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OpinionImpressionsRiver City Girls Is Like River City Ransom But With Girls
For decades, old-school beat-em up fans have been following the adventures of River City Ransom heroes Kunio and Riki, a pair of high school tough guys with a knack for rescuing their girlfriends from thugs. Wayforward’s River City Girls turns that tired formula on its head. It’s an utterly charming old-school brawler where the girlfriends…
By Mike Fahey Published September 5, 2019 -
CultureCustomizable Stairs In The Sims 4 Blow Interior Design Options Wide Open
I don’t know how to explain why this latest update to The Sims 4 is so exciting for me, because the main thing that has been added to the game are customizable stairs. I promise that is not at all as boring as it sounds. Prior to this update, every staircase you put inside of…
By Gita Jackson Published September 5, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsCatherine: Full Body’s Successes Make Its Reductive Gender Tropes Sting So Much More
“It’s aged nicely, with a sensual flavor, not unlike a fine wine,” purrs Trisha in Atlus’ Catherine: Full Body while sipping a glass of red, describing the “program” on the analogue TV on the bar next to her. A gentle haze of golden sparkles twinkle around the gigantic red afro puffs bouncing on either side…
By Natalie Degraffinried Published September 5, 2019 -
UncategorizedGears 5 includes nineteen Pride banners, from the classic rainbow to the bisexual pride flag (selected above), in customization options for multiplayer avatars. You get them with Scrap, which is only earned from playing matches, not with real money. Banners show up behind players’ avatars if they win MVP of a match.
By Maddy Myers Published September 5, 2019 -
CultureStop Telling Me To Drink The New Tea Pokémon, Nintendo
Last night’s Nintendo Direct was full of announcements, but the most exciting for Pokémon fans was likely the segment that detailed new content in the upcoming Pokémon Sword and Shield. This included reveals for two new Pokémon, one of which Nintendo is very eager for fans to literally drink. The last few installments of the Pokémon…
By Ian Walker Published September 5, 2019 -
CultureTwitchPopular Streamer Tfue’s Use Of A Racial Slur Could Be His Last Strike On Twitch
Popular Twitch streamer Turner “Tfue” Tenney seemingly used a racial slur while streaming Minecraft earlier this week. Twitch has yet to take action, but if it does, this will be Tfue’s third violation of Twitch’s policies, which is grounds for being permanently banned from the service. As reported by The Verge, the Minecraft clip isn’t…
By Riley MacLeod Published September 5, 2019 -
Culture‘It Wasn’t Meant To Be This Lightning Rod’: Valve Developer Looks Back At Company’s Epic Store Exclusivity Comments
When Metro Exodus was made an Epic Store exclusive just two weeks before its launch, Valve added fuel to the fire by appending a note to the game’s Steam page that called the move “unfair to Steam customers.” A Valve developer has told Kotaku that it wasn’t expecting the vitriolic reaction that followed. It’s as…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 5, 2019 -
ReviewsBlair Witch: The Kotaku Review
You can find an explainer for just about anything these days. Search for the title of any game, movie, or TV show in recent memory plus the word “ending” and you’ll find a video of someone explaining it. It doesn’t even have to be an ambiguous work like Bloodborne: This summer’s Spider-Man: Far From Home,…
By Joshua Rivera Published September 5, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsBanjo And Kazooie Are A Puzzle In Smash Ultimate
At long last, Banjo and Kazooie are in Super Smash Bros. “At long last,” I say, because the bear and Breegull duo have been some of the most requested additions to Nintendo’s mascot-based fighter for years. As players puzzle their way through the fighters’ toolkit, they’ve come across a couple surprises and not as many…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published September 5, 2019 -
CultureAsk Dr. NerdLove: Did I Make A Mistake Getting Married?
Hello, you evil bone machines, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column to help you remaster your love life. This week, we’re tackling the hard questions about relationships: What do you do when you think your marriage may have been a mistake… four days after the wedding? How do you deal…
Harris O'Malley Published September 5, 2019 -
UncategorizedRed Dead Online will receive its next update on September 10. Frontier Pursuits introduces three additional Specialist roles—Bounty Hunter, Trader, and Collector—as well as a free membership that rewards players as they level up and The Outlaw Pass, which increases those gains for the price of 35 gold bars.
By Ian Walker Published September 5, 2019 -
Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Astral Chain
Protecting the last vestiges of humanity from an invasion of otherworldly beings is no cakewalk for the anime police persons of Switch exclusive Astral Chain. The protagonist has to juggle detective work, exploration, and an obsessive photography habit while managing a menagerie of leashed beasts, and the game doesn’t explain much about how to do…
By Mike Fahey Published September 5, 2019 -
CultureSakurai Playing Smash With Two Controllers Is Always A Pleasure
In a video last night, Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai casually took out two controllers to show off the new Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fighter Banjo-Kazooie. He was on his own. That’s how he sometimes plays the game. Against himself. If you’re a Smash aficionado, you might already know about this. There are pictures…
By Gita Jackson Published September 5, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI’m Suddenly Proud Of The Collector’s Edition World Of Warcraft Pets I’ve Had Since 2004
I never intended to have tiny Diablo, zergling, and Panda pets following me around World of Warcraft. Purchasing the collector’s edition of the original game back in 2004, where these three rare in-game companions were a bonus, was a fluke. Now I’ve brought them into World of Warcraft Classic. Since the cuddly trio are the…
By Mike Fahey Published September 5, 2019 -
CultureThe State Of Overwatch In 2019
Overwatch is a game with gravity. Assembled from the scraps of the never-released MMORPG Titan by one of the most trusted game companies of all time, the first-person team shooter was always too big too fail. And since its release three years ago, its publisher Blizzard has continued feeding it, nourishing and fluffing its feathers,…
Cecilia D'Anastasio & Nathan Grayson Published September 5, 2019 -
UncategorizedPlayer Makes Duck Hunt In Mario Maker 2
They say legends never die, so it makes sense that Duck Hunt seems immortal. The NES Zapper classic has lived on, homaged in games like Halo 5 and featured in the last two Super Smash Bros. games. Now, an anonymous hero has also brought the fun of Duck Hunt to Super Mario Maker 2. The…
By Joshua Rivera Published September 5, 2019 -
CultureTrack: Killer Tune Kills Me | Artist: Kirinji feat. YonYon | Album: Killer Tune Kills Me (single)
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 5, 2019 -
UncategorizedTen years later, the website for Japanese puzzle game Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan has updated! The last game came out in 2008, and now that Mojipittan Encore has been announced for the Switch in Japan, the site has gotten a long overdue update. Maybe the next one will be a decade from now!
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 5, 2019
