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Players Are Creating Amazing Things With Overwatch’s New Workshop Tools

Earlier this week, Blizzard added a Workshop to Overwatch that makes it possible to modify in-game scripts to create all sorts of new custom modes. Players have wasted no time in doing some really cool stuff with it. When Blizzard announced the Overwatch Workshop on Wednesday, it led with the example of a level inspired…

By Ethan Gach Published April 26, 2019

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I’m streaming the just-released Sega Ages Virtua Racing on my Nintendo Switch over on our Twitch channel, because it’s Friday, it’s been a long week, and I wish it was possible for a real human to be as excited about anything as the announcer in Virtua Racing is about the player getting a “TIME BONUS!!!!!”

By Tim Rogers Published April 26, 2019

CultureKotaku Game Diary

New Visitors Are Shaking Up My Once-Exclusive Final Fantasy XIV Server

As of Tuesday, Final Fantasy XIV’s World Visit service is live, allowing players to zip between servers and check in on other worlds. The result has been a wonderful sort of chaos. New friendships, massive economy shakeups, and a few troublemakers trying to stir up the pot. Once closed-off servers have now been opened, and…

By Heather Alexandra Published April 26, 2019

Culture

Archivist Elysiana Is A Fun Hearthstone Card When Your Opponent Isn’t Using It

Up until the launch of this month’s “Rise of Shadows” expansion, Hearthstone was ruled by a few select cards that provide what fans call “infinite” value: Once you played them, you could benefit from their effects for the rest of the game. Deathstalker Rexxar, for example, provided infinite value by letting you add a powerful…

By Joshua Calixto Published April 26, 2019

CultureSix Months Later

Red Dead Redemption 2, Six Months Later

Red Dead Redemption 2 launched six months ago today. In those past six months, developer Rockstar faced criticisms over crunch, the main game released to great reviews, Red Dead Online launched and grew, and a country-trap hybrid hit song used the game in a music video. Here’s what’s happened in the last six months. In…

By Zack Zwiezen Published April 26, 2019

Culture

‘My Childhood Dream Had Come True’: A Belated Interview With Skies Of Arcadia‘s Producer

Skies of Arcadia released in 2000 for the Sega Dreamcast and while it wasn’t a huge hit, its cheerful tale of air pirates inspired countless players, including me. Nineteen years later, I finally got a chance to ask the game’s producer about what went into making this role-playing gem. My personal history with Skies of…

By Heather Alexandra Published April 26, 2019

CultureSplitscreen

Game Of Thrones Recap Podcast: And We’re Back

Game of Thrones has returned, and with it, so has Kotaku Splitscreen’s weekly recap of all things Westeros. This week we’re hitting episodes one and two of season eight, Winterfell and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms We spoil the episode in its entirety, and also talk about differences between the show and the books.…

By Jason Schreier Published April 26, 2019

Tips & Guides

Tips For Playing Days Gone

Days Gone is an extremely big, long video game that is full of post-apocalyptic things to do, but also not terribly clear about how or why you should do them. And since it is the post-apocalypse, the world isn’t terribly flush with support or infrastructure or anything dedicated to the advancement of learning. This is…

By Joshua Rivera Published April 26, 2019

Anime

Don’t Come To Japan To Make Anime, Says Japanese Animator

Freelance character designer Terumi Nishii is a talent artist (see above) and has an impressive list of anime credits. She’s worked on Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac and Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, among others. She has lots experience and some frank advice. Via Game New Flash, here is some real talk for…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 26, 2019

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Hello Kitty Bullet Train. Osaka, Japan. By Brian Ashcraft | Twitter JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 26, 2019

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K-Pop Pick Of The Day: Wee Woo

When I first introduced Pristin last year, I couldn’t hide my enthusiasm for their surely long and productive future careers. After all, their first couple of releases did great, right? It wasn’t like Pledis Entertainment would repeat the same mistakes they made with After School, right? What could possibly go wrong? Well, here we are,…

By Seung Park Published April 26, 2019

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Mario And Zelda’s New VR Modes Are Not Good

Nintendo just added free updates to Nintendo Switch blockbusters Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild that introduce virtual reality modes to both games, but you’ll be perfectly fine if you skip them. Mario Odyssey’s new VR mode consists of a trio of small custom levels that let you use…

By Stephen Totilo Published April 26, 2019

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Black Widow Model Is Pretty Damn Lifelike

With Endgame now out, I thought tonight might be a good time to take a look at this incredible 3D model of Scarlett Johansson/Black Widow made by Abdelrahman Kubisi andJeremy Celeste This wasn’t made for the movie—or any Marvel movie—it was just a personal project between the pair. Get a load of the detail: And…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2019

Esports

Report: Rick Fox Leaving Esports Organization Because Of Racist Comments By Shareholder [Update]

Retired NBA star turned esports entrepreneur Rick Fox is preparing to cut ties with Echo Fox, the competitive gaming organization he helped found, after another shareholder allegedly used racial slurs during an email exchange, according to a report by Richard Lewis for Dexerto According to Lewis, the racist remarks came from an investor at Vision…

By Ethan Gach Published April 25, 2019

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Bloodborne Board Game Is Making Millions On Kickstarter

The easiest road to millions on Kickstarter is to release a board game based on a popular property and fill the box with miniatures. Latest case in point: a Bloodborne game has raised almost $2.5 $1.6 million in just a few days. EDIT: OK I’m in Australia and the price defaulted to AUD$2.5 million for me,…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2019

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Art house Cook & Becker’s latest line of game prints features huge, original pieces from World of Warcraft, with more from Diablo and StarCraft coming soon.

By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2019

CultureCosplayGallery

Some Of The Best Star Wars Cosplay For 2019

Earlier this month, Chicago played host to Star Wars Celebration 2019, the biggest convention/party for Star Wars fans on the planet. And where there are loads of Star Wars fans, there’s some A+ cosplay. Mineralbluwas there taking photos for us, and you can see some of the best of it below. If you need an…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2019

ReviewsPC

Imperator: Rome: The Kotaku Review

I’ve been wondering for years what a Paradox grand strategy game would look like if it was designed for regular humans, and in Imperator: Rome I have my answer. As long-time readers may know, I’m a big fan of Paradox’s grand strategy games, Crusader Kings II and Hearts of Iron IV especially. They’ve got a…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2019

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Mortal Kombat 11‘s Microtransactions, Explained

Mortal Kombat 11 is getting slammed over its supposed equipment grind and the perceived greed of its microtransactions; user-submitted reviews on Steam and Metacritic have been poor. In these reviews, as well as in comments and on social media, fans have complained about the slow pace of earning rewards through gameplay and the randomness of…

By Mike Fahey Published April 25, 2019

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Fortnite‘s Endgame Mode Is Fun Whether You’re Wielding Avengers Weapons Or Being Thanos

Even if you’re not a Marvel fan (I’m not), Fortnite’s Avengers tie-in, Fortnite Endgame, is a lot of fun. It continues the game’s recent trend of unique limited-time modes that barely feel like Fortnite but still fit right into its world. As my colleague Mike Fahey detailed this morning, Fortnite Endgame pits two sides against…

By Riley MacLeod Published April 25, 2019