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Culture16 Years Later, Fans Find Secret Messages Hidden In Paper Mario
Sometimes, developers put stuff inside of a game that players are never supposed to see. Such was the case with the original Paper Mario, which apparently had a bunch of dialogue that was not discovered until very recently. As Paper Mario expert Stryder7x explains in the video below, if you go out of bounds using…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 28, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Kotaku Store Is Now Open
As the weather gets colder, you need to wear more layers. We’d love if one of those layers had the Kotaku logo on it, and you can make sure that happens by buying some official Kotaku apparel at our new online store. The initial batch of items includes t-shirts, hoodies and stickers. What’s next? Maybe…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 28, 2016 - Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
There sure are a lot of games to play this weekend! How will we all decide? Though we have Titanfall 2 and remastered Skyrim to choose from, I’ll be honest with you: I’ll still be playing The Witcher 3. I started last weekend but I got impatient with the tutorial and ran off and got…
By Riley MacLeod Published October 28, 2016 - Culture
Steam Is Having A Big Halloween Sale
It’s almost Halloween! You know what that means: video games for scary cheap prices. Or just regular cheap prices, but there’s a big picture of a spooooky cauldron full of eyeballs and hands and PC gaming components behind them. The Steam Halloween Sale runs until November 1, and it discounts a bunch of scary games…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 28, 2016 -
UncategorizedCritically-acclaimed anime movie Your Name is on a U.S. theatrical run that may qualify it for an Academy Award. It’s the story of a small-town girl and a Tokyo boy switching bodies—and changing each other’s lives—that is the fifth highest-grossing anime film of all time. In 2003, Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away won the Best Animated Film Academy Award.…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 28, 2016 - Uncategorized
20 Mods You Should Get For Skyrim: Special Edition on Xbox One and PS4
So, you’re about to start an exciting new adventure in Tamriel. Maybe you’ve played Skyrim before. Maybe this is your first go-around. If you’re playing on console, a wealth of options are now available to you, all thanks to the power of mods. Accessing mods is easy: there should be an option right on the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 28, 2016 -
UncategorizedImagining Horror Stories Of A Never-Ending Overwatch ARG
Imagine a world in which the Sombra Overwatch ARG never ends—a horror world where there are only unsolved mysteries and the bitter, masochistic masses who hunt them down, forever. Are you picturing it? Here’s a twist: You don’t need to! You’re living it. In a dark browser window called Discord, a spirit haunts the realm…
Cecilia D'Anastasio and Nathan Grayson Published October 28, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Most Hardcore Pokémon Challenge Changed How I Felt About Pikachu
As a kid, I never liked Pikachu much, preferring the softer and squishier Jigglypuff or the catlike Eevee. I didn’t see the point in capturing a Pikachu. Pikachu was the mascot. Everyone loved Pikachu. I could save my love for someone else. 20 years later, I decided to try the “Nuzlocke Challenge” in Pokémon X.…
By Gita Jackson Published October 28, 2016 -
UncategorizedBattlefield 1 Has A Flying Tank Problem
For some time now, the trenches of Battlefield 1 have been capturing the most authentic aspects of World War One. Snipers on horseback, soldiers leaping into planes from the ground, and medics that don’t heal people. But the most authentic and real to life thing might be the flying tanks. Just like the old days.…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 28, 2016 - Uncategorized
No Man’s Sky Accounts Apparently Hacked, Send Bogus Apologies For The Game
Compromised accounts tied to No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games led to a series of faked official statements today calling the ambitious space exploration game “a mistake.” Two sources close to the development of the game indicated to Kotaku that that “mistake” tweet and subsequent e-mails sent purportedly to press by Hello Games chief Sean…
By Mike Fahey Published October 28, 2016 - Culture
Beautiful Portraits Of The Ancient World
Rocío Espín Piñar is an artist based in California who is able to take a city from the past (ok, so some of these are a little more recent than “ancient”) and turn it into a work of art. Having worked with publications like Medieval Warfare, she conjures the kind of stuff that you’d expect…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2016 - Uncategorized
Klonoa‘s Getting An Anime Adaptation
Klonoa, Namco’s dream travelling cat with grippy ears thing who starred in several wonderful platformers for the PlayStation 1, 2, Wii and Game Boy Advance, has long been in need of an anime adaptation. Now it’s getting one, courtesy of anime production companyHenshin, Inc. Up until March of 2014, Henshin, Inc. founder Rob Pereyda worked…
By Mike Fahey Published October 28, 2016 - Kotaku East
Japan’s Prize-Winning Overwatch Fan Art
Like as in there was a contest and everything. Kotaku previously reported how Overwatch spawned cool fan art in Japan. And today, we get a good look at some more. Game publication Famitsu teamed up with Blizzard for an Overwatch fan art competition, with the two grand prize winners getting the Overwatch Collector’s Edition. …
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 28, 2016 - Kotaku East
Pokémon and Kissing: A Short History
The current Pokémon TV anime series is ending. In the most recent episode, there might have been kissing. This, however, would not be the first time Ash has been smooched. As Kotaku previously pointed out, in Pokémon XYZ, Serena’s crush on Ash is canon. She, however, won’t be going to Alola for the Sun and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 28, 2016 -
Kotaku EastPen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen Cafe Opening in Japan
Viral hit “PPAP” is getting a cafe in Tokyo which, I guess, is serving pen-pineapples and apple-pens? Pretty much! If you’ve been away from the internet for the past few weeks, here’s Pikotaro doing his thing. As seen on Spice, PPAP Cafe will serve up food, mostly with pineapples or apples. The meals don’t feature…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 28, 2016
