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Kotaku EastJapanNintendo Japan Will No Longer Service The Original Wii [Update]
Today, Nintendo Co. Ltd. has announced that it’s going to end repair service for the original Nintendo Wii. The console launched in Japan on Dec. 2, 2006, and went on to sell over a hundred million units worldwide, making it one of the most successful consoles ever. After March 31, Nintendo will no longer be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 27, 2020 -
UncategorizedTrack: Bassline Junkie | Artist: Dizzee Rascal | Album: The Fifth
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 26, 2020 -
CultureWhat Video Game Level Have You Played The Most?
A great level is like a warm bowl of mac and cheese. You can come back to it whenever you need to feel good and happy. Without thinking you can load it up and know you are going to be okay. So what level do you keep coming back to over the years? When I…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 26, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: RIP Mr. Peanut (1916-2020)
We lost a good one. A few days ago Mr. Peanut, the famous mascot himself, was confirmed dead after sacrificing his life for two nobodies that honestly weren’t worth his death. Let us celebrate the life of Mr. Peanut in this dark time. Your challenge this week: Add Mr. Peanut to games, movies, TV shows,…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 26, 2020 -
CultureMountain Dew Zero Sugar Isn’t Great (But It’s Better Than Diet Dew)
I’ll admit I was excited about Moutain Dew Zero Sugar, which for the rest of this post I will be referring to as just Zero. I was excited because I really don’t drink soda anymore, outside of reviews, mainly because I’ve been trying to cut my sugar intake down in recent years. So a new…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 26, 2020 -
CultureSunday Comics: Pay Up, Dude
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 Jan. 23. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Jan. 23. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 26, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Goku Needs A Better Game, Winners!
Last weekend I asked you folks to help poor Goku out. He saves the world all the time and still has to appear in some really mediocre and bad video games. Thanks for looking out for Kakarot in his time of need. Our winning image this week comes from Mrichston who creates the next great…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 25, 2020 -
CultureOh No, Is The Bear Behind Me?
This week on Snapshots, big explosions in Ghost Recon, angry Star Wars people, a lonely little hat in Red Dead Redemption II, colorful fireworks in Mad Max and one really scary bear. That Days Gone photo makes me want to go back and explore that world more and maybe also eventually beat that game. I…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 25, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsWrath Is A Retro Shooter Done Right
The first gun you pick up in a shooter is very important. It tells you a lot about the game. In Wrath: Aeon of Ruin, the first gun you get is a chunky and powerful revolver that can also shoot three bullets at the same time, turning it into a mini-shotgun. So yeah, Wrath is…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 25, 2020 -
CulturePokemonGrumpig Controls Other Pokemon By Shaking Its Ass
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Grumpig! Grumpig Details Type: Psychic Average Height: 2′ 11″ Average Weight: 157.6 lbs. First Added In Generation III Remember…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 25, 2020 -
UncategorizedEVE Online Player Bids $40,000 In Charity Auction For Rare Ship [Update]
“Internet spaceships are serious business,” is a phrase that is often tossed around in EVE Online player circles. It’s jokingly used to justify the emotional involvement, dedicated time, and financial resources spent playing a game about pixelated starships and virtual empires. Sometimes though, the saying moves beyond being a joke and takes on a more…
By Lee Yancy Published January 25, 2020 -
CultureGorgeous Tactical RPG Duelyst Is Shutting Down Next Month
Duelyst’s servers will go offline on February 27 the game’s developers announced yesterday on Steam, bringing the ingenious tactical RPG card game hybrid’s nearly four year run to an end. “Saying goodbye to any game is never easy, and it’s always hardest when you love the game as much as we all love Duelyst,” the…
By Ethan Gach Published January 25, 2020 -
CultureMorning CheckpointThe Deadliest Deer In The World
Hello! This week we use old Xbox consoles to get around a new Xbox Live rule, see what Untitled Goose Game would look like in LEGO form, watch robots fight each other and meet the most badass deer in the world. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week HONK He was like super racist and…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 25, 2020 -
CultureFive-Year-Old Batman: Arkham Knight Gets New Cosmetic DLC
Rocksteady, a studio fans have been waiting to hear something, anything, from for eons, finally emerged from its cone of silence today, but not to say anything about a new game. Instead, it announced a sorta-new, sorta-not-new costume for 2015’s Batman: Arkham Knight. If that sounds weirdly complicated to you, it’s because it is. Today,…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 24, 2020 -
UncategorizedImages for the previously planned and then cancelled Last of Us animated short have surfaced online briefly over at the Oddfellow animation agency website. The movie was supposed to summarize the events of the first game using a series of different art styles similar to the structure of the Animatrix
By Ethan Gach Published January 24, 2020 -
EsportsOverwatch League, Call Of Duty League, And Hearthstone Esports Will Air On YouTube, Not Twitch
With Overwatch League season three set to kick off in just over two weeks, it was becoming a little conspicuous that we still didn’t know where it was going to air. Now we do: With its two-year Twitch deal now expired, Overwatch League is moving to YouTube. It will be joined by Activision’s new Call…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 24, 2020 -
CultureWhich Fallout 76 Faction Is Cooler, The Crashed Space Station Or The Log Cabin?
Fallout 76’s upcoming Wastelanders expansion will add two new faction settlements: settlers and raiders. One of these looks like a Lincoln Log fort while the other is made out of a crashed space station. Can you guess which one players are already gravitating towards? Yesterday, Bethesda shared some screenshots of the two new locations and…
By Ethan Gach Published January 24, 2020
