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CultureOdds and EndsA Traveler’s Guide To The Best Final Fantasy Worlds To Live In
I’m a few days past my Final Fantasy XV blitz and I’m still enmeshed in a quagmire of feelings and emotions. Since finishing the game, I watched Kingsglaive the prequel movie, I’ve considered re-watching the prequel anime, and I’m one retail therapy session away from buying the novel. I’ve already raided Etsy looking for cute…
By Ash Parrish Published February 3, 2021 -
OpinionImpressionsHelp, I’m Stuck Between Two Very Good New JRPGs
Two new games from two of my favorite Japanese role-playing game series have dropped at the same time, and I am driving myself up a wall trying to give them equal time. It feels like I’ve entered into a polyamorous relationship with Ys IX: Monstrum Nox and Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret…
By Mike Fahey Published February 3, 2021 -
CultureCall Of Duty: Warzone Bans Over 60,000 Accounts For Cheating
Activision banned over 60,000 accounts in Call of Duty: Warzone yesterday. In a statement, the publisher cited use of cheat software in the battle royale. The bans follow several months of community frustration about aimbot and wallhack cheats that players blatantly use in both casual matches and major Warzone tournaments. “Today we banned 60,000 accounts…
By S.E. Doster Published February 3, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsI Wish My Switch Would Still Hold A Charge
The Switch was the first Nintendo console I ever bought at launch. Almost four years later, it’s clearly seen better days, which I wouldn’t mind if it could survive out of the dock for more than a couple days at a time. Two things have me thinking about the Switch’s terrible battery life again. The…
By Ethan Gach Published February 3, 2021 -
CultureMass Effect DLC Missing From Remaster Due To Corrupted Source Code
On May 14, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition will bring 4K versions of the original Mass Effect trilogy plus most of its downloadable content to PS4, Xbox One, and PC. However, one single-player expansion is notably absent: the first game’s Pinnacle Station. According to an interview with Game Informer, the original source code was corrupted. Pinnacle…
By Ari Notis Published February 3, 2021 -
Tips & GuidesHow To Mute Jerks In Destruction AllStars
Anyone who’s ever been online could’ve predicted this. Give people an internet connection and a microphone, and some will quickly reveal just how much they suck. Following yesterday’s release of the PS5-only Destruction AllStars, players almost instantly reported instances of serious verbal harassment, exacerbated by the game’s bewildering absence of tools to prevent such behavior.…
By Ari Notis Published February 3, 2021 -
CultureThere’s A Total War: Warhammer III And It’s Coming Out Later This Year
Strategy game makers Creative Assembly announced Total War: Warhammer 3 today, and it’s coming out sometime in 2021. Here’s the trailer: It shows off the Ice Queen of Kislev doing battle with her magic, and according to the studio’s press release, Total War: Warhammer 3 will mark the first time the Kislev and Cathay races have…
By Ethan Gach Published February 3, 2021 -
CulturePS5 System Update Fixes Dumb PS4 Disc Install Issue
PlayStation 5 system update version 20.02-02.50.00 is now live, featuring a fix that keeps PlayStation 4 discs from installing old game versions after they’ve already been upgraded. The latest PS5 system update is a small one, vaguely improving system performance, enabling editing clips with Share Factory Studio directly from the media gallery, and fixing one…
By Mike Fahey Published February 3, 2021 -
CultureMorning MusicCeleste’s Chill Soundtrack Is Perfect For A Snow Day
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today, let’s tune into Celeste, one of the literally coolest (get it? because frozen…mountain?) game soundtracks of all time. Please don’t steal my Gamer® card, but I stumbled upon Celeste (playlist / VGMdb / longplay) by…
By Ari Notis Published February 3, 2021 -
CultureSony Is Doing Great, But Making More PS5s Is Difficult
Today, Sony released its financials for the three-month period ending on December 31, 2020. Even with the pandemic and supply issues, it sold 4.5 million PlayStation 5s. The hardware is a big hit! But at this time, making more of them sounds hard. Let’s break down the numbers. During the previous quarter, which ended on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 3, 2021 -
AnimeStudio Ghibli Is Building A Real-Life Howl’s Moving Castle
The already cool-sounding Studio Ghibli theme park now sounds even better. Aichi Prefecture, where it will be located, revealed that a real-life Howl’s Moving Castle will also be built on the grounds. Sadly the castle won’t move and will be smaller than the one in the movie. However, as Tokyo Shimbun notes, it will be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 3, 2021 -
CultureTrack: Hikouki Gumo | Artist: Yumi Matsutoya | Album: Yumi Arai The Concert with Old Friends
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 3, 2021 -
CultureGearbox Has Been Bought
Gearbox Studios, developers of games like Borderlands and also publishers of stuff like the new Homeworld titles, have been bought by Embracer Group, the same Swedish company that owns THQ Nordic and Koch Media. The acquisition makes Gearbox the company’s seventh video game holding, alongside other companies like DECA and Saber Interactive. The purchase includes…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 3, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsLet’s Compare Resident Evil Village‘s Lady Dimitrescu To Other Tall Video Game Characters
Lady Dimitrescu, otherwise known as Resident Evil Village’s Tall Vampire Lady, is very tall. Capcom confirmed yesterday that she stands at nine feet, six inches tall. That got me thinking: How does she compare to other video game characters? First off, let’s take a look at the dudes she’ll probably be fighting in Resident Evil…
By Ian Walker Published February 2, 2021 -
CulturePC Cases Catch Fire, Company Responsible Eventually Apologises
There have been complaints for a few months now that one of PC case company NZXT’s products has been catching fire. This week, the company has finally apologised and removed the case from its store. The issues concerned their H1 case, which is basically a very big, Xbox Series X-like box. As OC3D report, “It…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 2, 2021 -
OpinionImpressionsDestruction AllStars, A New PS5 Exclusive, Is Fine
You’ve played Destruction AllStars a thousand times. You’ve also never played something like Destruction AllStars. The new multiplayer derby battler from Lucid Games—out today exclusively for PlayStation 5—is both immediately familiar and refreshingly new. After taking it for a spin, my initial feelings for the game are all over the place. Let’s start with the…
By Ari Notis Published February 2, 2021 -
CultureFallout Mod Returns After Removing Some Pretty Questionable Shit
The Frontier, a huge Fallout: New Vegas mod that was pulled last week after one of its artists was found to have posted “animated pedophillic content” online, is now back The work of that contributor—which reportedly amounted to “the vast majority of pip-boy icons”—has been removed, but so too have some other things that had got…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 2, 2021 -
CultureCyberpunk 2077 Players Warned To Avoid Mods After Security Exploit Found
Cyberpunk 2077 developers CD Projekt Red have had to issue a warning today that anyone deciding to install a mod for the game should “use caution” after a security issue was discovered. The issue is a “vulnerability in external DLL files which can be used to execute code on PCs.” While the company works on…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 2, 2021 -
CultureApex Legends Drops Onto Switch On March 9
Titanfall spin-off Apex Legends is set to bring its online battle royale action to the Nintendo Switch on March 9, according to new details released by developer Respawn Entertainment. Apex Legends on Switch was first announced last summer for a fall release before being delayed to 2021. Panic Button, a Texas-based development studio that has…
By Ian Walker Published February 2, 2021
