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The Art Of Battlefield V
Every year, the art team at DICE do some of the best work in video games, and 2018 has been no exception. Battlefront II featured some of my favourite pieces from 2017, and some of the work that went into imagining Battlefield 1 could have been hung in a War Memorial. That’s a theme running…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 22, 2018 -
CultureThe World Record For Highest Xbox Gamerscore Is Now Two Million
Ray Cox, known in the gaming world as Stallion83, previously held the world record for being the first person to get 1 million points in Xbox achievements. Yesterday, he beat his own record by bringing his Gamerscore to 2 million. Cox streamed the achievement on Twitch, which he completed by playing Halo 2 from the…
By Riley MacLeod Published November 22, 2018 - OpinionImpressions
It’s Great When A Series Of Assassin’s Creed Side Activities Comes Together Just Right
When I’m playing through a massive open-world video game, sometimes the little tasks I do line up to create the perfect mini adventure. Maybe it’s by design, maybe by accident. Regardless, when it happens, it’s quite nice. Let’s look at a sequence I just experienced in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey when, as is my style, I…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 22, 2018 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Can’t Stop Talking With This Red Dead Redemption 2 Character
There’s a lot to do in Red Dead Redemption 2. There’s so much going on that even when I head into a town for a few errands I’m besieged by things to buy, strangers to help, and places to rob. But there’s a guy in Valentine I always make time to speak with, whether I…
By Riley MacLeod Published November 22, 2018 - Uncategorized
Gnomes Are Part Of The Weirdest Sims 4’s Thanksgiving
The Sims 4‘s holidays, introduced in the Seasons expansion, do a good job of mimicking their real life counterparts. In order to complete holidays successfully, you have to achieve certain goals before the day is over. On Love Day, you’re expected to give flowers and go on a date. During Winterfest, you give gifts and…
By Gita Jackson Published November 22, 2018 -
UncategorizedGoku Is In The Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade For The First Time
Dragon Ball’s Goku will make his premiere (in balloon form, and also Super Saiyan Blue form) at the 92nd Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade today. According to Macy’s, Goku is 56 feet tall and as wide as seven taxis, an enjoyably specific unit of measurement I’d like to see used for other things. Earlier this week Macy’s…
By Riley MacLeod Published November 22, 2018 - Kotaku EastJapan
Anniversary Japanese Kit Kat Set For Only $55
Do you like Kit Kats? What about Japanese Kit Kats? To mark the 45th anniversary of when the chocolate treats first went on sale in the country, a special set of 35 Kit Kats is going on sale in Japan. There are an array of Japanese centric flavors, including sweet potato, Japanese strawberry, momiji manju,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2018 - Culture
It Takes Lots Of People To Remake Resident Evil 2
While the 2019 Resident Evil 2 game is a remake of the 1998 release, lots and lots of people are needed to make the game happen. Wonder how many? At least 800! That’s according to a recent NHK special on Capcom, as pointed out by Alex Aniel: Aniel adds that around 600 people worked on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2018 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: A Long Dream
SE SO NEON is one of the most interesting Korean indie artists active today. Just look at this gorgeous music video, which is reason enough to feature it for today’s pick. The music video for A Long Dream was created by German-Japanese artist Hoji Tsuchiya, via a painstakingly labor-intensive stop-motion process. The simplistic visuals complement…
By Seung Park Published November 22, 2018 - CultureCosplay
Geralt, Is That You?
It is accepted truth that Maul is the King of Geralt cosplayers, but boy, Joshua Rifle is giving him a run for his money. He made this outfit with the help of his wife, and it’s one of the most impressive pieces of Witcher cosplay I’ve ever seen. You can see more of Joshua’s cosplay…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2018 - Uncategorized
May you all have as enjoyable and challenging a holiday as Lady Gaga is having playing Bayonetta
By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2018 - Culture
The Art Of Shadow Of The Tomb Raider
Now that the third game in Lara Croft’s modern reboot is out, let’s take a look at some of the concept and promotional work that went into imagining Shadow of the Tomb Raider’s world. You’ll find links to each artist’s portfolio in their names below. And note that while this is a lot of art…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2018 - Uncategorized
Here’s The Actual Basketball From The Cover Of NBA Jam
The iconic cover to NBA Jam, with its image of a logo-adorned basketball smashing through some paper, is not an illustration. It’s a photo, and this is the model, 25 years later. As trivial as this sounds, I had never even considered this possibility, so excuse my amazement at the wonders of early-90s promotional bootstrapping.…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2018 - Uncategorized
What Makes Ocarina Of Time Great, 20 Years Later
The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time turned 20 years old today. Link’s first 3-D adventure, for the content-starved Nintendo 64, captivated a whole new generation of players, setting a standard for adventure games and laying a foundation for today’s massive open world journeys. In spite of this, Ocarina of Time remains a unique…
By Heather Alexandra Published November 21, 2018 -
UncategorizedPopular Overwatch Fan Song Has Turned Into An Excuse To Mock Female Gamers
TikTok is a lip-synching app that’s popular among teenagers. If you’re not a teenager, you might be more familiar with this app through “cringe” compilations, which are videos that string together several TIkTok videos, often for the purposes of mockery. Every single “cringe” compilation that I’ve watched contains at least one instance of the Overwatch-themed…
By Gita Jackson Published November 21, 2018
