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CultureHow’s It Going? It’s Not Cheating Edition
It’s not like I did it on purpose. Welcome back to our daily open thread. So I was playing Fall Guys last night, as I do, and in the middle of one of those damn team tail grabbing games I tried to squeeze past a spinning hammer at the top of the arena and was…
By Mike Fahey Published August 12, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsThe Second Fan-Made Animal Crossing Quality-Of-Life Update Video Makes My Heart Ache
Back in May, YouTuber Nick Ha and friends put together a faux quality-of-life update video for Animal Crossing: New Horizons featuring dream changes that would make the game so much nicer to play. Now they’ve released part two, with even more outstanding changes. Buying multiple Nook Miles Tickets at once? Calling NPCs in chat? Setting…
By Mike Fahey Published August 12, 2020 -
CultureThe Ultimate Neo Geo Home Arcade Machine Is Coming To North America
The Neo Geo sure has been enjoying a real retro renaissance over the past couple of years. We’ve gotten the Neo Geo Mini arcade machine, the Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro, and now we’re getting the SNK Neo Geo MVSX, a full-size arcade cabinet with 50 games for $500. Maybe they should have led with…
By Mike Fahey Published August 12, 2020 -
CultureMorning MusicFaxanadu Sounds Equal Parts Dark, Mysterious, And Catchy
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 listening to Hudson’s Faxanadu for the NES. It’s dark and moody, like 2020, but in a more endearing way. Faxanadu was a NES/Famicom action-RPG that hit Japan in 1987 and the U.S. in…
By Alexandra Hall Published August 12, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanPokémon Go Player Arrested For Assaulting Friend
In Hokkaido, Japan, 56-year-old Kanehisa Satoh has been arrested after an alleged altercation with his 55-year-old friend over Pokémon Go. The two first met several years ago while playing Pokémon Go. The altercation broke out over a Gym in Pokémon Go while both were in a stopped car, reports Sankei. “I got pissed because he…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 12, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanCheck Out These Hello Kitty Hotel Rooms
While foreigners cannot really enter Japan at the moment and folks aren’t traveling, perhaps you, like me, are often going on vacation in your mind. I think about where I would like to go and where I would like to stay. For example, this Hello Kitty themed hotel room. As Time Out reports, the Asakusa…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 12, 2020 -
AnimeFirst Look At The Newest King Of Fighters CG Animation Movie
In 2022, SNK’s popular fighting game franchise is getting a feature film CG animation. Titled The King of Fighters: Awaken, it will debut in China. The trailer features Goenitz (pictured), the final boss of The King of Fighters ‘96, as well as Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami. No word yet about an international release. According…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 12, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanManga Writer Arrested For Alleged Sexual Assault, Manga Pulled From Publication
Tatsuya Matsuki, the scribe behind manga Act-Age, has been arrested for alleged sexual assault against a middle-school girl in Tokyo. According to Sankei (via Tokyo Reporter), the 29-year-old groped the girl on her way home from cram school. She contacted the police, who checked the local security camera footage. Matsuki then became a person of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 12, 2020 -
UncategorizedShin Megami Tensei, Now Featuring Dante From The Devil May Cry Series
Devil May Cry’s Dante is going to be making a guest appearance in the upcoming remaster of Atlus’ Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne Hopefully the game’s box art willfeature the appropriate badge
By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2020 -
CultureRed Dead Online Is So Busted Horses Are Flying And It’s Raining Alligators
For much of the week, Rockstar’s Red Dead Online has been all kinds of broken for players, with folks reporting everything from deserted landscapes to magical horses to the presence of a lone, mysterious bald man, sometimes the only NPC on the map. The cause appears to be related to the game’s recent 1.21 title…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsTiny Sega Consoles Are For Action Figures, Not Action People
What are these, Sega consoles for ants? figmaPLUS, a line specialising in accessories and settings for figma action figures, is releasing this line of Sega consoles that includes the Master System, Mega Drive, Game Gear, Saturn and Dreamcast, all in a scale so tiny that any figmas you might own can hold them in their…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsSniper Elite’s Board Game Has A “Hitler Shot In The Balls” Miniature
Like every other video game ever made that has sold more than four copies, Sniper Elite is being turned into a board game and sold on Kickstarter. And If you pay a little extra for the “Deluxe Upgrade Kit”, you get a plastic miniature of Adolf Hitler getting a bullet in the ol’ meat and…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2020 -
CultureFantasy Football Champion Disqualified Over Allegedly Racist Comments
Aleksandar Antonov, the winner of this season’s official Premier League fantasy football competition—the world’s biggest, with over 7 million players worldwide—has been stripped of his title after comments he made about a black player were forwarded to the game’s organisers. As The Guardian report, Antonov was told by the Premier League on Tuesday morning that…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2020 -
EsportsI (Almost) Miss When The Shanghai Dragons Were OWL’s Worst Team
Overwatch League’s Countdown Cup concluded over the weekend with the (unsurprising) crowning of the San Francisco Shock and the Shanghai Dragons as the winners of the North American and Asian regions, respectively. The Shanghai Dragons are my team. I braved their inaugural 0-40 season when the Dragons did not win a single game. I am…
By Ash Parrish Published August 11, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsGTA Online‘s Summer Update Gives You More To Do With Your Yacht
Today’s Grand Theft Auto Online update, The Los Santos Summer Special, adds new missions, clothes, and 15 new cars, and also some small changes that might excite longtime players. While not the biggest or flashiest update, it’s a solid one that adds more to the ever-growing monster that is GTA Online The biggest addition with…
By Zack Zwiezen Published August 11, 2020 -
CultureFall Guys’ Worst Mini-Game Will Appear Less Frequently After Update
Chaotic battle royale Fall Guys is getting its first big update tomorrow, which will reintroduce a stage from the beta, fix a few bugs, and most importantly change the frequency of Royal Fumble’s appearance as the final round. Jump Showdown is a mini-game returning from the Fall Guys beta. It’s like a more aggressive version…
By Ian Walker Published August 11, 2020 -
CultureXbox Series X Launches In November
Until today, we only knew that the next Xbox, the Xbox Series X, was coming out sometime later this year. Now we’ve got a firmer date: November. Microsoft made the announcement as part of a post also acknowledging Halo Infinite’s delay to 2021. “We have plenty to keep you busy until Chief arrives: There will…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 11, 2020 -
CultureHalo Infinite Delayed To 2021
343 Industries has announced that Halo Infinite will launch in 2021, missing its original “holiday 2020″ release window. “The decision to shift our release is the result of multiple factors that have contributed to development challenges, including the ongoing COVID-related impacts affecting us all this year,” studio head Chris Lee explained via Twitter. “I want…
By Ian Walker Published August 11, 2020 -
CultureTwitchPost-Mixer, Popular Streamer Shroud Is Returning To Twitch
Last year, noted man with godlike aiming skills Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek was among a handful of top Twitch stars who shocked viewers by departing the Amazon-owned platform for Microsoft’s Mixer. In June of this year, Mixer suddenly died. Now, after a couple months of silence, Grzesiek is returning to Twitch. Grzesiek spent the past couple…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 11, 2020
