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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, One Year Later
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds released on Steam early access on March 23, 2017. Since then, it has erupted into one of the largest games in the world and expanded with new features and maps. The road has been bumpy, with raucous highs and dire lows. Created by Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene, Battlegrounds is a standalone battle royale game that…
By Heather Alexandra Published April 2, 2018 - Uncategorized
Far Cry 5 Players Are Looking For Bigfoot
It started with an abandoned cabin on the western edge of Far Cry 5’s fictional setting of Hope County, Montana. There, players found clues to what they now believe are possible Bigfoot locations. They’ve since set off scouring the world for more clues, desperate to see their belief in the supernatural vindicated. Who was Dansky?…
By Ethan Gach Published April 2, 2018 -
EsportsTwitch Isn’t For Esports, It’s For Streamers
On Friday afternoon, news leaked that Twitch had cut more than 25 jobs, mostly from Twitch Studios, an in-house production group, and the company’s community and marketing teams. The laid-off employees—some of whom had been with Twitch since its inception—were reportedly told that the company had overhired and needed to resize as part of what…
By Will Partin Published April 2, 2018 - Uncategorized
Fortnite Mobile Is Out Now For Everyone
You can now officially stop begging people for invites to Fortnite mobile, as the portable battle royale game is now downloadable to anyone on iOS and other Apple platforms. According to Epic, the game will work on “iPhone SE, 6S, 7, 8, X; iPad Mini 4, Air 2, 2017, Pro.” So, if you’re not on…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 2, 2018 - Uncategorized
Pokémon Go Players Are Capturing Mews Under Trucks
Back when Pokémon Red and Blue came out, there was a rumor surrounding the elusive legendary, Mew. As kids around the playground told it, you could find the mythical Pokémon under a truck near the S.S. Anne. The rumor, though pervasive, was complete bullshit. But now, 22 years later, Pokémon fans are technically making the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 2, 2018 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Reacts To Far Cry 5
Far Cry 5 came out last week, and most of Kotaku are playing it. Here’s a collection of our best stories, tweets, and experiences. Far Cry 5 is a fun, dumb time. While the story isn’t all that deep, the gameplay is engaging enough that I accidentally played it until 6am. Riley MacLeod has been…
By Gita Jackson Published April 2, 2018 - Uncategorized
Into The Breach Tells Its Story Through Its Characters
Into the Breach depicts a conflict between human civilization and giant alien bugs. Dialogue is scant and world building is pretty minimal. The game is primarily interested in throwing puzzles and tactical obstacles your way. But the game’s mechanics often intersect with its characterizations in interesting ways, and I wouldn’t think about Into the Breach…
By Ethan Gach Published April 2, 2018 - Esports
Overwatch League’s Eqo Faces Punishment After Making Slant-Eye Gesture On Stream
Josh “Eqo” Corona of the Philadelphia Fusion is in hot water with his team and maybe the Overwatch League after making a slant-eye gesture about Korean players during an Overwatch stream last weekend. After someone compared his skill to a Korean player’s, Corona (who was born in Colombia and raised in Israel) said “I am…
By Eric Van Allen Published April 2, 2018 - Esports
League Of Legends Star’s Brother Charged With Stabbing Their Parents, Murdering Their Mother [UPDATE]
Yihong Peng, older brother of League of Legends superstar Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng, was arrested and charged with the murder of his mother and assault of his father on Saturday in San Juan Capistrano, California. According to a statement by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, Peng’s 59-year-old mother Wei Ping Shen was stabbed to death. His…
By Maddy Myers Published April 2, 2018 - CultureKotaku Game Diary
I Try To Play Super Mario Bros. 2 Once A Year
I try to play Super Mario Bros. 2 every spring. The game’s bright colors, whimsical level design, and obsession with weeding make it feel right at home around the time of the the vernal equinox, and it’s also one of the easiest to pick up and play. It’s not as challenging as the original Super…
By Ethan Gach Published April 2, 2018 - Uncategorized
What happens when you spend a ton of money on your indie game and then nobody buys it? This postmortem of Where The Water Tastes Like Wine is worth reading for its candor. “So far, I have made $0 from the game.” (Note: Kotaku staff writer Gita Jackson wrote for the game.)
By Jason Schreier Published April 2, 2018 -
UncategorizedAfter Ten Years, SpyParty Will Finally Be On Steam Next Week
It’s been nearly a decade since designer Chris Hecker announced the subterfuge multiplayer game SpyParty, and it’s been even longer since he first started working on it. In just a week, short of a meteor strike or other cataclysm, SpyParty will finally hit Steam. Well, technically the April 12 Steam release of SpyParty will be…
By Jason Schreier Published April 2, 2018 - Culture
The Week In Games: Wait A Minit
After a week of cult fighting, we’ve got a slower, more contemplative week of new games coming down the pipe. Minit, a game where you’ve only got a minute to live, is arriving on a plenitude of platforms this week. The MMORPG TERA is coming to consoles, and King of Fighters ‘97 Global Match is…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published April 2, 2018 - Uncategorized
StarCraft As We Know It Exists Because Of A Terrible Game’s Demo
StarCraft’s visual style was once very different, and if not for a spectacular demo for a horrible game called Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3, we might still remember it as purple Warcraft In a great piece over at The Ringer, journalist Ben Lindbergh details the making of StarCraft, which came out 20 years ago. The…
By Jason Schreier Published April 2, 2018 - Uncategorized
Here Are The Biggest Selling Games In Japan In 2017
A few years back, traditional games and game hardware were not doing so hot in Japan. That has started to change. As Kotaku reported earlier this year, the Japanese console game market grew for the first time in 11 years. This came after the Nintendo Switch had an incredible 2017 in Japan. According to Famitsu,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2018 - Uncategorized
Politicians Should Always Cosplay As Dragon Ball Characters
This is Shigeru Ishiba. He was previously Japan’s Minister of Defense. But here he is dressed as Majin Buu from Dragon Ball Ishiba recently appeared at the opening ceremony for the Enkei Gekijou Kurayoshi Figure Museum in Kurayoshi City, Tottori Prefecture. The city’s mayor also dressed up. Politicians should always cosplay as anime characters. If…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2018 -
UncategorizedJapan’s Best April Fool’s Day Jokes
Today is April 2. But let’s look back to yesterday and round up the best April Fool’s Days gags Japan had to offer. Such as… The Dragon Ball Super vs. Pretty Cure Super Stars mash-up we’ve all been waiting for. Kagawa Prefecture, aka “Udon Prefecture,” is changing its name to Yadon (Slowpoke) Prefecture. Vegetable flavored…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2018
