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OpinionImpressionsThe First Witcher Game Has Not Aged Well
2007’s The Witcher is a fascinating but flawed artifact from PC gaming’s past and that’s probably where it should stay. I returned to the first video game entry in the popular fantasy series over the recent holiday break because, like a lot of other people, I’d just finished Netflix’s Witcher TV show and wanted to…
By Ethan Gach Published January 6, 2020 -
CultureEscape From Tarkov, A 2-Year-Old War Game, Is Suddenly The Biggest Thing On Twitch
Escape From Tarkov is currently the third largest category on Twitch, with over ninety thousand viewers as this article is published. This gritty shooter has a Twitch event to thank for its big glow up. Escape From Tarkov, a military shooter currently in open beta, is about as hardcore as it gets. It’s the kind…
By Gita Jackson Published January 6, 2020 -
CultureNew Gaming PC Comes With Built-In Xbox One or PS4
PC gaming or console gaming? Why not both? Today at CES 2020 in Las Vegas, custom system builder Origin PC launched the Big O, a gaming rig that starts at $2,500 and comes with your choice of Xbox One S or PlayStation 4 Pro built into the case. Originally conceived as a gaming PC with…
By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryHow I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love My Bad Destiny 2 Guns
Behold my Tango-45 XK5094, a completely mediocre Destiny 2 gun that I’ve finally decided to embrace after weeks of keeping it at a distance because life is too short to keep holding out for the perfect weapon. Last night I finally decided to upgrade it to a masterwork, something I haven’t done since the game’s…
By Ethan Gach Published January 6, 2020 -
UncategorizedNvidia and Asus are showing off 360Hz gaming monitors at CES. Designed for esports, monitors like the ASUS ROG Swift 360 will refresh frames every 2.8 milliseconds. That is not very many milliseconds at all. At that speed, the friction should rip the paint right off your eyes.
By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2020 -
CultureHow To Watch Awesome Games Done Quick 2020
Awesome Games Done Quick is back for its 11th year and just in time for anyone who needs a little pick-me-up after the holidays or a timely distraction from everything else going on in the world. The weeklong speedrunning marathon kicked off yesterday on Twitch at noon with donations going to the Prevent Cancer Foundation.…
By Ethan Gach Published January 6, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Mashiro | Artist: Tricot | Album: Makkuro
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 6, 2020 -
UncategorizedA new When They Cry (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni) anime project has begun, Famitsu reports. Akio Watanabe is doing the character designs, while Passione is handling the animation duties. No word yet about a broadcast date in Japan or internationally
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 6, 2020 -
CultureCosplayGalleryJapan Ended The Year With Some Excellent Cosplay
The winter Comic Market (Comiket) is over. It ran from December 28 to the last day of 2019. But our memories of the event will live on. Thank the internet for that! (And the photographers who are still uploading images to Twitter.) Let’s have a look at some, but not all, of the standout cosplays.
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 6, 2020 -
CultureCosplayGallery2019’s Last Big Cosplay Show Was A Christmas Treat
The cosplay calendar—at least as far as cons go—has a tradition of closing out just before Christmas, when Holiday Matsuri is held in Florida. With warm weather, pools and an Orlando resort on offer, it was the perfect place to get away from colder climates and spend a weekend dressing up. Below is a gallery…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2020 -
UncategorizedFinal Fantasy Artist Yoshitaka Amano Has Done A Vogue Cover
For its first issue of 2020, Vogue Italia is trying something new (and very old), by ditching photography and devoting an entire edition to fashion illustration. There’ll be seven different covers made to celebrate this, and one of them has been done by Yoshitaka Amano, who many of you will know for his extensive work…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2020 -
UncategorizedSuper Star Wars, A SNES Classic, Was Also Made For The Genesis
1992’s Super Star Wars, one of the best Super Nintendo games not actually made by Nintendo, was—along with its sequels, Super Empire and Super Jedi—one of the defining exclusives of the SNES v Genesis era. Turns out, though, it was also in development at one point for Sega’s console. The Cutting Room Floor and Hidden…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2020 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Monster Hunters On Ice
After last week, this week seems like a flood of new games. Not too many big games, but the Monster Hunter: World expansion Iceborne is finally hitting PC this week. So if you are a Monster Hunter fan who plays on PC, get a winter coat and get ready. I already did a Week In…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 5, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Stop| Artist: Spice Girls| Album: Spiceworld
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 5, 2020 -
UncategorizedIndigo Prophecy Has One Of The Best Opening Levels Ever Made
I know all of you, or at least most of you, folks reading this don’t want to murder someone. But I also know most people think about how they would get away with a crime, like murder, every once and a while. Luckily, we rarely need to wiggle our way out of a murder, so…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 5, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: National Bird Day
Birds! They are totally fine, I guess. I don’t know if they deserve a whole national holiday, but here whatever. Today is National Bird Day. I know, I was surprised too. Your challenge this week: Have some fun with video game birds! Any bird from any video game will work. Place them all together, add…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 5, 2020 -
OpinionStar Wars Games Don’t Always Need To Include Jedi
Star Wars is a large universe with thousands of characters, planets, ships, and aliens. And yet, again and again, most Star Wars games seem to focus on or include one part of the franchise. The Jedi. Those wild space monks with lightsabers and force powers. I love a good Jedi game as much as any…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 5, 2020 -
CultureSunday Comics: Baby?
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. 2. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Dec. 30. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 5, 2020
