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A Very Pretty Cyberpunk Video Game
We wrote about The Last Night back in 2014, when it was a very small but good-looking cyberpunk game. Now, in 2017, it’s back, and is looking incredible Odd Tales have been working on the “proper” version of the game for three years now, and are trying to really nail the kind of cinematic platforming…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2017 - Uncategorized
Civilization VI Finally Has Proper Mod Support
Civilization VI has had a strong launch, but there’s been one thing holding it back lately: Steam Workshop support didn’t ship alongside the game in October, which means the modding scene hasn’t really taken off. It will now, because the game’s “Australian Summer 2017″ updateis now live. Alongside multiplayer teams (also part of the update),…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2017 - Uncategorized
Play Banner Saga On Twitch And The Developers Get Paid
Streaming service Twitch and Stoic, creators of The Banner Saga, have a very weird deal going on right now where if you play either of the turn-based strategy games (which are very good), Stoic will get paid. Between Feb 23-28, Twitch Prime subscribers can download the original Banner Saga via Twitch for free. Starting March…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2017 -
UncategorizedElite: Dangerous Planets Turned Beige By Mistake
Last year, following the release of its 2.2 patch, Elite: Dangerous players started noticing something weird: some of the game’s planets, normally detailed and full of alien colour, had started looking a little more drab. While ice planets were unaffected, worlds with high metal content had turned beige everywhere you looked, and even some rocky…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2017 - Esports
Binding of Isaac Racing Is Back From the Dead
Back in 2013, Binding of Isaac fans turned the single-player game into a competitive pastime where multiple players raced against each other, live. Races involve two players facing off simultaneously, side-by-side, with each running through the game as fast as they can. That scene faded for a while, but now it’s making a big comeback…
By Maddy Myers Published February 23, 2017 -
CultureGlitched Hannah Montana Wishes For The Sweet Release Of Death
Today on Highlight Reel we have Pharah from downtown, powerful sniper rifle shots, Cronenberg Hannah Montana, and 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! Watch Dogs…
By Chris Person Published February 23, 2017 -
CulturePixel Privateers Is Like Squad-Based Borderlands
Do you like loot? Do you enjoy having so much loot that you don’t know what to do with it? Does the thought of drowning in a sea of loot, images of loved ones scrolling like a credits sequence as a laser gun digs deep into your esophagus, appeal to you? Then yeah, you should…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 23, 2017 -
UncategorizedThe Man Behind Blinking White Guy Is Just Happy To Be Here
Drew Scanlon is a video producer at Giant Bomb. He’s also a blinking white guy and the face attached to thousands of social media posts and jokes. What is is like to suddenly become the face of the internet’s latest meme? Scanlon sat down with Kotaku to talk about it. Scanlon’s journey to memedom started…
By Heather Alexandra Published February 23, 2017 - Uncategorized
One Month Later, Guy Recovers $10,000 Worth Of SNES Games That Were Lost In The Mail
Last week, I reported on Byuu, an emulator developer and game archivist who was trying to preserve every single SNES game ever made. He declared his plan “dead,” however, after $10,000 worth of rare games went missing in the mail. Fortunately, this story has a happy ending. Today, Byuu finally received his package. A European…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 23, 2017 - Esports
The Next Dota Major Is Already Running Into Issues
The Kiev Major, the second and final major of the Dota 2 season before the next International (Dota 2’s world cup), is facing a raft of problems. Travel issues, ticket scalpers, and changing dates are dredging up ghosts of majors past. In December, it was announced that the Kiev Major would take place from April…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 23, 2017 - Esports
Welcome To Compete
Welcome to Compete, a joint venture between Deadspin and Kotaku dedicated to covering the best, worst, dumbest, most thrilling, most interesting, and, generally, the most stupefying—in the better and worse senses of the word—in esports and competitive gaming. We’re just getting started here, but hope to make this a destination for the kind of coverage…
Stephen Totilo and Tim Marchman Published February 23, 2017 -
UncategorizedGetting Started In Anarchy Online After A Decade Away
Norwegian developer Funcom has been making waves lately withConan Exiles, but for me they’ll always the studio behind science fiction MMO Anarchy Online. The 16-year-old game finally hit Steam this week, so I hopped back in to create my first new character in a long, long time. I first played Anarchy Online during its infamously…
By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2017 - Culture
Ask Dr. NerdLove: I Cheated And My Husband Might Never Forgive Me
Hello, all you wheel-eyed death lemmings. Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating column that’s the king of the luchadore ring. This week, I bring you tales of struggle. It’s hard enough to recover from a mistake in your relationship, but what if your partner refuses to let it go? On the other hand,…
Harris O'Malley Published February 23, 2017 -
UncategorizedYouTube’s Edgy Jokes Are Part Of A Bigger Debate In The Comedy World
The conversation surrounding what is or isn’t “over the line” in comedy isn’t new. More recently, the conversation has shifted from young comedians fighting for freedom of speech to older comedians decrying political correctness. The latest controversial jokes from Felix “Pewdiepie” Kjellberg sit at the crossroads of that ongoing debate: is there a line you…
By Gita Jackson Published February 23, 2017 - CultureSplitscreen
Podcast: Hunting Robot Dinosaurs In Horizon: Zero Dawn
This week on Kotaku Splitscreen we’re talking about robot velociraptors, bows and arrows, and a bunch of other things related to the upcoming PS4 game Horizon: Zero Dawn First Jason and I discuss the news of the week, then we’re joined by our colleague Patricia Hernandez to talk about Horizon, which she reviewed and all…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 23, 2017 - Uncategorized
For Honor’s Anti-Cheat System Is Allegedly Banning Innocent Players
For Honor players claim they’re getting banned from the online fighting game because of a haywire, or over-sensitive, anti-cheat program. Players are getting kicked from matches after receiving the EasyAntiCheat 0006000043 error code, which means Ubisoft’s software detected “an authorized hacking program.” It’s a problem players have encountered since For Honor’s beta Following its February…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published February 23, 2017
