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CultureFallout 76 Camps Get Wheelchairs, Following Player’s Request
Almost two months ago, a Fallout 76 player who uses a wheelchair made a post on the game’s unofficial subreddit asking for the mobility aids to be added to the camp customization options. The latest Fallout 76 update, released today, honors that request. “It would make me so happy to have that little piece of…
By Ian Walker Published November 25, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryWorld of Warcraft: Shadowlands Manages To One-Up War Crimes in New Questline
I can’t imagine a fate worse than death, but thankfully, the writers of World of Warcraft don’t suffer from my same lack of imagination. In a new campaign introduced in the Shadowlands zone Bastion, the WoW writers have managed to concoct a scenario as horrifying to me as when Sylvanas Windrunner decided to do a…
By Ash Parrish Published November 25, 2020 -
CultureAssassin’s Creed Valhalla Update Adds 60 FPS Option To All Next-Gen Consoles
The next Assassin’s Creed Valhalla update, dropping tomorrow, introduces an option to play the game in 60 fps across all next-gen platforms. While the game was already nearing that mark on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, the Xbox Series S previously hovered around 30 fps, making this a pretty big deal for the budget…
By Ian Walker Published November 25, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryIn Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Nintendo Refuses To Acknowledge BotW’s Darkness
I had high hopes for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, particularly for its story. As a prequel, it promised to tell a more in-depth tale of the fight against Ganon 100 years before Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. But AoC failed that expectation in nearly every regard. What I didn’t expect, and what…
By Ash Parrish Published November 25, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsYep, That Was A Baseball Cameo In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
The most fascinating characters in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla are the bit players. There’s the unmistakable nod to a popular anime. There’s the cadre of musicians paying tribute to the Prodigy, an electronic band whose frontman, Keith Flint, tragically passed last year. There’s Axehead. But the one who’s most likely to make you go, “Wait, what?”…
By Ari Notis Published November 25, 2020 -
CultureWatch Dogs: Legion‘s Online Mode Delayed As Team Focuses On Fixing Bugs
It’s no secret that Watch Dog: Legion has been pretty buggy since it launched late last month, but Ubisoft sounds dedicated to tracking down these experience-ruining glitches and getting them sorted out. So dedicated, in fact, that the game’s planned online mode has been delayed to next year to give the team more time to…
By Ian Walker Published November 25, 2020 -
CultureTwitchTwitch Streamers Are Opening ’90s Pokémon Card Boxes Worth Thousands Of Dollars
When many of us were kids, popping open a pack of Pokémon cards and flipping to a holographic Charizard meant bragging rights or a hypothetical hundred dollars if we chose to sell it on eBay (or, in my case, if an eBay-addicted aunt could pry the card from my cold, dead hands). But now those…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 25, 2020 -
CultureHere’s December 2020’s PlayStation Plus Games
There are three games in December’s PlayStation Plus lineup. Last month also saw the lineup depart from its disappointing standard of two, though the third game, Bugsnax, was only available to PS5 owners. December’s three games are available on PS4 and PS5, since the PS4 titles are backwards compatible with PS5. As always, the games…
By Riley MacLeod Published November 25, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsBakugan For Switch Has The Most Boring Battles
Remember back in July when Nintendo teased a new third-party game for the Switch and it turned out to be Wayforward’s Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia? The actual game is nearly as disappointing as the announcement turned out to be. Not only does it have the most tedious Bakugan battles ever, we don’t even get to…
By Mike Fahey Published November 25, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsGrab My Head And Fly, World Of Warcraft Angel
World of Warcraft’s newly-launched Shadowlands expansion takes players to Bastion, a world populated by angels who fly majestically through the sky, gripping our faces tight. Bastion, the first major questing area of the expansion, is basically where the white Magic: The Gathering cards live. It’s got rolling alabaster plains, gorgeous mythical creatures, and a race…
By Mike Fahey Published November 25, 2020 -
CultureMorning MusicBorderlands 3’s Final Song Makes Me Miss The Heck Out Of Live Music
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today I’ve a very specific pick to share: the song that plays during the end credits of the fourth expansion for Borderlands 3 Borderlands 3’s string of downloadable content has been hit or miss. In fact,…
By Ari Notis Published November 25, 2020 -
CultureSuper Mario Maker For Wii U Is Removing Course Share Function [Update]
Today, Nintendo announced that Super Mario Maker for Wii U is ending the game’s online course share function on March 31, 2021. Kotaku has reached out to Nintendo of America but did not hear back prior to publication. Update November 25 – 9:15pm: Nintendo of America confirmed the same announcement to Kotaku. The article and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 25, 2020 -
CulturePlay As Milla Jovovich’s Character In Monster Hunter: World
To mark the release of the live-action Monster Hunter movie, Milla Jovovich’s character, Captain Natalie Artemis, will be playable in an upcoming Monster Hunter World: Iceborne event. According to Capcom, the crossover event will kick off internationally on December 4, with Artemis taking part in two limited-time-only quests, each with special rewards such as materials…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 25, 2020 -
UncategorizedNCSoft, coming off its baseball team’s championship win, is shutting down their South Korean headquarters after a positive covid-19 case emerged. The country’s Ministry of Health and Welfare is doing contact tracing and sanitizing the office, while employees will work remotely until November 26. [Thanks Sang for the tip!] Update November 25 – 9:15pm: An…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 25, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanSquare Enix Aims For Work-Life Balance With Permanent Work-From-Home Option
In Japan, the global pandemic has led to some—but certainly not all—Japanese companies have employees work from home. Square Enix wants to make this choice permanent for its employees. “Rather than utilizing work from home solely as a means of preventing infections during the current pandemic, the Company will establish it as a permanent and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 25, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Sonatine I – Act of Violence | Artist: Joe Hisaishi | Album: Sonatine OST (Movies of My Dreams)
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 25, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsDemon’s Souls Demons, Ranked
Demon’s Souls gets pretty creative with its bosses compared to the games that came after it, both in terms of gameplay and aesthetics, so here’s how I think they rank from best to worst based on various criteria: Old Monk Storm King Adjudicator Flamelurker Dragon God Maiden Astraea Old Hero Fool’s Idol Old King Allant…
By Ian Walker Published November 24, 2020 -
CultureCrusader Kings III’s Cucumber King Is Not A Kinslayer, And You Can No Longer Mistake Your Infant Child For A Serial Killer
That’s right, it’s Crusader Kings III patch notes time. The game—very likely my Game of The Year nomination—has already set a very high bar for patch notes, but this latest round has seen the mark improved. I could list them all straight from Steam’s changelog, but really, it’s better—and more thematically appropriate—to hear them in…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsMonkey Island Fans Should Definitely Check Out This Enormous 30th Birthday Peek Into The Game’s Source Code
Monkey Island turned 30 this year, and as part of the celebrations the Video Game History Foundation have put together this exhaustive look at the game’s source code, featuring 100x more pieces of early art and unused animation than I ever thought we’d see for a game this old. From preliminary designs for Guybrush—some elements…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2020