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Tips & GuidesPSA: If Destiny 2‘s Osiris Says He Doesn’t Have New Quests, Keep Asking
Destiny 2‘s Season of Dawn began today, and with it came all sorts of changes, including the return of the mysterious exiled Warlock Osiris. He has new quests for you, but for some reason, he likes to hide them. Osiris appears to be the main quest giver this season, and as a result, players will…
By Ethan Gach Published December 10, 2019 -
CultureGrand Theft Auto V Is Getting A New Radio Station
Six years after its release, Rockstar is still fine-tuning Grand Theft Auto V’s radio lineup, with December 12 seeing the arrival of a new station hosted by Danny Brown called iFruit Radio. Artists featured include Travis Scott, Young Thug and Brown himself, while the highlights are probably: And: The station will be running on both…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 10, 2019 -
CultureChoose Your Own Adventure’s Owners Are Going After Some Indie Games
Chooseco, the company that owns the rights to the trademarked title Choose Your Own Adventure, has begun issuing takedown notices to indie games hosted on itch.io that have been using the term. While it’s understandable that folks could be thinking that Choose Your Own Adventure is more of a genre than a title, and/or that…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 10, 2019 -
CultureThe First Epic Exclusives Are Now Arriving On Steam
In the annals of holiday lore it said that, every year, after circling the globe on a carpet-sized copy of Death Stranding, Geoff Keighley touches down for the briefest of moments in December to host The Game Awards. Last year, this led to an announcement that was curious indeed: a store, from grumpy old mega-corporation…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 10, 2019 -
UncategorizedTop streamers Benjamin “DrLupo” Lupo, Saqib “Lirik” Zahid, and Timothy “TimTheTatman” Betar have all signed “multi-year” exclusivity deals with Twitch. Twitch partners are technically exclusive to the platform already, so this is being billed as a “re-signing” in a time that’s seen popular streamers like Ninja, Shroud, and CouRage leave Twitch for platforms like Mixer…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 10, 2019 -
OpinionRedBox Is Ending Its Video Game Rentals, And I’ll Miss Them A Lot
There’s a small stall that occupies approximately 10 square feet of the sprawling, glass-roofed warehouse where I buy my groceries. Inside are a handful of discs—a rotating shortlist of the most popular console blockbusters—that I can take home, try, and return for only a few bucks. Redbox, you’ve burned me in the past, but damn…
By Ethan Gach Published December 10, 2019 -
CultureAll The Big Announcements From Nintendo’s Indie World
Today’s “Indie World” presentation from Nintendo was surprisingly packed full of big announcements, including sequels to indie Switch hits Axiom Verge and Golf Story. Here’s a rundown of the big stuff you missed if you weren’t watching along. Developer Tom Happ showed a short look at Axiom Verge 2, which will be available in the…
By Chris Kohler Published December 10, 2019 -
CultureBonkers New Indie Game Lets You Mash Up Different Genres
Supermash is a game about mashing up video game genres, and it’s coming to the Switch in May 2020. I’m psyched y’all. I know I’ve had daydreams about gameplay mechanic crossovers I’d love to see. Just a second ago, Kotaku managing editor Maddy Myers and I were talking about how dope it would be if…
By Gita Jackson Published December 10, 2019 -
CultureSports Story Is Golf Story Except With Lots More Sports
Just announced during Nintendo’s Indie World showcase this morning, Sports Story is a sequel to Golf Story, the 2017 golf RPG that was a breakout indie hit on Switch. It’s coming in mid-2020 and will launch exclusively on Switch. Not only are we talking about more sports, we’re talking about a mashup of every sport.…
By Chris Kohler Published December 10, 2019 -
CultureJeopardy Puts Up Pokémon Category That’s Somehow Even Easier Than Pokémon Games
Last night, trivia game show Jeopardy had a Pokémon category. It was almost embarrassingly easy and lowkey I’m kinda pissed about it. I’m not talking easy for Pokémon fans—these questions were so easy that I think my mom could have answered them, and my mom can barely use a computer. In fact, I just called…
By Gita Jackson Published December 10, 2019 -
UncategorizedBehold the beige and blue of the first gameplay footage from Babylon’s Fall, the new action game being created by Platinum Games in partnership with Square Enix announced back in 2018. It uses something called a “Brushwork Filter” in order to look like this. Expect more info and possibly more colors next summer.
By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2019 -
CultureEverything Sony Announced At Today’s State of Play
Here’s everything Sony announced during today’s State of Play. A Resident Evil 3 remake will come to PlayStation 4 on April 3, 2020, along with Project Resistance, an online survival game with its own campaign mode. The Kingdom Hearts III DLC expansion is coming with new characters and battles on January 23, 2020. Untitled Goose…
By Natalie Degraffinried Published December 10, 2019 -
CultureResident Evil 3 Remake Announced, Out In April
Nemesis returns to terrorize Resident Evil fans all over again. During this morning’s PlayStation State of Play presentation, Capcom confirmed the rumored Resident Evil 3 remake is coming to PlayStation 4 on April 20, bundled together with the four-versus-one Resident Evil Resistance multiplayer game. The remake was introduced during the presentation as the unannounced single-player…
By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsRazer’s Keycap Upgrade Kits Are An Easy Way To Make A Keyboard Pretty
Swapping out keycaps is the simplest way to personalize and beautify your mechanical keyboard, but finding affordable keycaps in the right profile can be a real pain. Razer’s new keycap upgrade sets are a pretty good solution, covering an entire standard keyboard in one of four different colors—green, pink, white, or black—for just $30. You…
By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2019 -
CultureTrack: Blind Leading the Blind | Artist: Mumford & Sons | Album: Sigh No More
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 10, 2019
