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CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Hate That Everybody In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Can Read
As granite-hewn Viking woman Eivor, I’ve done a lot of things in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: I’ve run across boundless landscapes. I’ve raided more churches than I can count. I’ve stabbed guys and thrown their bodies at other guys, who I’ve then proceeded to stab, thus beginning anew a process I like to call The Circle…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 1, 2020 -
CultureMorning MusicTempest 2000 Was The Rare Jag Game Worth Crankin’ The Volume For
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re listening to the Atari Jaguar game that sounded like a rave at a llama ranch, Jeff Minter’s psychedelic retro update Tempest 2000 Since 1993’s ill-fated Atari Jaguar was billed as a 64-bit Interactive Multimedia…
By Alexandra Hall Published December 1, 2020 -
Kotaku EastMangaJapan’s Biggest Manga Of 2020 Is Demon Slayer
Last year, the unthinkable happened. The One Piece manga was knocked from the top spot for the first time in twelve years. In its place was a new manga sales champion: Demon Slayer. That was no fluke. As Kotaku reported earlier this year, the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba dominated Japan’s Oricon sales chart for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 1, 2020 -
UncategorizedImmortalized in the opening of anime Durarara!!x2 Ten, the Silk Hat arcade in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro has announced it is closing on January 11, 2021. This is the latest in a number of arcades closing in Japan that are closing during the pandemic.
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CultureTrack: I Will Follow | Artist: U2 | Album: Boy
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 1, 2020 -
CultureSex Game Uses Far-Right YouTuber For Promo, Claims To Be “Unaware” Of His “Polarizing Background”
The developers of Subverse, one of the most anticipated adult games of all time, thought it would be a great idea to publicise their game via a video with Arch, formerly known as Arch Warhammer, a man who we last saw calling Creative Assembly “cuck beta leftists” As The Daily Dot report, developers Studio FOW…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 1, 2020 -
CultureNew Nintendo Switch Firmware Actually Adds Useful Features
We can all appreciate general system stability improvements that enhance the user’s experience, but tonight’s Nintendo Switch firmware update actually adds some features to the console, like new ways to manage your screenshots. You can read the full changelog here, but the highlights are being able to transfer screens and video to a phone (albeit…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 30, 2020 -
CultureThe Xbox Series X Can Run…PS2 Games?
What a world we live in, when Microsoft’s next-gen console has better PlayStation backwards compatibility than the PlayStation 5. Both the Xbox Series S and X have a developer mode users can activate, which can let you run UWP (Universal Windows Protocol) apps. That’s an application designed to be able to run not just in…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 30, 2020 -
CultureYakuza: Like A Dragon Patch Adds Major Feature I Didn’t Even Know Was Missing
Unbeknownst to me, Yakuza: Like a Dragon somehow left Japan bereft of one key feature: in-battle weakness indicators. But today, almost three weeks after its Western launch, a patch has added this game-changing mechanic to the wacky gangster RPG. As in any good role-playing game, the characters of Yakuza: Like a Dragon bring their own…
By Ian Walker Published November 30, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsEmpire Of Sin Is Not Great
Ahhh, I really wanted to like this game. But as hard as it tries, and as much fun as it has with the source material, Empire of Sin is a mess of ideas that just isn’t much fun to be around. Set in 1930s Chicago, it’s a game that tries to marry management, turn-based combat…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 30, 2020 -
CultureBungie Writer Makes Destiny 2‘s Queer Romance Official
One of Destiny 2’s writers took to Twitter over the weekend to dispel some players’ confusion and confirm that two of the game’s biggest characters are, in fact, gay and in love. The romantic relationship between Osiris, the exiled Warlock, and Saint-14, the boisterous Exo Titan, has been subtext in Destiny 2 for some time.…
By Ethan Gach Published November 30, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryWasting My Time In WoW And Destiny 2 Is Good Actually
In World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, I’m level 59 and 7/8ths, have completed three of the five new zones, and I still don’t think I’m enjoying myself. In Destiny 2, I’m stumbling around Europa while I clumsily figure out (sometimes embarrassingly late) what the hell all my warlock powers do. Other than a few, fleeting moments,…
By Ash Parrish Published November 30, 2020 -
CultureSwery’s Cat Game The Good Life Finally Finds A Publisher
The Good Life, the next game from designer Hidetaka “Swery” Suehiro, has finally found a publisher in The Irregular Corporation. It’s scheduled to launch on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC in summer 2021. Swery has had a hell of a time getting The Good Life out the door since its initial reveal in…
By Ian Walker Published November 30, 2020 -
CulturePS4’s Share Button Was So Great Everyone Copied It
The Nintendo Switch, the PS5, and the Xbox Series X all have something in common: A controller button that lets you quickly and easily take screenshots of games. While this feature feels like something obvious that’s been around for a long time, it only first became a thing in 2013’s PS4. The share button has…
By Zack Zwiezen Published November 30, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsThe Switch Version Of Immortals: Fenyx Rising Tries Real Hard
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is not on the Switch. Neither is Watch Dogs Legion. The only one of this fall’s three vast, open-world Ubisoft games to grace the Switch is Immortals: Fenyx Rising. It doesn’t look as good or run as well as it does on Xboxes and PlayStations, of course, but for a Switch game…
By Mike Fahey Published November 30, 2020 -
CultureTrying To Buy A Next-Gen Console Is Still A Nightmare
The PS5 and Xbox Series X/S are in high demand but short supply. That’s not completely surprising given the challenges of launching next-gen consoles in the middle of a pandemic. But trying to get a hold of one continues to be a bigger headache than it otherwise might be due to scalpers, scammers, and the…
By Ethan Gach Published November 30, 2020 -
OpinionAsk KotakuWhat Do You Do With Your Retired Consoles And PCs?
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 do you do with your retired consoles and PCs? Fahey I used to be the first guy in line at GameStop to trade in my…
By Alexandra Hall Published November 30, 2020
