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UncategorizedApex Legends Gets Some Very Nice Toys
Weta, who in addition to being a special effects house are also a merch company, have a bunch of Apex Legends stuff coming out, ranging from little vinyl figures to more expensive statues. Statues first: they’ll be out in December, stand around 9 inches tall and cost $100. They’re called figures, but since they’re set…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2019 -
CultureOld Memes Are Better With Fire Emblem Characters
The students in Fire Emblem: Three Houses are my children. They’re yours too, and so I’m sure you’ll agree that everything is better with our gaggle of rainbow-haired anime children in it. Even memes we’ll almost certainly be sick of in two weeks. This line of thought has given rise to the #RedrawRiegan hashtag on…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 14, 2019 -
UncategorizedHenry Cavill Is Now Geralt In The Witcher 3, Too
We have come full circle. No longer is Henry Cavill just playing Geralt in Netflix’s Witcher adaptation, but he is now replacing Geralt in The Witcher 3 itself thanks to a mod that I’m honestly surprised took this long to turn up. Adnan’s Henry Cavill mod swaps Geralt’s old-ass face and replaces it with a…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2019 -
EsportsRick Fox’s League Of Legends Team Is No More
After months of internal strife following the news that one of its investors had called a fellow shareholder the n-word, the esports organization co-founded by Rick Fox has officially lost its coveted spot in the League of Legends Championship Series, Riot Games announced today. “On August 13, the LCS and Echo Fox entered into an…
By Ethan Gach Published August 14, 2019 -
UncategorizedYou Can Now Go Fishing In Black Ops 4‘s Battle Royale Mode, But It’s Dangerous
Thanks to an update last week Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 now lets you fish in its Blackout battle royale mode. You fish for items, not fish, and, if you’re lucky you can reel in some powerful guns. Blackout has two fishing locales. My first adventure started on the docks by the Lighthouse on…
By S.E. Doster Published August 14, 2019 -
UncategorizedDeveloper Fumes About Keyseller G2A, But Admits He Was Wrong About $300,000 Complaint
On Monday, game developer Charlie Cleveland, who founded Subnautica and Natural Selection publisher Unknown Worlds, told sketchy game reseller G2A that they owe him a fat chunk of money—$300,000 to be exact—over stolen keys for Natural Selection 2. Two days later, Cleveland told Kotaku today that he erred in his Monday claim, but added that…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published August 14, 2019 -
CultureNew Apex Legends Axe Costs $170 In Coin Packs
They say you’ve got to spend money to make money. In the case of Apex Legends’ new event, you’ll have to spend $160 to earn the opportunity to spend $10 to unlock a $35 virtual axe. Confused? Oh, my friend, we’re just getting started. Raven’s Bite is an Heirloom-quality melee weapon added as part of…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 14, 2019 -
CultureSpelunky 2 has been delayed, developer Derek Yu announced on Twitter. “Development is still going well and we’re not far off target,” Yu wrote, “but the density and detail of the game is demanding more time.” Originally scheduled for 2019, no new date was given.
By Joshua Rivera Published August 14, 2019 -
CultureEverything You Need To Know About Destiny 2’s New Armor System
On a livestream Wednesday afternoon, Bungie showed off its forthcoming overhaul of Destiny 2’s armor system that will come when the Shadowkeep expansion arrives October 1. It’s a pretty thorough rework of how armor works in the game—and while it’s sorely needed, it might make Destiny even more of a grind depending on how it’s…
By Joshua Rivera Published August 14, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsNo Man’s Sky Beyond Makes A Great First Impression, Except For The Bugs
No Man’s Sky’s Beyond update has the same pull for all the checklist and spreadsheet lovers out there as it always has, with a lot less of the frustration. As annoyed as I am that I can’t get into my old save for No Man’s Sky right now, I also can’t wait to play more.…
By Gita Jackson Published August 14, 2019 -
CultureDemon’s Souls Can Now Run At 4K And 60 FPS (In An Emulator)
You’ll need a powerful PC and a copy of the original game, but thanks to a new patch to the PS3 emulator RPCS3, it’s now possible to play the 2009 action-role-playing game Demon’s Souls in 4K while running at 60 frames per second. This has been a dream for Demon’s Souls fans for several years…
By Ethan Gach Published August 14, 2019 -
UncategorizedAnodyne 2: Return to Dust is out this week on Steam and worth checking out, especially for anyone who loves great music and moody, PS2-era JRPG vibes. Kotaku’s Heather Alexandra loved the game when it was in Early Access and I’ve been having a similarly splendid time with the full release.
By Ethan Gach Published August 14, 2019 -
CultureNintendo Is Cracking Down On Popular YouTube Music Channels
A popular YouTube channel dedicated to sharing video game music was recently hit with over a hundred copyright claims, the latest to fall under intense scrutiny as Nintendo appears to be ramping up efforts to prevent the illicit distribution of its music. “Game over,” the YouTube channel GilvaSunner, which has over 300,000 subscribers, wrote on…
By Ethan Gach Published August 14, 2019 -
CulturePlayers Say No Man’s Sky Beyond Is Crashing, And Developers Promise A Fix Soon
No Man’s Sky players are saying that Beyond is running poorly on console, with frequent crashes. Hello Games says they’re aware of the issue and are working on a fix. This morning, I woke up at 6 a.m. eager to start playing No Man’s Sky Beyond. After my download finally finished a few hours later,…
By Gita Jackson Published August 14, 2019 -
Culture‘We Know We’re Not Taking It Far Enough’: A Ubisoft VP Wrestles With Politics In Games
A couple of months ago, in a meeting room on the outskirts of the Los Angeles Convention Center during the E3 gaming show, Ubisoft’s Tommy Francois described what he thought would be the ultimate video game. It would be “a matrix where you get one thousand lives, where you get one thousand mistakes and within…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 14, 2019 -
UncategorizedTwitter Bot Hosts Never-Ending Jeopardy Game
Twitter is a place where adults yell at each other for no reason and pretend that the world isn’t ending. It’s also a place for fun games and bots. A Twitter account called Endless Jeopardy is providing computer generated trivia questions every 15 minutes, for a game that will never end. (Well, at least until…
By Heather Alexandra Published August 14, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Broke My Brain Designing Randomly Generated Sims Buildings
I build a lot in The Sims, but like a lot of Simmers, I end up building the same house over and over. No matter how hard I try, they look like the houses in the neighborhood I grew up in. They’re suburban houses with two stories, vaguely Georgian architecture, two beds, and one bathroom.…
By Gita Jackson Published August 14, 2019 -
UncategorizedWhy Players Are Mad About Fortnite Selling A Dog [Update: Dog Will Be Refunded]
The latest batch of cosmetics for sale in Fortnite’s item shop seems to feature a familiar furry face. For 1000 V-Bucks, players can get Gunner, a wearable pet that looks awfully similar to Bonesy, a wearable pet from season 6. Bonesy was one of the first pets Epic released for Fortnite, as part of the…
By Riley MacLeod Published August 14, 2019 -
CultureBorderlands 3 Feels Like A Throwback To 2012 In All The Best (And Worst) Ways
It has been five years since the last two Borderlands games—the one-two punch of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and the Telltale Games spinoff, Tales From the Borderlands. Five years is a healthy amount of time for something to be gone, but for Gearbox Software, developers of the first two games (The Pre-Sequel was developed by 2K…
By Joshua Rivera Published August 14, 2019
