Nintendo Gives In-Game Rewards For Reading Zelda Tips

Similar to how reading Kotaku news stories will unlock rainbows of happiness in your life, reading a post on the Nintendo Switch news feed today will give you apples and a piece of raw meat in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild The rewards system is a byproduct of the game’s 1.3.1 update…

Playing With One More Life Could Revolutionize (Or Hurt) Smash 4, Pros Argue

Spurred by a Tweet from a top player, Super Smash Bros. pros are debating whether adding one stock, or life, to competitive matches could mean fairer fights or a dissolution of how the game is played. Pros compete in 2014’s Super Smash Bros. 4 with two stocks. High-stakes and punishing, the ruleset makes spectating an…

Snacktaku Judges Lay’s 2017 Chip Flavor Contest Finalists

On paper, all three finalist flavors in Lay’s 2017 “Do Us A Flavor” potato chip contest—Crispy Taco, Fried Green Tomato and Everything Bagel—sound pretty delicious. But until science makes words edible, we’re forced to eat actual potato chips in order to determine this year’s winner. It’s the fifth year of Lay’s annual potato chip competition,…

The Best Audio Logs In Horizon Zero Dawn

You’ll spend most of your time in Horizon Zero Dawn fighting giant mechanical dinosaurs. It’s the game’s most obvious strength, and it’s a fun, exciting thing to do. But I want to praise one of the game’s subtler successes: a remarkable set of audio logs that stand as some of the best background storytelling of…

Pokémon Go Players Beat Magikarp Raid Using Only Magikarp

Behold, the most pathetic battle possible in Pokémon Go Magikarp, as many of you know, cannot actually attack in Pokémon Go: it only has Splash, which is useless, and Struggle, which is…slightly less useless, but still kinda futile. You wouldn’t want to bring a Magikarp into a raid battle, which are supposed to be Pokémon Go’s toughest…

The Long Dark‘s New Story Has Problems, But The Game Is Still Brilliant

A journey through the world of the freezing woods of the survival game The Long Dark has long been wonderful. The sky constantly changes; the snow is breathtaking. The sound design is rich and detailed, with your pack making different sounds depending on what you’re carrying. The quiet can be overwhelming, until it’s punctuated by…

After A Year In Early Access, Slime Rancher Has Become One Of My Favorite Games Of 2017

When I last check on my slime farm, the rock slimes had mated with my tabby cat slimes to make giant rock cats. The rock cats got so hungry they transformed into tar monsters and devoured all my chickens. It’s just another day in Slime Rancher Slime Rancher, which launched out of early access last…

Lawbreakers‘ Learning Curve Is Steep, But There’s Good Stuff There

Boss Key Productions’ Lawbreakers launched on PlayStation 4 and PC this week. Mike Fahey and Patricia Hernandez got together to discuss their first few hours in Cliff Bleszinski’s fast-paced take on the hero shooter. Fahey: So, Lawbreakers! Cliff Bleszinski’s big post-Epic game. A hero shooter with a gravity-defying twist. Had you played any of it…

The Internet Reacts To Valve’s New Game Announcement

Valve just announced a new game! It’s a card game based on Dota 2. The internet is confused and upset by this. Valve hasn’t stopped making games, but sometimes it sure feels like it. Their last release was The Lab, a VR collection of Portal mini games in 2016, and prior to that their last…

Paris Olympic Committee Will Consider Esports For The 2024 Games

The Paris Olympic bid committee will consider esports for inclusion as a medal event in the 2024 Olympic Games, according to Tony Estanguet, the committee’s co-president. Estanguet told the Associated Press that talks have been scheduled with the International Olympic Committee and with esports representatives “to better understand what the process is and why it…

Rez Infinite Hits Steam And Oculus Today

Enhance Games will release Rez Infinite for Steam and Oculus Home today, the studio said this morning. So now you don’t need a PlayStation 4 to enjoy the ultimate version of Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s classic synaesthesia shooter. While VR support is a major feature of this release, it’s not a requirement; you can play the $24.99…

No Man’s Sky Creators Say The Game Will Receive A Big Update This Week

No Man’s Sky will be getting an update this week to improve the story and add quick travel using portals. The announcement came at the end of an ongoing ARG that has been teasing changes to the game. A new memo sent by game designer Sean Murray revealed that the new update, called Atlas Rises…

The Shiny Pikachu Released For Pokémon Go In Japan Is Subtle

At the Pikachu Outbreak event in Yokohama, Pokémon Go players have been finding the shiny version of everyone’s favorite electric rodent. Shiny Pokémon are rare alternate color versions, and this Pikachu is a rather subtle variation. You can compare the Shiny on the left with the standard Pikachu on the right. Some even think this…

Metal Gear Motion Capture Actor Is Excellent At Twirling Guns

This is Tornado Yoshida. He recently appeared in costume at this year’s World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, twirling pistols and all. Look at this guy go at it. Yoshida isn’t just some Metal Gear super fan—he did the Ocelot motion capture for Metal Gear Solid. He is Revolver Ocelot’s pistol-spinning in the flesh. And here…

A Cardboard Mecha For A Cat

Cats love nestling in cardboard boxes. While the jury is out on whether they like actual mecha, felines certainly seem into cardboard ones. At least this one does. Twitter user Kyoryu Kuramo designed and then created a cardboard mecha out of cat food cardboard boxes. As you do. Cool, huh? The entry door. Inside, there…

This Is What A Pikachu Invasion Looks Like 

Starting today, there’s a “Pikachu Outbreak” event in Yokohama with Pikachus taking to the sea and the sky. Even thought these events are now held annually, this year’s looked less like an “outbreak” and more like an “invasion.” Pikachu took to the air. Had a fancy amphibious bus. Arrived by water. Set foot on dry…

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Valve Announces Artifact, A Dota Card Game

Valve announced Artifact, a Dota card game, during tonight’s The International 7 matches in Seattle. The digital card game will be out in 2018. It’ll feature lanes, use characters like Bounty Hunter, and have cards like barracks that will push waves of minions down each player’s avenue of attack. It’ll be a card game version…