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CultureHow’s It Going? RIP Summer Edition
It’s cold where I am, at least too cold to take a swim. Which is good because our pool’s been empty since a tropical storm flooded the yard (and our basement) earlier this month. Do we clean it out and fill it back up? Take it down and admit this summer blew? I should probably…
By Ethan Gach Published August 20, 2020 -
CultureHitman 3 Will Be An Epic Games Store Timed Exclusive On PC
Snuck onto the end of a Hitman 3 location reveal, developer IO Interactive announced that Hitman 3 on PC will be exclusive to the Epic Games Store for the first year. “In January 2021, you’ll be able to play Hitman 3 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC,…
By Riley MacLeod Published August 20, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsCreepypasta Spins The Strange And Unsettling Circumstances Around Cancelled Tomb Raider Game
As I was doomscrolling (heh) Twitter early this morning (a deeply unhealthy part of my morning ritual) I came across a thread written by Xalavier Nelson Jr., former PC Magazine writer and Narrative Designer on ‘90s internet simulation Hypnospace Outlaw. Nelson’s thread hooked me from the very beginning, promising a never-before-heard story about a video…
By Ash Parrish Published August 20, 2020 -
CultureSony Says PS5 Is Definitely Still Launching This Year
We still don’t know how much the PS5 will cost nor its exact release date, but in a new interview Sony executive Eric Lempel said the ongoing global pandemic hasn’t changed the company’s plans to launch the console later this year. “We will launch this year—that will happen—and from my end we will absolutely make…
By Ethan Gach Published August 20, 2020 -
CultureNew Souls-Like Looks Cool Even If It Might Never Come Out
Overnight, Chinese developer Game Science Studio released a 13-minute gameplay video for a project it’s working on called Black Myth: Wukong and it looks amazing, even if it’s nowhere near coming out. An action adventure game that appears to be inspired by the Chinese novel Journey to the West, the trailer features a monkey warrior fighting…
By Ethan Gach Published August 20, 2020 -
CultureControl Publisher Posts ‘Explanation’ About Next-Gen Upgrades That Doesn’t Explain Much
505 Games tried to explain why owners of the existing version of Control won’t be able to upgrade to the PS5 and Xbox Series X versions in a blog post today and didn’t succeed. Last week, the publisher of Control announced a new version of the game called Control Ultimate Edition that would include the…
By Ethan Gach Published August 20, 2020 -
CultureMorning MusicSpelunky’s Sublime Music Keeps Me Addicted To Dying
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s new, daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Ever play Spelunky? No no no. We are hipsters here, so obviously I meant the original freeware game from 2008. Ugh, whatever. Just come in already. I don’t recall how I first found Spelunky, but…
By Alexandra Hall Published August 20, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanGrandparents Make Cute Totoro Bus Stop
In Kyushu, Japan, a married couple wanted to celebrate turning seventy the best way possible: with a giant Totoro. Turning seventy years old in Japan is koki (古希), the word referring to the fact that in the past the milestone was rarer than today. To mark the birthday, the couple wanted to do something for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapan$9,000 Stolen From Ninja Museum In Japan
On August 17 at 1:30 am, the alarm at the Ninja Museum of Igaryu in Mie, Japan went off. CBC News reports that the door to the office had been broken into and a safe with two days’ worth of proceeds totaling over 1 million yen ($9,400) had been stolen. The safe is said to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanRobot Restaurant Exec Hosted Nazi-Themed Event, Reports Japanese Magazine
Flash, from major Japanese publisher Kobunsha, is reporting that the owner of the Robot Restaurant hosted a Nazi-themed event in 2017. Robot Restaurant is a popular Tokyo tourist destination, featuring singing, dancing, and robot-like contraptions. According to Flash (via Tokyo Reporter), 69-year-old Keiichi Morishita, chairman of Morishita Group, hosted an event in which swastika-emblazoned Nazi…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsNeat Stuff I Found While Cleaning My Room
I’ve spent the last week or so finally combing through the clutter of my living space in anticipation of adopting a kitten. This gave me a chance to really take stock of the various crap I’ve collected over the last few years, much of it gaming-related, and the various points in my life in which…
By Ian Walker Published August 19, 2020 -
CultureOh Great Ganon’s Back
January Sun is an artist at Bardel, an animation studio that’s worked on everything from Magic The Gathering to Viva Pinata to Space Jam Oh, and just so you know, in one of the Zelda pics below that’s older Link meeting younger Link after some time travel shenanigans, not Link and his son/dad! You can…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 19, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsSupreme Is Releasing A Mortal Kombat Arcade Cabinet
I have seen Supreme collab on some real dumb shit in my time, from cookies to literal bricks, but this upcoming Mortal Kombat arcade cabinet is something else. The label showed off its Fall/Winter 2020 collection earlier this week, and among stuff like this: Was this: Yup. It’s a Mortal Kombat arcade cabinet, including the…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 19, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsFlight Simulator Creates Terrifying Citadel In Melbourne, Turns Buckingham Palace Into Apartments
Between using actual satellite data and some fancy algorithm work, Flight Simulator has done a pretty good job recreating the entire planet. But there are some areas where the whole thing just falls over, with terrifying/hilarious results. Example 1: Buckingham Palace. It’s one of the most identifiable landmarks on the planet, but as theBBC (via…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 19, 2020 -
CultureEVE Online‘s Alien Invasion Is Disrupting The Game’s Biggest Trade Route
Logistics and shipping routes aren’t things that typically come to mind when people think of video games, outside of the Trucking Simulator series anyway. But in EVE Online they are a way of life: Ship components, weapons, ammunition, and all other manner of trade goods have to be loaded into massive cargo vessels and painstakingly…
By Lee Yancy Published August 19, 2020 -
CultureTwitchPokimane’s Apology Video Splits Twitch Streamers And YouTubers
Late last month, drama-baiting YouTuber LeafyIsHere stirred up an internet-wide fuss over the idea that Imane “Pokimane” Anys, the most popular female streamer on Twitch, might have a boyfriend. It was the most recent evolution of a long-running line of thought: women on the internet keep their dating lives secret to fool gullible men into…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 19, 2020 -
UncategorizedHypnospace Outlaw‘s Switch Port Supports Keyboard And Mouse
Hypnospace Outlaw will support keyboard and mouse when it arrives on Switch next Thursday. While the console does recognize most keyboards, the ability to play games with the setup has been limited. This is sure to make browsing the game’s alternate reality internet that much more enjoyable.
By Ian Walker Published August 19, 2020 -
CultureTwitchAfter Eight Days Of Trying, Popular Streamer TimTheTatman Finally Wins A Single Fall Guys Match
We live in divided times, but for the past few days, nearly every person living has been united by a single shared goal: giving Twitch super star Timothy “TimTheTatman” Betar shit for constantly eating shit in Fall Guys. Today, he finally won his first match ever. Until the big moment, which over 250,000 concurrent viewers…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 19, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsSpiritfarer Is A Chill, Touching Take On A Stressful Genre
Spiritfarer, which is described by developer Thunder Lotus Games as a “cozy management game about dying,” came out yesterday for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC. I’m only a few hours into this massive, striking game—it’s reportedly 30 to 40 hours long—but those words seem remarkably accurate so far. To play Spiritfarer is…
By Ari Notis Published August 19, 2020
