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UncategorizedThe Division 2 Devs Remove New Mode Weeks After Launch To Make It Better
Adding stuff to a game months after release? That’s usually good news. Removing it a few weeks later? That tends to not go over as well. Members of The Division 2’s community have been expressing confusion and aggravation since late last week following confirmation that the game’s Expedition area, which was released just last month,…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 12, 2019 -
CultureSystem Shock 2 Has Been Getting New Patches For Years, Based On The Work Of A Fan Nobody Can Find
System Shock 2 is a beloved classic, a fascinating tangle of shooter, survival horror, and role-playing systems that intermingle and spark with a frightening menace. After developer Looking Glass Studios closed in 2000, the game wound up in ownership limbo. For a time, it languished without updates. Getting it to run on more modern machines…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedMario 64 Expert Climbs One Of The Game’s Trickiest Levels Without Jumping
Scott “pannenkoek2012″ Buchanan is a Super Mario 64 expert known best for achieving memetic status thanks to a complex trick that involved “parallel universes” to complete. Buchanan is a master of the “A press challenge,” which involves clearing levels without jumping. He’s back at it again with a new, spellbinding way to climb to the…
By Heather Alexandra Published August 12, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsNew Free Steam Demo Is A Modern-Day Superman Game
The problem with making a game about a superhero like Superman is figuring out ways to impose limits on the character to make sure he’s not overpowered. Undefeated, afree superhero PC game created by a trio of students from Japan’s Vantan Game Academy, demonstrates just how unnecessary those limits might be. The nameless hero of…
By Mike Fahey Published August 12, 2019 -
CultureFallout 76 Player Uses Glitches To Build Her Own World Under The Map
Fallout 76 player MrsP123 has a campsite in a location uniquely suited to fending off intruders. Recently, a player character in a skeleton mask holding an assault rifle tried to rampage through her campsite. The interloper tried to fight her, but she didn’t fight back. Instead of initiating a duel, she subjected the masked intruder…
By Ethan Gach Published August 12, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsBlack Ops 4‘s Blackout Mode Now Lets You Play As A Zombie, But It Just Isn’t Fun
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 lets players die and respawn as zombies in the new “Pandemic” Blackout mode. Unfortunately, even an entire horde of zombie players are at a disadvantage in this limited-time mode. Pandemic arrived last week on PlayStation 4 (Xbox One and PC will receive the update on August 13) with the…
By S.E. Doster Published August 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedI (Tim Rogers) got one of those new 8bitdo SN30 Pro+ controllers. I’m really excited about it, so I’m live-streaming my first impressions of it by testing it with a battery of Switch games (starting with Super Mario Maker 2). Finally! A stream that shows you what it’s like for me to play video games…
By Tim Rogers Published August 12, 2019 -
CultureLong-Promised Minecraft Graphical Overhaul Is Canceled
Today, Mojang announced that it has ceased development on Minecraft’s Super Duper Graphics Pack, citing technical difficulties. It’s been just over two years since the feature was announced on stage at E3 2017, “Some of you might remember us announcing the Super Duper Graphics Pack during E3 2017,” the studio announced on its website today.…
By Ethan Gach Published August 12, 2019 -
CultureA Mural In Fire Emblem: Three Houses Is Cleverly Hiding The Main Character’s Crest
Fans have been using an image seen in an early Fire Emblem: Three Houses trailer to puzzle out information about the characters’ Crests, which are symbols of a powerful bloodline that gives them special powers. In addition to a few that aren’t seen in the game, all the crests you encounter are represented in this…
By Gita Jackson Published August 12, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryEverything I Did While Waiting For The Rain To Stop In Breath Of The Wild
I recently started a new game in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild after I took my Switch to my sister’s house and my nephews deleted my save. I’d played a few hours of the game last year but never picked it up again. This time, it’s totally sucked me in, and I…
By Riley MacLeod Published August 12, 2019 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Jason Returns, Again
You can never really escape Jason Voorhees. The masked slasher from The Friday The 13th films is returning again this week. A new edition of The Friday The 13th game is heading to the Nintendo Switch. I wonder if in 20 or 30 years people will still be making and watching Jason films. How many…
By Zack Zwiezen Published August 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedAn improved version of System Shock 2 is in the works. Nightdive Studios, which is currently working on remastering the first System Shock, announced it’s also working on System Shock 2 Enhanced Edition during a Twitch stream last night celebrating the game’s 20th anniversary
By Ethan Gach Published August 12, 2019 -
CultureFinally, A Nintendo 64 That Can Breathe Fire
This modded Nintendo 64 looks more like a botched entry for Robot Wars than a nice retro gaming console for people to gather around and play classics like Banjo-Kazooie. But it still works as a console—flamethrowers and all. It was spotted by Attract Mode and created by retro gaming YouTuber BitHead1000 He built a heavy-duty…
By Ethan Gach Published August 12, 2019 -
CultureTrack: Never | Artist: Orbital | Album: Wonky
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 12, 2019 -
Kotaku EastWatch A Dude Make Dragon Ball‘s Goku From Wood
Workshop Au Lac Wood Art does highly-detailed, traditional wood carvings in its native Vietnam. Instead of watching artisans carve a Buddhist deity, let’s watch one make a Goku! But first, take a moment to appreciate the artisan’s skills and dedication: Incredible, no? Below, those skills are brought to bear in creating this Goku wood carving.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedMan Threatens Square Enix With A Kyoto Animation Repeat, Gets Arrested
Forty-year-old Kenichi Hiratsuka has been arrested after allegedly sending a threatening message to Square Enix. Fuji Network News reports that the message was sent via Square Enix’s inquiry page. “Gimme my money back for your shitty game,” read the message. “Want me to do a repeat of Kyoto Animation?” In July, a suspected arsonist allegedly…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedFortnite’s Teenage World Champ Swatted Live On Stream
Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf, the newly-crowned 16 year-old Fortnite World Cup solo champion, was playing the game in a stream last night when his home was “swatted” Because he streaming live on Twitch, we’ve got video recorded at the time the cops arrive, and in the middle of a game we can hear as he’s interrupted…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2019 -
CultureThe Kids Are Alright
Darren Bartley is a concept artist based in the UK working in the video game business. Below you’ll see a ton of art from Tribal, an original IP Bartley has been dreaming up in his spare time. You can see more of Bartley’s stuff at his ArtStation page
By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2019