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CultureGoogle’s Facing A Class-Action Suit Over Stadia’s Lack Of True 4K Gaming
There’s another gaming-focused class action lawsuit in the works, this one against Google Stadia over whether or not Stadia can run games at 4K resolution. The suit was originally filed in October, but had a development earlier this month when lawyers for co-defendants id Software filed a notice of removal with federal court. As noted…
By Ari Notis Published February 22, 2021 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryWe Gotta Talk About This Main Story Quest In A Realm Reborn
My journey through Final Fantasy XIV continues apace. My bard and black mage are now at level 46, and I’m currently questing through the icy Coerthas, which seems oddly French with all the names ending in -x and -eau. When I first started playing, my circle of FF14-playing friends all told me to be patient.…
By Ash Parrish Published February 22, 2021 -
CultureDoom Eternal Director Has ‘Put A Lot Of Thought’ Into Making A Female Doom Slayer
During a playthrough stream earlier this month, Doom Eternal director Hugo Martin was asked if the team had ever considered developing a female Doom Slayer for the game. His answer was surprisingly thorough. “I’ve thought about it, actually,” Martin told Bethesda community manager Joshua Boyle following a viewer question. “I think if we did it,…
By Ian Walker Published February 22, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsDestiny 2 Players Are Jumping Off Cliffs To Avoid Playing Trials Of Osiris
It happened to me: I was looking for groups on the Destiny 2 app to play Trials of Osiris with, joined one, and then found myself jumping off a clif for the next few minutes in a tribute to just how unfun the game’s competitive PVP loot grind can be. Trials of Osiris was lauded…
By Ethan Gach Published February 22, 2021 -
CultureWatch Dogs: Legion Gets Co-Op On March 9
Watch Dogs: Legion is about to become legion. The multiplayer mode for Ubisoft’s open-world hacking game comes out March 9. The multiplayer mode was initially planned to launch on December 3, 2020, but was delayed to a broad 2021 release in order to allow developers time and space to patch out the game’s many bugs…
By Ari Notis Published February 22, 2021 -
CultureNiantic Announces Bonus Pokémon Go Event After Players Let In Free To The Kanto Tour
Saturday saw one of the biggest paid international events Pokémon Go has hosted, the Kanto Tour. Costing a not-cheap $11.99, it was a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Pocket Monsters, with the hit mobile game going back to the series’ origins for a 12-hour celebration of the OG 151 Pokémon. Except, they accidentally let…
By John Walker Published February 22, 2021 -
CultureReport: CD Projekt Red Issuing DMCA Takedowns To Keep A Lid On Hacked Source Code
Maker of The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red, is hitting Twitter users with Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedowns for sharing links to Gwent source code, according to a recent report by Vice Multiple Twitter users reported that their tweets, at least some of which linked to source code likely leaked in…
By Ethan Gach Published February 22, 2021 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Persona 5 Strikers Arrives In Style
Persona 5 Strikers is one stylish-looking game and it comes out later this week for PS4, Switch, and PC. I don’t have much to say about Persona 5 Strikers, as I’ve never played a Persona game. Instead, I point you towards the fantastic review of the game. It honestly makes me want to give it…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 22, 2021 -
CultureMorning MusicForrest 64 Is What A Fictional Nintendo 64 Game Sounds Like
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. We’ve got an odd one today: the soundtrack to a make-believe Nintendo 64 game hidden away in the Switch version of Firewatch Yep, if you’ve got the (I’m told, lovely) adventure game Firewatch on the Switch,…
By Alexandra Hall Published February 22, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanDelicious Looking (And Totally Fake) Super Mario Sushi
This is like the fake food you see in front of Japanese restaurants, but with Nintendo characters. YouTuber Nendo Zaiker-Snail created this Mario sushi from polymer clay. You can see the process in the 12-minute Japanese language clip below. What really sticks out is how this seems somewhat possible with real sushi. Make the Mario…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 22, 2021 -
Kotaku EastTaiwan Turns Horrible Diseases Into Manga-like Characters
Syphilis. Rabies. Ebola. While you’d probably not like to get any of these, the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control has turned a host of sicknesses into manga-type characters to raise awareness. As Hachima reports, the Taiwan CDC has brought in talented artists to bring these horrible diseases to life as a way to inform the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 22, 2021 -
CultureTake-Two Goes After Reverse-Engineered Grand Theft Auto Code
Last week we shared the good news that the source code for Grand Theft Autos III & Vice City had been reverse-engineered, allowing folks to port the games and come up with cool new mods. Now, we bring you the predictable news that publisher Take-Two Interactive are not happy. The company, listing themselves specifically in…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsI Was Wrong About An Award-Winning Final Fantasy Author
Back in 2014, I wrote about author M.J. Gallagher’s attempts to turn the Final Fantasy series into a giant novel, and said, “It’s not going to win many literary prizes.” I am here today to eat some shit. After completing two of the three volumes (the third is still coming) of his Final Fantasy VII…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2021 -
CultureTotal RecallHappy 35th Birthday, The Legend Of Zelda
On February 21, 1986, the original Legend of Zelda was released on the Famicom in Japan. It did OK, Nintendo made some more Zelda games, and we’ve all been having some good times ever since. It’s easy to turn these kind of posts into general retrospectives, a checklist look back at some of the biggest…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2021 -
OpinionIt’s Weird To See Ryu Use A Gun In Fortnite
Yesterday, after some hints and leaks, Street Fighter characters Ryu and Chun-Li came to Epic’s mega-popular battle royale game, Fortnite. Watching Ryu run around shooting people with an assault rifle is weird. It’s also just one more example of how Fortnite consumes popular characters and franchises without much care or celebration. Guest characters have been…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 21, 2021 -
CultureHogwarts Legacy Lead Designer Used To Run Anti-Social Justice YouTube Channel
Troy Leavitt is a lead designer at Warner Bros. development studio Avalanche Software currently working on controversial Harry Potter game Hogwarts Legacy. He also ran a reactionary YouTube channel focused on attacking feminism and social justice for over a year. This information was first provided by Did You Know Gaming? contributor Liam Robertson, who highlighted…
By Ian Walker Published February 21, 2021 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: The Legend Of Zelda 35th Anniversary
This year marks the35th anniversary of the Zelda franchise. But specifically, it seems today Feb 21 is the actual day the series hits the big 3-0 (plus five.) Let’s celebrate the long-running franchise by creating silly images. It’s how we do things around here. Your challenge this week: Celebrate the anniversary of The Legend of…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 21, 2021 -
CultureSunday Comics: Shut Up Now
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Feb. 18. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Feb. 15. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 21, 2021
