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OpinionImpressionsControl’s AWE Expansion Leans Into Horror, And It’s Rad
Horror has always seemed right around the corner in Control. There’s a refrigerator that always needs to be looked at or it’ll kill you. A rubber duck teleports around maliciously. Your double is plotting your demise in a mirror world. Even so, horror was always the game’s selective spice, used sparingly to break up the…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published August 27, 2020 -
CultureMorning MusicOsamu Sato’s Transmigration Is Music To Trip To
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s new, daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re getting esoteric with an album spun off of a very weird CD-ROM adventure game. (Or was it the other way around?) And oh, it’s by the guy who conceived LSD: Dream Emulator The…
By Alexandra Hall Published August 27, 2020 -
CultureFortnite‘s Season 4 Marvel Theme Is Mostly Cosmetic So Far
Fortnite’s Chapter 2, Season 4 is, as long-teased, a crossover with the Marvel universe. If you can put aside the terrifying implications of a Peely with Wolverine claws, you’ll find what largely appear to be cosmetic changes, with a few gameplay elements mixed in so far. Called Nexus War, Season 4 sees Thor and other…
By Riley MacLeod Published August 27, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanVR-Controlled Robots Coming To Japanese Convenience Stores
This summer, VR-controlled robots are coming to select Family Mart convenience stores in Japan. As Time Out Tokyo reports, these robot employees are being introduced to improve efficiency and lower costs, as offsite workers will control the robots to stock store shelves. But… seeing the robots in action, the efficiency argument is odd. Because, one…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 27, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Look Inside America | Artist: Blur | Album: Blur
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 27, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsFall Guys Fans Create Wonderful Concept Skins
Fall Guys is the most downloaded PlayStation 4 game ever. We’ve already started seeing some collab costumes, such as the Gordon Freeman skin, and we’re bound to see many, many more. Yoko Taro, for example, is interested in a Nier-themed outfit for the giant-bean characters. I am certain he is not alone! In the meantime,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 27, 2020 -
CultureReport: Microsoft Appoints Halo Veteran To Get Infinite “Back on Track” [Update]
After a disappointing gameplay reveal—it’s hard making blockbuster games from home!—Halo Infinite has been pushed back to 2021. It’s also now getting some outside help, with a report that Microsoft is parachuting Halo veteran Joseph Staten in to help with development. As Bloomberg report, Staten—one of the main writers on earlier Halo games at Bungie,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2020 -
Culture1992 Neo Geo Game Just Had Its “Taiwan” Names Removed
Baseball Stars 2 was released on the Neo Geo in 1992 (one year after the greatest baseball game ever made, with which it has a lot in common), and for the last 28 years has been just fine with teams like the “Tokyo Ninjas” and “Spanish Galleons”. The “Taipei Hawks”, however, have just been removed…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2020 -
CultureSony Is Offering PS5 Preorders, Only You Don’t Know How Much It Costs
As we’ve already discussed today, nobody has any idea what’s going on with the PS5 launch. But if you’d still like to pre-order one on the basis of blind faith and a susceptibility to hype, then Sony has the deal for you. The company is offering pre-orders for a brand new PS5 at launch, despite…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2020 -
CultureHow Much Call Of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War Will Cost (In Plain English)
Earlier today, after a week of hype, Activision revealed release-day information for Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War. It comes out on November 13 and will cost some amount of U.S. dollars. Yes, today’s info dump spawned some confusion around pricing, chiefly because there are a vexing amount of purchasing options for even the…
By Ari Notis Published August 26, 2020 -
OpinionMaybe Just Delay Next-Gen Already
The Xbox Series X comes out in November, probably around the same time as the PS5 if Sony ever gets around to announcing its release date. But they don’t need to come out then. In fact, maybe it would be for the best if they were just delayed until some time next year. Lately I’ve…
By Ethan Gach Published August 26, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsWarframe‘s New Flesh Planet Is A Wild But Disjointed Ride
Warframe’s greatest strength is also its most intangible: It commits. Whether it’s the core idea of outer space ninjas who front flip down hallways at a million miles per hour or a full-on Hadestown-style musical intro for a planet focused on labor issues, Warframe is 100 percent all-in on everything it does. So when developer…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 26, 2020 -
CultureFall Guys Players Are Optimizing Slime Climb
Slime Climb is known as one of the most frustrating mini-games in Fall Guys. Unlike the game’s other obstacle courses, where falling off means respawning at a previous checkpoint, one small mistake here can send you back to the queue. But what if there were a series of shortcuts that made this level a breeze?…
By Ian Walker Published August 26, 2020 -
CultureBlack Ops: Cold War‘s Campaign Will Give Players Choices And Customization
Call of Duty is returning to the cold war era of psychological warfare and espionage with Black Ops: Cold War, but the new campaign will offer more options than ever before. Unlike previous Call of Duty campaigns, Black Ops: Cold War is geared towards putting players in the driver’s seat of a much more personal…
By S.E. Doster Published August 26, 2020 -
CultureCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Out November 13
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will have a full campaign, multiplayer, and Zombies mode when it releases this November. The game, which was originally teased last week and has had several leaks since, was officially revealed today during a special event mode inside Warzone. It began by having players queue for a special…
By Ethan Gach Published August 26, 2020 -
CultureHello Games’ The Last Campfire Launches Tomorrow
While a bunch of folks at No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games are dedicated to creating and maintaining an ever-expanding virtual universe, a small team’s been quietly working on The Last Campfire, an intimate, puzzling, platforming adventure that’s out for Switch, PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Apple Arcade … tomorrow. How lovely. Announced in 2018,…
By Mike Fahey Published August 26, 2020 -
CulturePlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds And Street Fighter V Are September’s PlayStation Plus Games
Whether you want to fight with fists or painfully realistic guns, September’s PlayStation Plus games have you covered. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active PlayStation Plus membership. September’s PS Plus games are: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Street Fighter V Both games are available September 1 to October 5.
By Riley MacLeod Published August 26, 2020 -
CultureGotta Slay ‘Em All In Witcher Mobile AR Game Monster Slayer
Geralt of Rivia, the overworked, underpaid freelancer, is about to get some much needed backup in the monster hunter gig economy: you. In a teaser trailer released today, Spokko, a subsidiary of CD Projekt Red, announced a new augmented reality mobile game, The Witcher: Monster Slayer Set before the The Witcher games, Monster Slayer “challenges…
By Ash Parrish Published August 26, 2020
