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Tips & GuidesHow To Skip Monster Hunter Rise’s Pesky ‘Quest Complete’ Cutscenes
Once you get comfortable with the basics of Monster Hunter Rise, the real game of grinding out rare materials for high-level equipment can finally begin. While one would normally need to wait through a cutscene every time they finish a mission, a simple trick allows players to skip this brief vignette, reducing downtime between hunts.…
By Ian Walker Published April 6, 2021 -
CultureOutriders Apparently Has A Bug That Wipes All Your Gear
How’s this for a horror story? You spend hours farming gear in your favorite loot game. You find some truly awesome stuff, including some legendaries. Then, one moment, out of the blue, it’s all gone. Everything, to the point where your character is basically naked. For some Outriders players, that’s less a terrifying nightmare than…
By Ari Notis Published April 6, 2021 -
CultureYou Might Be Able To Play Diablo II: Resurrected This Weekend
If you haven’t signed up for a chance to play Diablo II: Resurrected early, you should get on that: Blizzard just announced plans to hold a private alpha test on PC over the weekend. The lucky few who are chosen to take part in this initial testing phase will be able to play through Diablo…
By Ian Walker Published April 6, 2021 -
CultureMass Effect Legendary Edition Will Remove The Mako’s Bullshit Instant Deaths
Sorry, Ash. It looks like Mass Effect Legendary Edition touched the Mako. Touched it a lot, in fact. BioWare community manager Jay Ingram just updated the PlayStation Blog with a breakdown of the changes coming to the Mass Effect remasters when the three-game bundle launches on May 14 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.…
By Ian Walker Published April 6, 2021 -
OpinionHey, Magic: The Gathering, Your Story Is Doing Great Without The Racist Tropes
Ever since Jordan Peele gave us Get Out, there’s been a trend in pop culture entertainment that upsets the shit outta me—everything (and oh my Lord, do I mean everything) is centered on Black Pain. It feels like the only shows or movies that prominently feature Black people involved in fantastical or heroic shit has…
By Ash Parrish Published April 6, 2021 -
CultureHere’s Everything Coming To And Leaving Game Pass Soon
Xbox Game Pass started April strong with the day-one launch of Outriders, but that’s not the only major addition to Microsoft’s games-on-demand service this month. Here’s everything coming to Xbox Game Pass in the next few weeks: April 8 Grand Theft Auto V (Cloud, Console) Zombie Army 4: Dead War (Cloud, Console, PC) Disneyland Adventures…
By Ari Notis Published April 6, 2021 -
CultureAnimal Crossing Build-A-Bear Go On Sale This Morning, Could Be A Clusterfluff [Update]
Build-A-Bear’s eagerly-anticipated line of official Animal Crossing: New Horizons plushies go on sale this morning at 11 am Eastern. In order to handle what’s sure to be massive demand, Build-A-Bear has set up a virtual queue for customers to gather in to await their chance to purchase items that haven’t even been revealed yet. Nothing…
By Mike Fahey Published April 6, 2021 -
OpinionWhile Xbox Game Pass Gets Better, PS Now Gets…Avengers
Outriders came out last week on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. It also immediately came to Microsoft’s Game Pass, adding yet another big new game to the subscription service’s already-impressive library. Meanwhile, PS Now users can get excited to play last year’s mediocre Avengers game, and just for a few months.…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 6, 2021 -
CultureIt’s Official: E3 Returns As An All-Digital, All-Free Event June 12
Following the cancelation of 2020’s event due to covid-19, and much rumor and speculation regarding this year’s iteration of what was once the most important video game trade show in the world, the Entertainment Software Association today announces E3 2021, a free all-digital event running June 12 through 15. Nintendo, Xbox, Capcom, Konami, Ubisoft, Take-Two…
By Mike Fahey Published April 6, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanRecord Covid-19 Cases In Osaka As Universal Studios Japan Limits Visitors
Today, Osaka posted its highest daily number of covid-19 cases: 719. This is the eighth straight day that covid-19 cases have been increasing in the prefecture. The numbers are also climbing in the surrounding areas. Online in Japan, some commenters online are worried about covid-19’s spread in Osaka, especially in regards to Universal Studios Japan…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 6, 2021 -
CultureGlobal PS5, Xbox & GPU Shortage Partially Blamed On $1 Parts
As we talked about last week, the global supply shortage affecting all kinds of products, from consoles to phones to cars, is down to a lack of semiconductors. More specifically, though, one of the biggest culprits is a shortage of tiny parts that cost around $1. As this Bloomberg report points out, a global shortage…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 5, 2021 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryWhen My Disco Elysium Character Gave Up I Was Like Yeah, I Get It
I have never felt more in tune with a video game character than when Disco Elysium’s detective protagonist, his morale utterly devastated after a series of failed skill checks, tells his partner to fuck off and prematurely brings the game to a close. Disco Elysium: The Final Cut arrived on PlayStation 5 (as well as…
By Ian Walker Published April 5, 2021 -
CultureClassic Half-Life 2 Mod Neotokyo Gets A Singleplayer Spinoff
Neotokyois an absolute PC gaming classic, a (somehow) free mod for Half-Life 2 that remains one of the prettiest and coolest multiplayer shooters on the planet. And now, 12 years after its first release, it has a single-player experience for fans to play through. NEOTOKYO° Kshatriya is a little rusty around the edges, but in…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 5, 2021 -
CultureDiscord Deleted Thousands Of Violent Extremist And Criminal Servers In 2020
Thanks to the endlessly depressing extent to which covid has kept everybody trapped inside, Discord is more relevant than ever. But as the company revealed in its latest transparency report, that has led to new challenges—and improved efforts to confront other challenges it probably should have put more effort into sooner. Discord, which is reportedly…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 5, 2021 -
CulturePC RPG Installs Mystery Program, Fans Freak Out
Fans of the RPG Another Eden—out this month on PC—this week discovered that, alongside installing the game itself, copies of the game obtained on Steam were also installing something called ‘wfsdrv’ which seemingly had nothing to do with the game. Initially believed to be some kind of driver, then suggested as something more sinister, fans…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 5, 2021 -
CultureSomeone Might Have Found A Canceled Castlevania Dreamcast Prototype
In a mysterious new video (h/t Polygon), an off-camera player navigates through what appears to be a prototype of Castlevania: Resurrection, a canceled Sega Dreamcast game from the early 2000s. If legitimate, this is the first time gameplay footage has been made publicly available. The brief video appeared on a newly created YouTube channel and lacks…
By Ian Walker Published April 5, 2021 -
CultureDisco Elysium: The Final Cut, As Told By Steam Reviews
A free update to a masterpiece? That adds full voice acting, new quests, and a slew other of bonus features? Gee, I’m sure Steam users are hating that. I joke because Disco Elysium’s new Final Cut version might be the surest possible layup in Steam history. The original, released in 2019, was a role-playing masterpiece…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 5, 2021 -
OpinionAsk KotakuHave You Ever Raged And Thrown A Controller?
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: Have you ever raged and thrown a controller? Fahey While I have never thrown a controller myself, I have been around someone who has. In fact,…
By Alexandra Hall Published April 5, 2021 -
OpinionImpressionsPrime 2D Is The Coolest Metroid In Over A Decade
A group of independent developers known as Team SCU recently released a demo for Prime 2D, an impressive side-scrolling remake of 2002’s Metroid Prime that has been in the works for over 15 years. After spending some time with it, I can say it was definitely worth the wait, even if Nintendo’s lawyers are no…
By Ian Walker Published April 5, 2021 -
CultureApex Legends Will Get ‘A Ton Of Titanfall’ Next Season
Since Apex Legends launched in February 2019, players have been wanting more crossover content from its related Titanfall universe. Over the weekend, developers at Respawn hinted that we’ll be getting a lot more Titanfall in the game’s next season. As reported by Dexerto, on a recent panel called BrownGirlGamerCode, Game Director Chad Grenier said, “We…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 5, 2021