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None Of 2016’s Most-Played Steam Games Came Out In 2016
The sheer number of games on Steam is overwhelming, and more new ones come out per day than ever before. Despite that, Steam’s upper echelon has calcified, with an Old Guard looking down from the top of the most-played list at all the peasants below. GitHyp, a tool that tracks Steam’s most-played games (among other…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 10, 2017 - Uncategorized
The New Red Xbox One Controller Looks Like Candy And I Want To Eat It
Today Microsoft introduces two new official colors to the Xbox One Wireless Controller line. There’s green and orange, which looks like an escapee from a Halo bundle, and sweet, delicious red, with its colorful candy buttons and delicious gummi analog sticks. It makes my teeth ache. Available exclusively from the Microsoft Store and GameStop, the…
By Mike Fahey Published January 10, 2017 - Culture
Help Me Finish The Witcher 3
The new year means it’s time for resolutions. This year I’d like to practice my guitar more, be as fit as I was in my 20s, figure out my romantic life—but I probably won’t do any of those things. But I might, with your help, finish The Witcher 3. My colleague Patricia and I were talking…
By Riley MacLeod Published January 10, 2017 -
UncategorizedMajora’s Mask Kicks Off First 4 Figures’ Life-Size Replica Line
Collectible statue makers First 4 Figures are branching off into the gaming replica business, starting with a stunning 25-inch replica of The Legend of Zelda’s Majora’s Mask, complete with conveniently removable horns. First 4 Figures has been doing Zelda statues for ages, so it makes sense Nintendo’s RPG series be the focus of the company’s…
By Mike Fahey Published January 10, 2017 - Uncategorized
I’m So Sick Of Seeing This Damn PS4 Message
This morning, I popped Tales of Berseria into my PlayStation 4 and was yet again greeted with the wonderful news that my system is out of space. Maybe you can relate. Maybe you play a fair number of PS4 games and have also felt that twang of mild irritation when you pop in a brand…
By Jason Schreier Published January 10, 2017 -
UncategorizedMod Turns Fallout 4 Into A ’90s-Style Shooter
Revolted is the least Fallout 4-looking Fallout 4 mod I’ve seen that doesn’t involve Thomas The Tank Engine’s abyssal stare. It’s ‘90s-style shooting recreated inside Fallout—graphics, platforming, and rampant ‘tude-spewing included. Here’s what it looks like: And here’s a description, which rightly points out that this is The Future Of Gaming: “Revolted is a video…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 10, 2017 - Uncategorized
Overwatch ‘Shippers Clash Over New Mercy, Genji Voice Lines
Overwatch fans have uncovered new voice lines for Mercy and Genji for Valentine’s Day in the Public Testing Region’s latest patch. The two characters share some chocolates, which seems innocuous. You might assume that more information about these characters would be a boon for ‘shippers—people who write fanfic and make art about the characters in…
By Gita Jackson Published January 10, 2017 -
CultureBrutal Platformer Standby Dares You To Speedrun It
Standby is hardcore platformer by Noclip. Blazing a trail through technicolor obstacle courses, players slide along walls, dodge lasers, and leap massive gaps. It is demanding, technical, and beautiful in motion. We rush our way through in this Kotaku Plays. The initial challenges in Standby seem tame. Sliding through barriers or bouncing off walls is…
By Heather Alexandra Published January 10, 2017 -
UncategorizedThe Sims 4 Gets Vampires
If you feel like your game of The Sims 4 has been missing Lestat from Interview With A Vampire, never fear. The game’s newest Game Pack will introduce Vampire sims as well as a new World, Forgotten Hollow, to unleash Anne Rice havoc in. The Vampires Game Pack drops January 24th, and will include Create…
By Gita Jackson Published January 10, 2017 -
UncategorizedBloodborne Players Are Still Looking For Secrets In The Chalice Dungeons
Bloodborne lore contains a group known as the Tomb Prospectors, who explore the labyrinth dungeon on behalf of the Healing Church. Months after release, that idea spawned a group of real-life Tomb Prospectors: players who endlessly scour Bloodborne’s dungeons, all in the hope of finding something no one is even sure actually exists in the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 10, 2017 - Culture
The Continued Adventures Of Cartoon Chun-Li
Venezuelan artist Ramón Nuñez suddenly has me wanting to see a different type of Street Fighter cartoon Nuñez, who has worked with companies like Gameloft and Cryptozoic, has more art at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 10, 2017 - Uncategorized
The Tales of Berseria demo is now live on PlayStation 4 in North America and Europe. Get a taste of the dark and gritty 16th main entry in the Tales series ahead of its January 24 release. The PC version of the demo should be on Steam today as well.
By Mike Fahey Published January 10, 2017 - Uncategorized
China Says They Won’t Allow Pokémon Go Because It’s Too Dangerous
The chances of playing Pokémon Go in China look slim. The Chinese state censor said that augmented reality games like Pokémon Go will not be licensed until they could assess potential security risks. As reported by Reuters, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television is citing “a high level of responsibility to national…
By Heather Alexandra Published January 10, 2017 - Uncategorized
Shout Factory Plans To Reboot ’80s Game Show Starcade
Running for three seasons in the early ‘80s,Starcade was a game show in which players with excellent hair competed on arcade machines while the host tried to keep up. Now the pop culture preservationists at Shout Factory have the rights to Starcade, and they plan to bring it back. Airing on WTBS in 1982 and…
By Mike Fahey Published January 10, 2017 - Uncategorized
Monopoly Opens Up Voting For The Next Generation Of Tokens, And None Are Safe
In 2013, fansvoted to replace Monopoly’s classic iron token with a cat. Now Hasbro is prepared to replace the entire token lineup based on the whims of internet voters. What hope do wheelbarrow and thimble have in the face of computer, t-rex and helicopter? Monopoly tokens have come and gone since the classic board game…
By Mike Fahey Published January 10, 2017 - Culture
Roblox Gets Into The Toy Business
After more than a decade of online creative play, massively multiplayer online game Roblox is expanding its user-created content into the real world, partnering with Jazwares for a line of collectible and customizable toys hitting stores in February. Boasting more than 40 million monthly players in December alone, imagination-powered online community Roblox is at the…
By Mike Fahey Published January 10, 2017 - Kotaku East
Attack On Titan Editor Arrested For Allegedly Murdering His Wife
The popular manga’s first editor, 41 year-old Jung-hyun Park, has been arrested for allegedly murdering his 38 year-old wife at their Tokyo residence last year. Park was Attack on Titan’s chief editor when the manga launched back in 2009 in Bessatsu Shonen Magazine. As of last June, he had moved to the manga Weekly Morning…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 10, 2017