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UncategorizedApocalyptic ice age simulator Frostpunk got its first expansion today adding a new map for the game’s endless mode called The Rifts. The game is also getting a few more updates later this year, including a new scenario and a handful of other endless mode maps.
By Ethan Gach Published August 27, 2019 -
CultureRemnant: From The Ashes, As Told By Steam Reviews
A week after its release, Remnant: From The Ashes remains at the top of the Steam charts. It’s safe to say that its core conceit—what if Dark Souls, but guns—is resonating with people. Is the game living up to lofty, gothy expectations? For the most part, so far, so good. Kotaku’s Heather Alexandra found herself…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 27, 2019 -
Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Control
Control takes you on a fascinating journey through a monstrous office building full of occult horrors. It also holds a lot back, preferring to show rather than tell. As a result, there’s some information that can be really useful to know but that the game doesn’t explain well, or at all. Whether you’re just getting…
By Ethan Gach Published August 27, 2019 -
CultureSony Is Still Trying To Stop People From Hacking The Vita, For Some Reason [Corrected]
Correction: 8/28/2019, 1:30 p.m. ET: After the publication of this story, the Vita hacker in question now says that the h-encore² hack in fact still works with the 3.72 Vita firmware. Kotaku apologizes the error. The original story is below. Less than a day after a new exploit for jailbreaking the Vita was discovered, Sony…
By Ethan Gach Published August 27, 2019 -
CultureFinding An Old Game Boy Advance Feels Like Slipping Into A Storybook
Not too long ago, I got a box from my folks with a bunch of stuff I had been keeping in their attic. I live in New York, where boxes are generally bad news: They’re full of stuff, and when you take stuff out of a box, you have to find a place to put…
By Joshua Rivera Published August 27, 2019 -
CultureThe Best And Funniest Moments Of SonicFox’s 72-Hour Charity Stream
Legendary fighting game competitor Dominique “SonicFox” McLean spent last weekend raising over $20,000 for charity during a marathon livestream that featured copious amounts of Mortal Kombat and Injustice gameplay, surprise guest appearances, musical performances, and one major change to the young player’s facial hair. SonicFox has long been open about his identity, which could be…
By Ian Walker Published August 27, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsYu-Gi-Oh On Switch Is All The Yu-Gi-Oh I’ll Ever Need
Most of my experience with Yu-Gi-Oh, Konami’s long-running collectible card game/cartoon series, comes from video games. I’ve tapped more virtual cards than physical ones, and most of my matches have been against computer opponents. That’s how I like it, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution for the Nintendo Switch is all that and…
By Mike Fahey Published August 27, 2019 -
CultureFan Creates Hilarious, Dead-On Tweets By Fire Emblem: Three Houses Characters
One thing Fire Emblem: Three Houses does well is endear you to its memorable characters. After spending almost a hundred hours with the teens at Garreg Mach, I’m somehow still eager to see more of these characters’ hilarious interactions. It wasn’t a huge surprise when one fan took their huge personalities through the next logical…
By Gita Jackson Published August 27, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryControl Proves That An Office Building Is The Perfect Setting For A Metroid-Like
Control, a Metroid Prime-like game that takes place inside an impossibly vast US federal government building, is out today. As someone who has been paying the IRS back taxes for a decade, it feels like a game that was made to terrify exactly me. It is also one of the best games I’ve played this…
By Tim Rogers Published August 27, 2019 -
ReviewsMultiplatformKnights And Bikes: The Kotaku Review
Knights and Bikes follows two young girls growing up in the ’80s, but it’s not about a specific generation’s childhood as much as childhood in general. Its two young characters aren’t immune to the grim reality that swirls around their fantasy of heroes and monsters. It celebrates childhood without stumbling into nostalgia, and it’s earnestly…
By Riley MacLeod Published August 27, 2019 -
UncategorizedThere’s a Mega Man Zero / ZX Legacy Collection (yes, that’s the official name) and it’s coming to PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC on January 21, 2020. It’ll include Mega Man Zero 1 through 4 as well as both Mega Man ZX games which are more Metroidvania-inspired.
By Ethan Gach Published August 27, 2019 -
UncategorizedEVE Online Hosted A Fan Festival At One Player’s House
Player meetups for EVE Online are as much a part of the game’s culture as its spaceships. These gatherings run the gamut of size and spectacle, from small groups drinking with friends at their local bar to the massive annual Fanfest gathering in Reykjavik, Iceland organized by the game’s publisher, CCP. This year saw something…
By Lee Yancy Published August 27, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsHands-On With The Nintendo Switch Lite: Sturdy, Stylish, Comfortable
The Nintendo Switch’s gimmick is the ability to “switch” between playing on your television and handheld mode. The Nintendo Switch Lite is a cheaper but no less impressive console focused exclusively on portable fun. I enjoyed a hands-on demo in New York and walked away much more impressed than I expected to be. Viewed from…
By Heather Alexandra Published August 27, 2019 -
CultureThe developers of Cuphead have made the game’s excellent soundtrack available for purchase as sheet music. It’s very cool to see they’ve made separate arrangements for high school jazz band, high school concert band, professionals, and barbershop quartets
By Joshua Rivera Published August 27, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsWorld Of Warcraft Classic’s Rocky Launch Is Kind Of Nostalgic, Sure
Overcrowded starting areas, login queues in the tens of thousands, rampant lag, server disconnects—oh yeah, I am feeling that old school MMO vibe in World of Warcraft Classic In the video below (mind the hot mic, it’s been a while) I take my first steps 15 years back in time. My gnome rogue, Gerbil, entered…
By Mike Fahey Published August 27, 2019 -
UncategorizedFortnite’s 10.20 patch includes a Borderlands crossover that resembles the game’s planet Pandora. It also adds a new item, the Shield Bubble, that defends against projectiles and explosives. Sounds a lot like Apex Legends’ Gibraltar’s dome, doesn’t it..
By Riley MacLeod Published August 27, 2019 -
UncategorizedMario Kart Tour, Nintendo’s next mobile game, is getting its full release on September 25
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2019 -
CultureA Collection Of Beautiful, Hand-Drawn Maps For Video Games And RPGs
We’ve got a very cool feature for tonight’s Fine Art: the work of Francesca Baerald, an Italian artist who has drawn gorgeous fantasy maps for companies like Square Enix, Fantasy Flight, Games Workshop and Dark Horse. You can see more of Francesca’s stuff at herpersonal site and ArtStation page
By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2019
