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CultureTwitchTwitch Sure Seems To Hope This Whole ‘Sports’ Thing Blows Up
If you’ve heard of esports, you might also be familiar with “sports,” a spinoff of esports that people somehow play without computers. Twitch, which made its name on esports, has recently become very interested in these un-electronic sports and seems to really hope they’ll catch on. It began in July of last year, when Twitch…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 11, 2021 -
CultureThe Mandalorian Scores Its Own Stern Pinball Machines
When you’re really good you get your own pinball machine. Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian is really, really good, so it gets three. This morning, after some light social media teasing, Stern Pinball announced a trio of pinball machines based on the adventures of Mando and Grogu, the artist previously known as Baby Yoda.…
By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2021 -
CultureAlto Developer Snowman Spawns New Studio Dedicated To Creative Kids Play
From Snowman, the creative minds behind super-chill games like Alto’s Adventure and Skate City, comes Pok Pok, a new studio dedicated to super-chill creative play-based learning for kids—open-ended play that inspires children to imagine and think. Sounds like a nifty goal. Pok Pok began with a pair of Snowman artists, Mathijs and Esther, building a…
By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanFatal Frame Returns As A…Pachinko Slot Machine
Hoping for a new Fatal Frame? Looks like you’re going to have to wait. In Japan, a new Fatal Frame pachislo (pachinko-slot) machine has been announced. Developed by Tecmo, the first Fatal Frame debuted on the PS2 in 2001, while the most recent entry, Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, was released on the Nintendo…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 11, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanYoko Taro Has Some Story Ideas For Monster Hunter Rise
Yoko Taro did not make Monster Hunter Rise, but he certainly has some ideas for the game’s plot. On Twitter, the Nier creator listed out a version of the plot he concocted while playing through the game. Youtuber and Monster Hunter expert Gaijinhunter did a translation of Yoko’s suggestions, which can be read below: As…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 11, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanEvangelion World Closes At Japanese Theme Park
If you didn’t visit, you missed your chance. The Evangelion World attraction at the Fuji-Q Highland amusement park closed this past Sunday. The news was announced via the park’s official Twitter. As Kotaku previously posted, Evangelion World included a bust of a life-sized EVA-01 unit, clocking in at around 30 feet tall. ANN adds that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 11, 2021 -
CultureReport: Next-Gen PlayStation VR Is Sounding Pretty Impressive
Sony’s next-generation virtual reality hardware for PlayStation 5 will include a number of fancy features and even some forward-thinking technologies that are not yet available on popular consumer VR headsets, according to a report on UploadVR. Citing “reliable sources,” UploadVR reports that the next PlayStation VR headset will feature eye tracking and foveated rendering, haptic…
By Alexandra Hall Published May 10, 2021 -
CulturePlease Enjoy This Brief Courtroom Description Of A Fortnite Trailer
There wasn’t too much of note going down in the big Apple vs Epic court case today, but one thing I did enjoy very much were these official court transcripts of Fortnite trailers, in which the various events are described in painstaking detail. If you have scope for another, here’s a more detailed description of…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 10, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsNintendo’s New Waluigi Art Is Mysterious, Erotic
Over the weekend, Nintendo dropped a new video dedicated to unboxing the upcoming blue-purple Switch colorway. The upload mostly got attention, however, due to its inclusion of a never-before-seen Waluigi render that the internet…well, just look at it. I’m sure you can guess what kind of reaction the above image got without me spelling it…
By Ian Walker Published May 10, 2021 -
CultureLone Developer Stands Up To Grand Theft Auto DMCA Claim, Wins
Earlier this year fans reversed engineered the source code to Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. They released it to the web, but Grand Theft Auto copyright holder Take-Two pulled it offline via a DMCA claim. But one fan stood up to the publisher and has now succeeded in getting the…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 10, 2021 -
OpinionUncharted 4 Has The Perfect Video Game Ending
It’s the fifth anniversary of the release of Uncharted 4, and while the developers are reminiscing over on Naughty Dog’s site, I thought I’d revisit this 2016 story I wrote about the perfect video game ending. There are two endings in Uncharted 4, one right after the other. The first is fairly typical. The second…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 10, 2021 -
CultureTrue Horror Is A Baby Chris Redfield Mod
The scariest thing about Resident Evil Village isn’t the monsters, or the vampires, or the locals. It’s tucking wee baby Chris Redfield into bed. This mod—which drops Redfield’s head onto Rose’s tiny body, facial animations and all—was made by JTegh, and you can check it out here, along with some others she has made as…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 10, 2021 -
CultureWorld Of Warships Adds Very Bored King Kong And Godzilla
In World of Warships and its console counterpart, World of Warship: Legends, players compete in fairly realistic naval battles featuring historically accurate battleships and weapons. So it’s a bit odd that Godzilla and King Kong have been added to the game as part of a new event. Even weirder, they look bored by it all.…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 10, 2021 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryLet’s Discuss Returnal’s Bonkers Mid-Game Twist
Returnal, the PS5-exclusive action game about losing all of your hard-earned progress, features one of the most bonkers moments I’ve ever experienced in a video game. I don’t mean the ending (though, yes, that too is bonkers); it’s all to do with a series of events that go down at the midway point. For the…
By Ari Notis Published May 10, 2021 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryMove Over Tall Lady, Donna Beneviento Is The Real Star Of Resident Evil Village
Resident Evil Village launched last Friday, giving folks plenty of time to play (and probably beat) it over the weekend. Capcom didn’t let me talk about it in my review, but I think it’s time to finally gush about the excellence of the House Beneviento segment. It should go without saying, but everything that follows…
By Ian Walker Published May 10, 2021 -
OpinionAsk KotakuWhat’s A Favorite Childhood Game That Demands A Remake?
It’s Monday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take. This week we Ask Kotaku: What’s a favorite childhood game that demands a remake? Luke We had enough trouble getting EA to bring back Skate, let alone Skitchin’, but a man…
By Lisa Marie Segarra Published May 10, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsSkate 3’s Sickest Trick Is A Rube Goldberg Machine
“Do a kickflip!” Yeah, yeah, yeah. How about this: “Create an elaborate Rube Golberg machine and then use it to do the sickest trick maybe ever!” Reddit user Skate3Tommy would probably be, like, “Okay.” In a video posted to the Xbox One subreddit today, Skate3Tommy showcased “the culmination of 13 years of play and dedication”…
By Ari Notis Published May 10, 2021
