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CultureNew Breath Of The Wild Glitch Lets You Harvest Infinite Korok Seeds
A new glitch has been discovered that makes it possible to keep collecting the same Korok Seed over and over again in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It’s not the easiest trick to pull off, but it’s nothing compared to trying to locate and retrieve each Korok Seed in the game individually.…
By Ethan Gach Published July 24, 2019 -
CultureExcellent Mod Gives Super Smash Bros. Melee A Nintendo 64 Makeover
After teasing the project a month ago, independent filmmaker and video producer Connor Rentz has provided the first official version of his Super Smash Bros. Melee 64 mod. As the name suggests, this project transforms the GameCube’s Super Smash Bros. Melee into the classic style of its Nintendo 64 predecessor, complete with old-school textures, music,…
By Ian Walker Published July 24, 2019 - Uncategorized
Got an unbelievable Super Mario Maker 2 moment? A killer kill in Apex Legends? Did a game just hilariously break on you? We wanna see it for our show Highlight Reel. Send your clips to [email protected] and we might feature it! And as always check out kotaku and our YouTube channel to stay up to…
By Chris Person Published July 24, 2019 -
CultureSpeedrunner Beats His Punch-Out!! World Record With New King Hippo Trick
Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! for the NES hasn’t had a new speedrunning world record in over a year. The last one recorded was set in April 2018 by Summoningsalt with a time of 15 minutes and 10.5 seconds. But over the weekend, Summoningsalt returned, shaving a fraction of a second off his previous record. He was…
By Ethan Gach Published July 24, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsThe Division 2’s Big New Update Is As Promising As It Confusing
Ubisoft’s sprawling loot shooter The Division 2 just received its biggest free update since its March launch…except most of it isn’t really free until next week, except for two parts that won’t even be free then, but some of the free stuff won’t be out until the week after next, and one promised part is…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 24, 2019 -
CultureBloodstained‘s Designers Had To Prove Bosses Could Be Beaten With Only A Dagger
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is as pure a throwback Metroidvania game as you can get. After all, Symphony of the Night direct Koji Igarashi was at the helm. Besides a great double-jump and strong adherence to the Castlevania form, Bloodstained also has some tricky bosses. Turns out that Igarashi had a few rules in…
By Heather Alexandra Published July 24, 2019 -
CultureThe Internet Reacts To Overwatch‘s Sigma (And His Feet)
So the new Overwatch character is a scientist? And he got feet? The fact that Sigma, the new mad scientist of Overwatch, is not wearing shoes did not escape anyone’s notice. In fact, the internet is talking about it a lot. Meanwhile, a Blizzard character artist’s explanation that Sigma is barefoot to “sell the ‘asylum’…
By Gita Jackson Published July 24, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryHelping People In Dragon Quest Builders 2 Gives Me So Much Joy
In Dragon Quest Builders 2, you play as a little anime friend who knows how to build stuff in a world where building things is outlawed. It’s very funny. Often in the game’s opening hours, you will construct something like a simple straw mat, and people will look at you like you invented a bubble…
By Joshua Rivera Published July 24, 2019 -
UncategorizedTwitter Account Serves Up Perfect, Bite-Sized Samples Of Video Game Music
Video game music rules. Sometimes, it is legitimately great. Since the start of 2019, Twitter account 140 Seconds VGM has been breaking down game tunes into bite-sized chunks. Sometimes the songs are classics, sometimes they’re random oddities. But every new post brings a bright blast of music. 140 Seconds VGM posts a handful of times…
By Heather Alexandra Published July 24, 2019 -
UncategorizedDefiant Development, the creators of the Hand of Fate games, is ceasing development of future games. “The games market has changed in ways both big and small in the 9 years we’ve been in business,” a post said on Twitter.“We’ve not been able to change quickly enough…”
By Heather Alexandra Published July 24, 2019 -
UncategorizedNintendo Doubles Super Mario Maker 2 Level Upload Limit
Super Mario Maker 2 has been out more than enough time for the most prolific creators to create tons of strange story missions, Kaizo deathtraps, and classic homages. It’s also been out for enough time to reach the course creation limit. Super Mario Maker 2 is doubling that limit, allowing players to make more courses.…
By Heather Alexandra Published July 24, 2019 -
EsportsReport: Rick Fox’s Esports Organization Plans To Sell League Of Legends Slot To Rams, Arsenal Owner
Former LA Laker Rick Fox’s esports organization Team Echo Fox plans to sell its slot in the North American League of Legends Championship Series to Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke, according to a new report by ESPN It’s the latest development in an increasingly complex drama that’s been unfolding since late April when an…
By Ethan Gach Published July 23, 2019 -
UncategorizedGTA 3’s Liberty City Now In Crazy Driving Game
BeamNG, a very fun driving game that’s mostly about destroying cars in the best way possible, now lets you smash stuff up on the streets of Grand Theft Auto 3’s Liberty City, without any hassles like health meters or police intervention. Put together by Swift502, it’s a literal port of GTA 3‘s map, which means…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2019 -
CultureCosplayGalleryThe Best Of Blerdcon 2019, A Celebration Of Black Cosplay
Once again, Blerdcon went down earlier this month in DC, and once again, the cosplay was absolutely incredible. Wondering what “Blerd” means, or why there’d be a “Blerdcon”? Here’s the show’s official description: Blerdcon is an event that highlights and celebrates Blerd culture and creates a marketplace of ideas where sharing that culture can take…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsOverwatch‘s New Hero Sigma Is Slow But Scary
What would you do if you could control gravity? Would you float everywhere? Hurl boulders at people? Yell all the time about a mysterious melody that haunts your every semi-lucid moment? Overwatch’s newest hero, the unhinged, accidentally evil astrophysicist Sigma, can do all of that and more. He’s fun to play, but he definitely takes…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 23, 2019 -
CultureStreet Fighter Alpha Expert Destroys The Game’s Cooperative Battle Mode By Himself
Desk, one of the most creative and technically gifted combo video creators in the fighting game community, has outdone himself with his latest project. Controlling both Ryu and Ken in Street Fighter Alpha’s Dramatic Battle mode, using one hand for each character, he beats the snot out of devilish dictator M. Bison and defeats the…
By Ian Walker Published July 23, 2019 -
CultureReport: Nintendo Will Fix Broken Joy-Cons For Free, Refund Prior Repairs
Following continued reports that the Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con controllers are “drifting”, a Vice story today claims that Nintendo is instructing its customer service representatives to repair the controllers for free, no questions asked. And anyone who has previously paid to get one repaired will now be refunded. Speaking with “a source familiar with Nintendo’s updated…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2019 -
UncategorizedA PC, Xbox One, PS4 And Nintendo Switch, All In The One System
The quickest, easiest and most horrifically expensive way to end the console wars forever would be to simply put every major platform on the market in 2019—including a powerful gaming PC—in the one box. And that’s exactly what this one box does. Made by Origin, they call it Big O, and inside its case is…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2019 -
CultureFour Years Later, Players Are Still Digging Up New Black Ops 3 Easter Eggs
Call of Duty fans are still finding Easter eggs that were squirreled away deeply in Black Ops 3, four years after its release, thanks to dedicated data miners. Over the years, Call of Duty Zombies has become much more than simply a horde mode for surviving endless waves of the undead. Today, it’s well-known for…
By S.E. Doster Published July 23, 2019 -
EsportsCall Of Duty Pro’s Controller Stops Working In The Middle Of The Finals
Sometimes a controller breaks and it’s frustrating. Sometimes a controller breaks and you’re forced to remap buttons in the middle of a tense come-from-behind win at a major Call of Duty tournament with $200,000 on the line. That’s what happened to Gen.G’s Chance “Maux” Moncivaez this past Sunday at this year’s Call of Duty Pro…
By Ethan Gach Published July 23, 2019