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UncategorizedFinal Fantasy XV and Wolfenstein: Youngblood are set to join the Xbox Game Pass library starting tomorrow This includes both the Xbox One and PC versions of the subscription service, with exclusive titles Death Squared and Death’s Gambit, respectively, following soon after.
By Ian Walker Published February 5, 2020 -
UncategorizedHow To Buy The Animal Crossing Switch Parts Separately, From Japan
Everybody’s losing their minds over Nintendo’s new Animal Crossing-styled Switch hardware. The Tom Nook-themed dock! The pastel Joy-Cons! Whatever’s on the back of it! Many of the millions of people who already own a Switch are tempted to upgrade just for the new look, but wish they could just buy the accessories separately. Well, you…
By Chris Kohler Published February 5, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsA Morbid Platformer Where Every Jump Breaks Your Legs
Platformers are all about jumping, but what happens when your jumps are so powerful that your body literally can’t handle them? That’s the idea behind Legbreaker, a game about figuring out how to maintain the protagonist’s body as they make their way through several sadistic experiments. Legbreaker’s mechanics are simple: the player has a huge…
By Ian Walker Published February 5, 2020 -
CultureWind Waker Speedrunners Are Quickly Closing In On A Less Than One-Hour Run
Zelda speedrunning is always changing. Long-sought skips have been found in The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, and Ocarina of Time has been completed in under ten minutes. Now, a new combination of discoveries might push The Wind Waker speedrunning to a new milestone, bringing its completion time to under an hour. One well-known Zelda…
By Heather Alexandra Published February 5, 2020 -
CultureTwitchWhy Twitch Fans Donate Money To Wealthy Streamers
Early last year, then-Twitch streamer Jeremy “Disguised Toast” Wang received an email from a fan who’d donated $200 to him in 2018. “Hey, I donated money to you a year ago,” read the email according to Wang, who spoke to Kotaku over the phone. “I’m having hard times right now. Do you think you could…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 5, 2020 -
CultureLuigi’s Mansion 3 Developers On Money, Moral Choices And Luigi’s Approach To Heroism
Ask a long-time Nintendo developer a question about Luigi’s Mansion 3 on the Switch and the next thing you know, you’re getting a snippet of insight about the creation of 1991 Super Nintendo classic The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past. Nintendo’s top people have been honing their craft for a long time…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 5, 2020 -
UncategorizedThe Double Dragon & Kunio-kun Retro Brawler Bundle hits Switch, PS4, and PC on February 20. That’s a lot of words and even more games with the bundle containing three Double Dragon games and 15 Kunio-kun games (think River City Ransom), 11 of which are being localized for the first time.
By Ethan Gach Published February 5, 2020 -
CulturePlayers Are Using BB-8 To Crush Jedi In Star Wars: Battlefront II
The spherical droid BB-8 and its First Order variant BB-9E were added to Star Wars: Battlefront II on Monday and they have been utterly deadly in some multiplayer scenarios, whether facing down standard Storm Troopers or even Darth Vader. Part of that is due to the droids’ speed. They roll around levels fast, which makes…
By Ethan Gach Published February 5, 2020 -
CultureNew Update Makes Power Rangers More Like A Real Fighting Game
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is getting a new update today that adds online lobbies and a spectator mode to make it play more like a full-fledged fighting game. The online lobbies will hold up to eight players and let them fight across four separate matches simultaneously. As people finish, they can then spectate…
By Ethan Gach Published February 5, 2020 -
CultureDragon Quest is getting a new tactics spin-off in Japan later this year for smartphones. It’ll be a free-to-play game with paid in-game items, but outside of that we don’t know much else about it. Based on the screenshots, though, it will at least have the grid-based combat that tactics nerds crave.
By Ethan Gach Published February 5, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Cast No Shadow (Acoustic) | Artist: Liam Gallagher | Album: Acoustic Sessions
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanThe Studio Ghibli Theme Park Should Be Incredible
Excited? You should be. An official Studio Ghibli theme park will be built in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The first concept art we saw looked great. The latest concept art does, too. The park will be divided into different areas. Ghibli’s Giant Warehouse is filled with all sorts of Ghibli stuff; Dondoko Forest is Totoro-themed; Princess…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2020 -
UncategorizedThe Evolution Championship Series has revealed the official 2020 lineup. This year’s event will include obvious choices like Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as well as the return of community favorite Marvel vs. Capcom 2, among others. Fighting games!
By Ian Walker Published February 4, 2020 -
CultureDestiny 2’s New Sundial Boss Is A Pleasant Surprise
Today’s weekly reset in Destiny 2 brought a new villain to Osiris’ Sundial, and it’s a refreshing departure from the usual grind. Season of Dawn’s battle pass activity The Sundial has been rotating between three Psion Flayer bosses since it debuted back in December. Today, it got a new boss: Inotam, Oblivion’s Triune. After the…
By Ethan Gach Published February 4, 2020
