How Far Cry 5’s Microtransactions Work

Like many modern video games, Far Cry 5 has microtransactions. Hate the concept? You can easily ignore them. Note: This is part of what we expect to be an ongoing series of posts explaining how the microtransactions in major games work. How much does this game cost up front? Far Cry 5 sells for $60.…

Fortnite Has A Shotgun Problem

If you play Fortnite, chances are extremely good that by the end of any given match, you will have at least two items in your inventory: a long-ranged weapon and a shotgun. Maybe you’ve even suffered a totally bullshit shotgun death at some point, or landed a kill that wasn’t entirely fair. While Fortnite has…

Sea of Thieves Gets Its First Wave Of Hackers

Being a pirate in Sea of Thieves sometimes means being an asshole, using whatever methods you can to kill your foes and plunder their loot. Some Sea of Thieves players are taking this to the next level by relying on hacks to conquer the high seas. As first noted by WIndows Central, Sea of Thieves…

April’s Xbox Live Games with Gold include The Witness and Dead Space 2. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Games with Gold subscription.

Players Are Obsessed With Far Cry 5‘s Shovels

Far Cry 5 has lots of weapons, ranging from throwing knives to heavy machine guns, but none have captured players’ imaginations quite like its shovels. Can you dig it? Just a few days after release, Far Cry 5 has managed to elevate the handling of a gardening tool from a chore into an Olympic sport…

I’m Still Looking For An MMO That Reminds Me Of The Good Old Days

“When will MMOs return to their glory days?,” I’d ask whenever the genre of /whispers and warlocks came up in conversation. “Just look at these MMO youngsters fast-traveling across an entire world when, back in 2005, I had to run across five zones for two hours to get where I wanted—and if I died along…

Todd Howard Won’t Even Tell His Son Anything About The Elder Scrolls VI

If you were working on one of the most anticipated video games in the world, would you tell your children about it? That’s a parenting challenge most of us don’t have to face, but Bethesda Game Studios director Todd Howard is in a category of his own. “[My youngest] was like, ‘Okay, when is Elder…

Minit Is A Zelda-Like Where You Die Every 60 Seconds

In Minit, you play as a Q*Berty-Tamagotchi-lookin’ walking-duck-face person-character-thing who finds a cursed sword. The curse of this sword is such that you will die every minute. Despite this, the game manages to be many hours long. How does it do this? Well, it’s clever. I made a video about how clever it is. In…

Dragon Ball FighterZ Tournaments Build Hype Using The Anime’s Lore

Dragon Ball FighterZ, the video game, is incredibly faithful to its source material which is, duh, the long-running anime series Dragon Ball Z. And the game’s fans and commentators are tying the game to the show in ways that create something wholly their own. The television show ran from 1989 to 1996, and a sequel…

What It’s Like Being A Face Of Call of Duty

When Tina Sanchez applied for a job at Call of Duty maker Infinity Ward, the first thing they asked was: “How do you feel about death threats?” That and more stories from the world of Call of Duty on a new Kotaku Splitscreen Last week at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, we talked…

No Man’s Sky Is Finally Coming To Xbox This Summer

No Man’s Sky, released as a timed exclusive for Playstation 4 in 2016, will be coming to Xbox One this summer, and is also getting a huge update. Sean Murray, founder of No Man’s Sky’s development company Hello Games, said over email that an Xbox one release for No Man’s Sky had been “hotly requested…

Korean TV’s Food-Slapping Trope 

In 2014, South Korean TV drama Everbody Kimchi featured one epic kimchi slap. It was not an isolated incident. Korean dramas are no stranger to painful slaps—with food or without. Keep in mind, these programs are soap operas. Just like in the West, they are overblown and overwrought, hence the hyperbolic and humiliating food slapping.…

Sega Opening A New Snack Food Stand In Tokyo

Have you ever had taiyaki? It’s a classic Japanese fish-shaped snack typically filled with sweet red bean paste or custard cream. Sega now has its own taiyaki stand in Tokyo. The stall is called “Sega no Taiyaki” (Sega’s Taiyaki) and is operated by taiyaki maker Kurikoan, so it’s bound to taste good. Currently, there are…