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CulturePokemonSudowoodo Is Loved By Millions Of Old People
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Sudowoodo! Sudowoodo Details Type: Rock Average Height: 3‘ 11″ Average Weight: 83.8 lbs. First Added In Generation II Sudowoodo…
By Zack Zwiezen Published August 31, 2019 -
CultureMorning CheckpointPlease Don’t Kill My Emoji Family!
Hello! This week we explore The Oldest House, yell about Fortnite, watch a weird wrestling match, listen to Claptrap, call Lovecraft a stupid child and kill our emoji family. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Like most weeks, Kotaku was filled with some great stories. Here are a few of my favorites! Control is…
By Zack Zwiezen Published August 31, 2019 -
EsportsCompetitive Madden Returns This Weekend Starring Two-Time Champ
Pro Madden kicks off the first major tournament of its 2020 season this weekend with the Madden 20 Classic in Arlington Texas where all eyes will be on Michael “Skimbo” Skimbo to see if the existing champ can win his third straight title. Skimbo has been a powerhouse at the Classic for the last two…
By Ethan Gach Published August 30, 2019 -
CultureHomeworld 3 Is Coming, Hell Yes
Twenty years after the release of the first game in the series, we got news today that there’s going to be a third mainline Homeworld game. Gearbox announced the title today at PAX West, with development being handled by Blackbird Interactive, the studio behind not just the recent Homeworld Remastered games, but the Homeworld prequel…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 30, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsWoW Classic Brings The Community Back To World Of Warcraft
World of Warcraft Classic is teeming with life. Traders shout out their wares, offering much-needed magical items and equipment at reasonable prices. Adventurers form parties for protection against dangerous low-level foes. Earlier today a stranger came up to my mage and asked if I could conjure him water. I can’t remember the last time a…
By Mike Fahey Published August 30, 2019 -
CultureControl’s Hidden Puppet Show Is A Horror Masterpiece
Control could be called a horror game. It’s creepy and unsettling,right down to the title cards that pop up in every new location. But Control is also a good action game, withfun, bombastic gunfights. It’s probably best to just call it a thriller—at least, until you find the first episode of Threshold Kids, an inexplicable…
By Joshua Rivera Published August 30, 2019 -
CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for baking a cake, if I don’t eat all the blueberries I plan to put in the cake first. It’s also for playing video games (possibly while eating cake). At long last, we have returned to the time of Too Many Games. I’m excited to play more Control, and also hop into…
By Riley MacLeod Published August 30, 2019 -
UncategorizedFallout 76’s Raid Missions Feel Like Chores
In gaming parlance, the phrase “raid” implies some grand story, an epic boss fight, and the promise of great rewards at the end. Bethesda has called Fallout 76’s latest addition to the game a raid, but it lacks those things. Instead, it takes the base game’s worst quests and repackages them the most grindy, punishing…
By Ethan Gach Published August 30, 2019 -
UncategorizedYouTuber Jared “ProJared” Knabenbauer has posted a video denying allegations from three months ago that he supposedly had exchanged nude photos with two underage fans. Knabenbauer acknowledged that he did exchange nude photos with other fans, clarified that this was “consensual,” although there was a “power imbalance” between himself and his fans.
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published August 30, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Keep Quitting Dragon Quest XI Thanks To Its Atrocious Music
Ever since my friend and Kotaku comrade in arms Tim Rogers reviewed Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age last year with glowing praise, I’ve been trying desperately to play it. The combat is snappy, the world is gorgeous, and the prospect of a sweeping story excites me. But every time I play, I…
By Heather Alexandra Published August 30, 2019 -
ReviewsSwitchAstral Chain: The Kotaku Review
“Action game.” That’s what Astral Chain’s publisher Nintendo calls it. That’s what its developer Platinum Games calls it. That’s what we called it when we first reported on its existence. But Astral Chain is so much more than just an action game. I’d go as far as saying that “action game” is the least of…
By Mike Fahey Published August 30, 2019 -
UncategorizedRemedy Entertainment says it’s looking into how to improve Control’s performance on console but that it will take time. The studio also says that an on/off toggle for Motion Blur and Film Grain will be coming in the next update, along with improvements to the map display.
By Ethan Gach Published August 30, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsPlayer Recreates The Dragon Ball Z Opening With No Man’s Sky Footage
The No Man’s Sky community is full of creative players doing interesting things with the game, like making a rudimentary version of Rocket League. One player used footage and assets from the game to recreate the classic opening for Dragon Ball Z, and it’s hilarious. While I am more familiar with the American dubbed version…
By Gita Jackson Published August 30, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsCatherine: Full Body Adds New Puzzles And Characters But Retains Old Flaws
Catherine: Full Body is a remix of sorts of Catherine, a 2011 puzzle game by Atlus that had strong visual novel elements. Full Body makes some additions to the original’s narrative and gameplay. We’ll discuss the narrative changes more in-depth next week. For now, Full Body’s addition of a new character and some slight changes…
By Natalie Degraffinried Published August 30, 2019 -
CultureWoW Classic Players Are Using Illicit Tools To Stay Logged In And Avoid Login Queues
If you watch people play games on Twitch, or you read about them on websites, or you just awoke from a thousand-year slumber and the first thing anybody explained to you was the concept of “video games,” you’re probably aware that everybody’s going bonkers for WoW Classic right now. This has resulted in hours-long queue…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 29, 2019 -
UncategorizedThis Cute Kaiju Rampage Is The Best Dreams Level I’ve Played So Far
There’s plenty of games about fighting and hunting monsters, but not enough games about being a monster and smashing things up. Thankfully there’s Dreams, the incredible creative game that’s led to everything from serialized puppet shows to playable Final Fantasy VII Remake battles. Some intrepid Dreams players have even teamed up to make the perfect…
By Heather Alexandra Published August 29, 2019 -
CultureWoman Says Oculus Rift Cofounder Put His Hand Up Her Skirt During VR Demo
Earlier this week, Autumn Taylor, marketing director at the virtual reality game studio Owlchemy Labs, said that Oculus cofounder Michael Antonov groped her during a VR demo in 2016. At first, Taylor described the incident without revealing the person’s identity. “They showed me VR demos, but put their hands up my skirt while they did…
By Ethan Gach Published August 29, 2019
