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UncategorizedFallout 4’s Kojima Easter Egg Was Hidden Inside A System Shock Easter Egg
Joel Burgess, currently at Ubisoft, previously worked on Fallout 4 at Bethesda, and this week shared a very elaborate Easter egg (or, to be more accurate, series of Easter eggs hidden within each other) that he snuck into the game based on System Shock, Gone Home’s Steve Gaynor and Hideo Kojima’s Snatcher That’s pretty cool,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2019 -
UncategorizedGuy Completes GoldenEye’s First Level Using A Piano
“Person plays video game with weird controller” is not a new thing, I know, but I love this clip of Jackson Parodi playing GoldenEye on piano because in addition to looking impressive, it sounds lovely as well. The start of the video shows which keys have been mapped to which buttons, and then after that,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe New Mode In Ghost Recon Wildlands Is A Small-Scale Spin On The Battle Royale Formula
Ghost Recon Wildlands is getting a sequel later this year, so most fans and Ubisoft will move on to that next game. But before that happens, Ubisoft has released one last major update for the game which added a brand new competitive mode called Mercenaries. It blends different elements of Wildlands into a small, focused…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 21, 2019 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: OH GOD, CATS!
Cats! Have you heard of this famous musical? Apparently, they are making a movie based on it. Let me watch that trailer real quick. *A few minutes later.* Oh god… why? Your challenge this week: Spread the horror around! Add cats from the movie Cats to video games. Look, we probably won’t get a game…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 21, 2019 -
UncategorizedA Modder Has Spent Years Adding Spider-Man Into GTA San Andreas
J16D is a modder who has created a lot of different mods for Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. But one particular idea has been lodged in their brain since at least 2015. J16D has been working on and improving a simple idea: Bring Spider-Man and his web-swinging into San Andreas. After four-plus years of working…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 21, 2019 -
CultureSunday Comics: Avoid The Obvious Joke
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published July 15. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published July 18. Read more of Corpse Run Clueless Hero by…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 21, 2019 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Switch Lites For Everyone, Winners!
The new Switch console, the Switch Lite, looks like a pretty piece of candy. I want one, even though I don’t need one. I assumed others felt this way, so I asked you wonderful people to hand out Switch Lites to anyone you felt like. I got a lot of great images! Our winning image…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 20, 2019 -
Uncategorized16 Years Later, Players Still Can’t Figure Out This Futurama Easter Egg
When talking about Easter egg in video games most people focus on the ones that have already been found. Hidden levels, weapons, text or cutscenes. Stuff like that. But there are some Easter eggs that we know exist but have yet to be found or activated. YouTuber and Easter egg hunter, Oddheader, has a new…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 20, 2019 -
CultureFortnite‘s Giant Monster And Robot Finally Fought
Today was the long-awaited battle between Fortnite’s giant monster, Cattus, and giant robot, Doggus. It was pretty much what players expected, but it sure was dramatic. In the only available mode, The Final Showdown, players saw Cattus appear from the water and Doggus pull free of his perch in Pressure Plant. Cattus attacked the vault,…
By Riley MacLeod Published July 20, 2019 -
UncategorizedVideo Games That Let You Travel To The Moon
This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 mission and the Moon landing. Five decades ago, NASA used old computers and a lot of math to send men to the moon and bring them back. In honor of this historic event, let’s take a look back at some of the best trips…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 20, 2019 -
UncategorizedMario Maker Contest: Short And Sweet
“Brevity is the soul of wit.” This is a famous line written by some dude named Shakespeare. Anyways, what it basically means is the best Mario Maker levels don’t waste your time. They are short, sweet and creative. At least, I think that’s what he meant. Regardless, let’s make some short Mario levels! Your challenge…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 20, 2019 -
CulturePokemonGoomy Is Just The Worst Dragon
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Goomy! Goomy Details Type: Dragon Average Height: 1‘ 00″ Average Weight: 6.2 lbs. First Added In Generation VI When…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 20, 2019 -
CultureMorning CheckpointNobody Wants To Use The Patrick Controller
Hello! This week we fight Thanos with our friends, prepare for some Gears of War beta action, discover what a flattened Pikachu looks like, play a hellish Mario Maker course and worry about our dear friend, Patrick Star. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Like most weeks, Kotaku was filled with some great stories.…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 20, 2019 -
CultureFortnite Leakers Band Together To Swear Off Spoiling This Weekend’s Big Event
In these days of rampant data mining, few things are ever truly surprises. Even Fortnite’s seemingly endless parade of (often literal) bashes isn’t immune, with big moments like the Tilted-Towers-leveling Vault event getting spoiled before players could experience them firsthand. This weekend, though, longtime leakers—people with the word “leak” front and center in their handles—have…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 19, 2019 -
EsportsLast Year’s Underdogs Now Have A Shot At This Year’s Call Of Duty Championship
Colt “Havok” McLendon watched the 2018 Call of Duty World League Championship from home. This year, his team could go all the way to the finals. “Before this year started, I told myself, ‘I’m going to do competitive all or nothing, or I’m going to be a streamer,” McLendon, a member of the team Gen.G…
By Ethan Gach Published July 19, 2019 -
CultureFan Makes NES John Wick Game And It’s Really Hard
Keanu Reeves’ “John Wick” character appeared in Fortnite earlier this year, and has a strategy game called John Wick Hex coming sometime in the future. But if you don’t feel like waiting, there’s now a short NES homage to the would-be-retired hitman you can play for free. Spotted by PC Gamer, the short game, titled…
By Ethan Gach Published July 19, 2019 -
CultureMeet The Pixel Artist Recreating Breath of The Wild Scenes In 8-Bit
On Tuesday, Instagram user ncxaesthetic began uploading a series of “screenshots” in which he took iconic scenes from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and rendered them in the 8-bit pixel art style of the Game Boy Color Zelda games like Link’s Awakening DX. Here, for example, is a scene from early in…
By Joshua Rivera Published July 19, 2019 -
CultureE3Watch Goichi Suda Tell Me Absolutely Nothing About No More Heroes 3
Less than an hour after releasing a two-and-a-half-minute teaser for No More Heroes 3 last month, Grasshopper Manufacture CEO Goichi Suda graciously agreed to sit down with me for one hour and answer no questions whatsoever. We filmed the whole thing. I condensed the experience into 24 minutes, because if you watched the whole hour,…
By Tim Rogers Published July 19, 2019
