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UncategorizedHorror Game Hello Neighbor Is No Fun
Hello Neighbor is a stealth horror game with a winning premise and perhaps the worst execution of any game I’ve played this year. In the game, released last week for PC, Mac and Xbox One, the player sneaks into his insidious neighbor’s house. Developer Dynamic Pixels allegedly designed that neighbor as an advanced AI who…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published December 11, 2017 - Uncategorized
‘We’ve Made Some Mistakes’: Bungie Backtracks On Locked Destiny 2 Content
Shortly after last week’s Destiny 2 expansion Curse of Osiris came out, it became evident that players who hadn’t bought the DLC were locked out of activities they’d previously been able to play. Today, Bungie acknowledged they’d made mistakes with the existing system and said they’re changing how it’ll work. “It’s clear that we’ve made…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 11, 2017 -
CultureBroken Destiny 2 Gun Is Also OP At Drawing Dicks
Today on Highlight Reel we have broken guns, Monster Hunter kills, Battlegrounds bikes and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! Catch up on all…
By Chris Person Published December 11, 2017 - Culture
Steam Removes Game About Hiding Porn From Your Parents
At first glance, You Must Be 18 or Older to Enter doesn’t look like porn. There’s far more ASCII than ass, and the game says its goal is to explore the awkward, scary feelings that accompany a person’s first steps into sexuality. However, last week Valve yanked it because it decided the game is porn…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 11, 2017 - Uncategorized
Doki Doki Literature Club‘s Darkest Moment
Playing Doki Doki Literature Club is like realizing you have a fever: For a while you deny the creeping feeling that something isn’t quite right until it’s too late to do anything about it. In the beginning of the game you think it’s a cute dating sim, but before too long, you can no longer…
By Gita Jackson Published December 11, 2017 - Uncategorized
Splatoon 2’s Lobby Full of Fans Rallying Behind Banned ‘Bike Cuck’ Player
Splatoon 2’s lobby is a place to share art and shitposts. While many squid-kids are expressing their allegiance in the upcoming socks versus sweater Splatfest, others are rallying behind a player who says he was banned for the dubious username “Bike Cuck.” Spend a moment wandering Inkopolis Square today and it’s likely you’ll find posts…
By Heather Alexandra Published December 11, 2017 - Esports
The StarCraft Foot Heel Won’t Be Cowed By Angry Brands
Lim “Larva” Hong Gyu won the finals of last week’s Zotac Cup Masters Showmatch while playing StarCraft: Remastered with his foot and pretending to take a nap during the match. Zotac, the hardware company sponsoring the tournament, put out a statement in Chinese threatening to “officially ban Korean player Larva from attending any Zotac Cup…
By Maddy Myers Published December 11, 2017 -
UncategorizedWe Made The Developer Of Getting Over It Play His Own Infuriating Game
My longtime friend Bennett Foddy released his latest game, Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy, on Steam on Wednesday, December 6th. Two days later, we had him come to our office in Manhattan to play it on a livestream. Prior to the game’s release, several high-profile streamers and video-makers, some of whom I think I…
By Tim Rogers Published December 11, 2017 -
UncategorizedThe State Of The 3DS In 2017
The state of the Nintendo 3DS in 2017 is “still alive,” which often raises the question: When’s Nintendo going to kill this thing? While it fell far short of the dizzying heights achieved by the Nintendo DS, the 3DS had a pretty nice lifecycle. We had some good times, didn’t we? But it’s 2017, and…
By Chris Kohler Published December 11, 2017 - Esports
Smash 4‘s Top Bayonetta Player Shortcircuited The Weekend’s Tournament
Saleem “Salem” Young, who plays the controversial Smash 4 fighter Bayonetta, clinically tore through the game’s top brawn at this weekend’s Boot Camp tournament like, as one commentator put it, a “a shark in the water.” Young rocketed into Smash 4’s top 10 rankings over the last year after achieving mastery of Bayonetta, a characterwidely…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published December 11, 2017 - Uncategorized
The 10 Funniest Dwarf Fortress Bugs
The absurd dwarf simulation game Dwarf Fortress is a marvel when everything works as intended. It’s just as fun when it breaks. Dwarf Fortress is a Tolkien flavored fortress building simulator made by Bay 12 Games, a game development company comprised of five people, only two of which do programming. It’s a very ambitious game,…
By Gita Jackson Published December 11, 2017 - Uncategorized
A $1,200 Graphics Card Might As Well Be Star Wars Themed
Up until last Thursday, the Nvidia Titan XP was the most powerful graphics card you could put in a PC. But being the most powerful isn’t enough for some people to justify laying out $1,200. So Nvidia used the Force. Or licensed the Force. Either way, check out this Jedi Order video card. The limited…
By Mike Fahey Published December 11, 2017 - Uncategorized
A Game About Biting Faces
Normal Human Face Simulator is a free game about tearing off your opponent’s flesh with your teeth, a perfectly normal thing to do. Normal Human Face Simulator is a local co-op game where you try to eat your buddy’s face off until their face is all gone. You lunge with A or the left arrow,…
By Gita Jackson Published December 11, 2017 -
UncategorizedBreath of the Wild‘s Best Shrine Is A Spike-Filled Death Maze
Breath of the Wild’s shrines are unconventional puzzle boxes where players must do everything from guide balls through motion-controlled mazes and complete complex electrical circuits. The Champions’ Ballad DLC introduces a dangerous gauntlet where a single misstep means death. At the start of The Champions’ Ballad, Link receives a “one-hit obliterator,” a weapon that allows…
By Heather Alexandra Published December 11, 2017 -
CultureSuper Mario Odyssey Player Beats Game Without Jumping
Mario is synonymous with jumping, so the prospect of playing Odyssey without vaulting into the air probably sounds ludicrous. But, as it turns out, the game only considers very specific acts to be a “jump,” prompting one YouTuber to see if he could finish the game while keeping the jump counter at zero. Mario Odyssey,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 11, 2017 -
UncategorizedHere’s What Happened At PSX 2017’s Opening Night
PlayStation Experience was organized a little differently this year with its game showcase taking place last night rather than today and no real keynote speech. Announcements were a little light as well. Regular games are still getting new VR capability added and hey, MediEvil is getting remastered. This piece originally appeared 12/9/17. Instead of standing…
By Ethan Gach Published December 11, 2017 - Esports
Saul Mena Takes Down Evo Champ To Win $250K Capcom Cup
Saul “MenaRD” Mena ran through Street Fighter studs like Xian, Kazunoko, Daigo Umehara, and Itabashi Zangief to make it to this weekend’s Capcom Cup finals. But to win it all, he’d have to beat the man who beat him earlier—Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi, who also is the 2017 Evo champion. Early on in the finals, Tokido…
By Eric Van Allen Published December 11, 2017 - Culture
The Week In Games: Ōkami For The Holidays
The brush-stroke action game arrives on modern consoles in five years after its last port. If you haven’t played it before you’re officially out of excuses. Hailed for its visuals when it came out over a decade ago, the Zelda-like is also full of interesting combat punctuated by the occasional (and sure, not always great)…
By Ethan Gach Published December 11, 2017
