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UncategorizedPlease Enjoy This Beautiful Minecraft House
As old as Minecraft is, I’ll never get tired of appreciating just how good it looks when people put the effort in. I know a lot of games can get modded to Hell and back and look great, but there’s something about the distance blocky ol’ Minecraft has to travel to get there that makes…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 2, 2019 -
UncategorizedGeralt Is The New Voice Of…The GPS In Euro Truck Simulator 2
Euro Truck Simulator 2 just added voice navigation in a range of languages, but of all the new options, the best might just be the English guidance provided by Doug Cockle, who plays Geralt in the Witcher series. In this video by Milan, you can hear all the new English-language voices, but you’ll want to…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 2, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Best Moment In GTA San Andreas Is Leaving San Andreas
I have a lot of memories of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The first time I got to the top of Mount Chiliad. The first time I saw that big Golden Gate Bridge knock-off. Playing the last mission and actually beating the entire game. But my favorite memory from GTA San Andreas is when I…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 2, 2019 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Death Stranding Baby
We finally have a release date for Death Stranding and it actually turns out this game is coming out and will soon be playable. WEIRD! The star of these past trailers hasn’t been Mads Mikkelsen or any other actors. Instead, the real star has been that strange baby in a bottle. Your challenge this week:…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 2, 2019 -
UncategorizedThese Minecraft Wave Machines Are Extremely Satisfying To Watch
Minecraft is a game that lets players create basically anything they want, assuming that player has the time to do it. It also has Redstone, a resource that allows players to move, power and manipulate blocks in various ways. Combine this with the predictable and simple physics of Minecraft and you end up with some…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 2, 2019 -
CultureSunday Comics: Digital Toilet Paper
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published May 26. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published June 1. Read more of Corpse Run Clueless Hero by Luis…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 2, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsVoid Bastards Is Good But Getting A Bit Repetitive
I fell in love with Void Bastards before I even played a moment of it. The art style just instantly clicked with me in a way that rarely happens. I didn’t even know what kind of game it was until I started playing it earlier this week. It turns out this beautiful and stylish game…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 1, 2019 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Let’s Make Our Own Splinter Cell Sequel, Winners!
Last week I asked you, fine folks of Kotaku, to pitch some Splinter Cell sequel ideas, but only crossovers. That’s how we make this series big again. I got some wonderful entries this week and hopefully, Ubisoft is watching. I think we got some really good ideas in here. The winning image this week comes…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 1, 2019 -
UncategorizedGetting Out Of Bounds In Nintendogs Makes The Puppies Act Weird
Over on the popular YouTube channel Boundary Break, the latest video is about the handheld classic game, Nintendogs. While not the longest episode, getting to see how developers worked around the limits of the DS is very interesting. But when breaking boundaries, sometimes odd things happen you don’t expect. It seems the way Nintendo decided…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 1, 2019 -
UncategorizedBattlefield V Players Frustrated After Update Removes Some Multiplayer Modes
Battlefield V launched with a selection of multiplayer game modes, including classics like conquest. But after a recent update earlier this week, some modes are being removed from the game and part of the BFV community isn’t happy about these modes leaving the game. On May 29th, Battlefield V developers Dice posted a community broadcast…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 1, 2019 -
CulturePokemonSpoink Will Die If It Ever Stops Bouncing
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Spoink! Spoink Details Type: Psychic Average Height: 2‘04“ Average Weight: 67.5 lbs. First Added In Generation III Sometimes, Pokemon…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 1, 2019 -
CultureMorning CheckpointShhh! Don’t Wake The Whales
Hello! Today we try to figure out what Death Stranding is, discuss pornography playing cards, prank The Master Chief, watch creepy whales and kill some Nazis. It’s Morning Checkpoint! Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Like most weeks, Kotaku was filled with some great stories. Here are a few of my favorites! I can…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 1, 2019 -
UncategorizedThree more characters join Shang Tsung as part of Mortal Kombat 11‘s first Kombat Pack. The sorcerer will be joined by the animality-inducing Nightwolf, Sindel of the prehensile hair and guest character Spawn. There are two more guests to be revealed … is that a chainsaw I hear at the end of the video?
By Mike Fahey Published May 31, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Sad Story Of Steve, The Pet Deathclaw Whose Life Was Cut Short By Fallout 76 Bugs
Mikael Hertell really wanted a pet Deathclaw. He wanted one so bad he spent hours searching through Fallout 76’s broken wilds in search of one he could tame. He named it Steve. Steve was a good boy. Some might say a very good boy. That is, until Hertell went to sleep, woke up the next…
By Ethan Gach Published May 31, 2019 -
UncategorizedTwitch Isn’t Just For Watching Games, It’s For Waiting For Them
Earlier this week, Sony announced the Death Stranding release date via a nearly day-long Twitch stream that mostly just showed handprints appearing on a black screen. The reasons why fans would watch this is obvious: Anticipation is exciting, and infectious. The reasons why it is encouraged by publishers is also obvious. Marketing on the internet…
By Joshua Rivera Published May 31, 2019 -
EsportsThis Weekend’s Rocket League Tournament Will Set The Stage For The World Championship
With a $100,000 prize pool at stake, this weekend’s big Rocket League tournament in Dallas will give some of the game’s biggest teams one last chance to test one another before next month’s World Championship. Now in its seventh season, the Rocket League Championship Series is divided across four continents. The winners of the biggest…
By Ethan Gach Published May 31, 2019 -
UncategorizedOverwatch Workshop’s Most Popular Mode Is The Card Game Uno
The Overwatch Workshop, which allows players to create new modes with robust tools and rudimentary programming, has given rise to all sorts of unexpected oddities: a Smash Bros. clone, airplane races, portal guns, Mercy reinventions, and heaps more. The most popular mode of all, though? Uno. Yep, the card game. This information comes straight from…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 31, 2019 -
UncategorizedJohn Romero Made A New Doom Mod And It’s Great
1993’s Doom isn’t the first shooter, but it is the one that truly kicked off a genre. Heavy weapons and bloody demons ignited controversy, while stellar level design kept players engaged. A 2016 reboot updated the series for modern times, but those left craving classic Doom can now hop into Sigil, a new collection of…
By Heather Alexandra Published May 31, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Cool Moments In PlayStation VR’s Blood & Truth Are Far Too Rare
For a few seconds, Blood & Truth, the most-hyped game to hit the PlayStation 4’s virtual reality headset since its October 2016 launch, is as thrilling a VR experience as one could hope for. You’re in the headset holding PlayStation Move controllers as the game’s graphics wrap around you. You’re a soldier back in his…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 31, 2019
