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UncategorizedMy Seven-Year-Old’s First MMO
After playing massively multiplayer online games for over two decades, it’s time to pass the legacy on to my offspring. My seven-year-old son Seamus is playing Adventure Academy, a new educational MMO that teaches him important skills like quest log management, maximizing experience point gain and buying cosmetic items. And probably some math, science, and…
By Mike Fahey Published May 20, 2019 -
CultureTwitchPopular Streamer Sues FaZe Clan Over ‘Illegal’ Contract, But The Organization Says The Contract Is Fine
With over six million followers, Fortnite pro Turner “Tfue” Tenney, 21, is far and away one of the most popular streamers on all of Twitch. Now he’s suing FaZe Clan, the esports organization that signed him, over a contract that he and his attorney feel is “oppressive” and, in some cases, “illegal.” Tenney’s main grievances…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 20, 2019 -
CultureSplitscreenGame of Thrones Just Needed More Time
Game of Thrones has come to an end, and with it, so has Kotaku Splitscreen’s very special run of bonus recaps. BUT FIRST: The final episode. Kirk and I discuss the events of “The Iron Throne,” the series finale of Game of Thrones. We talk about what we liked (the first 20 minutes) and what…
By Jason Schreier Published May 20, 2019 -
UncategorizedSub-Zero Can Turn Invisible In Mortal Kombat 11 With A Very Specific Glitch
Several characters in the Mortal Kombat universe can turn invisible, but none to the extent of Sub-Zero in Mortal Kombat 11. Since the game’s release last month, players have discovered a bug that allows the cryogenic combatant to completely disappear, and the issue lingers within Mortal Kombat 11 to this day. The glitch in question…
By Ian Walker Published May 20, 2019 -
UncategorizedSocialist Twitch Streamer Says He’s Changing Minds
Leftist Twitch streamer Hasan Piker guested on the popular leftist podcast Chapo Trap House, and told the Chapo hosts that he’s breaking through to the insular, potentially reactionary teens on Twitch. Hasan Piker, who works for the left-wing news YouTube news show The Young Turks, is a pretty popular Twitch streamer with over 90,000 followers. He’s…
By Gita Jackson Published May 20, 2019 -
UncategorizedTop Streamers Said To Earn $50,000 An Hour Playing New Games
Top Twitch streamers can make $50,000 per hour streaming new video games, the Wall Street Journal said in a weekend report. Kotaku spoke with industry sources who confirmed the report, adding that $50,000 per hour wasn’t even the highest figure they’d seen. The report claims that publishers like Activision Blizzard, Take-Two, Ubisoft, and Electronic Arts…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published May 20, 2019 - Uncategorized
A new Sony division called PlayStation Productions aims to be the Marvel Studios of PlayStation, developing and producing movies based on Sony’s game franchises, the Hollywood Reporter said today. Rather than license out the rights, Sony has decided to produce the films itself and retain creative control.
By Chris Kohler Published May 20, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, says the platform is committed to fighting the “growing toxic stew of hate speech, bigotry and misogyny” people experience in their digital lives in a blog post today. It goes on to lay out the principles and actions Xbox will pursue to be inclusive environment.
By Ethan Gach Published May 20, 2019 -
UncategorizedDays Gone Patch Fixes Some Audio And Progression Problems, Leaves A Few Others
After receiving daily patches removing (and in one case adding) a number of bugs in its first week, Days Gone spent nearly three weeks without any further needed fixes.. There’s good news out in the freaker wastes, though: Patch 1.08 was released last Friday, addressing a few more issues, and announcing a change to the…
By Joshua Rivera Published May 20, 2019 -
UncategorizedTwo Mordhau Players Wreck Opponents Without Using Weapons Or Wearing Shirts
Mordhau is a game in which players slaughter one another online with medieval weaponry. Within those parameters, there’s still a lot more that players have discovered they can do, from role-playing as fencing referees to taking a break from the fight to shred their brains out on a mandolin. Two players are now making names…
By Ethan Gach Published May 20, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI’m A Little Tired Of This One Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Bow
There may have been a time, a week or two ago, when I was excited to score my first Precursor Reflex Bow in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Thirty-seven Precursor Reflex Bows later? Not so much. While playing Odyssey’s Fate of Atlantis expansion, which takes the ancient Greek setting of this action-role-playing-game into an otherworldly realm crafted…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 20, 2019 -
UncategorizedIndie Band Shows Their Pokémon Love In New Release
Indie band Origami Angel’s upcoming EP, Gen 3, is packed with references to Pokémon. The limited edition cassette tapes, which have already sold out, feature art inspired by the franchise. Although the band’s guitarist and singer, Ryland Heagy, said that the songs aren’t necessarily Pokémon-themed, the series has affected him and his art in unusual…
By Gita Jackson Published May 20, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsDruidstone Is A Worthwhile Tactics-Based Follow-Up To Legend Of Grimrock 2
Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest is pretty to look at, interesting to solve, and absolutely ruthless whenever you get things wrong. Drenched in classic fantasy and tabletop role-playing game mechanics, it’s part of a new breed of tactical role-playing games that leans more on puzzles than numbers. The game has you explore the…
By Ethan Gach Published May 20, 2019 -
UncategorizedThree Of The Most Obscure Transformers Have Been Modernized For 2019
The Firecons are far from the best-known Transformers ever made. Released in 1988, the little robots that turned into spark-spitting monsters were nobody’s Optimus Prime, Megatron or Omega Supreme. And now, suddenly, 31 years later, they’re making a comeback. Flamefeather, Cindersaur and Sparkstalker are returning in remade form in the upcoming Siege expansion to the…
By Mike Fahey Published May 20, 2019 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Race Together, Die Alone
Get ready to go fast! Team Sonic Racing is speeding into stores this week for all major platforms. Our own Mike Fahey enjoyed the game, calling it “…a very good kart racer with a game-changing co-op twist.” So we are getting a new kart racer featuring Sonic and then in June another kart racer starring…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 20, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanMisleading Scantily-Clad Cosplayer Allegations Lead To Arrest In China
Earlier this month, the third annual World Line Comic-Con got underway in Chengdu, Sichuan province. On Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, a net user called Yi er Zai, zai er San, De zai san (loosely “Again and Again Repeatedly”), claimed that cosplayers were barely dressed, posting photos as proof. The images were real, but they…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 20, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanIconic Japanese Anime Character Gets Creative Latte Art
In the Japanese children’s anime Anpanman, the titular hero’s head is made from a bun stuffed with bean paste. When Anpanman’s noggin gets damaged in the show, a new one is baked and switched out, reviving his powers. Anpanman is one of the most famous characters in Japan. Generation after generation has grown up with…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 20, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanMan Arrested After Sending Idol A Death Threat By Fax
Today, a 24-year-old man named Kazuki Domoto was arrested for sending a fax threatening to kill pop idol Yuka Ogino. Domoto has confessed, there was “no mistake” that he sent the fax. Ogino is a member of the Niigata-based NGT48. BSN reports that a fax was sent to the group’s Niigata office from a convenience…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 20, 2019
