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UncategorizedThe creators of Star Control have settled their lawsuit against the developer who made Star Control: Origins, a spiritual successor to the 1990 adventure game. And according to a new blog post by the Star Control devs, the “truly amicable settlement” involves exchanging homemade honey with homemade mead.
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 12, 2019 -
CultureSplitscreenDestiny 2‘s Next Year Will Depend On How Players Like This One
It’s safe to say Destiny 3 won’t be coming next year, but what about a new expansion? Or new seasons? On this bonus E3 episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, we ask the people behind Destiny about that and a whole lot more. (Apologies for the background noise—I had to use backup audio!) I sat down with…
By Jason Schreier Published June 12, 2019 -
CultureIn Japan, Domino’s New Pizza Has Over Two Pounds Of Cheese
Domino’s has just released a “New Yorker One-Kilo Ultra Cheese” pizza that has been covered with, that’s right, one kilogram (2.2 pounds) of 100 percent mozzarella cheese. The pizza measures 40-centimeters (15.7 inches) in diameter and clocks in at 3,824 calories. This is way bigger than your typical Domino’s pizza in Japan. Below is a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedHere is the character design for Motoko Kusanagi in the upcoming Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045. Russian illustrator Ilya Kuvshinov is doing the character design, and Stand Alone Complex’s Kenji Kamiyama is directing the series, which will air on Netflix in 2020.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedFinal Fantasy VII Remake Renders Provide A Good Look At Cloud’s Pores
“Remaking Final Fantasy VII has allowed us to dive much deeper into the world and its characters than ever before,” producer Yoshinori Kitase said at E3. He wasn’t kidding! Check out the characters’ pores. Via website Hachima, the level of detail is staggering: Instead of smooth porcelain skin, the is real flesh, with little blemishes…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 12, 2019 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Show Me The Light
I just wrapped up three days’ worth of E3 conferences, so all I want to do is lean back, close my eyes, and put on some chill tunes. Anyone who’s followed this column for any appreciable length of time knows about my newfound and deep love for city pop and retrowave, so it shouldn’t come…
By Seung Park Published June 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedLook At This Dragon Quest Slime Controller For The Switch
Just like they did with the PS4 back in 2017, Square Enix is releasing a Dragon Quest slime controller for the Nintendo Switch, and everything about it is perfect. Due out in September, it’s a fully-functioning Switch Pro controller, with triggers, thumbsticks, motion controls, the works. Only it’s also a giant rubber-coated blue slime from…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 11, 2019 -
UncategorizedWe Did Not Get Skate 4, But We Are Getting Skatebird
We must all deal with adversity in our own way. Here is my state of mind prior to this year’s E3: We did not get Skate 4 Rather than succumb to the darkness, I have instead found solace in Skatebird, a game about tiny little birds who skate. We covered it last year, but developers…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 11, 2019 -
CultureE3Ni No Kuni’s Remaster Is Looking Beautiful, Of Course
2011’s Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch still looks amazing, so it doesn’t really need a remaster for its new platforms. But it’s getting one, and everyone with a Switch, PS4 and/or PC who hasn’t played it is in for a treat. While the more recent sequel was released on a wider array…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 11, 2019 -
CultureE3Cyberpunk 2077 And Other E3 Games Are Getting Outsold On Steam By American Truck Simulator DLC
It’s the most video games time of the year, with every developer and their (voice actor’s) dog showing off glamorous new games powered by multi-million dollar marketing budgets. In many cases, this has involved unfurling elaborate pre-order campaigns to coincide with upcoming releases. But despite the surefire sales success of games like Cyberpunk 2077 and…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 11, 2019 -
UncategorizedKonami Announces The Turbografx-16 Mini
Hey, if Nintendo and Sega can do it, then Konami can too. In a surprise E3 announcement, the company is releasing a miniature version of the classic 90s Turbografx-16 console, called the Turbografx-16 mini. If you’re wondering why Konami is handling this, the original console was a joint effort between NEC and Hudson. Konami became…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 11, 2019 -
CultureE3Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare‘s Developers Are Still Deciding How Disturbing To Get
In a hotel suite at E3 2019, Infinity Ward studio art director Joel Emslie and single-player design director Jacob Minkoff showed off two levels from the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare campaign. They showed these same two levels to the press this past May, but the messaging around those levels has changed. At this presentation,…
By Maddy Myers Published June 11, 2019 -
CultureE3Dr Disrespect Streams Inside An E3 Bathroom, Gets Banned From Twitch [Update: E3 Badge Revoked]
Today, popular Twitch streamer Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm got suspended from Twitch after streaming from inside a bathroom at the Los Angeles Convention Center during E3. His E3 badge was also revoked. Dr Disrespect is attending E3 and, purportedly for the first time ever, doing a series of IRL streams onsite. On Tuesday afternoon, the…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 11, 2019 -
CultureE3Epic’s Donald Mustard Says Fortnite‘s Reaper Skin Isn’t Keanu Reeves
Fortnite has an official John Wick skin, but before it arrived, Keanu Reeves seemed to be in the game in the form of a Season 3 battle pass skin called the Reaper. The Reaper wasn’t officially Reeves or his action movie character, but it looked a lot like him. During today’s E3 Coliseum, Epic creative…
By Riley MacLeod Published June 11, 2019 -
UncategorizedFallout 76‘s Battle Royale Mode Is An Odd One
It’s become a joke at this point: If an online game is in trouble, the fastest way to turn it around is by adding a battle royale mode. It’s funny because it’s true—that’s how Fortnite turned things around, and what game studio wouldn’t want to dramatically snatch victory from the jaws of defeat? The developers…
By Joshua Rivera Published June 11, 2019 -
CultureE3Final Fantasy VII Remake Feels Great To Play, But The Project Might Not Be Finished For A While
This afternoon at E3 in Los Angeles, I watched an extended demo of the Final Fantasy VII remake and got my hands on a build for about 15 minutes. Here’s the good news: It could be really special. The bad news: We have no idea when the whole project will be completed. “We can’t reveal…
By Jason Schreier Published June 11, 2019 - CultureE3
10 Minutes Of The Legend Of Zelda: Link’s Awakening On Switch
The Switch remake of 1993’s The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening is here at E3, and we’ve capped as much footage of it as we can to show you. It’s beautiful, largely faithful to the source material and just a bit stumbly on the framerate, which they can hopefully smooth out by the game’s September…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 11, 2019
