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CultureOdds and EndsHappy 10th Birthday, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
Time flies when you’re having fun/redefining expectations and helping inspire an entire generation of video games. We take games like this for granted today, but it’s tough to understate how important Sword & Sworcery was at the time of its release back in 2011, especially for mobile games. It was part of a generation of…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2021 -
CultureIf Sega Won’t Make A New Monkey Ball, These Guys Will
Monkey Ball creator Toshihiro Nagoshi is busy doing Yakuza stuff right now, and in his absence Sega has spent the last decade neglecting the series. Not to worry! Rolled Out is here, looking exactly like Monkey Ball only for the fact that there’s a rodent in there. Let me be clear: this is not a…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsIt Is Once Again Time To Drive A Relaxing Video Game Bus
As I have written on this website, there is a gentle joy to be found in driving a video game bus, and so it is with great excitement that I prepare to settle in for the next week playing a game called The Bus The Bus bills itself as “the next generation of city bus…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2021 -
CultureTwitchTwitch’s Latest Sensation Is A Stop Sign Where No One Stops
A blue car pulls up to a stop sign. Against all odds, it briefly, miraculously comes to a halt. Twitch chat goes ballistic. Numerous people spam “I was here” as pogchamp emotes flood in. This is Stopsigncam, a Twitch channel that suddenly has over 125,000 followers even though it’s just a camera trained on a…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 24, 2021 -
CultureGenshin Impact Made Over $1 Billion In Just Six Months
You folks hear of this game Genshin Impact? Pretty big deal. So big that it’s raked in over $1 billion (that’s three commas, people) in mobile revenue since it launched nearly six months ago on September 28. The data, as usual, comes from industry analyst Sensor Tower, which found that Genshin Impact reached this lofty…
By Ian Walker Published March 24, 2021 -
CultureIkumi Nakamura Talks About Her New Studio While Exploring Spooky Buildings
Ikumi Nakamura, the former GhostWire: Tokyo creative director who made a huge splash with her brief appearance at E3 2019, is finally ready to talk about opening her own game development studio after leaving Tango Gameworks in 2019. Fittingly, she did so while exploring some creepy, abandoned buildings. During her interview with Cutscenes, a new…
By Ian Walker Published March 24, 2021 -
CultureSuper Smash Bros. Devotes An Entire Update To Nerfing Wii Fit Trainer
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate balance changes tend to come in waves. Whenever the developers add new content to the game, players can expect to be greeted by a handful of character adjustments across the expansive roster. But in the latest update, the decision-makers at Nintendo set their sights on just one fighter: Wii Fit Trainer.…
By Ian Walker Published March 24, 2021 -
CultureThe WoW Classic Burning Crusade Beta Is Live, If You’re Into That Sort Of Thing
Look I don’t know why folks are excited to replay Blizzard’s first attempt at a World of Warcraft expansion, with its endless walking and “kill x of y” quests, but if you’ve opted-in for the World of Warcraft Classic Burning Crusade beta, now’s your time. I understand nostalgia. I also understand the urge to feel…
By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2021 -
CultureValheim Mod Lets You Do A Real Number On Your Character’s Bones
Do you want to turn your Valheim character into a chimera creature with a skyscraper torso and legs that resemble a barstool? Me neither, but, uh, now you can! An0nymooose’s “BoneMod” (via Rock Paper Shotgun) lets you customize the scale of your character’s bones via in-game chat commands. Whereas normally, Valheim character creation is a…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 24, 2021 -
CultureA New Rocket League Game Is Coming To Phones
Rocket League Sideswipe is a new 2D mobile version of car soccer sim Rocket League coming to iOS and Android later this year, developer Psyonix announced today. Sideswipe matches will be two minutes long and feature 1v1 and 2v2 modes to accommodate people playing on mobile (the original game’s matches are five minutes and allow…
By Ethan Gach Published March 24, 2021 -
OpinionYou Don’t Have To Run The Exclusive Reveal For The War Crime Game
Rebooted war crime simulator Six Days in Fallujah got its official gameplay reveal yesterday in a new trailer that seems to confirm some people’s criticisms of the game as one-sided propaganda for the U.S. war machine. The trailer was debuted exclusively by IGN, the same website that just days earlier ran an in-depth report on…
By Ethan Gach Published March 24, 2021 -
CultureHitman 3 Is Getting DLC Based On The Seven Deadly Sins
Next week, Hitman 3 will receive downloadable content based on the seven deadly sins, developer IO Interactive announced in a blog post today. Just don’t expect it to be quite like the DLC from Hitman 2 Among all of the levels in the recent Hitman trilogy, two of the strongest were paid expansions for Hitman…
By Ari Notis Published March 24, 2021 -
OpinionImpressionsNew Pokémon Snap Is Like Old Pokémon Snap, Only Much Prettier
Pokémon Snap for the Nintendo 64 is a game about rolling through islands, leisurely taking pictures of pocket monsters. All the upcoming sequel needs to please fans of the original is more of that with nicer graphics. I am pleased to report New Pokémon Snap is exactly that. Nintendo recently held a preview event where…
By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2021 -
CultureMorning MusicSecret Little Haven Is 10 Minutes Of Weapons-Grade Vaporwave Nostalgia
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’ll take a trip back to 1999 by way of 2018 with a breezy 10 minutes of refreshingly chill cyber-vibes. Victoria Dominowski’s Secret Little Haven (Bandcamp / longplay / VGMdb / Itch.io) is a unique…
By Alexandra Hall Published March 24, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanJapanese Company Creates “Monster Hunter Holiday” For New Game’s Release
Whenever a massive game is released, no doubt, diehard fans wish nothing more than to take the day off. Some may suddenly find themselves coming down with a cold and the only recipe for recovery is a day of gaming. But employees at Tokyo-based VR-studio Mark-On don’t need to feign illness. Exec Jack Masaki formally…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanKonami Closes 16 Of Its Sports Clubs In Japan Due To Covid-19
In Japan, Konami doesn’t only make video games. It also has a major chain of sports clubs. Gyms have been hit hard by the novel coronavirus pandemic, and Konami has had to shutter a number of its locations. Konami’s presence in sports is why the company has developed exercise games and been a major sponsor…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2021 -
Culture1000s Of Steam Games Now Let You Play With People Who Don’t Even Have Steam Accounts
An update to Steam released earlier this week has, tucked away in its changelog, a very cool piece of news: if you’re playing a game that supports Remote Play Together, you can now invite anyone to play with you, even if they don’t have a Steam account. This won’t work for all Steam games, only…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2021 -
CultureCosplayShowcaseIncredible Yakuza: Like A Dragon Cosplay Is Punching Me In The Face
The last time we saw Enyendabbling in Yakuza cosplay, it was as a solitary star of the gangster saga. This time, he’s back, and just like Ichiban in Like a Dragon, he’s brought some friends. This is most of the main crew (sorry Eri!) of Sega’s latest crime/wholesome adventure, with Enyen as Kasuga, Mr. G…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2021 -
CultureEpic Games Store Is Draining Some Laptop Batteries
My annoyances with Epic’s store are generally limited to Fortnite pop-ups and forgetting I even had games installed there, but then I play games on a big desktop PC. If you’re using a laptop, you might want to keep an eye on the store, and in particular what it’s doing to your battery. Some testing…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2021
