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UncategorizedPopular Modder Creates A Custom One Handed PS4 Controller
Ben Heck, a popular hardware modder, has spent the past few months working to create a one handed PS4 controller. In his latest update it seems he has a completed his project and has a working prototype. Using clay, duct tape and some other basic materials Heck is able to create a shape that feels…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 3, 2019 - Uncategorized
JumpGrid Mixes Together Pac-Man And Teleportation Into A Uniquely Fast Game
JumpGrid is a mix of bullet-hell dodging, Pac-Man and teleportation. Which might sound like a weird combo, but the mix of fast muscle memory gameplay, puzzle solving and colorful art is really fun and unlike any game I’ve played in recent memory. In JumpGrid, players control a small ship that can teleport to different fixed…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 3, 2019 - Uncategorized
Red Dead Redemption 2 Players Are Still Unraveling All Of Its Mysteries
One community of Red Dead Redemption players is determined to find every secret, ghost, strange sound, Easter egg and more. They don’t just want to find them though, they are also working to record them all and maybe connect them to other mysteries and even other Rockstar published games. This is the wild world of…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 3, 2019 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Mommy?
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 January 28. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published January 31. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 3, 2019 - Uncategorized
The New Tony Hawk Game Is For Phones And It’s Bad
Tony Hawk’s Skate Jam is the newest skateboarding game from world famous skater Tony Hawk. It tries to recapture the magic of those old Pro Skater games, but ends up feeling really bad to play. I loved the Tony Hawk games. For years I would excitedly buy each new installment. So when I heard The…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 2, 2019 - Uncategorized
The Weird Story Behind Doom’s Rare “Ouch Face”
I don’t remember the exact situation I was in when I first saw the face, but I was surprised. I was playing Doom on a crappy Dell computer at the time. I was no older than 10. What was that? Why did the Doomguy look like he had just stepped on a LEGO brick with…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 2, 2019 -
UncategorizedFortnite Had An In-Game Marshmello Concert, And It Was Actually Pretty Great
This afternoon, I went to a concert in Fortnite. I don’t entirely know what I was just part of, but I think I loved it? Earlier this week, dataminers found hints of a possible in-game set by electronic music DJ Marshmello, who is known for wearing a white suit and a white, marshmellow-like mask. The…
By Riley MacLeod Published February 2, 2019 -
UncategorizedRed Dead Redemption 2 Players Are Using Canoes To Escape The World
The world of Red Dead Redemption 2 is large. Though after you spend enough time running around the deserts and swamps of RDR2, you might want to take a vacation. Maybe go visit a new exotic land? Some crafty players have figured out how to do just that and all it takes is a canoe…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 2, 2019 -
UncategorizedA History Of Bowling In Video Games
How many bowling games do you think have been made? I looked around and via the Giant Bomb wiki it seems like there have been almost 100 bowling games or games that include bowling mini games. Which seems like a lot. How many different versions of bowling games does the world need? It seems like…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 2, 2019 - Uncategorized
A Free-To-Play Titanfall Battle Royale Game Will Be Out Soon
A new Titanfall spinoff is in the works, and it’ll be out sooner than anyone could possibly guess. In fact, internet rumors (and word from our own sources) suggests that it’ll be out this Monday. The game isn’t officially announced just yet, but word leaked out this morning thanks to esports journalist Rod Breslau. As…
By Jason Schreier Published February 2, 2019 -
UncategorizedGroundhog Day: Like Father Like Son Is A PSVR Game And A Sequel To The Bill Murray Film
Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son is a new PSVR game that is a follow up to the 1993 comedy film, Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray. The game is being developed by Tequilla Works and MWM Immersive and published by Sony Pictures Virtual Reality. Groundhod Day: Like Father Like Son will tell the story of Phil…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 2, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe GTA San Andreas Mission So Bad, Rockstar Had To Fix It
There have been a lot of missions in the Grand Theft Auto series. Hundreds of various missions tasking players to kill drug dealers, steal cars, destroy rival gangs and even do some yoga. Not all of these missions have been great and a few of them are completely awful. But one mission in Grand Theft…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 2, 2019 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil 2 Stats Reveal Players Have Seen Millions Of Cockroaches & Killed Lots of Zombies
Capcom has released some new stats about Resident Evil 2. Most of these stats are what you would expect, number of kills or time played. But Capcom is also tracking some weirder in-game actions, like how many players are staring at a specific dead body. RE2 has been out for just over a week and…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 2, 2019 - Esports
Yoshi’s Story Is Back In This Weekend’s Smash Tournament
“Yoshi’s Story” is an extremely small Super Smash Bros. stage that first appeared in Smash Bros. Melee. Now it’s in Smash Bros. Ultimate, and the organizers of Genesis 6 have decided to make it playable in one of Smash’s biggest annual tournaments this weekend, showing a healthy willingness to experiment when it comes to the…
By Ethan Gach Published February 1, 2019 -
UncategorizedFortnite Players Create Obstacle Courses That Play Beautiful Music And Also Smash Mouth
Oh, Overwatch has pianos now? Well, Fortnite scoffs at that musty 18th-century instrument, with its corporeal ivory keys and termite-vulnerable wooden body. Fortnite players can create entire worlds that are instruments. Fortnite’s creative mode allows players to deploy and arrange music blocks, which make certain sounds when characters move past them. A recent update added…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 1, 2019 - Culture
Trading Card Bots Sent A Small Indie Game Rocketing Up The Steam Charts
If you look at a list of the Steam games with the all-time highest concurrent player counts, you’ll mostly see the usual suspects: PUBG, CSGO, Fallout 4, Grand Theft Auto V, etc. An outlier, however, hovers on the outskirts of the top ten. It’s called Geneshift, and it got there because of the hard work…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 1, 2019 - Uncategorized
Four Months After Release, Super Mario Party Has Never Gotten An Update
These days, most video games get a regular stream of updates full of bug fixes, balance tweaks, and new content. Even Nintendo has made a habit of patching all of the games it publishes. There’s just one glaring exception: Super Mario Party, which is still on version 1.0. Few major first-party Nintendo games have felt…
By Ethan Gach Published February 1, 2019 - Uncategorized
What I Learned From Watching A Great Deal Of Overwatch Porn
Last week, I stumbled upon Overwatch porn. I wasn’t looking for it—I know as much about Overwatch as I do about sports, cars, or how to talk to my parents about what I write—but it’s not hard to stumble across porn when browsing the gigantic nudity repository that is the internet. NSFW Warning: This post…
By Kate Gray Published February 1, 2019 -
UncategorizedWhat Can Anthem Learn From Other Online Games?
Despite Anthem’s confusing release schedule and rocky demo last weekend, it’s got potential to go toe-to-toe with the growing selection of games that want to keep you around for a long time. But what’s it going to take for Anthem to start strong? On this week’s Viewpoints, I talked with Kotaku’s Ethan Gach, who also…
By Paul Tamayo Published February 1, 2019