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CultureThe Lucasfilm Games Name, At Least, Is Back
LucasArts is dead, but for some reason, the powers behind The Brands have decided that the company’s previous name—Lucasfilm Games—is something that needs to be resurrected, so will now be on the box and the ends of trailers for every Star Wars game going forward. The announcement of the brand’s return means it is “now the…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 11, 2021 -
CultureSony Gives Release Windows For Project Athia And Other PS5 Games
The 2021 Consumer Electronics Show began today—virtually, of course—and during a video presentation Sony revealed new release date information about half a dozen games. But it didn’t announce these dates as you might expect. Instead, all the new info came from text that appeared at the bottom of the screen for only a few seconds…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 11, 2021 -
CultureTwitchSpanish Streamer TheGrefg Obliterates All-Time Twitch Viewership Record
For years now, Twitch’s record for most concurrent viewers on a single streamer’s channel has been hotly contested, with streamers topping each other in slow-building increments. Today, however, Spanish streamer TheGrefg made everybody else look like they’d been wrestling for discarded peanut shells. As of writing, he topped out at nearly 2.5 million—a new all-time…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 11, 2021 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryNier: Automata Dumped Me And I’m Okay With It
I finally finished Nier: Automata and I don’t think I’ll ever play it again. I don’t mean that in an, “Oh thank god the game is over, I am free now,” way that I felt finishing The Last Of Us 2—a game hellbent on holding on to you long after what any normal, non-sadistic storyteller…
By Ash Parrish Published January 11, 2021 -
OpinionAsk KotakuWhat’s Your Favorite Jump In Video Games?
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’s your favorite jump in video games? Ethan The dash jump in Mega Man X. I’ve never felt anything quite like it to this day. Mega…
By Alexandra Hall Published January 11, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsBreath Of The Wild Player Snipes Guardian From Over 1,400 Meters Away
Although The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild came out almost four years ago, folks continue to pull off incredible feats in the game. Case in point: this player nailing a Guardian with an arrow from over 1,400 meters away. Neko is a Breath of the Wild player from Japan with an extensive resume…
By Ian Walker Published January 11, 2021 -
CultureOtterbox Is Making Mobile Gaming Gear Now
Otterbox, one of the biggest names in phone and tablet cases, has teamed up with Microsoft to create a new line of clips, cases, and grips aimed at making the most of mobile gaming services like Xbox Game Streaming and Apple Arcade. Otterbox has been making rugged cases for mobile devices since there have been…
By Mike Fahey Published January 11, 2021 -
CultureAGDQ 2021 Raises $2.7 Million For Charity
Awesome Games Done Quick 2021 has wrapped up after a full week of speedrunning. The event raised an impressive $2,764,437 for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. This is the second-highest amount raised at AGDQ, only beaten by last year’s total of over $3 million. AGDQ 2021 was held online this time around due to the continuing…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 11, 2021 -
CultureRiot And Bungie Go After Valorant And Destiny 2 Cheat Sellers In Joint Lawsuit
Riot Games and Bungie have decided to work together in both companies’ ongoing crusade against people who make and sell cheats for their games. They’ve filed a joint complaint against Cameron Santos, the owner of several cheat distribution platforms, including Gatorcheats. “[Riot Games and Bungie] seek to put a stop to the unlawful, for-profit sale…
By Ethan Gach Published January 11, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsNow We’re Playing Pokémon In A Twitter Profile Pic
Gameloft Montreal programmer Constantin Liétard has created a script that allows Twitter users to control a game of Pokémon Red playing out in his profile picture. It’s like ‘Twitch Plays Pokémon’ without having to deal with Twitch chat. Launched on January 8 and then relaunched on January 9 to make sure frames get saved, Liétard’s ‘Twitter…
By Mike Fahey Published January 11, 2021 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Hello Again, Friend Of A Friend
After years of people asking, begging, and hoping, the Scott Pilgrim game is back this week. I’m not much of a Scott Pilgrim game fan, but I do hope you folks who have wanted the game to return enjoy it. Me, I’m way too excited about Hitman 3. It’s out next week. I’m currently playing…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 11, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsPlease Play This Wolfenstein vs Monkey Ball Game
Return to Castle Monkey Ballis what happens when you take two very different and beloved games and smash them together in a way that on paper sounds terrible, but which in practice is so very very excellent. Made by Nickireda, it’s a fantastic homage to both games, combining the pioneering visuals and Nazi-killing premise of…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 10, 2021 -
CultureCustom Black PS5s Go On Sale, Then Don’t, After Website Claims “Credible Threats To [Their] Safety”
Last week, a website popped up promising to sell brand new PS5 consoles that would be purchased, painted black, then resold for a $100 premium. That’s no longer going to happen. SUP3R5 began taking orders—priced at $649—for these black PS5s on January 8 and claimed to have quickly sold out. This should have been the…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 10, 2021 -
CultureTrack: It’s The End Of The World | Artist: R.E.M | Album: Document
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 10, 2021 -
CultureI Accidentally Ordered Burgers From A YouTuber
Popular YouTuber MrBeast recently started a virtual chain of burger joints and I, being an old man who avoids non-gaming YouTube like the plague, had no idea. This is how I ended up eating some bland burgers over my Christmas vacation. Sometimes when you are hungry, you want something besides the food in your house.…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 10, 2021 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Gengar Plush
Surprising absolutely nobody, this week’s Photoshop Contest is devoted to that wild new Gengar plushie-bed-pillow thing. Your challenge this week: Have fun with that Gengar thing. I’ve said this before, but sometimes a thing falls in my lap and it’s like the universe giving me a gift. Last weekend I struggled to come up with…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 10, 2021 -
The BestsLet’s Rank The Half-Life Games, From Worst To Best
The Half-Life franchise contains some of the best and most beloved video games ever made. While the vast majority of the series is very good, they can’t all be equally great. Let’s rank ‘em! Before this list starts, a bit of housekeeping. First, this list omits Deathmatch Classic, because that’s more of a Half-Life multiplayer…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 10, 2021 -
CultureSunday Comics: I Won’t Fail!
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 Jan. 4. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Jan. 4. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 10, 2021 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: 2021, Winners!
We are now living in the future, which is not the future, but the present day, which is the future’s past. I think. Anyway, 2021 sounds sort of futuristic and Sealab 2021 was a good show, so I asked you all to make 2021 images. Our winning image this week comes from… Bob The Rock…?…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 9, 2021 -
CultureLet Me Just Check Twitter Real Quick…
This week on Snapshots we got some wonderful Assassin’s Creed images, a bit of Cyberpunk, some more Spider-Man, a creepy looking cat, and a cool bow and arrow shot from Red Dead Redemption II. Oh and more cool screenshots from other games too. “Wait, now Twitter banned THAT account too!? 2021 is looking up!” Kotaku…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 9, 2021