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The Way Is Shut
Sean Evans is an artist who used to work at Rockstar, and is based in San Diego. Most of the stuff below is for an unsuccessful pitch to Netflix for a Norse mythology series called Midgard: Daughter of Odin You can see more of Sean’s work at his personal site
By Luke Plunkett Published March 13, 2019 - Uncategorized
Shigeru Miyamoto Is Now Nintendo’s Dad
Former Kotaku UK boss Keza MacDonald got to interview Nintendo’s Shinya Takahashi and Hisashi Nogami over at The Guardian, and while the entire thing is a joy to read, there’s one part in particular—about what it’s like working with the legendary Shigeru Miyamoto in 2019—that I thought stood out. Because he’s now serving as a…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 13, 2019 -
UncategorizedNew Shooter Wants To Be A 1980s Battlefield Game
Rising Storm creators Antimatter Games are working on a new title called ‘83, which is set during the Cold War and is hoping to have battles featuring over 80 players duking it out as infantry, drivers and pilots. Who knows if they’ll be able to pull off something of that scale, but Rising Storm had…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 13, 2019 -
UncategorizedF-14 Flight Sim Does A Perfect Top Gun Impression
The famous F-14 is currently in early access for the Digital Combat Simulator platform, and while most people playing are doing so very seriously, some are out here doing the obvious: remakes of the intro to Top Gun Adrián Caparzo is to thank for this amazing video, which isn’t quite shot-for-shot (there aren’t crewmembers on…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 13, 2019 - Uncategorized
Fallout 76’s New Booze Questline Offers A Fun Reason To Return
Fallout 76’s seventh major patch Wild Appalachia arrived today and with it comes a host of changes. There are the usual fixes and improvements, but the new update also includes some new content that helps bring some life back into the game’s previously stagnant world. The biggest new addition is a quest called Wasted on…
By Ethan Gach Published March 13, 2019 - Uncategorized
Overwatch’s newest hero, combat medic Baptiste, is coming to live servers on March 19. He’ll presumably be accompanied by a slew of balance changes Blizzard has been testing, meaning that we could be looking at a big shake up to the game’s meta. Or not! We’ll find out next week.
By Nathan Grayson Published March 13, 2019 - CultureTwitch
Report: EA Paid Ninja $1 Million To Stream Apex Legends
These days, it’s not uncommon to see big companies promote their games by cutting deals with top YouTubers and streamers, but how much does one of those deals cost? In the case of chameleon-haired Twitch king Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, the number could be as high as $1 million. Citing an anonymous source, Reuters published a…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 13, 2019 - Uncategorized
The Division 2‘s Opening Is As Subtle As A Sledgehammer
The Division 2, an apolitical game about amassing purple quality backpacks, is currently playable for Gold And Ultimate Edition users. I’m having fun surviving battles alongside friends and finding secrets down side alleys, but I have some questions about the game’s opening cutscene. In it, America has been ravaged to the point of near-apocalypse by…
By Heather Alexandra Published March 13, 2019 -
UncategorizedWhere On Google Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
We’ve been hunting Carmen Sandiego across the globe and through space and time for nearly 35 years. Now the notorious thief launches the first in a series of capers within the virtual world of Google Earth. Can you find her before she makes off with the Crown Jewels? Probably—it’s not that hard. The original Where…
By Mike Fahey Published March 13, 2019 - Uncategorized
Lego Are The Perfect Size For Building A Switch Game Case
Someone made a fun Lego replica of a Nintendo Switch that doubles as a nifty little case for Switch games. A user by the name of Squid50s recently shared the creation on the Switch subreddit along with a brief clip of the case in action. What makes the entire thing work is the size of…
By Ethan Gach Published March 13, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe upcoming remastered version of Assassin’s Creed III will add more stealth mechanics, including hiding in bushes, whistling to attract enemies and double assassinations. Ubisoft details a few more of the remaster’s gameplay changes in its March update for the AC series.
By Stephen Totilo Published March 13, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsExcellent New Detective Game Has You Snoop Around The ’90s Internet
It was right about when I scrolled past the virus festeringchunk2 (1) in my Download Manager and again heard the desktop assistant Professor Helper’s appeal to guide me to a free cruise and credit report site that I realized my computer was trashed and the game Hypnospace Outlaw is a work of genius. Hypnospace Outlaw,…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published March 13, 2019 - CultureKotaku Game Diary
A Game About Bizarre, Randomly Generated Lives
Yesterday, in BitLife, I was playing as Basil Andre, a french businessman, when disaster struck. I had been slowly climbing the corporate ladder, amassing a family, when suddenly, I got diagnosed with penis cancer. BitLife is a mobile game that bears a lot of similarity to RealLives, a free educational game that was intended to…
By Gita Jackson Published March 13, 2019 - Uncategorized
Destiny 2‘s Branching Narrative Is Basic But Has A Lot Of Potential
Back in 2014, when playing Destiny meant listening to a bored Peter Dinklage rattle off incoherent dialogue and meaningless proper nouns, it was hard to imagine that this game might one day do interesting things with narrative. Four and a half years later, here we are. The new Allegiance quest line, which was added to Destiny…
By Jason Schreier Published March 13, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsA Puzzle Game Where You Rewrite The Rules Of Each Level
Baba Is You is a puzzle game for Switch and PC, out today. You start by playing as Baba, a rabbit-like creature who can push blocks of words around to change a level’s rules. Soon, though, you’ll be playing as keys, rocks, flags, lava, or any other object you can become or manipulate by rearranging…
By Riley MacLeod Published March 13, 2019
