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UncategorizedGoodbye Joshua Rivera, Even If You Only Just Got Here
Joshua Rivera, Kotaku staff writer and noted Metroidvania hater, has decided to venture back out into the wilds of the internet from whence he came. We’d like to wish Joshua all the best on his way out the door that it feels like he only just entered through. Although he’ll still be occasionally freelancing for…
By Ethan Gach Published January 10, 2020 -
CulturePa’lante, Kotaku
There are a lot of reasons to not write about video games. For most of my career, I’ve written for mainstream publications unconcerned with the games industry. I was offered a job at Kotaku because I had figured out a way to do games criticism outside of the sphere of games journalism. I rarely had…
By Joshua Rivera Published January 10, 2020 -
UncategorizedGoodbye Gita Jackson, Weird Internet Translator And Dwarf Fortress Stan
Gita Jackson, Kotaku staff writer and likely Sims replicant, has filed her last epic essay for this site—a timely meditation on gaming apocalypses—and now prepares to take up a new position at what I understand to be a surprisingly lucrative Earthbound fansite. While we treat the burns on our galaxies brain left over from years…
By Ethan Gach Published January 10, 2020 -
CultureGoodbye From Josh and Gita
Today, Joshua Rivera and Gita Jackson are both leaving Kotaku. They sat down to talk about what they love about this place, as well as the state of games journalism and its diversity, worker solidarity and herbs. Joshua Rivera: There’s not a lot of opportunities for this.There’s a good reason for that. We’re not supposed…
By Gita Jackson Published January 10, 2020 -
EsportsHouston Overwatch League Team Decides To Move After New Neighbors Complain
Season three of the Overwatch League kicks off next month, and that means teams are finally gearing up to live and operate out of their home cities. The Houston Outlaws, unfortunately, have not received the warmest of welcomes from their neighbors. Houston Outlaws general manager Matt “Flame” Rodriguez said yesterday on Twitter that his team…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 10, 2020 -
UncategorizedAfter a long hiatus, during which Jason Schreier acquired a child and I (Tim Rogers) went to Japan to translate 88,000 words’ worth of a full, ancient, shockingly bizarre Japanese role-playing game, we’re back playing Chrono Trigger on our Twitch channel. Join us for a leisurely steam in which I may or may not teach Jason…
By Tim Rogers Published January 10, 2020 -
UncategorizedJedi: Fallen Order‘s Glitches Hold It Back From Greatness
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order combines the DNA of various games into its own unique blend of action and exploration. When it comes to combat, that means pulling lessons from games like Dark Souls, like pattern heavy bosses and resting points for upgrading abilities. As I explore distant planets there’s a sense that something feels…
By Heather Alexandra Published January 10, 2020 -
CultureFirst-Party Xbox Series X Games Won’t Be Exclusive For A While, Microsoft Says
First-party Xbox Series X games won’t be exclusive for at least the first year or two, if a new interview with the head of Xbox Game Studios is to be believed. Speaking to the website MCVUK, Xbox’s Matt Booty confirmed what many have been assuming—that Microsoft’s games will be both forwards and backwards compatible. “As…
By Ethan Gach Published January 10, 2020 -
CultureBioShock Speedrunner Fakes Catastrophic Crash During AGDQ Run
BioShock is an especially harrowing game to watch people speedrun, largely because of all the small things that can go wrong. Unpredictable framerate and physics glitches can send otherwise flawless runs careening off the rails, and this instability makes it easy to screw up crucial skips. Speedrunner BloodThunder knows this better than anybody, and last…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 10, 2020 -
The BestsThe 25 Best Gaming Handhelds, Ranked
I recently got a Nintendo Switch Lite, and I love it. I wanted to write about the joys of that dying breed of device, the dedicated portable gaming machine. And I thought to myself, how can I write this in a way that would make the largest number of people hate me? And I realized:…
By Chris Kohler Published January 10, 2020 -
UncategorizedDoom I and II got huge updates on PC yesterday Both can now be played in 60fps as well as their original 4:3 aspect ratios, while options for quick saves and level select have also been added. Their even getting new content in the form of official add-ons like John Romero’s SIGIL mod.
By Ethan Gach Published January 10, 2020 -
CultureAdding Squirrel Girl To Marvel’s Contest Of Champions Doesn’t Seem Fair
Marvel’s Contest of Champions is a competitive mobile fighting game in which Marvel comics heroes and villains compete for dominance on a universal scale. With the extraordinary power to kick butts and eat nuts, Doreen Green is the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl. There is no reason to play Contest of Champions on iOS or Android anymore.…
By Mike Fahey Published January 10, 2020 -
UncategorizedBungie plans to make one of Destiny 2‘s best sniper rifles less frustrating to obtain. The rare bounty that randomly drops to get Izanagi’s Burden, a Black Armory exotic sniper rifle, will be “less of a pain” to get after an update later this month said the game’s community manager.
By Ethan Gach Published January 10, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsPokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team‘s Storybook Switch Makeover Is Enchanting
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team Blue for the Nintendo DS and Red for the Game Boy Advance looked good enough on their respective systems, but the upcoming Switch version, with its adorable hand-drawn art style, is downright delightful. Spike Chunsoft’s Mystery Dungeon series is all about roguelike dungeon crawling. The games’ heroes, be they Dragon…
By Mike Fahey Published January 10, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsI Can’t Wait To Fight Pokémon Shield‘s Nerdy New Psychic-Type Rival
The upcoming Pokémon Sword and Shield DLC, The Isle of Armor, will feature two new rivals exclusive to each of the games. Sword will get Klara, who specializes in poison type Pokémon, while Shield will get Avery, a Psychic-type gym trainer. I have Shield, and while Klara is demonstrably cuter than Avery, I can’t wait…
By Gita Jackson Published January 10, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Uneventful Days (St. Vincent Remix / Audio) | Artist: Beck, St. Vincent | Album: N/A
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 10, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanThe New Pokémon Movie Is Pretty Much Ash Meets Tarzan
The trailer for the upcoming Pokémon anime feature has been revealed. The movie is called Pocket Monster: Koko, and the trailer shows Ash meeting a Tarzan-like character. Below is said trailer. Compared to the recent spate of Pokémon movies, this seems rather…different, no? The poster’s tagline reads, “I want to tell you” in Japanese. Pocket…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 10, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanNintendo’s Old Headquarters Will Be Turned Into A Hotel
Nintendo’s old card-game headquarters is being turned into a hotel. Guests can stay at the Kyoto property starting in 2021. The building, which dates from the first half of the 20th century, held the head offices for the Marufuku Nintendo Card Co., which Fusajiro Yamauchi founded in 1889. It would go on to become the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 10, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Disappointed | Artist: Stormzy
By Luke Plunkett Published January 9, 2020
