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CultureEverything We Know About The Xbox Series X And Series S
Over the summer, information about Microsoft’s next-gen console came out slower than self-serve frozen yogurt. We knew the name (Xbox Series X), broad release date (“Holiday 2020”), and some specs. Then Labor Day weekend happened, and the floodgates opened. Now, we have a release date, a price tag, some detailed information about the long-unconfirmed disc-less…
By Ari Notis Published October 29, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsCase Closed: Mankrik’s Wife Found In Shadowlands
The folks at Blizzard: SVU have finally put to rest a 16-year-old cold case—Mankrik’s wife has been found. As reported by Wowhead, Olgra, wife of Mankrik, can be found in World of Warcraft Shadowlands’s Maldraxxus zone, where vengeful and warlike spirits are sent to rest. According to Wowhead, reporting on the Shadowlands beta, Olgra is…
By Ash Parrish Published October 29, 2020 -
CultureWorld Of Warcraft: Shadowlands Is Launching On November 23
It had already been a long wait for World of Warcraft’s latest expansion, the afterlife-themed Shadowlands, when its expected release month of October rolled around, and then it got longer. Blizzard ended up delaying the expansion, citing a need for “additional polish.” Now it’s apparently polished enough to warrant a new release date: November 23. Blizzard…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 29, 2020 -
CultureFar Cry 6 And Rainbow Six Quarantine Delayed
Far Cry 6 and Rainbow Six Quarantine have both been delayed until some time after April 1, 2021, Ubisoft announced today in its latest earnings report The publisher cited “production challenges related to work from home” during the covid-19 pandemic as part of the reason for the delay. “Benefitting from this strong momentum and despite…
By Ethan Gach Published October 29, 2020 -
CultureHere’s November 2020’s Xbox Live Games With Gold
November’s Xbox Live Games with Gold aren’t super exciting, but I’ll take any promise of small pleasures this upcoming month can give me. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Gold membership. November’s Games with Gold are: Xbox One Aragami: Shadow Edition (November 1-30) Swimsanity! (November 16-December 15) Xbox…
By Riley MacLeod Published October 29, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsAmnesia: Rebirth Makes Motherhood Scary
The only scary thing in Amnesia: Rebirth is motherhood. The monsters are rare and dispersed enough to be manageable threats, and the atmosphere is less oppressive than other Amnesia games. Rebirth did not scare me the same way The Dark Descent or its far more terrifying older sibling Penumbra: Overture did. But it’s a game…
By Ash Parrish Published October 29, 2020 -
CultureJudge Sides With Dutch Government On Fining EA Up To $5.85 Million Unless It Ditches FIFA Loot Boxes
After a Netherlands District Court ruled in favor of the country’s Gambling Authority on banning loot boxes earlier this month, FIFA publisher EA has one week to remove loot boxes from the game or face up to $5.85 million in fines. The ruling, issued October 15 and published today, allows the Netherlands Gambling Authority (known…
By Ethan Gach Published October 29, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsSo Far, Watch Dogs Legion Is One Of 2020’s Most Fascinating Games
Watch Dogs Legion, out today for a bunch of major video game platforms, is one of the most elaborate anecdote generators ever created. So, before we get into how the game handles its ambitious design goals, its politics, and even its Ubisoft-ness, let’s start with an anecdote that could only have happened in Legion About…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 29, 2020 -
CultureMorning MusicGet Equipped With Pretty Good Mega Man 9 Arrange Album
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today’s object of aural inquiry is not Mega Man 9, which I didn’t really care for. Its arrange album, however… Yeah, I bounced off Mega Man 9 (playlist / longplay / VGMdb). In my defense(?) I…
By Alexandra Hall Published October 29, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanMasahiro Sakurai’s Hardest Smash Bros. Challenge: Minecraft Music
When Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai introduced Minecraft characters in Smash Bros. Ulitmate, he discussed their in-game music. At that time, he said, “Unfortunately, due to various circumstances, it turns out we cannot use the song playing in the original Minecraft.” Continuing, he pointed out that for such a frantic game, many of the tunes…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2020 -
CultureFirst Details About Final Fantasy XVI‘s Characters And World
When Final Fantasy XVI was first revealed last month, aside from a debut trailer, details were scant. Now, Square Enix has updated the game’s official site, providing info on characters and the in-game world. FFXVI producer Naoki Yoshida said Square Enix would be releasing said info before diving back into development. Final Fantasy XVI takes place…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2020 -
UncategorizedTrack: Ladykillers | Artist: Lush | Album: Lovelife
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2020 -
CultureResident Evil 3 Cloud Version Graphic Found Through Switch Game Streaming Service
Earlier today, a streaming version of Control was released for Switch. And while waiting in line to play video games is a bummer—the service has a queue if too many people try and play at once—this down time gave folks the opportunity to poke around in the streaming service’s launcher and uncover a very different…
By Ian Walker Published October 28, 2020 -
CulturePath Of Exile Expansion Delayed To Get The Hell Out Of Cyberpunk’s Way
Path of Exile’s 3.13 expansion had been planned for release on December 11. But now, with Cyberpunk’s release date moved back to December 10, the team have decided to just clear out and give the year’s biggest game its space. Now, this happens all the time in video games. So often that I wrote about…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2020 - Uncategorized
The A.V. Club Every Masters Of Horror episode, ranked | Gizmodo Hot Damn, AMD Did It | Jalopnik The Mauck MSV 1120s Is The Ultra-Rare Futuristic Luxury Vehicle You’ve Never Heard About | Lifehacker How to Take Screenshots on Your Smart TV | The Takeout Is there any food that will make stress magically go…
By G/O Media Published October 28, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsTitanfall 2 Has A Half-Life Easter Egg Just Sitting Around
Titanfall 2 turns four today! Happy birthday, Titanfall 2, you are a very good video game. To mark the occasion one of the game’s animators, Ranon Sarono, has shared a lil’ Half-Life surprise that none of us had ever seen before. In one of the game’s pieces of time-travel shenanigans, you’re briskly transported to a…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsThe House On Blue Lick Road’s 3D Tour Has Been Preserved In VR
For most of this week, one of the strangest delights on the internet has been a 3D tour of a house that’s for sale in Kentucky. The home, on Louisville’s Blue Lick Road, was for want of a better term, weird. From the boxes of energy drinks stacked in the kitchen to the Halo action figure…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2020 -
CultureCyberpunk 2077 Delay Was Kept From Most Of The Team, Studio Says (Update)
A tumultuous 24 hours after CD Projekt Red announced Cyberpunk 2077 would be delayed for a third time, the studio has confirmed reports that most of the game’s developers were unaware of the decision before the news broke, stating the reason for the secrecy had to do with Polish stock market regulations. “In a nutshell,…
By Ethan Gach Published October 28, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsAstro’s Playroom On PS5 Makes Some Neat References To PlayStation History
PlayStation 5 pack-in game Astro’s Playroom is pretty darn good. (Well, the level we’re allowed to tell you about is pretty darn good, anyway.) A big reason why this free game works so well is that it’s a love letter to the history of PlayStation, with levels full of references to past games, consoles, and…
By Ian Walker Published October 28, 2020
