) and Matthew Mercer (McCree). Cosplayer Melanie Jasmine (below, left) made Ravassa…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2019 -
UncategorizedI still hate Jack, Gears of War’s Pixar-like companion drone, but after hearing the inspiration behind him I appreciate why he exists. Gears 5 director Rod Fergusson said at a recent game conference that Jack was meant to give non-Gears players an approachable cooperative role similar to Mario Galaxy’s co-star mode.
By Ethan Gach Published November 19, 2019 -
ReviewsMultiplatformStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order: The Kotaku Review
There hasn’t been a better time to be a Star Wars fan. As this is being written, the ninth and final entry in the saga that began with George Lucas’ 1977 film Star Wars is one month away from release, concluding a story over forty years in the making. The Mandalorian, the first live-action Star…
By Joshua Rivera Published November 19, 2019 -
CultureThe Outer Worlds Gets A Bigger Text Mode
The Outer Worlds received an all important new feature in today’s patch: a bigger text mode. Finally, no more squinting at my TV from six feet away. The option to shift to the larger print can be found in the settings menu. There’s no slider so you can only toggle it on or off, but…
By Ethan Gach Published November 19, 2019 -
CultureThe Internet Reacts To The Announcement Of A New Half-Life Game
It is 2019. Valve just announced a new Half-Life game. All bets are off now. Quit your job. Buy a lottery ticket. Fail to win the lottery. Buy several more lottery tickets. Fail again. Give up. Sell your car so you can make rent. Go online. Find out that the new Half-Life is a VR…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 19, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryDeath Stranding Takes Me Back To The Smoky Mountains
I’ve never been outdoorsy. I’m allergic to pollen and most animals, and not exactly athletic to boot. While I appreciate nature, I mostly do it from indoors, looking out, or by caring for my growing menagerie of plants. That’s why I managed to surprise myself a little getting lost in Death Stranding—I realized I didn’t…
By Gita Jackson Published November 19, 2019 -
CultureTrack: Code Zero | Artist: French 79 | Album: Joshua
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 19, 2019 -
UncategorizedAccording to TV Asahi, a 51-year-old man has confessed to calling his former employer, saying, “If I sprinkle gasoline [at the office] like Kyoto Animation, everything will burn down.” The man previously worked at the company, which is based in Nagoya, and said he had a grudge about how he was bullied at work.
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 19, 2019
