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Tips & GuidesWhere To Find Every Banana In Hitman 3
Hitman 3 is b-a-n-a-n-a-s. IO Interactive’s latest stealth game puts you in the spit-shined oxfords of international assassin Agent 47 and tasks you with eliminating various well-protected targets. But the most effective tool at your disposal isn’t a firearm or vial of poison. No, it’s an ingredient you’d most likely find in smoothies, sandwiches, and…
By Ari Notis Published February 1, 2021 -
OpinionAsk KotakuWhat Games Do You Keep Replaying Over and Over?
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 games do you keep replaying over and over? Fahey As I sit here pondering this latest Ask Kotaku question, World of Warcraft is running in…
By Alexandra Hall Published February 1, 2021 -
CultureGoogle Stadia Shuts Down Internal Studios, Changing Business Focus
Google Stadia, the late 2019 streaming platform that promised to revolutionize gaming by letting users stream games without needing to own a powerful PC or console, is altering course, getting out of the game-making business and will now offer its platform directly to game publishers alongside offering Stadia Pro to the public. The company is…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 1, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsFinal Fantasy XV Could Have Had A Much Better Villain
There are a lot of things I love about Final Fantasy XV. Its tale of brotherhood is bar none and representative of some of the best “it’s the little things” storytelling I’ve ever experienced in a video game. But there are, of course, elements I don’t like. In particular, the game’s villain. Final Fantasy XV’s…
By Ash Parrish Published February 1, 2021 -
CultureSomeone Already Sold The Movie Rights To An Unpublished GameStonk Book
Someone is already writing a book on the saga that has been GameStop’s stocks, which in turn is already primed to become a movie. It’s barely been a week. Deadline reported yesterday that Ben Mezrich, whose 2009 book about Facebook’s founding, The Accidental Billionaires, became the David Fincher-directed biopic The Social Network the following year,…
By Ian Walker Published February 1, 2021 -
CultureKotaku Game DiarySo, I May Have Made A Mistake In Mass Effect 2
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. I did everything right in Mass Effect 2. I slapped armor plating on the Normandy and equipped it with a shield. I gave it a big fucking cannon. I even tackled (most of) the game’s loyalty missions. I was ready for the final battle, and went through the…
By Ari Notis Published February 1, 2021 -
CulturePlayStation Studios’ First Xbox Game Comes Out In April
As part of the new multi-year deal made between Major League Baseball and Sony back in late 2019, long running PlayStation-exclusive baseball game MLB The Show is no longer PlayStation-exclusive as of April 20. That’s when Sony releases an Xbox game with a PlayStation logo on the cover. Weird. For years now Xbox owners have…
By Mike Fahey Published February 1, 2021 -
AnimeEarwig And The Witch, Studio Ghibli’s Debut CG Feature, Is A Good First Effort
Earwig and the Witch opens with a familiar scene. An old Citroën races down the road, immediately invoking Hayao Miyazaki’s 1979 anime The Castle of Cagliostro. But here, the Citroën 2CV is yellow and in hot pursuit, with its grill turning into needle-like teeth, barreling towards a woman with curly red hair escaping on a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 1, 2021 -
CultureReport: Nintendo Gives Non-Answer When Asked About New Switch Model
Despite years of rumors and reports indicating that upgraded Switch hardware is in the works for 2021, Nintendo continues to dance around the question of a Switch Pro. During a quarterly earnings report Q&A earlier today, company president Shuntaro Furukawa said there were no plans to announce a new Switch model anytime soon. Nintendo had…
By Mike Fahey Published February 1, 2021 -
CultureYakuza: Like A Dragon Is Really Into Peking Duck
Yakuza: Like A Dragon is many things: a satire, a melodrama, a business/real estate simulator, and a dungeon-based RPG. It is also a 60-hour public service announcement for Peking duck. Growing up in New York as a second-generation Cantonese-American, I rarely ate Peking duck. Instead, I ate Cantonese roasted duck, which is filled with a…
By Kevin Wong Published February 1, 2021 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Ah-hooooo, Werewolf: The Apocalypse
Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood comes out later this week for all the consoles and PC. It stars a werewolf. You probably guessed that. Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood is a long name. You probably wouldn’t be able to say it all before a werewolf transformed before you and attacked. Give it a shot during…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 1, 2021 -
CultureMorning MusicNamco’s Critical Velocity OST Is Another Jazzy PlayStation 2 Gem
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today let’s check out a combo of two of my favorite things: PlayStation 2 B-titles and jazz fusion. When I was conducting my deep dive into the PlayStation 2 library early last year I managed to…
By Alexandra Hall Published February 1, 2021 -
CultureWell, Nintendo Is Still Doing Incredible
Today, Nintendo released its financials for the nine-month period ending December 31, 2019. Once again, the company posted some truly staggering figures. Net sales were up 37.3 percent year on year, while operating profit increased an eye-watering 98.2 percent, doubling last year’s results and reaching nearly $5 billion. During the same period, Nintendo sold 24.1…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 1, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsUltimate Epic Battle Simulator 2 Will Put “Millions” Of Characters On The Screen
Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator could do some very cool things with thousands of soldiers/ducks/zombies on the battlefield at once. Its upcoming sequel has only one place it can go to push the envelope. Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2, due sometime in the fall for the PC, does all the stuff the original did, like a…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 31, 2021 -
CultureA Four-Year-Old Muslim Boy Was Reported To A Terrorist Watchdog For Talking About Fortnite
The Guardian reportsthat the British government’s Prevent system, a community terrorism watchdog brimming with baked-in racism, once received a tip about a four-year-old boy who was overheard talking about Fortnite, which resulted in police turning up at the family’s home. The boy was reported in 2019, having been overheard after school saying his father had…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 31, 2021 -
CultureEnormous Dark Souls Mod Adds Halo’s Blood Gulch, Completely Changes Multiplayer
Modder InfernoPlus,the same guy who turned Mario into a battle royale game, has done wonders with Dark Souls, releasing an ambitious mod that transforms the game’s multiplayer and turns the map into something decidedly less horrific. Dark Souls: Remastest is “a multiplayer focused mod for Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition that adds a variety…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 31, 2021 -
CultureTrack: Aloo Gobi | Artist: Weezer | Album: OK Human
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 31, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsA First-Person Shooter Where You Can Fire 8 Guns At Once
One gun in a shooter is boring. Two guns are a bit more interesting, but still nothing new. Three? You got my attention. Four? Five? Eight?! Whoa… Now we’re talking. As spotted by Warp Door, RAYKA is a small and free first-person shooter made by Voxel for the recently ended 9th Kajam game jam event.…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 31, 2021 -
OpinionImpressionsImmortals Fenyx Rising’s First DLC Is Mostly New Puzzles And Not Much Else
On January 28, Immortals Fenyx Rising’s first DLC, A New God, was released. Set after the events of the main game’s original ending, A New God is an odd expansion and epilogue that fans of Immortals might enjoy, but only if you really need more puzzles. Also spoiler warning: I’m going to be talking about…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 31, 2021
