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CultureNew Site Teaches You How To Play EVE Online
EVE Online is a tough game to learn without a lot of effort and assistance. The good news is that there’s now an easier path to getting started: the EVE Academy, a new companion website to the 18 year old MMO, was created specifically to show new players the ropes, and potentially teach a few…
By Lee Yancy Published May 28, 2021 -
CultureSplitscreenMass Effect Is Back, But It Seems Like Morality Meters Are Gone For Good
Will you save the orphans or eat them? Will you blow up the planet or give it renewable energy and free healthcare? Will you hug Leonardo Da Vinci or let his outstretched arms wither? For a minute there, it felt like games were characterized by binary choices like these—even if their prevalence might have been…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 28, 2021 -
CultureMicrosoft Flight Simulator Is Much Smaller Now
Video games are big, and as new technology supports greater visual fidelity, they’re only bound to get bigger. That’s why it’s always nice when the developers behind bulky games like Microsoft Flight Simulator figure out ways to decrease those download sizes. Microsoft Flight Simulator’s base file size was reduced from over 170 GB to just…
By Ian Walker Published May 28, 2021 -
CultureFar Cry 6 Out October 7, First Gameplay Trailer Released
Today, Ubisoft revealed our first good look at the gameplay of Far Cry 6. It included a missile-launching backpack, guerrilla warfare, and a bunch of guns. Ubisoft also shared Far Cry 6‘s release date. The open-world shooter launches on October 7, 2021 for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC, and Stadia. During Ubisoft’s…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 28, 2021 -
EsportsCounter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Will Track Coaches To Prevent More Cheating Scandals
Valve released a new update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive that addresses a coaching scandal that rocked the game’s professional scene last year. Mariusz “Loord” Cybulski, a coach for Wisła Kraków’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team and a former competitor, publicly revealed an exploit in the game on August 26 that allowed a spectator to watch matches…
By Jonathan Lee Published May 28, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsFortnite X Books You Read In High School
Fortnite’s gotten a crossover with Mistborn, a fantasy series by Brandon Sanderson. Following a Twitter teaser, players can now get a skin of character Kelsier along with a themed back bling, pickaxe, and load screen. It’s the game’s first book tie-in. A few Kotaku staffers have read Mistborn and were excited by this news. Another…
By Riley MacLeod Published May 28, 2021 -
CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for transforming from a high school kid into a demonic demi-fiend after an evil cult forces the world into an apocalyptic rebirth known as Conception. Ooo, and maybe we’ll get some Wendy’s. Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Remaster came out this week, and so far the game is holding up quite nicely.…
By Mike Fahey Published May 28, 2021 -
OpinionImpressionsBackbone Is A Noir Adventure About Racism In Anthropomorphic Vancouver
Backbone, a noir adventure game set in an anthropomorphic version of Vancouver, is coming out on June 8. I have already played the free Steam demo, Backbone: Prologue, six times. Now, the Steam algorithm knows I’m a sucker for noir detective stories and that is, indeed, what Backbone is. It’s got all the usual clichés,…
By Jonathan Lee Published May 28, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanCovid-19 Barrier Given JRPG Twist
Perhaps you’ve seen plastic guards at stores and offices to prevent the spread of covid-19. Bet you haven’t seen one quite like this. Propmaker Takumi Armory has created this “RPG Version” of a splash-prevention partition. Amusingly, it’s designed to look like a fantasy role-playing game selection menu, asking what you’d like to do. There are…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 28, 2021 -
AnimeWoman Arrested For Alleged Arson Threat To Attack On Titan Anime Studio
A 25-year-old woman from Miyagi prefecture has been arrested for allegedly emailing an arson threat to Wit Studio, which is best known for animating the first three seasons of the Attack on Titan anime. According to Yomiuri News, the suspect was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of forcibly obstructing a business. Kyodo News reports…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 28, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsNew Witcher Board Game Hits $3 Million On Kickstarter
Well would you look at this, a licensed board game shipping with 10,000 plastic miniatures is making millions on Kickstarter. This is my most surprised face. The Witcher: Old World is a new game by Go On Board that’s set a few years before Geralt’s time, and has up to five players (one for each…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 27, 2021 -
CultureCosplayLady Dimitrescu’s Actor & Model Cosplaying As Lady Dimitrescu
Look I know we’ve already seen some incredible Lady Dimitrescu cosplay, but I figured it was worth seeing some more today given the fact the ladies in the dress here are the actors Capcom used to bring the character to life. Is this even cosplay? I don’t know, maybe not! Maybe this is just work.…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 27, 2021 -
CultureVirtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown Won’t Have State-Of-The-Art Online
Sega’s flagship fighting game franchise returns next week with the release of Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown, yet another update to the original Virtua Fighter 5 from 2006. Ultimate Showdown sports updated graphics courtesy of the PlayStation 4, but its netcode will remain tethered to the past. Speaking with Kotaku via email, a Sega rep…
By Ian Walker Published May 27, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsThe Last Of Us Game Actor Will Be In The TV Series
Well, this is neat! While the upcoming The Last Of Us TV series has been busy recasting everyone’s favourite murderers, replacing the iconic faces and voices we grew to love (?) over two grisly experiences, one actor from the game will be playing the same character in the show: Merle Dandridge, who played/plays Marlene. As…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 27, 2021 -
CultureCharlie Guillemot, Son of Ubisoft’s CEO, Is Leaving The Company
Charlie Guillemot, co-head of Ubisoft mobile studio Owlient, is stepping down based on a new report from Axios. Back in August of last year, his studio faced controversy when a Tom Clancy branded mobile game used Black Lives Matter imagery in relation to a fictional in-game terrorist group. Charlie Guillemot is also the son of…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 27, 2021 -
CultureHere’s 14 Minutes Of Horizon Forbidden West Running On PS5
Today, during a State of Play digital showcase, Sony showed off 14 minutes of gameplay for Horizon Forbidden West, the much-anticipated sequel to 2017’s awesomest open-world robot dinosaur-hunting game. The demo opens on the beachfront ruins of San Francisco, six months after the events of Horizon Zero Dawn. Raiders show up, riding machines, leading a…
By Ari Notis Published May 27, 2021 -
CultureSquare Says Sike
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game Dragon Quest X launched on the Wii all the way back in 2012. Since then, it’s appeared on eight more platforms and received several substantial expansions, but Square Enix has never seen fit to release it in the west. And it doesn’t seem like that’s going to change anytime soon.…
By Ian Walker Published May 27, 2021 -
OpinionYou Still Don’t Need A PlayStation 5
It’s been six months since the PlayStation 5 came out, and yet the Seto Kaiba action figure that can also run high-end video games remains comically hard to come by. For a while, this irked me. I wanted to be part of the new console generation—the zeitgeist. So I obsessively watched a Twitch channel dedicated…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 27, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsThe Sonic Diamond Necklaces Are Cool, Actually
Soon, rappers, jewelry enthusiasts, or nerds with money to burn can buy their own Sonic-themed diamond necklace. Tucked into today’s Sonic news stream was a gem (heh) of an announcement—a collaboration between Sega and jewelry maker King Ice to create four gold chains featuring the diamond-encrusted heads of beloved Sonic characters. Naturally, the internet has…
By Ash Parrish Published May 27, 2021
