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Valve Renames Artifact Card To Make It Not Sound Racist
Valve’s card game Artifact is coming out in November. Recently, the Artifact Twitter account has been tweeting out designs for some of the cards alongside explanations of how they work. On September 26, that included a card called “Crack The Whip,” the text of which begins “Modify a black hero…” Today the name of the…
By Ethan Gach Published September 28, 2018 - Uncategorized
Warring EVE Online Factions Declare Peace, For Money
The latest all-out EVE Online war has come to an end, and there’s a clear winner and loser. The Guardians of the Galaxy coalition has agreed to surrender a vast amount of in-game assets to its foes The Imperium in exchange for a cessation of hostilities. The massive war between the Northern Alliances and the…
By Lee Yancy Published September 28, 2018 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Experience Is Skipping 2018, Sony Says
For a while now PlayStation fans have been wondering what’s up with 2018’s PlayStation Experience, PlayStation’s annual fan event, since Sony still hadn’t announced dates for it. Today, Shawn Layden, the head of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios, explained that it’s not happening this year. “For 2018, I know this is going to be a…
By Ethan Gach Published September 28, 2018 -
UncategorizedCBS Shuts Down Ambitious Fan Effort To Make A Virtual Starship Enterprise
Before there was Star Trek: Bridge Crew, Ubisoft’s game about piloting the original Enterprise, there was Star Trek Stage-9, a fan project recreating the Enterprise-D from The Next Generation in Unreal Engine. This week the project is no more, following a cease and desist demand by CBS. One of the leads on the project, who…
By Ethan Gach Published September 28, 2018 - Uncategorized
Sims 4 Staffer Urges Fans To Stop ‘Attacking/Insulting Our Dev Team’
Once again, Sims fans have brought up old grievances to the game’s developers, leading one to take repeated Twitter breaks and a community manager to issue a plea for decency and patience on the part of the fans. The Sims 4 got off to a rocky start, and its reputation among fans has not quite…
By Gita Jackson Published September 28, 2018 - Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for finally getting some alone time after weeks of travel and house guests, which means drinking whiskey in the bath while watching Anthony Bourdain episodes. Also, video games. I bought the Fortnite battle pass for the first time yesterdayso I could write about the dog (it’s a good dog). I’m stressed out…
By Riley MacLeod Published September 28, 2018 - Uncategorized
Bungie says it’s planning to tweak Masterwork Cores and Exotic engrams in Destiny 2: Forsaken Masterwork cores are being renamed and there will soon be “more reliable and plentiful Core sources” to make infusing a bit easier. Exotic engrams will soon be more likely to drop something you don’t have, which sure sounds familiar. Also, for the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 28, 2018 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryNintendo’s New Mobile RPG Is A Slick Version Of The Same Old Thing
Nintendo and Cygames’ Dragalia Lost is a very pretty mobile game. The characters are lovely, the music is gorgeous, and its overall presentation is quite charming. One could almost forget it’s just another generic character collecting mobile action RPG under all of that polish. Almost. Nintendo’s done some pretty innovative things since moving into the…
By Mike Fahey Published September 28, 2018 -
ReviewsMultiplatformDragon Ball FighterZ: The Kotaku Review
Dragon Ball games are for Dragon Ball fans. Fighting games are for fighting game fans. Dragon Ball FighterZ is both of those things, and it’s for everybody. This piece originally appeared 1/30/18. We’re bumping it today for the game’s release on Switch. Combining a beloved series spanning 34 years of manga volumes and anime episodes…
By Mike Fahey Published September 28, 2018 - Uncategorized
Japanese Crime Recreated With CG, Hilarity Ensues
TV Asahi, one of Japan’s largest television networks, has a sporadic program called Rettou Keisatsu Sousamou: The Tsuiseki (Archipelago Police Investigation: The Pursuit). The show’s recent CG recreations of actual crimes are excellent. Granted, these are not violent crimes, but the way they are recreated is pretty great. Don’t believe me? Have a look! Via…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 28, 2018 -
UncategorizedNo, This Isn’t A Trailer For A Berserk Live-Action Movie
This isn’t a trailer for a live-action Berserk movie, but one for volume 40 of the manga. If you like Berserk or, better yet, if you are a fan of Sony’s greatest PlayStation commercial in years, then this is relevant to your interests. Here is the live-action Berserk manga commercial Yes, that’s Shigeru Matsuzaki, star…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 28, 2018 -
UncategorizedUtada Hikaru And Skrillex Team Up For Kingdom Hearts III Music
Originally, Skrillex was going to remix Hikaru Utada’s Kingdom Hearts III theme, “Don’t Think Twice.” However, that developed into a new, original collaboration. The resulting track is called “Face My Fears.” The Skrillex collaboration, which was produced along with Poo Bear of Justin Bieber’s What Do You Mean? fame, will be released on January 18,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 28, 2018 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: How People Move
Get up and dance, because Akdong Musician’s How People Move is all about—you guessed it—dancing. Plus, it’s Friday. Do you really need an excuse? This brother-sister duo, stylized as AKMU, is mostly known for their acoustic pop, from which How People Move was their first significant departure. (I covered one of their acoustic pop examples,…
By Seung Park Published September 28, 2018 - Uncategorized
Art house Cook & Becker are trying something a little different with a new line of art books. They’re art notebooks, which leave space for your own sketches and notes while also featuring those from the game they’re featuring (Horizon and Witcher 3 are available now, with The Last Of Us coming soon).
By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2018 -
UncategorizedPlay As Bowsette In Super Mario 64
Someone paid modding mastermind Kaze Emanuar to build a playable Bowsette in Super Mario 64, and he duly obliged. It’s not just a visual gag, she’s also got a permanent fire-throwing ability. His indifferent “Someone paid me to do this shit” is almost as good as the mod itself. While the creation of the mod…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2018 -
UncategorizedFortnite‘s ‘Shadow Stone’ Disabled After Players Become Invisible Forever [UPDATE]
Fortnite is a game about receding into the woods and trying to avoid humanity for the entirety of your natural lifespan. Oh wait, no, that’s just what I’m planning to do after today’s events. But Fortnite is a game where staying hidden and getting the drop on other players can be a huge advantage. You…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 27, 2018