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ReviewsBoard GamesLord Of The Rings: Journeys In Middle Earth: The Kotaku Review
I’ve been playing a few board games that use an app lately, but Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth is the first one I’ve played that’s been designed from the ground-up with a digital companion in mind. Funnily enough it’s published by Fantasy Flight, source of most of the other app-based games I’ve…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 30, 2019 -
UncategorizedIndie Classic World Of Goo Gets Its First PC Update In 10 Years
World of Goo, a very good game about building silly bridges, hasn’t had an update for its original PC version “since 2008 or 2009″. Then, out of nowhere, today it gets not only an update, but a cheeky remaster as well. The update will be rolling out to every platform the game’s available on “over…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 30, 2019 -
UncategorizedMy Favorite Katana Zero Character Is This Hapless Goon I Killed Near The Start Of The Game
I’d heard stories about Strong Terry. Whispers. Rumors. Wide-eyed tales of his boldest feats. He’d be the one to bring me down, they all said. The beloved big boy who never skipped leg day would stomp all over me, even though I’m a cold-blooded samurai assassin. I wouldn’t stand a chance. Except then I killed…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 30, 2019 -
UncategorizedCROSSNIQ+ is a tile-matching puzzle game set to come to Switch later this year. It’s got an early 2000s bubblegum aesthetic that really pops and a great soundtrack. As for the puzzle elements and competitive play potential, there’s an earlier build of the game on itch.io you can check out.
By Ethan Gach Published April 30, 2019 -
UncategorizedChinese EVE‘s Largest Corporation Is Moving To International Servers
Lately, the EVE community is buzzing about a potentially galaxy-shattering invasion. It’s not one designed by the game’s creators or by one of the current power blocs looking to start a new great war. Rather, players from EVE’s dedicated Chinese server, called Serenity, are planning to join the rest of EVE’s single shard environment. While…
By Lee Yancy Published April 30, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsMordhau Is A Clunky Game For Swordplay Nerds That I Can’t Put Down
Mordhau is a medieval multiplayer fighter named after a German sword technique from the Renaissance era in which knights hold their weapons by the blade and try to bash their opponents heads in using the pommel. Like its namesake, Mordhau is slow, awkward, and bloody, but for some reason, I want to keep playing. To…
By Ethan Gach Published April 30, 2019 -
UncategorizedMicrosoft has announced the new games coming to Game Pass in May and they start with Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus on May 2. Wargroove also joins that day, followed by Surviving Mars, Black Desert, and Tacoma arriving on May 9. The month ends with Lego Batman 3 on May 16.
By Ethan Gach Published April 30, 2019 -
UncategorizedDragon Age: Inquisition Let Me Be A Hot Mess
I think I’m bad at role-playing games. I’m far too impatient, too lusty, too easily distracted. I usually leave a trail of dead party members behind me because I keep missing those five-second side-conversations earlier in the game that somehow butterfly-effect themselves into someone dying. NSFW WARNING: A butt. I lost Lydia somewhere in a…
By Kate Gray Published April 30, 2019 -
UncategorizedValve’s Index VR Headset Ships In June, Full Set Costs $1,000
Following last month’s tease, today Valve officially announced the Valve Index,a “high-fidelity” virtual reality headset with impressive specs, cool new controllers anda $1,000 price tag. The Valve Index headset features a pair of 1440×1600 RGB LCD displays running at 120Hz (with an experimental 144Hz mode.) It also has built-in stereo headphones that are off-the-ear, to…
By Mike Fahey Published April 30, 2019 -
UncategorizedGhost Recon Wildlands Is Getting Even More DLC And A Free Weekend
Ubisoft’s love for microtransactions and map defogging missions may be tiresome, but the company’s propensity to support its games for a long time continues to impress. The mega-publisher just announced that Ghost Recon Wildlands, fresh off two years of post-release content additions (and two years of season passes, naturally), is now getting more free missions…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 30, 2019 -
UncategorizedJoyfully, willfully, and with patriotic anger I sally forth to get my bucket head rattled in the hot new getting-medieval battle royale shriekathon Mordhau, live on our Twitch channel. I’m going to be too busy fearing cold death to utter my most energetic battle cries, so I’m going to need you to amplify my spirit…
By Tim Rogers Published April 30, 2019 -
CultureThe Internet Is Having A Hard Time With The Sonic The Hedgehog Trailer
The Sonic The Hedgehog movie is a blight upon this weary earth. I do my best to say positive. On some days, it works. On other days, the horrific trailer for Sonic The Hedgehog comes out. Lord, please help me. There’s a lot going on. Jim Carrey is devouring the scenery, having what looks like…
By Gita Jackson Published April 30, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryFallout 76’s New Camera Quest Helped Me Fall In Love With The Game’s Broken Beauty
Fallout 76’s world is lonely. Despite being a multiplayer game, it hosts just a couple dozen people around a sprawling map in any session you play. Other Fallout games might have a lot of computer-controlled civilians to chat with. Not this one. All of the non-player characters died long ago, or mutated beyond recognition. This…
By Ethan Gach Published April 30, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Power Rangers Fighting Game Adds Three New Rangers And A Story Mode
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is a solid little fighting game in desperate need of strong single-player content and more mighty morphin’ combatants. Developer nWay attends to those needs today in a batch of free downloadable content featuring three new fighters, a full-fledged story mode, voice-overs from series cast members, and more. Battle for…
By Mike Fahey Published April 30, 2019 -
UncategorizedKorean Pop Idols’ Fashions Are Exploding In The Sims 4
When I was a teen, I expressed my fandom for the bands I loved by cutting pictures out of magazines and pinning them to my walls. Today, fans of Korean boy bands and girl groups express that love by recreating their outfits for The Sims I got into Korean pop hard during the final few…
By Gita Jackson Published April 30, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Sonic The Hedgehog Movie Looks… Uh…
With Gangsta’s Paradise, some vintage hijinks from Jim Carrey, and a joke about kidnapping children, this first trailer for the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog movie (out this November) sure has it all. It’s, uh… well… at least Jim Carrey is always great. James Marsden looks like he does not want to be in this movie,…
By Jason Schreier Published April 30, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanWelcome To Itasha Heaven
Itasha (痛車) literally means “pain mobile” and either refers to the pain it inflicts on car owners’ wallets to trick out their rides or how it affects the eyes of those who see these wheels. The Japanese word tengoku (天国) means “heaven.” At this year’s NicoNico Chogai event, there was an itasha tengoku that certainly…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 30, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanJapan Says Goodbye To The Heisei Era
The current Japanese imperial era ends today when Emperor Akihito abdicates the Chrysanthemum Throne. It is the end of an era. The Heisei Period began on January 8, 1989 when Akihito ascended to the throne. The day prior, his father, Hirohito, had passed away, ending the Showa Era (1926-1989). Traditionally, new eras begin when the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 30, 2019
