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Inside Rockstar Games’ Culture Of Crunch
In the final year of development on Red Dead Redemption 2, the upcoming Western game, the top directors decided to add black bars to the top and bottom of every non-interactive cutscene in hopes of making those scenes feel more cinematic, like an old-school cowboy film. Everyone agreed it was the right creative move, but…
By Jason Schreier Published October 23, 2018 - Uncategorized
GOG Account Publishes Yet Another Awful Tweet
Yesterday, GOG, CD Projekt Red’s digital storefront, posted a tweet that included a hashtag that has been circulating to advocate for trans rights. However, the tweet was a promotional post about the storefront. The post was soon deleted, and today, the company explained the retraction. This is all familiar. “Classic PC games #WontBeErased on our…
By Riley MacLeod Published October 23, 2018 - Uncategorized
Early Versions Of Animal Crossing Included ‘Dog Policeman’
While Animal Crossing made its debut in the States with the eponymous game on the GameCube in 2002, the series started out a year earlier in Japan, first on the Nintendo 64 and then the Gamecube in 2001. While there are only a few differences between the two games, looking at early English language press…
By Gita Jackson Published October 23, 2018 - Uncategorized
I Can’t Believe I Ignored Monster Hunter: World‘s Arena Quests For So Long
When you’re a busy monster hunter, it’s easy to focus on the next big thing, whether that’s sieges against golden dragons or getting caught up in challenging event quests. That means the game’s other option, arena quests are easy to ignore. I’d been putting them aside for a long time and it might be my…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 23, 2018 - Uncategorized
Massive Tekken 7 Tournament Win Marred By Hardware Glitch
After 12 hours of intense play, MASTERCUP 10’s Tekken 7 team competition ended with the previous tournament’s runners-up finally claiming the title that they had almost managed to win a year ago. But what should have been a joyous occasion was tainted by controversy due to a slight technical malfunction during the championship match. Since…
By Ian Walker Published October 23, 2018 - Kotaku EastJapan
Spot What’s Wrong With This Japanese TV Screenshot
Akira Ikegami often appears on Japanese TV to explain difficult news topics or discuss history. He’s incredibly famous and has been on TV for decades. Earlier this week, he discussed French history. People noticed something off. On the recently aired Akira Ikegami Walks Through Modern History, he introduced Liberty Leading the People In Japanese, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 23, 2018 -
AnimeAnimator Keiichiro Kimura has passed away Kimura worked as a character designer and director on iconic shows like Cyborg 009 and Tiger Mask. He was 80 years old. In 2015, there was a Kickstarter for Go! Samurai, a hand-drawn sketch animation by Kimura. May he rest in peace.
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 23, 2018 - Kotaku EastJapan
The First Official Harry Potter Cafes Coming To Japan
For a limited time, two Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts themed cafes are heading to Japan. Called the Wizarding World Cafe, they will open on November 9. There are other unofficial Harry Potter cafes, but this is apparently the first official one. The cafe will have two locations—one in Tokyo and the other in Fukuoka—and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 23, 2018 -
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
