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Honchkrow Is A Shitty Boss

Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Honchkrow! Honchkrow Details Type: Dark/Flying Average Height: 2′ 11″ Average Weight: 60.2 lbs First Added In Generation IV Have…

By Zack Zwiezen Published June 20, 2020

Culture

How’s It Going?: Backlog Edition

The rumors are true! Kotaku’s daily open thread has once again returned. Come on in and chat with us! We all have backlogs. A list of games we always wanted to get around to playing or finishing, but for various reasons haven’t. I have a large backlog. And I’ve been making more time to knock…

By Zack Zwiezen Published June 20, 2020

CultureMorning Checkpoint

Animal Crossing Player Has Too Many Fans

This week we celebrate Juneteenth, clean up an apartment in Deus Ex, meet the snake who swallowed an AK-47, find out when Horizon Zero Dawn 2 is releasing on PS5 and find out how many fans in Animal Crossing is too many. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Ashely Parrish’s latest big piece is…

By Zack Zwiezen Published June 20, 2020

Culture

Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory, announced earlier this week for Japan, is officially getting a Western release this fall. The rhythm game features more than 140 songs spanning the series’ history, and features an all-new Kingdom Hearts story. Look for more info soon on KingdomHearts.com.

By Mike Fahey Published June 19, 2020

Culture

Crash Bandicoot 4 Is Coming

Between Gematsu discovering listings for the Xbox One and PS4 game on Taiwan’s Digital Game Rating website, a mailing I received from Activision containing a Crash-themed puzzle, and developer Toys for Bob teasing a Monday game reveal, the bandicoot is out of the bag. Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time is in the works. I…

By Mike Fahey Published June 19, 2020

Opinion

Naughty Dog Showed A Fake Last Of Us 2 Scene To Preserve One Of The Game’s Surprises

To be crystal clear, this video covers major spoilers for The Last of Us Part 2. If you’d prefer to go into this game totally cold, turn back now. Seriously. We mean it. All right, then. Don’t say we didn’t warn you! Spoilers follow for The Last of Us Part 2—specifically, for events that occur…

Ari Notis & Chris Person & Riley MacLeod Published June 19, 2020

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Players Wonder Where Fortnite‘s Cop Cars Went

Fortnite’s Chapter 2, Season 3 brought a lot of changes to the map, notably dunking most of it underwater. Developer Epic has hinted that the water will recede, and the season trailer showed characters driving vehicles, which hopefully means we’ll be able to ride more than just boats and sharks in the future. While many…

By Riley MacLeod Published June 19, 2020

CultureOdds and Ends

Can You Identify These Badly Described Classic Games?

Atari collectors all know about the so-called “Taiwan Cooper” line of bootleg cartridges that were sold around the world back in the ‘80s. They were knock-off copies of Atari 2600 games both popular (Space Invaders) and obscure (Bobby Is Going Home), with weird cover art and bizarre descriptions on the backs of the boxes. Nobody…

By Chris Kohler Published June 19, 2020

Opinion

Let’s Talk About Crypto’s Mustache

During last night’s EA Play, Apex Legends developer Respawn announced the game’s next collection event, Lost Treasures, alongside upcoming crossplay and a Switch version of the battle royale game. Lost Treasures will feature everything you’d expect—new gameplay, new cosmetics—as well as technophile character Crypto with a mustache. I’m here for it. Crypto’s mustache appears to…

By Riley MacLeod Published June 19, 2020

Culture

The Best Assassin’s Creed Game Is Free This Weekend

Ever wanted to scale the Pyramid of Khufu? How about the Great Sphinx of Giza? The Lighthouse of Alexandria? Well, you’re in luck: This weekend, Assassin’s Creed Origins is totally free-to-play on UPlay. If you missed it the first time around, now’s your chance to play the best Assassin’s Creed Ubisoft’s 2017 entry in the…

By Ari Notis Published June 19, 2020

Culture

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for so many chores that I’ve put off that now there are far too many. It’s also for playing video games while I try to decide if I can put off the chores some more. I imagine a lot of you are playing The Last of Us 2 this weekend, and I’m…

By Riley MacLeod Published June 19, 2020

Culture

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s next fighter will be revealed in a 35-minute video that Nintendo will post online at 10 a.m. ET on Monday morning, the company announced this morning We know the character will be from Nintendo’s fighting game Arms, but we don’t know which one.

By Stephen Totilo Published June 19, 2020

ReviewsPS4

The Last Of Us Part 2: The Kotaku Review

Everything in The Last of Us 2 takes work. Every weapon reload, killing blow, and crafted item takes time and button presses. At times the game is painfully slow; even in the most action-packed sections you put in effort to move things forward. You’re paid for this work in a grim story and explicit violence.…

By Riley MacLeod Published June 19, 2020

Culture

Track: My Own Version of You | Artist: Bob Dylan | Album: Rough and Rowdy Ways

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2020

Kotaku EastJapan

Long Lines In Japan For Uniqlo Face Masks

While some people in the United States are refusing to wear masks, people in Japan are lining up for them, especially at clothing retailer Uniqlo Lines for masks were common earlier this year during the initial novel coronavirus outbreak, with mask shortages causing people to wait in front of drugstores for the latest shipments. Now,…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2020

Kotaku EastJapan

First Look At Studio Ghibli’s Upcoming CG Movie

As previously reported, Studio Ghibli is doing a long-form adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones’ novel Earwig and the Witch. Here is a first look at what the full CG adaptation will look like. The following screenshots were published by Comic Natalie. Titled Aya to Majo (Aya and the Witch), the movie won’t play in theaters…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2020

Culture

Is This Going To Be A Standup Fight, Sir, Or Another Bughunt?

Yuri Quirino is an artist from Brazil currently based in Charlotte . You can see more of Yuri’s stuff at his ArtStation page

By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2020

Culture

Staff Quit After Board Game Site Refuses To Support Black Lives Matter

At least 17 staff (and counting) contributing to Everything Board Games have left the site after its current owner, Lake Leafty, not only refused to issue a statement in support of Black Lives Matter, but said such a statement would be “virtue signalling”. In a statement released on June 17, staff say that in response…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2020

Culture

Everything Announced At EA Play Live 2020

Electronic Arts had a small slate of announcements for its not-E3 presentation today, including a new Skate game that is very early in development, Apex Legends coming to Switch, and more details on Star Wars: Squadrons. Here’s the complete rundown. Skate is coming back—eventually. They have “a long way to go” and this is “just…

By Chris Kohler Published June 18, 2020

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EA Is Making A New Skate Game

Finally! After all the campaigning and all the years, EA today made a very brief announcement that a new Skate game is in development. And…that’s about it. That’s all we know. But hey, new Skate game! We can stop asking now!

By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2020