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CultureRaiders Of The North Sea Is A Really Good Digital Board Game
As I’ve recently put on record here, I think Tokaido is the best digital board game. Its stay at the top might be short-lived, though, because Raiders of the North Sea, out this week on PC, Switch and mobile, is very good. I reviewed the board game last year, and loved it; it’s since become…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 1, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsBattlefield V‘s New Map Brings Towering Cliffsides And Fast-Paced Carnage
Battlefield V’s initial post-launch plans focused on story and special game modes, with only a large tank-themed map breaking up the pace. Fans then waited eagerly over the next several months for new battlefields, their patience eventually rewarded with an intense coastal map in June. This past week, Battlefield V has expanded again with another…
By Heather Alexandra Published August 1, 2019 -
CultureSplitscreenSo There’s Trash Talk And Then There’s Casual Bigotry
How far is too far when it comes to gaming trash talk? And how do you go about confronting a friend, or a stranger, for some seriously uncool comments in chat? On this week’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, we brought in Kotaku senior reporter and trash talk aficionado Cecilia D’Anastasio to discuss gaming etiquette. First,…
By Maddy Myers Published August 1, 2019 -
UncategorizedEliza is a visual novel from Zachtronics, developer of Opus Magnum and EXAPUNKS, coming to Steam August 12. If you’re familiar with Zachtronics’ games, you know they always have a weird twist, and sure enough Eliza revolves around an AI-powerd counseling app and the human forced to be a proxy for it.
By Ethan Gach Published August 1, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsThis Delightful Bird Rhythm Game Is Also An Entire Musical
Songbird Symphony is the touching tale of an orphaned chick who sets off on an adventure to find his true family, discovering a wonderful little combination rhythm/platforming game along the way. His name is Birb. It’s a good name. Despite his strong sense of rhythm and penchant for bursting into song, Birb’s adoptive peacock family…
By Mike Fahey Published August 1, 2019 -
CultureTwitchAmidst Controversy, Twitch Confirms That Breastfeeding On Stream Is Allowed
Last week, Twitch partner Heather “HeatheredEffect” Kent breastfed her baby while talking to a friend and streaming on Twitch. She didn’t try to draw attention to the act; she did it then and there simply because babies gotta eat, too. However, Twitch ended up deleting a clip of the moment, and the incident sparked a…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 1, 2019 -
ReviewsMultiplatformWolfenstein: Youngblood: The Kotaku Review
I am generally suspicious of games that people say are “better with friends,” simply because most things are. Manual labor, paying taxes, repeatedly hitting your thumb with a hammer—these are all things that are “better with friends.” Humans are social creatures, and company can make both miserable and pleasant things a whole lot better. “Better…
By Joshua Rivera Published August 1, 2019 -
UncategorizedMechs Are The Latest Shiny Toy Shaking Up Fortnite‘s Players
Fortnite’s Season 10 launched this morning. Besides bringing back past location Dusty Depot and changing up the battle pass, the new season added mechs to the game. The mechs require two players to pilot, and they look big and dangerous. They’re probably a lot of fun to play, though I wouldn’t know—they keep wrecking me…
By Riley MacLeod Published August 1, 2019 -
UncategorizedMobile Game Lets You Build Gundam Models Without All The Clutter
Building Gundam models is an exciting hobby, but if you’re on the go or don’t have a shelf for all your giant robots, you’re in a rough spot. Gundam Battle: Gunpla Warfare is a new mobile game looking to make it easy to build and battle robots on the go. There’s some mobile game jankiness,…
By Heather Alexandra Published August 1, 2019 -
CultureGameStop Lays Off Dozens Of Regional Managers As It Searches For A Future
On Tuesday, several GameStop employees took to Reddit to report that their regional sales supervisors had been laid off. These anecdotal reports, combined with tips to Kotaku about some layoffs, have since been bolstered by an email from GameStop management, whose authenticity Kotaku has confirmed, that surfaced stating more than 50 people had been let…
By Ethan Gach Published August 1, 2019 -
CultureDestiny 2: Shadowkeep Delayed Two Weeks
There are some big changescoming to Destiny 2 with its next expansion, Shadowkeep, and those changes are going to take a little more time to get here. Today, Bungie announced that Shadowkeep and the new, free-to-play version of Destiny 2, New Light, are being delayed from September 17 to October 1. “Being independent means that…
By Joshua Rivera Published August 1, 2019 -
CultureNinja To Stream Exclusively On Mixer, Not Twitch
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, the patron saint of Twitch, announced today that he is moving his channel over to the significantly less popular streaming platform Mixer. News of the frankly shocking transition comes the day before Blevins’ Lollapalooza stream, which will now take place here on Mixer. “I know this may come as a shock to…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published August 1, 2019 -
CultureThe New Call Of Duty‘s Breezy Multiplayer Feels At Odds With Its Gritty Campaign
Earlier this week, the Call of Duty Twitter account tried to build hype for today’s Modern Warfare multiplayer reveal by announcing the return of killstreaks, which grant players access to tide-turning super weapons if they play well enough. Among these super weapons is white phosphorus, a chemical substance that can be used as a self-igniting…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 1, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryAn Investigation Into Whether Two Statues In The Division 2 Appear To Be Having Sex
Video games can inspire us to do strange things. For example, there I was yesterday playing The Division 2, checking whether the shadow or reflection of an obelisk in the game fell upon the statue of a naked woman in a certain sexual way. It wasn’t my idea. It was in the game. This misadventure…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 1, 2019 -
UncategorizedIt Sure Is Tough To Be A Titanfall Fan Right Now
On Thursday morning, Titanfall was trending on Twitter in the U.S.—not because anything remotely Titanfall related actually happened, but because Fortnite’s new season added mechs. It’s a hard comparison to resist, now that Titanfall developer Respawn Entertainment is running its own battle royale game in Apex Legends—a game that feels an awful lot like Titanfall…
By Joshua Rivera Published August 1, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Nintendo Live Gaming Expo Will Be This October In Kyoto
This October, Nintendo will once again hold a dedicated game expo in Kyoto, Japan. It’s called Nintendo Live 2019 Kyoto Last year’s event was called Nintendo Live 2018 Tokyo and was held in, wait for it, Tokyo. The expo will have game tournaments, stage events and playable demos of new games. Included in the stage…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 1, 2019 -
CultureNew Fortnite Season Adds Titans (I Mean Mechs) [Updated]
The new season of Fortnite started earlier today and brought a new round of surprise changes. The most titanic one to drop? A new two-player mech called the B.R.U.T.E. The new vehicle is showcased in a trailer for Fortnite Season 10 (or X, as they’re calling it). An official blog post outlining the seasonal changes…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 1, 2019 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Happiness
This week marks the fifth anniversary of one of my favorite contemporary K-Pop groups, Red Velvet. They arrived on the scene with Happiness in 2014. (Where does the time go?) Red Velvet’s debut wasn’t the smoothest. Happiness came when dissatisfaction with SM Entertainment’s management of their current artists was reaching a tipping point; this was…
By Seung Park Published August 1, 2019
