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UncategorizedMemory Card Icons Were Rad
Memory cards are already a strange and soon to be forgotten artifact from gaming’s past. How many kids growing up with consoles that include hard drives will remember or care about memory cards in a few years? Probably very few. But I bet even less will remember what strange things could be found on old…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 16, 2019 -
CultureSunday Comics: I’m Just Looking
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 May 26. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published June 13. Read more of Corpse Run Clueless Hero by Luis…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Clever Ways Game Developers Reuse Assets, Like Turning A Tank Into A Destiny Boss
Xavier Nelson Jr. is a writer and game developer, famous for his work on games like Hypnospace Outlaw. He recently asked devs and fans on Twitter to share different ways games have reused assets. The resulting replies are filled with some amazingly creative and ingenious asset recycling. Making games is really hard and takes a…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 15, 2019 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: E3 2019, Winners!
Last week was E3 2019 and to celebrate that giant convention of trailers and teasers I asked you wonderful people to create some E3 announcements of your own. Things got a bit…strange. Our winning image this week comes from Mrichston who creates the perfect alternative to E3, E Tree. I’d be down for a week…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 15, 2019 -
UncategorizedSome LEGO Star Wars Fans Want More Grunting
At E3 this past week, WB Games and TT Games revealed the latest and possibly biggest entry in the popular LEGO Star Wars franchise. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is coming out next year and will be based on all nine films, including the upcoming Star Wars Rise Of Skywalker. But if you check…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 15, 2019 - CultureE3
Telling Lies Is An Eerie Virtual Invasion of Privacy
Telling Lies is an upcoming narrative-driven game that’s the successor to Her Story from creator Sam Barlow. Much like its predecessor, you’ll dig through hours of footage to piece together the mystery of why these four characters’ video conversations have been recorded by the NSA. Check out the video above to see what I thought…
By Paul Tamayo Published June 15, 2019 -
UncategorizedA Wii U Party Game For Kids Included A Story Mode About A Dead Father And His Ghost
Hundreds of crappy party games were developed and published for the Wii and Wii U back in the day. They were usually cheap, not as good as Wii Sports and quickly forgotten. But one of those games, Game Party Champions, included something very strange. A personal story about a child dealing with the loss of…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 15, 2019 -
CulturePokemonVespiquen Makes Its Kids Do All The Work
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 Vespiquen! Lampent Details Type: Bug/Flying Average Height: 3‘11“ Average Weight: 84.9 lbs. First Added In Generation IV Back in…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 15, 2019 -
CultureMorning CheckpointHave You Called A Plumber To Your Home Lately?
Hello! Today we meet Andre 3000, finally get our canvas bags, look at some bad wigs and play 20 questions with Jonathan Frakes. It’s Morning Checkpoint! Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Like most weeks, Kotaku was filled with some great stories. Here are a few of my favorites! Heather is such a great…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 15, 2019 -
CultureE3Nation Weeps As Animal Crossing‘s Mr. Resetti Loses His Job
If ever you need proof that there’s no justice in this cruel society of ours, witness the plight of one Mr. Sonny Resetti, a mole who’s selflessly dedicated the past 18 years to the admirable service of reminding Animal Crossing players to save their games and screaming at them if they forget. As of today,…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 14, 2019 -
CultureE3The New Lego Star Wars Is Impressive And Surprisingly Different
If a hands-off theater demo of a new video game can over-deliver E3, then Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga sure did. The amount of changes I was shown to the 20-year-old Lego video game formula was startling. I checked out the game as E3 was winding down on Thursday, taking a front row seat…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 14, 2019 -
CultureE3Phantom Brigade Is A Mech Strategy Game Where You Can See Into The Future, And I Love It
In Phantom Brigade’s very first encounter, I immediately found myself severely outnumbered—just two mechs against an enemy force of one mech and seven tanks. And yet, I emerged from this mechanized showdown with barely a scratch on either of my big stompy boys. It was over in seconds, but I had all the time in…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 14, 2019 -
CultureE3We Checked Out Ubisoft’s E3 Booth
Tim Rogers checked out the Ubisoft booth at E3, and shenanigans ensued. Watch the video for a look at Watch Dogs: Legion, a very intense staring contest, and the one question that has surely been on everyone’s minds: What, exactly, is a Ghost Recon Breakpoint?
By Natalie Degraffinried Published June 14, 2019 -
CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for no more E3. The hype demons have been placated for another year. We did it, everyone. I recently started taking kickboxing classes, which are really intimidating and fun! (I also may or may not have tweaked a muscle in my leg shouting “Press conferences!” and kicking a bag way too hard…
By Riley MacLeod Published June 14, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Perfect Squad Size Is 3 People
If you were paying attention to this week’s E3 announcements and also care about co-operative games, you might have noticed something: There are a lot of three-player co-op games.Rainbow Six Quarantine, the new Escape mode for Gears 5, even Battletoads. To this I say: It’s about damn time. Three people is the perfect squad size,…
By Joshua Rivera Published June 14, 2019 -
ReviewsSwitchCadence of Hyrule: The Kotaku Review
Cadence of Hyrule feels like a french fry dunked into a milkshake. There’s two distinct flavors at play—the deep exploration of a Zelda game with the bouncy pace of a rhythm game—and they mix together into something greater than the initial pitch. In combining two addictive yet contrasting gameplay styles, Cadence of Hyrule crafts a…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 14, 2019 -
UncategorizedKnife Sisters Explores The Tricky Subject Of Player-Character Consent
What does it mean for a game to let you consent? Does consent mean offering “Yes” and “No” options? Is it enough for the player to consent, or does the player-character also get a say? If so, will it destroy the player’s sense of agency to give the player-character enough agency to disagree with their…
By Kate Gray Published June 14, 2019 -
UncategorizedAmazon Lays Off Dozens Of Game Developers During E3
Yesterday, as the video game industry’s attention was focused squarely on the final day of the E3 convention in Los Angeles, Amazon’s video game division quietly laid off dozens of employees. Amazon Game Studios, which is currently developing the online games Crucible and New World, told affected employees on Thursday morning that they would have…
By Jason Schreier Published June 14, 2019 - CultureE3
Sayonara Wild Hearts Is A Dream Pop Collection Of Games
Sayonara Wild Hearts may have stolen my heart during E3. The levels in the demo I played were a collection of different modes all zooming through different on-rails levels that ranged from endless runners to fighting rhythm games. I can’t stop thinking about it. The game is a trip through vibrant, neon-lit worlds where the…
By Paul Tamayo Published June 14, 2019
