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CultureTwitchBotched Twitch Promotion Just Pisses Off Streamers Dealing With DMCA Issues
For perhaps as long as Twitch has existed, there has been a myth: On exceedingly rare occasions, if the stars align perfectly, the ever-popular “Kappa” chat emote will turn gold. Some have suggested that a single Twitch user receives golden Kappa abilities every 24 hours. Others believe you have to fulfill highly specific prerequisites in…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 27, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsToo Many Baldur’s Gate 3 Players Choose Basic-Ass Romance
Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios has been steadily releasing updates on the progress of their new game, including information on popular player choices. A couple of weeks ago, they jokingly chided players for choosing boring character creator options. This week’s new peek into the data includes how many times players have pet the dog…
By Ash Parrish Published October 27, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsDisco Elysium Has A…Game Boy Port, Kinda
Disco Elysium, one of the games of 2019, is available on most modern platforms, like the PC, Switch, PS4 and Xbox One. It’s also now partly playable, and very stripped back, on the Game Boy, provided you play it in a browser. Using the excellent GB Studio, which lets basically anyone make their own Game…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 27, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryOn The Eve Of PlayStation 5 Season, Let’s Remember My PlayStation 2
Today, a handful of my colleagues have published PlayStation 5 impressions, detailing where the power button is, how it fits in various spaces, and how those slick-ass Dual Sense controllers feel. But did you also know that this week marks the 20th anniversary of the PlayStation 2? How can we appreciate where the next-gen consoles…
By Ash Parrish Published October 27, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsDataminer Says Words Like ‘Honkers’ And ‘Robitussin’ Might Get You Banned In Kingdom Hearts Rhythm Game
Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory is an upcoming rhythm game for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Switch that expands the already convoluted Kingdom Hearts storyline. The game got a demo earlier this month, in which well-known speedrunner and dataminer Kaitlyn “Orcastraw” Molinas discovered what she says is a list of words players could get…
By Ian Walker Published October 27, 2020 -
CultureDevil May Cry 5 Won’t Have Ray Tracing On Xbox Series S
Capcom has announced that the next-gen version of Devil May Cry 5 won’t support ray tracing on Xbox Series S despite previous announcements to the contrary. “While ray tracing will be available as a downloadable title update on Xbox Series X, Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition will not support ray tracing on Xbox Series…
By Ian Walker Published October 27, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesHere’s Where The PlayStation 5’s Power Button Is
PlayStation 4 owners know the pain. You unbox your new console, you plug it into your TV, you go to turn it on, and, wait, where’s the power button? The PlayStation 5’s power button isn’t quite as obscure, but it’s not much better. See above for a closer look. Simple: The big button is the…
By Ari Notis Published October 27, 2020 -
CultureCyberpunk 2077 Delayed To December
Cyberpunk 2077‘s release is being pushed back three weeks until December 10, CD Projekt Red announced today on Twitter The studio blamed the delay on the difficulty of simultaneously shipping a game across so many different platforms. “The biggest challenge for us right now is shipping the game on current-gen, next-gen, and PC at the…
By Ethan Gach Published October 27, 2020 -
CultureDestiny 2‘s Next Season Finally Brings Back Prince Uldren
Bungie revealed Destiny 2‘s next season today. It’s called Season of the Hunt and will revolve around helping self-absorbed Warlock Osiris track down Hive god Xivu Arath. Oh, and you’ll be fighting alongside Uldren Sov to do it. That’s right, after nearly two years of waiting, The Master of Crows is back, once again fighting…
By Ethan Gach Published October 27, 2020 -
CultureSuper Mario 3D All-Stars Is Getting Inverted Camera Controls
Super Mario 3D All-Stars, the bundled Switch collection of Nintendo’s first three 3D Mario games, is finally getting inverted camera controls. According to a tweet from Nintendo of America, an update on November 16 will add camera customization to all three rereleases: Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy According to the…
By Ari Notis Published October 27, 2020 -
CultureNetflix Is Making An Assassin’s Creed Show
Netflix’s gaming binge continues, this time with a deal to adapt Ubisoft’s historical murder sim Assassin’s Creed Announced in a press release today as part of a longer-term agreement to “develop content” based on the franchise, Netflix’s first Assassin’s Creed show will be live action, but otherwise appears to be very early in development. Ubisoft’s…
By Ethan Gach Published October 27, 2020 -
UncategorizedLego Teams With Unity To Lure Fans Into Game Development
Unity’s microgame programs give new developers helpful templates and tutorials to ease them into creating their own racing, FPS, or platforming games. Now there’s a Lego version that gives hopeful devs all the building blocks they need to make neat little Lego games. In other news, I’ve installed Unity on my PC this morning. Some…
By Mike Fahey Published October 27, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsHere’s How We’ve Set Up Our PS5s
Roughly two weeks from now, the PlayStation 5 will be out in the wild. First (officially) revealed in June, Sony’s next-gen console promises the de rigueur next-gen improvements: shinier graphics, faster performance, killer exclusives, all that jazz. But when the curtain was pulled back, the general consensus seemed to coalesce around one talking point, which…
By Ari Notis Published October 27, 2020 -
UncategorizedPokémon Go Gyms Open At Sushi Restaurants In Japan
Earlier this month, Kotaku reported that Pokémon Go would be ending its collaboration with McDonald’s in Japan. Now, it’s been announced that the game is teaming up with a sushi chain. The conveyor belt sushi chain Sushiro is rolling out PokéStops and Pokémon Gyms at 562 locations across Japan. But, as IT Media adds, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 27, 2020 -
CultureMorning MusicRayons de l’Air’s Gorgeous Remixes Retroactively Justify RayCrisis’ Existence
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’ll check out a game I respect more than like. But its remix album…yeah, that’s the good stuff. Musically speaking, Taito’s mid-’90s arcade trilogy of “Ray” shooters—RayForce, Raystorm, and RayCrisis—was a one-woman show, scored in…
By Alexandra Hall Published October 27, 2020 -
UncategorizedNeon Is An Excellent Cyber Fashion Statement
When I first came to Japan about two decades ago, there was a lot of neon. But in the years that followed, those flickering tubs have been switched out for LED lights. Twitter user Tanago, a self-styled “Cyber Mom,” has designed what very well could be the first wearable neon-tube backpack. She’s taken it out…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 27, 2020