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ReviewsMultiplatformBloodstained: Ritual of the Night: The Kotaku Review
Genre is mostly bullshit. It’s useful for discussion and for imagining where a certain game exists on the continuum of innovation and progress. These discussions are important, and for them, we need genre. But genre doesn’t do a lot for games, especially once they start to borrow from each other, forcing us to come up…
By Joshua Rivera Published June 28, 2019 -
UncategorizedLife Got You Down? Load Up The Sims 4 And Open A Semen Café
There’s a lot of potential in the mod scene that surrounds The Sims 4. You can tell your Sims not to wash their dishes next to the toilet, give them outfits that don’t suck like the base games ones do, or just make them get naked and have orgies. This week… I tried something a…
By Kate Gray Published June 28, 2019 -
UncategorizedI’m Still Thinking About The Final Fantasy VII Remake E3 2019 Demo
Despite the high possibility of my dying of brain-overload-related shock during my first experience with Final Fantasy VII Remake, I lived. Two weeks later, I’m still thinking about it. Here’s my fresh-off-the-moment video report from the E3 show floor. You’ll hear me gush about the battle system. This gushing is coming from a guy who…
By Tim Rogers Published June 28, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryStreet Fighter‘s Queer Stereotypes Kept Me In The Closet
Last year during Pride month, I wrote about my own queer reading of the Street Fighter V tutorial, which features Ken and Ryu fighting and, in my opinion, flirting. In the year since then, I’ve been thinking about the character Juri in Street Fighter, who is the closest the games get to having a canonical…
By Maddy Myers Published June 28, 2019 -
UncategorizedProfessional Animator Uses Dreams To Make Excellent Puppet Show
We’ve seen amateur creators buildStar Wars games andrecreate movie scenes in Media Molecule’s PlayStation 4 creativity tool. What happens when professional animatorDavid “Swatpaz” Ferguson gets his hands on Dreams? A lovely puppet show with odd giraffes happens. If it weren’t for the “Made in Dreams” logo in the lower right hand corner, David Ferguson’s “Shapes”…
By Mike Fahey Published June 28, 2019 -
UncategorizedEVE Online Developers Discuss Ways To Stop New Players From Leaving The Game
EVE Online fans gathered in Toronto, Canada last weekend to celebrate the midpoint of the EVE Online Invasion world tour. EVE North, the name given to this leg of the series of fan gatherings, was the first official EVE Online gathering to be hosted on Canadian soil. The event drew over 500 players from all…
By Lee Yancy Published June 28, 2019 -
ReviewsSwitchSuper Mario Maker 2: The Kotaku Review
There’s more to Super Mario Maker 2 than just making Mario. It’s got a story mode, for instance, plus online and local multiplayer for groups of four. But the level editor is still the star of the show. Making one’s own Mario levels remains a joy, and Mario Maker 2 is designed to bring out…
By Chris Kohler Published June 28, 2019 -
Kotaku EastHow to Draw Detailed Buildings
Artist Thomas Romain is one of the few foreigners working in the anime industry in Japan. He’s done art direction on Symphogear and recently designed the mecha for Space Dandy. Today, he’s going to give us building drawing tips. Thanks, Thomas! Via his Twitter page (follow here, if you like), Romain was kind enough to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 28, 2019 -
UncategorizedBandai Namco Announces New Action RPG Called Blue Protocol
Bandai Namco is developing a new online action role-playing game for PC. It’s called Blue Protocol, and right above is a currently-in-development screenshot. Via the official release, the game’s official English description is: The world is on the brink of devastation, now is the time to unite. March on with friends and strangers, and defeat…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 28, 2019 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Run Devil Run
For some idol groups, their eventual turn to mature concepts happens somewhat gradually, like A Pink or GFriend. On the other side of the spectrum, there’s Girls’ Generation with Run Devil Run Coming hot on the heels of Oh!, 2010’s Run Devil Run was the aural equivalent of whiplash after that saccharine marshmallow of a…
By Seung Park Published June 28, 2019 -
UncategorizedMario Maker 2 Is Hiding Two Secret New Power-Ups
While most of the course creation parts in Super Mario Maker 2 are unlocked from the start, there are two that you can’t immediately access. You’ll definitely want them, though. One of Mario Maker 2‘s new features is Story Mode, in which you play through over 100 levels designed by Nintendo. This mostly stands on…
By Chris Kohler Published June 28, 2019 -
CultureTETSUOOOOOOOO
Danar Worya is a concept artist currently working on The Last Of Us 2 We’ve actually featured some of his work before, but that was a long time ago, so it’s time for a refresh! You can see more of Danar’s stuff at his ArtStation page and Instagram
By Luke Plunkett Published June 27, 2019 -
UncategorizedTeamfight Tactics Is Very Popular, And Its Servers Are Not Holding Up
Teamfight Tactics, Riot’s popular League of Legends-flavored spin on auto chess, the auto battler sensation that’s methodically sweeping multiple nations, is now officially out. This, you might figure, would be good for people who want to play it. You would be wrong. Riot has been gradually rolling the game out in various regions, starting yesterday…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 27, 2019 -
UncategorizedDeath Stranding Looks Great As A PS1 Game
Bear Parker, the same guy who managed to remake Metal Gear Solid inside another game, has decided to take everything we’ve seen of Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding and turn it into a PlayStation 1 game, complete with gameplay and giant ladders It works real well! Death Stranding’s grim aesthetic and murky palette translates nicely into…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 27, 2019 -
UncategorizedCheck out these custom Joy-Con grips a modder created to try and make his Switch feel more ergonomic in handheld mode. They aren’t the slickest looking it’s an interesting DIY solution to Switch’s existing flat, somewhat cramped layout. A full video of the custom grips along with instructions are available on Reddit.
By Ethan Gach Published June 27, 2019 -
UncategorizedCheck Out This Hot New Lego Overwatch Trash
Lego’s first round of Overwatch sets were nice, but they left out a few key characters. Two new sets due out in October fix three of these oversights, adding Junkrat, Roadhog and everybody’s favorite hamster mech pilot Hammond to the mix. 227 plastic pieces can be arranged to form Hammond and his signature ride, a…
By Mike Fahey Published June 27, 2019