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Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Nobody
Yours truly is easing back into things from a weeklong vacation, so let’s dip our toes back into the pool with a classic track that I already know backward and forward. And by “classic”, I’m obviously referring to the late 2000s, as that was the era that I first dove headfirst into this genre and…
By Seung Park Published October 23, 2018 -
CultureThe Art Of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
It’s one of the biggest, prettiest games of the year, so it’s a treat tonight to be able to share some of the work that went into the creation of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Below you’ll find a ton of art from Odyssey’s production, from characters to environments to 3D to animation to promotional. It’s not…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 22, 2018 -
UncategorizedFar Cry 5 Does A Great Half-Life 2 Impression
Far Cry 5’s arcade mode lets you build custom maps, and not all of them have to be set in the wilds of Montana. Some of them can be set on the outskirts of City 17. This map, called Lost Coast, is a fantastic recreation of the classic Half-Life 2 level. It can’t replicate everything,…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 22, 2018 -
Uncategorized‘Flashback’ Maker Trades Twitter Snipes With Fans Over Downgraded Pac-Man Plug-N-Play
A new plug-and-play retro game machine doesn’t offer what it promises on its box. Players are feeling burned by what they say is a bait-and-switch, while the maker of the system says it’s all due to last-minute production snags. The manufacturer, AtGames, has been making all-in-one retro consoles including the popular “Flashback” line for well…
By Gita Jackson Published October 22, 2018 -
CultureTwitchHow A Twitch-Owned Wiki May Be Inflating Streamers’ Views
Twitch streamer Chris “Bognogus” Steinert was live on camera, reading an article about space exploration game No Man’s Sky on Gamepedia, online gaming’s equivalent of Wikipedia, when he discovered his own livestream playing at the very bottom of the page. Steinert was streaming his galactic wanderings to an audience of 3,183 viewers. One of them,…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 22, 2018 - Uncategorized
No Man’s Sky Player Recreates The Nightmare Before Christmas
What’s this? While exploring the endless universe of No Man’s Sky,Redditor Reefguy007 and a friend came across the perfect planet for Halloween. All it took was a little creative terraforming to transform it into The Nightmare Before Christmas. It’s all about those bizarre pumpkin-ish plants, isn’t it? Reefguy007 discovered and reported on the globular flora…
By Mike Fahey Published October 22, 2018 - Culture
Shadow Of The Tomb Raider Gets Review Bombed For Going On Sale So Soon
Shadow of the Tomb Raider is, to hear people (including Kotaku’s Stephen Totilo) tell it, pretty good, despite some questionable narrative decisions. Last week, however, it committed a crime that some Steam users decided couldn’t be forgiven: a 34 percent off sale. Cue the review bombs. Shadow of the Tomb Raider came out on September…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 22, 2018 -
UncategorizedEvery Big Game Coming Out In Fall 2018
Fall can feel like the worst season for a lot of reasons—school starts, the days grow short, people become obsessed with putting pumpkin in everything—but new video game releases is definitely not one of them. If you enjoy big, expensive, blockbuster video games, especially sequels, this time of year has you covered. Assassins, cowboys, soldiers…
By Ethan Gach Published October 22, 2018 -
UncategorizedThe Weirdest Soulcalibur VI Character Creations
SoulCalibur IV includes the most robust custom character creation tool in series history. The game’s only been out for four days, and already the internet is flooded with twisted player creations, and not all of them have giant fake cocks. The character creation tool in SoulCalibur VI is ridiculously feature rich. Players can choose between…
By Mike Fahey Published October 22, 2018 - Uncategorized
Jade Raymond has left Electronic Arts. The original producer of the Assassin’s Creed series, Raymond founded the EA Motive studio in 2015 after a 10-year stint at Ubisoft. Originally tasked with overseeing Amy Hennig’s now-canceled Star Wars game, Motive is now at work on a different Star Wars project and a new IP
By Chris Kohler Published October 22, 2018 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XIV‘s Player-Run Tournaments Embrace The Fun Of Random Chance
Most players adventuring in Final Fantasy XIV worry about what new piece of loot will drop from a difficult dungeon or if they can earn enough rewards in PVP to unlock that one emote they like. But some players lean toward the more creative side, hosting massive roleplaying events. Combat in these events is mostly…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 22, 2018 - Esports
16-Year-Old Dethrones Tetris World Champion With Difficult Hyper-Tap Technique
Over the weekend, seven-time winner Jonas Neubauer showed up at the Classic Tetris World Championship in Portland, Oregon like he has every year since it moved there in 2011. Instead of adding another championship to his name, he finished in second place this time, bested by 16-year-old Joseph Saelee who went on an amazing three-game…
By Ethan Gach Published October 22, 2018 - CultureKotaku Game Diary
Other Player’s Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Photos Inspire Me To See Its World
I’m really loving Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, even if it took me a while to get to it. One of the features that is unexpectedly enhancing the game for me is being able to see all the pictures other people are taking with photo mode. When it comes to game, I usually know what I don’t…
By Gita Jackson Published October 22, 2018 - Uncategorized
Transformers Change Into Tiny Cheap Collectibles
You know Shopkins, those tiny collectible plastic replicas of consumer goods children have been nuts for over the past few years? What if they could transform into robots? Behold, Hasbro’s newest Transformers creations, BotBots. Oh boy. According to the new toy line’s backstory, one day a cloud of energon descended upon a shopping mall, giving…
By Mike Fahey Published October 22, 2018 -
UncategorizedBlack Ops 4 May Not Have A Campaign, But It’s Got Some Terrific Cutscenes
Black Ops 4 is the first Call of Duty without a traditional story campaign, but the game still gives us some of the series’ best cutscenes. I was initially annoyed that they were locked behind tutorials I didn’t need, but I’m glad I soldiered through all of them to discover interesting bits of story told…
By S.E. Doster Published October 22, 2018 - Uncategorized
Epic Games will be launching Fortnite’s free-to-play Save the World release later than expected, Epic announced today. Originally launched in paid early access July 2017, Save the World was slated for a full release sometime this year. Fans will have to wait until 2019.
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 22, 2018 - Culture
The Week In Games: Cowboy Throne
This week delivers a Disgaea port, a comedic kart racer, and the cowboy game that everyone’s been hollering about. I know that you’re probably getting super excited about the release of Red Dead Redemption 2 this week, but the truth is that there’s all sorts of things to be enthused about this week. If you’re…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published October 22, 2018
