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CultureThe Week In Games: This Tuesday We Riot
The revolution will be televised and also portable. Tonight We Riot releases this week on Switch. Tonight We Riot looks great. In a time when it feels like governments and large corporations are ruining the world and treating people like crap, it might be nice to have a game where you can rise up and…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureDeemo II Gets A Beautiful Animated Concept Video
A girl with flowers growing on her head and a mysterious translucent white being embark on an adventure to find a fantasy kingdom in a gorgeous new concept video for the sequel to Rayark’s touching piano-powered rhythm game, Deemo. Through music and cutscenes, the original Deemo told the story of a young girl dealing with…
By Mike Fahey Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Protecting The Hive | Artist: Belle and Sebastian | Album: N/A
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 4, 2020 -
UncategorizedCERO, Japan’s Computer Entertainment Rating Organization, will resume work from May 7. From April 7, CERO was temporarily shuttered due to coronavirus, but starting this month, there will be reduced working hours. Plus, preparation has begun for the introduction of telecommuting
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 4, 2020 -
Kotaku EastThere Is A Hello Kitty Gas Station
For a character who has been slapped on everything from vending machines to vibrators, it was only a matter of time before someone made a Hello Kitty gas station. I’m not sure whether this gas station in the Philippines is official, but it is very pink and covered in Kitty-chan. Photos started surfacing online late…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureSonicFox Got Not One But Two New Fursuits
Dominique “SonicFox” McLean has made a name for themselves as a fighting game great. Back in 2018, Kotaku first profiled the esports competitor, who has become famous for their excellent play and their now iconic fursuit. SonicFox is adding not one but two new suits to their line-up of fur-covered wear. As Inven Global reports,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Evil Eye | Artist: Fu Manchu | Album: The Action Is Go
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureYou Go First
Ken Niimura is a cartoonist and illustrator (and co-creator of I Kill Giants) currently based in Tokyo. We actually featured some of Ken’s stuff a few years back, but that was was in the Before Times. Now that weeks feel like years, years are like decades, and so it’s time to check out what Ken…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 3, 2020 -
UncategorizedYoshitaka Amano – His universe, On Paper is a short documentary from Archipel that interviews the Final Fantasy legend on his work on the series, his history in the business and his recent fine art pieces. If they don’t activate automatically, there are English subtitles in YouTube’s settings.
By Luke Plunkett Published May 3, 2020 -
CultureHackers Are Likely Responsible For The Last Of Us Part II Leak
Last weekend’s shocking leak of footage from The Last Of Us Part II was likely committed by hackers who exploited a security vulnerability in prior Naughty Dog games, according to a person who said they were familiar with the hack. Kotaku has confirmed some of the details with a second source who is familiar with…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 3, 2020 -
CultureCosplayChinese Exoskeleton Is Basically Death Stranding Cosplay
A Chinese food delivery company has been testing an exoskeleton its couriers could wear which would allow them to carry a lot more stuff. And while they’re at it look like the world’s most expensive Death Stranding cosplayers. The suits are made by ULS Robotics, a firm that specialises in the research of exoskeletons to…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 3, 2020 -
Culture2004’s Star Wars Battlefront Gets Its Official Online Multiplayer Back
As EA begin to wind down support for the latest Battlefront game, a surprise update has brought back online multiplayer for the original Star Wars: Battlefront, released back in 2004. On Friday, both the Steam and GOG versions of the classic multiplayer shooter—which loads of people still prefer to the more modern takes on the…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 3, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Cash Machine | Artist: DRAM | Album: Big Baby DRAM
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 3, 2020 -
UncategorizedFans Are Using Forced Perspective In Animal Crossing To Create Some Amazing Things
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has a large community of fans who all seem to have endless creative ideas. One new creative trick that’s become popular is using forced perspective to create impressive landscapes and scenes. Forced perspective is when you distance to make something look bigger or smaller. For example, you can have your friend…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 3, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: National Paranormal Day
Boo! Did I scare you!? Sorry. Well, there won’t be any more scares in this post. Today is, according to countless websites that track this stuff, National Paranormal Day. Let’s have some fun, with ghosts, aliens, and ghouls! Your challenge this week: Create images featuring paranormal monsters, aliens, and creatures from video games. You can…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 3, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Good News Edition
Hello, hi, welcome. Take a seat and we will start the open thread momentarily. I just need to finddd…the… buttonnnn…AHH! Here we go. The open thread is…LIVE! For those of you who care anddon’t follow me on Twitter, I became a full-time writer for Kotaku last week. This is some good news in a time…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 3, 2020 -
CultureEven After A Large Increase Due To Half-Life: Alyx, Less Than 2% Of Steam Users Own VR Headsets
Half-Life: Alyx helped lead a large surge of new VR headsets being connected to Steam, according to data from Valve. However, the percentage of Steam users who own VR headsets is still hovering at around 1.9%. According to a recent hardware survey from Valve, the first since Alyx was released on Steam back in late…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 3, 2020 -
CultureSunday Comics: Take Our Money!
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published April 30. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 27. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 3, 2020
