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CultureDeep-Pocketed Collectors Are Fueling A Retro Game Gold Rush
Danielle Smith has spent half a million dollars on rare video games, most of it in the last nine months. And she’s just getting started. “I really just want the best of the best,” said Smith, 35. That half a million bucks has only bought her around 200 games. Last week, she spent $2,650 on…
By Chris Kohler Published August 9, 2019 -
CultureESPN Delays Apex Legends Tournament Highlights ‘Out Of Respect’ Following Mass Shootings
This weekend’s planned airing of the EXP Apex Legends Invitational at X Games tournament on ESPN2 has been postponed by the network, “out of respect for the victims and all those impacted in the immediate aftermath of the shootings.” The broadcast is meant to show highlights from the Apex Legends tournament that was held at…
By Joshua Rivera Published August 9, 2019 -
CultureNo Man’s Sky Creator On New Multiplayer Features, Taming Animals, And More
When No Man’s Sky Beyond was announced in March, Hello Games called it “three major updates rolled into one larger free release.” Out August 14, the first will be a new approach to multiplayer, and the second is VR. Since that blog post, No Man’s Sky players have been waiting to hear what the third…
By Gita Jackson Published August 9, 2019 -
CultureTrack: Digital Love | Artist: Daft Punk | Album: Digital Love
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 9, 2019 -
UncategorizedExcellent Cosplay Heats Up Summertime In Japan
It’s August! That means two things: First, the weather is hot; second, it’s time for some great Comic Market cosplay. The bi-annual event is underway, with cosplayers showing off their creative creations. This year’s stuff is particularly great! The photos are terrific, too. Comiket 96 runs from August 9 to August 12 and is being…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 9, 2019 -
UncategorizedThis Is Some Serious Metal Slug Training
At select arcades in Japan, you can rent a cabinet for a flat fee for a specific period of time. This is a good way to improve your skills. But those hoping to take their play to the next level might need to make things more difficult for themselves. That’s exactly what Twitter user Kaizou_001…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 9, 2019 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Fantasy
Pink Fantasy’s latest song, Fantasy, gives me some serious Dreamcatcher-esque, anime-opening vibes. Which is to say: I love it. This eight-member girl group debuted in 2018 with Iriwa, which was composed and written by Super Junior’s Shindong and hews more closely to the traditional girl group K-Pop sound. I’m glad Pink Fantasy decided to experiment…
By Seung Park Published August 9, 2019 -
CultureWalmart Asks Employees To Remove Violent Video Game Signage
For the past couple of days, Walmart employees have been receiving memos instructing them to remove “any signing or displays that contain violent images or aggressive behavior.” Principal among the suggested items are demos and signs promoting violent video games. Vice first reported on the memo’s circulation earlier today. It tells employees to “remove,” “turn…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 8, 2019 -
CultureCosplayGalleryCosplay’s “World Championships” Were Just Incredible
Most of the time cosplay is about having fun and hanging out with friends. Sometimes, though, it gets competitive, and there’s no bigger prize for serious devotees than the World Cosplay Summit, held every year in Japan. It’s basically a World Championships of cosplay, and as you can imagine, the entrants are out of this…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 8, 2019 -
UncategorizedOne Of The Best WW2 Board Games Is Now Even Better
Memoir 44 was already one of the great tactical board games, stripping the rules of war down to their barest bones and emphasising speed and fun over rulers and fine print. Now, with the release of an expansion that adds aircraft miniatures to the game, it’s even more fun. If you’ve never played it (and…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 8, 2019 -
CultureTwitchThe Top Streamers On Twitch Now That Ninja’s Gone
Last week, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, much like his namesake, crept out of the figurative building—flanked on all sides by fanfare, cascading grey-blue mountains of Red Bull, and ill-considered jokes. Soon, he made his presence known under a different roof: Mixer, Microsoft’s competitor to Twitch. Blevins has left behind a void. The question is, who will…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 8, 2019 -
OpinionJumbling The Rules Of Chess, Eight Different Ways
Chess is a game of seemingly endless complexity, each new match expanding into an intricate weave of strategies, gambits, and countermoves. It only gets stranger if you decide to throw out the rulebook. Chesses is a new browser-based game that does just that, with game modes that pack the board to the brim with pieces…
By Heather Alexandra Published August 8, 2019 -
ReviewsHardwareComputersOrigin PC’s EVO16-S Is A Wonderful Little Laptop And Mine Has A Unicorn On It
When Origin PC approached me about reviewing its EVO16-S gaming laptop, the representative asked me if I wanted anything printed on the top laptop panel. “A pink unicorn,” I said. “Like a majestic unicorn on the side of a van.” A few weeks later arrived the most beautiful laptop I’ve ever used. The EVO16-S is…
By Mike Fahey Published August 8, 2019 -
CultureClever Player Creates First-Person Dungeon-Crawler In Mario Maker 2
The Mario Maker series offers creators an expansive suite of tools with which to build punishing, unique, or thought-provoking levels. A recent level uses these tools to meticulously recreate the first-person adventure style of old-school dungeon-crawlers like Ultima and Might and Magic in Super Mario Maker 2 Uploaded last week by Japanese creator Negitendo, “3D Maze…
By Ian Walker Published August 8, 2019 -
UncategorizedCross saves are coming to Destiny 2 this month, if all goes according to plan. A blog post today announced that a cross save website and tool will launch of August 21st. Which is good news for anyone looking to hop to PC and enjoy those delicious 60 frames per second.
By Heather Alexandra Published August 8, 2019 -
CultureSplitscreenFortnite Is All About The Kids (And The Aesthetics)
The Fortnite World Cup was packed with young faces, both attendees and competitors. Unlike many other esport events, this one had a kid-friendly, earnest vibe that dovetailed well with the chaotic playground atmosphere of Fortnite. Kotaku editor-at-large Riley MacLeod came on Kotaku Splitscreen this week to talk about his coverage of the Fortnite World Cup…
By Maddy Myers Published August 8, 2019 -
CultureModern Warfare‘s Lack Of A Mini-Map Will Change How People Play Call Of Duty
Last week, Activision revealed the multiplayer mode for the softly-rebooted Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. 2019’s Duty is dropping the iconic mini-map to add more “realism” to multiplayer, and it’s the design decision that’s caused the most consternation in the Call of Duty community so far. Call of Duty’s mini-map has been a feature of the…
By S.E. Doster Published August 8, 2019 -
CultureSpeedrunners Baffled By Mysterious Stranger Sending Silent Hill 2 Puzzle Solutions
One of the challenges of speedrunning Silent Hill 2 is getting past the game’s puzzles. Puzzles are semi-randomly generated and will change on each playthrough. In the past week, a mysterious stranger has been slipping into speedrunners’ Twitch chats and revealing future puzzle solutions to them. It wasn’t clear how this stranger was getting that…
By Heather Alexandra Published August 8, 2019
