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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Autumn Game Harvest
It’s that time of year again. With the first day of autumn having come and gone earlier this week, it’s time to get into the spirit of the season with some epic mashups. Whether it’s apples, pumpkins, or blockbuster video games, it’s time to move from cultivating and growing to harvesting. To celebrate the changing…
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The Studio Behind Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture Is ‘Going Dark’
The Chinese Room released the ambient exploration game Dear Esther in 2012. Five years and several games later, co-founder Dan Pinchbeck says the studio will be pausing operations for the time being. Pinchbeck announced the news via a post over at the company’s blog filed earlier today. In it he writes, “There’s an interview coming…
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Hellblade‘s Fenrir Encounter Belongs In The Pantheon Of Great Boss Fights
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice has been lauded for mind-bending cinematics and top-notch voice acting, but it’s worth remembering one fight in particular that shows the game operating at the peak of its potential. Ninja Theory’s third-person action game can be frustrating. In some moments that works, but there were plenty of times I got snagged on…
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UncategorizedCosplayer Has A Nintendo Switch For A Head, Plays Arms On It
Gaming on the go like you’ve never seen it before. Shared on Reddit by user Kurobiii who encountered the Switch-headed Mario cosplayer at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, I’m not sure what’s more impressive, the person keeping their head balanced or the K.O. they manage by the end. It’s also a little creepy, like the…
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UncategorizedCode Vein doubles-down on the vampire Dark Souls vibes in its latest trailer from Tokyo Game Show. Revealed in May and aiming for a 2018 release on Xbox One, PS4, and PC, the game features real-time action and medieval gas masks. It also all takes place in an apocalyptic wasteland for safe measure.
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Sunday Comics: The New Batch
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published September 22. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published September 18. Read more…
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One final curry before I blast out of Japan, this one from Curry wa Nomimono (“Curry Is A Drink”). They’ll add three free toppings to your plate. I got potato salad, fried onions, and, because this is Japan, corn with mayonnaise. The result is like the garbage plate of curry, but incredibly good.
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Cremating A Dog Is When Death Of The Outsider Gets Special
As a standalone DLC that picks up where Dishonored 2 left off, Death of the Outsider involves a lot of sneaking around and pawning old spools of copper wire for spare money. In the very first mission, it also asks you to cremate a dog. The islands of Dunwall and Karnaca are rife with seedy…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Bad Dudes Revival, Winners!
It was the baddest of times, it was the dudest of times. This past week’s ‘Shop Contest was a tribute to gaming meme that had long been an excuse for some of the not altogether inspired entries from the contests of yesteryear. In keeping with tradition than, this week’s haul was a perfect tribute to…
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UncategorizedThe Story Behind The Open World Pilotwings That Never Happened
Pilotwings used to be a dependable B-tier flight-sim series for Nintendo consoles but the last one came out over six years ago. That game was Pilotwings Resort on the 3DS. It was almost something very different, however. Factor 5, the studio that worked on the Rogue Squadron series and also created the tragically flawed Lair,…
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Finally, A Use For All Of Those Donkey Kong Country Returns Banana Cases
Your Joy-Con controllers will fit in here. That’s what Reddit user Zefipalu discovered when they decided to try and answer the immortal question, “Hey, would my Nintendo Switch Joy-Con fit in here?” The limited edition banana holder was released around the time of Donkey Kong Country Returns for the Wii (which was later ported to…
By Ethan Gach - Esports
The Weekend In Esports: The 2017 League World Championship Arrives
The nearly month long, biggest esporting event of the year is upon us. League of Legends teams kicked off the play-in stage earlier today with matches set to continue throughout the rest of the weekend. Elsewhere there’s the SoCal Regionals for tournaments in games from around the fighting games community as well as qualifiers for…
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