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CultureTony Hawk Shares Unused Motion Capture Footage From Original Pro Skater
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater is now 20 years old. It’s a milestone that means a lot to a whole lot of people—Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater was a watershed moment in video games, a sports game that captured the imagination of skaters, non-skaters, and fans of Goldfinger’s “Superman” alike. In observance, Tony Hawk recently shared a…
By Joshua Rivera Published September 3, 2019 -
CultureNext Week’s Big Red Dead Online Update Will Include Bounty Hunting
The next big Red Dead Online update arrives next week and will add new roles, such as becoming a bounty hunter. Each new role will come with new gear, abilities, and clothing. Rockstar is also promising improvements to the combat and movement controls. After a long period of silence, Rockstar has finally revealed more details…
By Zack Zwiezen Published September 3, 2019 -
CultureEuropean Guild Blazes Through WoW Classic’s First 2 Raids In 6 Days
After World of Warcraft first launched on November 23, 2004, it took players 69 days to defeat the endgame raid boss Onyxia. The ten bosses of the Molten Core raid weren’t completely conquered until April 25, 2005. It only took European guild APES six days to accomplish both feats in the newly-launched World of Warcraft…
By Mike Fahey Published September 3, 2019 -
UncategorizedPokémon Masters received its first big event today. “Reach for the Top” gives players the opportunity to team up with Blue and his Pidgeot in a handful of new story chapters while also making the original Pokémon rival more likely to drop in the random trainer pull. Good luck!
By Ian Walker Published September 3, 2019 -
CultureControl Is Packed With Alan Wake References
Control, the latest game from Remedy Entertainment, has completely taken over my brain. In it, you play as Jesse Faden as she explores the Federal Bureau of Control, a federal agency that studies and contains supernatural objects. Playing a game about secrets and conspiracies will start making you believe in secrets and conspiracies, it turns…
By Gita Jackson Published September 3, 2019 -
UncategorizedWe (Tim Rogers & Jason Schreier) are playing Final Fantasy VIII Remastered on the Nintendo Switch over on Kotaku’s Twitch channel. In direct contrast to our glacial Chrono Trigger playthrough, we’re starting in medias res and playing super-fast. Come on over and hang out.
By Tim Rogers Published September 3, 2019 -
UncategorizedFollowing in the footsteps of other fighting game devs, SNK recently announced an official competition for both Samurai Shodown and King of Fighters XIV The SNK World Championship is scheduled for March 2020, and the entire shebang will feature a prize pool of over 10 million yen, or around $95,000.
By Ian Walker Published September 3, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Can’t Convince My Friends That Overcooked 2 Is Fun, Not Stressful
No game is more controversial among my friends than Overcooked 2, a relatively innocuous game about cooking, plating and serving food. Overcooked 2’s saccharine art style and upbeat ukulele soundtrack are a thin cover for is deeply stressful gameplay. For me, this is a draw; for everyone else who comes to my apartment, Overcooked 2…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published September 3, 2019 - Uncategorized
We have once again updated our story about the Genesis Mini’s inclusion of a fan-made port of the game Darius. Although Sega told Kotaku at the time that the Mini’s version was unrelated to the fan version and that developer M2 did the port, it has since revealed that it is based on the fan’s…
By Chris Kohler Published September 3, 2019 -
UncategorizedAnnounced today and coming in 2020 to iOS and Android, Lego Star Wars Battles is an action-strategy game that has players build decks of light or dark side characters and vehicles from across all nine movies in the Skywalker Saga, pitting them against other players in online battles. Why Lego? Why not?
By Mike Fahey Published September 3, 2019 -
Tips & GuidesBreath Of The Wild Player Discovers A Ridiculously Easy New Way To Catch Fish
Want to gather a whole lot of delicious virtual fish in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild with very little effort? Redditor Charlieboy95 discovered that all you have to do to force fish ashore is purse your lips and blow. It’s like whistling while you work, only whistling is the work. In a…
By Mike Fahey Published September 3, 2019 -
UncategorizedDon’t give up on Transformers’ planet eater just yet. Originally slated to end on August 31, Hasbro has extended the deadline for its $4.6 million Unicron crowdfunding campaign to October 6. Where’s the fun in crowdfunding if a project can’t fail?
By Mike Fahey Published September 3, 2019 -
CultureTrack: [I Know] I’m Losing You | Artist: Rod Stewart | Album: Every Picture Tells A Story
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 3, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanEiichiro Oda Wants To Finish One Piece In Five Years
YouTube comedy group Fischer’s recently visited Eiichiro Oda’s home studio. While there, they asked the famed manga creator how much longer One Piece was going to run. In the clip, which you can see below, Oda’s face was blurred out. In the past few years, Oda has ceased showing his face on camera—probably so he…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 3, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanThat’s A Nice-Looking Arcade Stick, SNK
SNK has announced a new arcade stick for Japan. Dubbed the Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro, its design was influenced by the Neo Geo CD’s Controller Pad stick. Currently, the stick has no announced release date. Nor are there any details about which buttons SNK is sourcing for the Arcade Stick Pro. More details will…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 3, 2019 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: The Only
With all the hullabaloo surrounding Red Velvet’s Umpah Umpah, let’s not forget that band member Irene recently featured in a solo release, too, and it’s also a banger. The Only, which credits Raiden—who debuted as a DJ in 2017 and recently signed with SM Entertainment—as the main artist, was released under the SM STATION label.…
By Seung Park Published September 3, 2019
