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CultureI Feel Gross Just Watching NBA 2K20’s Loot Box Trailer
NBA 2K20 is supposed to be a game primarily about playing basketball, but you wouldn’t know that from the game’s latest trailer, which makes the game look like something you might see in a casino. Released on Monday, the “MyTeam” trailer for NBA 2K20 shows off all the ways you can recruit better players and…
By Ethan Gach Published August 28, 2019 -
CultureShovel Knight Is Getting A Spin-Off Game And New Features
Even after years of updates, Shovel Knight does not tire, nor does he slow down. He is determined to shovel onward, even if it costs him his life. Today, developer Yacht Club Games unearthed a veritable treasure trove of new stuff for gaming’s foremost knight (who wields a shovel), including an all-new game. First and…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 28, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Didn’t Grow Up In The 80s, But This New Game Makes Me Feel Like I Did
There was a time, I’m told, when arcades were everywhere and kids spent long summer nights pissing away whatever money they had just to lose over and over again in games like Sinistar and Out Run. I missed that period of time by a decade, but that hasn’t stopped me from pining for it, like…
By Ethan Gach Published August 28, 2019 -
CultureBatman: Arkham Knight and Darksiders 3 Are September’s PlayStation Plus Games
I’ve always enjoyed watching other people play the Batman games, though I’ve never played one myself. Perhaps September’s PlayStation Plus lineup will change that. As ever, these games are only “free” if you have an active PlayStation Plus membership. September’s PS Plus games are: Batman: Arkham Knight Darksiders 3
By Riley MacLeod Published August 28, 2019 -
CultureA Remaster Of Disney’s Classic Lion King And Aladdin Games Is Coming In Fall
Coming this fall to consoles and PC, Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King combines two of the best movie tie-in games ever in one HD upscaled bundle. The package includes Sega Genesis and Game Boy releases of both games, as well as the Super Nintendo version of The Lion King, along with special…
By Mike Fahey Published August 28, 2019 -
ReviewsMultiplatformMan Of Medan: The Kotaku Review
Man Of Medan is a perfect game to play while huddled around with friends during Halloween, but pacing issues and technical problems keep it from being truly great. Man of Medan is a horror game about a group of rich idiots going somewhere they’re not supposed to go. Alex and his nerdy brother Brad are…
By Gita Jackson Published August 28, 2019 -
UncategorizedTwo People Who Didn’t Work At Telltale Games Say They’re Bringing Back Telltale Games
Telltale Games is back—well, at least the name is. A group of investors announced plans today to revive the iconic studio, which shut down last September, although with the company’s staff having scattered to the winds, this seems less like a revival and more like one of Clementine’s enemies. Today, Jamie Ottilie and Brian Waddle,…
By Jason Schreier Published August 28, 2019 -
UncategorizedControl‘s Clever Combat Tweaks Make Every Fight Feel Fresh
Control mixes Remedy’s signature quirkiness with mind-bending architecture and super-powered combat. One of the first things protagonist Jesse Faden does is find a transforming gun call the Service Weapon, a paranormal device with regenerating ammo and other tricks. It removes busywork from combat and makes each encounter exciting. In order to establish a solid rhythm,…
By Heather Alexandra Published August 28, 2019 -
CultureTrack: Somebody | Artist: Depeche Mode | Album: Some Great Reward
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 28, 2019 -
UncategorizedMan Quits Job To Focus On Buying Dragon Ball Merch
You might love Dragon Ball. You might be a big fan. But you do not have more Dragon Ball merch than Hitoshi Uchida. For example, one room in his house is dedicated entirely to Goku and filled with 4,000 Gokus! That’s not even the full extent of his collection. “I quit my job in order…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 28, 2019 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: City Girl City Boy
A lot—a lot—of indie bands have passed through this column. I’ve never become quite so quickly enamored with any of them as I have fallen headfirst into The Night Of Seokyo. The Night Of Seokyo is a four-member band that debuted in 2016. Since then, they’ve built up a slow but steady discography of late-night,…
By Seung Park Published August 28, 2019 -
UncategorizedOne Monster RPG is a game in which you raise a slime as though it was your own… so you can kill it. You play as a level 99 hero who’s on the tantalizing cusp of level 100, but there’s only one monster left in the world, and it’s history’s scrawniest slime. So you lead…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 27, 2019 -
CultureIt’s 1945, And The USSR Has Bombed A Hole In Space And Time
Ben Nicholas is a Senior 3D Concept Artist at Ubisoft Montréal who has also worked on stuff like Halo and Adidas sneakers. We actually featured some of Ben’s stuff a few years back, but everything you’re seeing below is from a new personal project he’s been working on called KOM-44, where the Second World War…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2019 -
ReviewsMultiplatformAncestors: The Humankind Odyssey: The Kotaku Review
If this is where humanity came from, no wonder we’re so messed up. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is designer and director Patrice Désilet’s first published game since he left the Assassin’s Creed series—which he played a massive role in creating—almost a decade ago. It is also one of the most ambitious games I’ve ever played,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2019 -
CultureFinal Fantasy XIV‘s Depiction Of The World Ending Is A Bit Too Real
To quote my 100% non-fictional friend Barret Wallace: “Planet’s dyin’, Cloud.” As our society feels closer and closer to an irrevocable change, as the Amazon rainforest burns and the ice caps continue to melt, I find the fragility of our world reflected in the narratives of my favorite games. Final Fantasy XIV’s latest expansion, Shadowbringers,…
By Heather Alexandra Published August 27, 2019
