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CultureLet’s Settle Splatoon’s Mayo vs. Ketchup War, With Science
Splatoon 2′s first post-launch Splatfest kicks off tomorrow, and fans are passionately rallying for their favorite the upcoming Mayo Vs. Ketchup battle. Snacktaku removes passion and common sense from the equation to try and determine a winner using the magic of snack science. Originally posted 8/03/17. Re-upped in honor of this weekend’s encore of Splatoon…
By Mike Fahey Published May 22, 2020 -
CultureInsignia Project Aims To Resurrect Xbox Live For The Original Xbox
Word emerged Wednesday of a new project, called Insignia, that aims to recreate the original Xbox Live service, potentially restoring online play to many dozens of classic Xbox games that fell offline when the original Xbox Live service (hereafter, “Xbox Live”) closed on April 15, 2010. The project’s announcement on the r/originalxbox subreddit came from…
By Alexandra Hall Published May 22, 2020 -
CultureOverwatch Player Uses New Feature To Fuse Entire Team Into A Single, Hulking Monstrosity
Overwatch is, at its core, a game about teamwork. Individual heroes do their own things—Reinhardt shields, Mercy heals, and Genji dies—but they’re ultimately contributing to a greater whole. One player, Andy Bohan, has gone and made that idea all too literal. I’m talking “end of Akira” literal. As part of the Overwatch public test server’s…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 22, 2020 - Uncategorized
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By G/O Media Published May 22, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsMinecraft Dungeons Is A Fun But Stripped-Down Dungeon Brawler
I’ve spent a few hours clicking through Minecraft Dungeons’ isometric world and, despite how shallow it feels, I’d be content to click through it for several more. Mojang’s attempt to spin its massively popular crafting game into a small Diablo-like is successful, limited only by the narrow ambitions underlying it. Minecraft Dungeons, out May 26…
By Ethan Gach Published May 22, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsSaints Row: The Third Remastered Looks Nice But Feels Old In 2020
Saints Row: The Third Remastered brings the apex of the franchise to PS4 and Xbox One for the first time, warts and all. Originally released in 2011, the third game in the Saints Row franchise was a turning point for the series and the most successful effort to distinguish it as something more than a…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 22, 2020 -
CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for a long weekend, which is kind of a ripoff when you have to stay inside but is welcome nonetheless. More time to play video games, I guess! I’m probably the only person in the world who has never actually played GTA V, which I always flirted with buying on Steam sale…
By Riley MacLeod Published May 22, 2020 -
CultureInstead of filling downtown Atlanta with anime and gaming cosplayers, this year’s installment of MomoCon is happening online. The popular convention is hosting streaming events on Twitch all weekend, with guests including Suda 51 and David Hayter, exclusive merchandise, and even its own Animal Crossing islands.
By Mike Fahey Published May 22, 2020 -
UncategorizedRetro first-person shooter Project Warlock is coming to PS4 on June 9 and Xbox One and Switch on June 11. Released on PC back in 2018, it’s an ode to 90s shooters like Wolfenstein and Doom with modern tweaks like weapon and character upgrades. Who couldn’t use more demon-slaying in their life?
By Ethan Gach Published May 22, 2020 -
ReviewsMultiplatformManeater: The Kotaku Review
So many games only let me play as a human. Sure, that’s fun, but it’s not really taking full advantage of games’ ability to let us be and do anything. Maneater gets it. In Maneater, I’m not a dull person—I’m a shark. A dangerous, agile, and cool shark, free to swim anywhere and eat whatever…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 22, 2020 -
UncategorizedIt looks like Dota 2‘s summer battle pass is coming sometime next week. Fans created a summoning thread over on the game’s subreddit which attracted the attention of Bruno Carlucci and a few others who confirmed the big annual event isn’t far away, despite this year’s International being postponed.
By Ethan Gach Published May 22, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanIf You Know Japanese, You Won’t Forget These Lyrics For The Star Wars Imperial March
School lunch in Japan varies from day to day, but it usually contains these two things: milk and bread. In Japanese, milk is gyuunyuu (牛乳) and the type of bread served is called koppepan (コッペパン). So nearly everyday, kids in Japan can count on getting milk and bread or gyuunyuu to koppepan with to meaning “and”…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 22, 2020 -
CulturePac-Man Is Getting His Own Version Of Super Mario Maker
As part of Pac-Man’s 40th birthday celebrations, Bandai Namco and Amazon just announced Pac-Man Live Studio, a new game that lets you play multiplayer and upload custom maps. While it’ll include the classic, original way to play the game, Live Studio also includes the tools to create your own levels, as well as play them…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 21, 2020 -
CultureRacing Cockpit Makers Use Fake Gran Turismo 7 Logo, Scold Media For Noticing
There’s no such thing as Gran Turismo 7… well, publicly at least. That’s why, when a mysterious logo for the unannounced game showed up in an advertisement for gaming peripherals, fans and reporters took notice. Turns out, the entire fiasco was a mistake on the part of the manufacturer, but the people there who are…
By Ian Walker Published May 21, 2020 -
UncategorizedNew Tenet Trailer Premieres In Fortnite, Which Is No Longer A Video Game
Tonight, a new trailer for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film Tenet aired in Fortnite. The trailer was introduced by Geoff Keighley, because he’s the only consistency we have left in this topsy-turvy world. Keighley introduced the trailer, shown at Fortnite’s new Party Royale hub’s movie theater. He spoke with Tenet star John David Washington about his…
By Riley MacLeod Published May 21, 2020 -
UncategorizedElder Scrolls Player Casually Spends 600 Years In Prison
If you ever get locked up in an Elder Scrolls game, you probably want to get out of there as quickly as possible. But like, sometimes, you don’t have to. You can just stay there. Forever Like longtime superfans The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pageshere: To put it in more digestible numbers, 225001 days in prison…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 21, 2020
