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UncategorizedSega is ending arcade service in Japan for its highly successful mecha game Border Break on September 9, 2019, which is the game’s ten anniversary. The game has grossed over a hundred million dollars, and Sega stated it wanted to revive Border Break on arcades, so don’t be surprised if a new version is in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 6, 2019 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Sorry Sorry
A decade after it was released, Super Junior’s 2009 hit Sorry Sorry remains one of K-Pop’s untouchable anthems. Blessed with a tremendously addictive chorus and an easily replicated choreography, Sorry Sorry is one of those songs that, if you count yourself as a general K-Pop fan, you just have to know. At the very least,…
By Seung Park Published June 6, 2019 -
CultureEvery Dragon Ball Character, Together
Christopher Cayco is an illustrator and artist who figured sure, why the hell not, let’s put every single character from Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Super and Dragon Ball GT in a single drawing. That’s a lot of work! Almost four months and 1000 hours hunched over a tablet, in fact, a timelapse…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2019 -
UncategorizedAfter Swiping Lots Of Fortnite Dances From Black Artists, Epic Finally Teams Up With One
Fortnite has been a colossal success for publisher Epic Games, but Epic has not made a habit of sharing that notoriety with the predominantly black artists whose dances helped turn it into a global phenomenon. This has led to (for-now dropped) lawsuits from the likes of rapper 2 Milly and Fresh Prince actor Alfonso Ribeiro,…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 5, 2019 -
UncategorizedPlaying Mordhau With An Actual Frying Pan
Medieval brawler Mordhau is supposed to be played with a controller or mouse + keyboard, but as with most games, a bit of tinkering can expand those options somewhat, up to and including the use of an actual cast iron frying pan. Here’s Rudeism, no stranger to this kind of stuff, rigging up some motion…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2019 -
UncategorizedClassic Spongebob Game Battle for Bikini Bottom Is Getting Remade
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, released back in 2003 and very good for both the time and now, is being remade for the PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Publisher THQ Nordic announced the game earlier today, and it sounds like it’s doing quite a bit more than just upping the resolution. From…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2019 -
CultureTwitchPro Fortnite Player Banned From Twitch After Claims He Was Only 12
Most of the details in Turner “Tfue” Tenney’s recent lawsuit against FaZe Clan focused on the ills of his since-leaked contract with the esports organization. But the suit also alleged that FaZe lied about the age of another player it signed, saying he was 13 when, at the time, he was only 11. This would…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 5, 2019 -
UncategorizedSlay The Spire, Like Every Other Game, Is Perfect For Switch
On Thursday, Slay the Spire finally arrives on Nintendo Switch, completing its slow creep from Early Access PC hit to finished, widely-available gem. I’ve spent the last couple of days with the Switch version, and it’s incredibly exciting that more people than ever will finally get to play it. Slay the Spire is a deckbuilding…
By Joshua Rivera Published June 5, 2019 -
UncategorizedEA Will Change Battlefield V Nazi Who Shared Name With Resistance Fighter
Battlefield V is changing the name of a purchasable skin for a German soldier after it came to light that the name historically belonged to a real-life German anti-fascist fighter. Oh, and EA wants you to know that he’s totally not a Nazi. As reported by Vice Games, the skin in question was called Wilhelm…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 5, 2019 -
CultureThe Internet Reacts To Today’s Pokémon Sword And Shield News
This morning we all learned more about Pokémon Sword and Shield, and also met my new child, Wooloo. The internet is as excited for new Pokémon as I am. After today’s Nintendo Direct, I learned that it was possible to feel even more excited for a new Pokémon game than I had already felt before…
By Gita Jackson Published June 5, 2019 -
UncategorizedFor Men Who Hate Talking On The Phone, Games Keep Friendships Alive
Any time a friend of Eddie Gill’s calls him on the phone, his first thought is: “Why the fuck are you calling me?” Gill, a physician from Hingham, MA, is 30 years old—around the age when, according to an oft-cited study by Royal Society Open Science, the number of friendships the average man maintains dramatically…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 5, 2019 -
CultureE3One Year Later, Did Nintendo (And Friends) Keep Their E3 2018 Promises?
In June 2018, the Nintendo Switch was a few months past a debut year that featured the standout games The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey. What would Nintendo reveal at E3 2018 that could possibly rival their 2017 output? And could they deliver? As with past years, the company…
By Narelle Ho Sang Published June 5, 2019 -
UncategorizedIn the wake of complaints from top Fortnite streamers about overlap with the Fortnite Celebrity Pro-Am on June 15 and 16, Epic has rescheduled the last portion of the online qualifiers for its $30 million World Cup. Now the semifinals will take place on June 20, and the finals will be on June 21. Start…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 5, 2019 -
UncategorizedNew Apex Legends Update Lets You Drop Famously Crappy Gun In Disgust
The Mozambique still sucks, but at least Apex Legends now has a sense of humor about it. Much-bemoaned is the Mozambique, a crappy shotgun that holds only three rounds. Not only is it bad; it’s everywhere. The gun has a high spawn rate, so it’s likely that if you’ve ever played Apex Legends you’ve been…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 5, 2019 - Culture
Each Family Member Is A Different Monster-Slaying Class In Children of Morta
Children of Morta is an upcoming action game about a monster-slaying family, developed by studio Dead Mage and published by Frostpunk developer 11 Bit Studios. We sat down with some folks from 11 Bit to talk about the development process and the role family plays in the game. In the video above, 11 Bit Studios’…
By Riley MacLeod Published June 5, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Love It When A Puzzle Game Gets Its Difficulty Curve Just Right
A good puzzle game latches onto my mind and never lets go. One of the best ways to achieve this is to lead me along a perfectly plotted difficulty curve. MythicOwl’s math-based puzzler, Hexologic, is a prime example of how that’s done. Hexologic is a relaxing Sudoku-style math game, available on Steam, iOS, Android and…
By Mike Fahey Published June 5, 2019 -
CultureSources: Destiny 2 Is Coming To Google Stadia, Getting Cross-Save
You’ll soon be able to transfer your Destiny 2 progress between multiple platforms: Xbox, PC, and the streaming service Google Stadia, on which the popular loot shooter will launch this fall. PlayStation 4 remains up in the air. Right now, switching from console to PC for Destiny 2 means starting from scratch, as there’s no…
By Jason Schreier Published June 5, 2019 -
UncategorizedNaughty Dog Is Taking Uncharted And The Last Of Us‘ PS3 Multiplayer Servers Offline
On Wednesday, Naughty Dog announced on its developer blog that the company will be shutting down multiplayer servers for their PlayStation 3 games Uncharted, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, The Last of Us, and The Last of Us: Left Behind The shutdown isn’t going to be immediate, though—servers won’t go offline until…
By Joshua Rivera Published June 5, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe open source beta for the tabletop RPG DIE, written by comics writer Kieron Gillen and based on his comic of the same name, just dropped today. If you wanna know more about the comic—and hear some of Gillen’s fun RPG experiences—check out our interview with him
By Gita Jackson Published June 5, 2019