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OpinionImpressionsMutazione Is A Super Chill Game About Raising Plants And Talking To Mutants
Mutazione, an indie game from Die Gute Fabrik out tomorrow on Steam, Apple Arcade and PlayStation 4, does a lot of things well, but what really caught my attention was how it captured the magic of growing plants. To see a plant grow from a cutting into a fully formed plant, to see the sprouts…
By Gita Jackson Published September 18, 2019 -
ReviewsMultiplatformSayonara Wild Hearts: The Kotaku Review
Sayonara Wild Hearts is a shining example of using a game’s design to say something meaningful while also making it look cool as hell. The game controls simply with the analog stick and a single button. What makes it stand out is its music, its look, and its mood. Sayonara Wild Hearts tells the story…
By Paul Tamayo Published September 18, 2019 -
CultureTruck Carrying Gaming Dice Spills Onto Highway, Rolls A Perfect 756,000
On Friday, September 13, a truck bound for the Georgia-based tabletop and video game company Trivium Studios took a turn too sharply, spilling 216,000 gaming dice onto Interstate 75 in Atlanta in what could be the biggest unintentional dice roll ever. According to Trivium Studios’ community manager, speaking to Kotaku about the incident, the truck…
By Mike Fahey Published September 18, 2019 -
CultureThe Internet Reacts To Sirfetch’d, Pokémon Sword‘s New Farfetch’d Evolution
Farfetch’d, the leek-carrying bird pal that’s been around since the original Pokémon games, is finally getting an evolution of his own. His buff new form, appearing exclusively in Pokémon Sword, is called Sirfetch’d, and the internet has some thoughts about this smug bird knight. According to the official Sword and Shield website, Sirfetch’d is incredibly…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 18, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI’ve Finally Gotten Tired Of Making My Video Game Characters Look Like Boring Slobs
I recently got my hands on Daemon X Machina, the new mech action game for the Nintendo Switch, and I was immediately dazzled—not by the power and might of my giant robot armor, or the weighty action of sci-fi combat—but by how much fun it was to style my mech and its pilot in some…
By Joshua Rivera Published September 18, 2019 -
UncategorizedTwo Months After Turning Off Local Chat And Angering Players, EVE Online Is Back To Normal
After 66 days in darkness, EVE Online is turning the lights back on: The infamous Nullsec blackout came to an end on Monday, enabling players to once again use the “local” chat channel to see other nearby players. The blackout was one of the first changes implemented in the game’s so-called “Chaos Era,” a time…
By Lee Yancy Published September 18, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsThe First Puzzle Quest Is Still The Best
2007’s Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords combined tile-matching puzzles and role-playing game mechanics to create an incredibly compelling hybrid game that was near impossible to put down. One sequel, several spin-offs, and countless copycats later, the Switch version of the original Puzzle Quest is just as captivating as it was 12 years ago. Launching…
By Mike Fahey Published September 18, 2019 -
CultureSpeedrunners Are Demolishing Celeste‘s Difficult New Chapter
Celeste’s recently added epilogue, Farewell, is an extremely difficult but charming send-off to a fantastic game. A normal playthrough takes anywhere from four to five hours and is immensely challenging. Skilled speedrunners are completing it in less than 20 minutes. Farewell adds tons of new mechanics to Celeste and even teaches players some advanced techniques…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 18, 2019 -
CultureJust What Everyone Needs, A Merge Dragons Sequel
Gram Games’ Merge Dragons is a very popular free-to-pay mobile game about combining three things into better things and spending money on dragon gems. Merge Magic, out today on iOS and Android, is a new game about combining three new things into better new things and spending money on magic gems. It has new art,…
By Mike Fahey Published September 18, 2019 -
CultureLong-Rumored Apex Legends Hero Apparently Spotted In Game
Apex Legends added its first new hero, the speedy Octane, early after launch. The electric-fence-dropping Wattson followed at the start of Season Two in July. Since then, there’s been supposed leaks and speculation about the next hero. Most folks believe it will be a sneaky hacker named Crypto, and he seems to have made an…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 18, 2019 -
CultureTrack: When I’m Five | Artist: David Bowie | Album: David Bowie
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 18, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanWhy The Most Recent Tales Game Is Taking So Long
Between 2002 and 2012, Bandai Namco released a mainline Tales game almost every year, save for 2006 and 2010. After 2012, there was a two-year gap before Tales of Zestiria. The following year, Namco Bandai released Tales of Berseria. But since then, there hasn’t been another Tales game. The next one, Tales of Arise, won’t be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 18, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanThe Sega Genesis Turned Tiny For Capsule Toys
The Sega Genesis Mini is small, but these capsule versions are even smaller. Sure, they don’t play games, but they’re tiny and cute. Over the years, numerous game consoles have been miniaturized for capsule toys. As IT Media points out, what makes this latest line so interesting is how extensive the peripherals and add-on versions…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 18, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanJunior High School Student Wins $46,000 Game Tournament, Doesn’t Get Any Money
During the Tokyo Game Show, legendary Street Fighter player Momochi forfeited tens of thousands of dollars in prize money because he doesn’t have a pro-gaming license in Japan. He wasn’t the only one who lost out on money. The winner of the Puzzle & Dragons tournament did, too. Junior high school student Yuwa came in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 18, 2019 -
CultureYou Can Eat This Game’s Box If You Want
The physical copies of this year’s Football Manager game are made almost entirely from recyclable materials, from the case to the shrink-wrap to the ink that’s printed on it. You could even eat the cardboard, if that was something you ever felt the need to do. As GI.biz reports, this year’s game—and every version going…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 17, 2019 -
CultureTwitchTwitch’s Latest Crackdowns On ‘Sexual’ Content Are Leaving Streamers Baffled
Earlier this week, Twitch suspended a streamer named Quqco for wearing a cosplay of Street Fighter heroine Chun-Li on stream, deeming her outfit “sexually suggestive.” This took Quqco—and many others—by surprise, given that the outfit was not overtly risqué. But this was not an isolated incident. In the past few days, Twitch has been cracking…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 17, 2019 -
ReviewsMultiplatformNBA 2K20 MyCareer: The Kotaku Review
NBA 2K20 is one of the best sports games I’ve played in a long time. It’s also a giant scam that is perpetually gross, and sometimes even terrifying, to be around. This might sound weird considering this is a sports game, but 2K’s basketball titles are some of the hardest things I ever have to…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 17, 2019
