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Red Dead Redemption’s DLC Got Halloween Just Right
Like most holidays, video games have a lot of trouble doing Halloween justice. Sure there are exceptions—Destiny just did a pretty good job, and Costume Quest is fun—but for the most part it’s a time of year that games struggle to really celebrate. Unless we’re talking about Undead Nightmare, the most Halloween video game experience…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 31, 2018 -
UncategorizedFallout 76 Beta’s Physics Are Tied To Its Framerate
So the faster your framerate, the faster you move. Which is fine, whatever in a singleplayer game like Bethesda are used to making, but not fine for a multiplayer-only release like Fallout 76, where changing a player’s framerate is as easy as entering a few lines of code. By default, the Fallout 76 beta‘s framerate…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 31, 2018 -
UncategorizedLet Us Pet The Cats, Red Dead Redemption 2
As Nathan said earlier this year, all video games should let us pet the animals. That includes cats, Red Dead Redemption 2 Like horses and humans, when you approach a dog in Red Dead Redemption 2, you’re given the option to interact with it. You can praise it or scold it, but you can also…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 31, 2018 -
CultureThe Internet Reacts To The First Look At Henry Cavill As Geralt Of Rivia
In my opinion, Henry Cavill is out here looking like a straight up snack in the first peek as him as The Witcher’s Geralt of Rivia. Other people on the internet do not agree. Fans have been eager for a look at anything from Netflix’s upcoming The Witcher series since it was announced, especially given…
By Gita Jackson Published October 31, 2018 -
UncategorizedSeven Video Game Moments That Scared Me Even Though They Weren’t Supposed To
Cowardice, I have learned in my many years of being a video game coward, comes in many forms. Games often try to scare players, and I’m usually as spooked as anybody else. The greatest dread of all, though, emerges from that potent cocktail of fear and embarrassment from those moments I go ghost-white over something…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 31, 2018 - Uncategorized
What Not To Do When Your Fighting Game Tournament Goes To Shit
Two different fighting game tournaments ran into issues last weekend that discouraged competitors and drew complaints from the larger community. But where one tournament organizer says the event is looking for ways to improve in the future, the other responded with mockery, such as photoshopping fake tears onto a player’s photo and decrying them as…
By Ian Walker Published October 31, 2018 -
UncategorizedHere’s the first trailer for that MediEvil remaster Sony mentioned last year. Sir Daniel Fortesque is looking as fine as he possibly can, given his state. While the remake isn’t coming to the PS4 until sometime in 2o19, it’s a good day to remind folks about games starring skellingtons
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2018 - Uncategorized
Smash Bros. Fans Are At War Over Whether The Latest Rumors Are True
Who else will star in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a game that’s already been announced to feature every previous Smash character along with a handful of newcomers? A brand new “leak”—one that’s completely unverified and in fact likely to be fake—is polarizing the Smash community and has led to non-stop drama over the past week.…
By Ethan Gach Published October 31, 2018 - Uncategorized
No Man’s Sky Underwater Update Opens Up New Worlds
With each update, No Man’s Sky finds new ways to make me obsessed with it. The latest update, the undersea-focused The Abyss, is no different. The Abyss’s patch notes basically sum up to “makes oceans better.” It diversifies the flora and fauna, makes the underwater areas more bountiful in general, and introduces some new missions.…
By Gita Jackson Published October 31, 2018 -
UncategorizedGal Metal Is A Very Strange Rhythm Game, Which Is The Best Kind
In an age when most rhythm games are little more than a list of songs, hero game developer Tak Fujii gives us Gal Metal, in which a band of Japanese high school students must save the world from an octopod invasion using the power of rock. Hell yes. Available today for the Nintendo Switch, Gal…
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2018 - CultureKotaku Game Diary
I Refuse To Stop Playing Assassin’s Creed Origins
I have Assassin’s Creed Odyssey installed and updated on my PS4, but every time I boot up my console, I select the game right next to it: Assassins Creed Origins. I want to beat the older game and move on to the newest one, but I can’t, because I keep accepting new side quests. For…
By Maddy Myers Published October 31, 2018 -
UncategorizedHere’s November 2018’s PlayStation Plus Lineup
I’ve only just started getting into the Yakuza series, and November’s PlayStation Plus games will help me out with Yakuza Kiwami. I’m also excited to see the delightful Burly Men at Sea on there. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active PS Plus subscription. November’s PlayStation Plus games are: PlayStation…
By Riley MacLeod Published October 31, 2018 - Uncategorized
Learn Your ABCs With Our Video Game Horror Alphabet Book
Editor’s note: Happy Halloween! We’ve prepared a special treat (or is it a trick?)—our horror games reporter Stacie Ponder and editor Chris Kohler teamed up to bring you this special ABC book starring your favorite horror game pals (with sincere apologies to Edward Gorey). Stacie did the wonderful illustrations (tons of work), Chris wrote the…
Stacie Ponder & Chris Kohler Published October 31, 2018 - Uncategorized
Undertale Creator Releases New Game (Maybe?)
Is Deltarune a prequel to Undertale? A sequel? A prototype demo to garner feedback for the sequel? We won’t know until we play through the whole thing, but the new game from Undertale designer Toby Fox promises to be just as bizarre and trippy as the last one. (Plus, it’s an anagram.) After teasing a…
By Jason Schreier Published October 31, 2018 -
UncategorizedJapan’s Infamous Halloween Trains
In years past, the “Halloween train” was a carriage taken over by costume-wearing foreigners, who turned it into an impromptu space for merrymaking and boozing. Tokyo’s Halloween train even sparked protests! My, how things have changed. When riding the Midosuji Line in Osaka in late September of last year, I saw an advertisement that, no…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 31, 2018 - Uncategorized
Fortnite and Minecraft Nintendo Switch bundles are coming to Japan later next month. The Fortnite one is the Double Helix Bundle that already launched in North America, while the Minecraft Switch set comes with the game’s digital download and collectible real-world stickers.
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 31, 2018 - Kotaku EastJapan
DJ Hello Kitty Opens With “Motherf**kers”
Sanrio Puroland, the Hello Kitty and friends theme park in Tokyo, has been holding Halloween celebrations. DJ Hello Kitty got things started with a big “Motherfuckers, go!” DJ Hello Kitty is an officially licensed Sanrio character that debuted back in 2010. Since then, DJ Hello Kitty has been appearing in clubs all over the world…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 31, 2018
