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Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Beginning
If you asked me to pick two Korean artists who could produce a duet together, I’d be listing off names for nigh on a year before I landed on Soyou and Rain. But it’s the year 2019, the world is crazy, and here we are. Soyou, of course, is well-known for her impressive lineup of…
By Seung Park Published September 27, 2019 -
CultureThe Last Of Us Part II Will Not Include A Multiplayer Mode
For all its singleplayer focus and plaudits, The Last Of Us also shipped with a multiplayer mode. Its upcoming sequel will not. Developers Naughty Dog announced the news with a short statement yesterday, while suggesting that whatever had been cooking for the game’s multiplayer will be released at a later date, just “not as part…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 26, 2019 -
UncategorizedSekiro Can Be Played In First-Person
This mod (really a script for Cheat Engine) by Zullie the Witch will let you play the PC version of the decidedly third-person action game Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice in dizzying first-person. You’ll need to be running Cheat Engineto get it working, but once you do, the whole thing looks pretty playable! Provided you already…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 26, 2019 -
UncategorizedSherlock Holmes Developers Accuse Publisher Of Delisting Their Games, Not Returning The Code
Frogwares, the studio behind a ton of Sherlock Games across most major platforms, have today accused publisher Focus Home Interactive of not only delisting a bunch of their games from digital shopfronts, but of then refusing to return the code. The studio outlined the allegations in a statement released earlier today (emphasis added): Hello, This…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 26, 2019 -
UncategorizedMediEvil‘s Demo Has Some Nostalgia Value, But That’s About It
Did you know there’s gonna be a new MediEvil game? Sony’s been showing it off at events, like the most recent State of Play livestream, but details have been a little scarce. A new limited time demo that came out today offers a sneak peek into the upcoming exclusive action-comedy game. The brief preview shows…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 26, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsCode Vein‘s Character Creation Has All The Options
There are nearly 500 eyebrow options in Code Vein’s character creator. There is a lot of every option in the robust character creation toolset of Bandai Namco’s post-apocalyptic vampire adventure. Players begin by choosing a gender, one of the creator’s simplest options. From there, they can choose between 32 different premade characters. These serve as…
By Mike Fahey Published September 26, 2019 -
UncategorizedEarlier this month, Bastion, Transistor, Pyre, and Hades developer Supergiant Games put on an orchestrated concert to celebrate its tenth anniversary. You can watch it in its entirety now. It features songs from all the games’ soundtracks and is really just an immensely good performance, with some magnificent vocal harmonies and powerful orchestration. There’s also…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 26, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsMario Kart Tour’s Microtransactions Feel Gross In A Post-Apple Arcade World
Mario Kart Tour is a fine racing game. The graphics are lovely. The simple touch controls are fine once you get used to them. It’s overflowing with colorful Nintendo brand polish. Mario Kart Tour is also a free-to-play game with a microtransaction-fueled gacha collection mechanic and game options and rewards locked behind a paid monthly…
By Mike Fahey Published September 26, 2019 -
CultureOfficial Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament Bans Hero, Then Unbans Him
The controversy surrounding Super Smash Bros. Ultimate character Hero and his place in serious competition intensified recently when it was revealed that an official, Nintendo-sanctioned tournament in France had chosen to ban him from play. But now, just two days later, Nintendo has reversed that decision. Originally announced back in January, the European Team Cup…
By Ian Walker Published September 26, 2019 -
ReviewsPCMagic: The Gathering Arena: The Kotaku Review
Magic: The Gathering Arena isn’t the same as ripping open Magic packs with your childhood best friend on a sunny park bench, but it is the next best thing. The digital card game, available on PC, smooths down the coarser aspects of paper Magic games, making for an easy landing pad for newbies and a…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published September 26, 2019 -
UncategorizedP.T. Hacker Is Still Finding Gruesome Secrets
Perhaps you’ve heard that a skilled dataminer recently found that there was more to P.T., the infamous “playable teaser” for the canceled Silent Hills, than meets the eye. Well, he’s not done digging, and has turned up even more scares hiding just out of frame in Hideo Kojima’s horror demo, including a grotesque corpse. P.T.,…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 26, 2019 -
UncategorizedSay Goodbye To Fortnite‘s Mechs
Fortnite’s Season 10 is in its last weeks, which means the game’s ever-evolving plot is coming to the fore. The latest development seems to be causing the game’s powerful, much-hated mechs to explode, finally removing them from the game. Following yesterday’s 10.40 patch, players have been noticing that the mechs are exploding when they hit…
By Riley MacLeod Published September 26, 2019 -
UncategorizedAn Apology
On Tuesday afternoon, we published an article headlined “Animated Video Game Porn Could Be A Lot Sexier And Less Gross.” It’s a piece we immediately regretted and that I wanted to talk to you, the readers, about. I can spare you a click. It was about popular animated porn videos involving well-known gaming and geek…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 26, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Wasn’t Expecting This New Fashion Game To Be So Political
For a while, I couldn’t open Instagram without getting an ad for Covet, a styling game similar to Love Nikki. Covet’s hook is that it features real fashion brands, and while it was tempting, I also suspected that it would be like taking a vacuum to my bank account. After Jezebel editor-in-chief Julianne Escobedo-Shepherd told…
By Gita Jackson Published September 26, 2019 -
UncategorizedRockstar is giving away $1 million of in-game money to everyone who logins into Grand Theft Auto Online between now and Oct. 2. The large sum of cash is being given away to celebrate the six-year anniversary of GTA Online. Players will receive the funds by October 9th.
By Zack Zwiezen Published September 26, 2019 -
CultureHere’s October 2019’s Xbox Games With Gold Lineup
October’s Xbox Live Games with Gold are a mix of horror, action, and family-friendly. As always, they’re only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Gold subscription. October’s Games with Gold are: Xbox One Tembo the Badass Elephant (October 1-31) Friday the 13th: The Game (October 16-November 15) Xbox 360 (compatible with Xbox One)…
By Riley MacLeod Published September 26, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsThree Hours With The Last Of Us Part II
I emerged from my three-hour The Last of Us Part II demo session tense and anxious, a coiled fire hose of pent-up adrenaline. I’d just piloted a now-19-year-old Ellie through peril after peril, amassing a grisly body count along the way. Few of those kills were clean. Many were desperate knife flurries, death by a…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 26, 2019