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UncategorizedThe Real-Life Atari Secret That Inspired Ready Player One
Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Ready Player One, like the source material, is chock full of references to 80s music, movies, and video games. It also throws in a few Master Chiefs, Overwatch characters, and the Iron Giant for good measure. Usually these references are surface level and fleeting, but a few carry more weight—like the…
By Ethan Gach Published March 30, 2018 - Uncategorized
The Original Arcade Punch-Out Plays Great On Switch
Punch-Out came out on Switch today! No, not Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out. Not the Wii Punch-Out, either. The one that started them all, the granddaddy of Nintendo’s boxing series: the 1984 arcade version of Punch-Out. It’s worth playing if you love the series, but just be aware that it’s pretty rough around the edges by today’s…
By Chris Kohler Published March 30, 2018 - Culture
CSGO Skin Traders Dumping Their Inventories After Valve Announces New Rules
Despite Valve’s crackdown on CSGO gambling sites that use Steam in 2016, there’s still an active cosmetic skin trading (and yes, sometimes gambling) scene around the game. A recent set of trade limits from Valve, though, has skin lovers selling off their collections for fear that the scene is on its deathbed. “CSGO is over!”…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 30, 2018 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Reached A DLC Tipping Point This Week
It’s been a quietly unprecedented week for Nintendo, and one that should change players’ expectations for the company’s games going forward. In just eight days, five of Nintendo’s major Switch games received downloadable content updates. Some of that DLC was free, some paid. The days of any of Nintendo games being static after launch appear…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 30, 2018 - Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for having ordered an immersion blender at long last and spending the whole weekend, I don’t know, blending stuff. Also, video games. Here’s an unpopular opinion: winter is the best season and I’m sad it’s over (barring another massive snowstorm). Every so often I’ve been popping into Steep just to take in…
By Riley MacLeod Published March 30, 2018 - Uncategorized
Hacked Fortnite Players Say Epic’s Response Is Too Slow
A torrent of hackershave been breaking into Fortnite player accounts and stealing hundreds of dollars at a time. After weeks trying to contact Epic Games about the security threat, many of them say they’re being left high and dry. Over the last few months, hackers discovered vulnerabilities in Epic Games’ client. In interviews, these Fortnite…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published March 30, 2018 - Uncategorized
The Good and the Bad of Far Cry 5‘s Co-Op
I’ve played many hours of Far Cry 5 co-op, both with my partner and with colleagues. A lot of the time it’s been a blast, except when you’re trying to actually get things done. There’s a pretty major caveat to the co-operative experience, as there was with Far Cry 4: only the host player’s progress…
By Keza MacDonald Published March 30, 2018 - Uncategorized
Fortnite Mobile Now Warns People Not To Play In Class
Fortnite mobile’s portability has proven destructive in classrooms around the world, with some teachers struggling to keep their students’ attention from the battle royale game. It seems that developer Epic has caught on, because now the game says something about this hilarious situation. As shared by Fortnite community manager K.L. Smith, Fortnite mobile can now…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 30, 2018 -
UncategorizedIf You’re A Pokémon Fan, You Should Play Detective Pikachu
Nintendo may be keeping the 3DS on life support at this point, but there are still reasons to boot up the handheld console. Detective Pikachu, released in North America last week, makes an especially compelling case for any fans of Pokémon who want to learn a bit more about the world of pocket monsters. Detective…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 30, 2018 - Uncategorized
PUBG‘s New Event Is Fun If You Can Find The Damn Flare Gun
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is spicing things up with special events—limited time game modes with special weapons and squad rules. The latest event, which kicked off yesterday, adds a special flare gun for calling supply drops. It’s a good idea, but the execution is too timid. Following Fortnite Battle Royale’s model of limited time events, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds…
By Heather Alexandra Published March 30, 2018 - Esports
Two New Super Saiyans Are Shaking Up Dragon Ball FighterZ
Two new fighters, Broly and Bardock, hit Dragon Ball FighterZ this week. Bardock comes from an appropriately named TV special, Dragon Ball Z: Bardock — The Father of Goku. Broly also hails from his own special movie named after himself, Dragon Ball Z: Broly — The Legendary Super Saiyan, as well as a few other…
By Eric Van Allen Published March 30, 2018 -
UncategorizedA Place Further Than The Universe Is A Wholesome Look At Female Friendship
In anime A Place Further than the Universe, a girl with long black hair drops an envelope containing 1,000,000 yen on a train platform. Unremarkable high schooler Mari Tamaki picks it up and, recognizing the girl’s uniform, tracks her down in the bathroom of her local high school. Shirase Kobuchizawa, the envelope’s owner, has a…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published March 30, 2018 - Uncategorized
Far Cry 5’s User Interface Does A Lot Right
Far Cry 5 is a complicated game that needs to convey a ton of information at once. Good thing it’s got a great user interface. Lord knows I complain enoughabout games with half-baked user interface (UI) design. In light of that, I also try to highlight good UI when I see it, and Far Cry…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 30, 2018 -
CultureWhat We Liked (And Didn’t Like) About Ready Player One
A giant pile of nerd references masquerading as a movie, Ready Player One, premiered last night. Seung Park, Tim Rogers and I all watched it, and now they’re going to talk about it. Gita Jackson: Hey Seung, Tim. Last night we all watched the new Spielberg movie Ready Player One, based on the best selling…
Gita Jackson & Tim Rogers & Seung Park Published March 30, 2018 -
UncategorizedFrustrated Teens And Docks Bricking Switches: The Week’s Hot Game Topics
We’ve got a streamer faux pas, disillusioned teens, docks bricking Switches, Carmen Sandiego, Dragon Quest, and more on Kotaku XP, our weekly video roundup of what the heck is going on with games and the people who play them. Consider it Kotaku Cliff’s Notes. Watching Gita Jackson and I talk is probably sufficient studying for…
By Tim Rogers Published March 30, 2018 - Uncategorized
Hey Ubisoft, Let Far Cry 5‘s Dog Ride In The Car
Far Cry 5 has three pets you can befriend and enlist to help you fight enemy cultists. They’ll help you, and they’ll follow you anywhere. They just won’t ride with you in a car. I can forgive that for the cougar or the bear. In the case of the third animal, a dog, it’s borderline…
By Ethan Gach Published March 30, 2018 - Uncategorized
Assassin’s Creed Origins’ Papyrus Mysteries Are Some Of The Series’ Best Sidequests
Ubisoft games are understandably knocked for having a lot of filler content. Often, though, one of their gargantuan open-world epics will hide a wonderful line of sidequests. It’s taken me some time to appreciate an extraordinary set of them in Assassin’s Creed Origins, a set that helps show off areas of the game players might…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 30, 2018 - Uncategorized
Lindsay Lohan Loses Yet Again In Grand Theft Auto V Lawsuit
Actress-slash-burnout Lindsay Lohan’s drawn-outsuit against Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive fizzled out yesterday after a New York court rejected her appeal. Lohan brought thelawsuit four years ago, taking issue with GTA V featuring a young woman named Lacey Jonas whom, I’ll admit, does look the tiniest bit like Lohan. Jonas is a white woman…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published March 30, 2018
