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CultureKotaku Game DiaryNew Visitors Are Shaking Up My Once-Exclusive Final Fantasy XIV Server
As of Tuesday, Final Fantasy XIV’s World Visit service is live, allowing players to zip between servers and check in on other worlds. The result has been a wonderful sort of chaos. New friendships, massive economy shakeups, and a few troublemakers trying to stir up the pot. Once closed-off servers have now been opened, and…
By Heather Alexandra Published April 26, 2019 -
CultureArchivist Elysiana Is A Fun Hearthstone Card When Your Opponent Isn’t Using It
Up until the launch of this month’s “Rise of Shadows” expansion, Hearthstone was ruled by a few select cards that provide what fans call “infinite” value: Once you played them, you could benefit from their effects for the rest of the game. Deathstalker Rexxar, for example, provided infinite value by letting you add a powerful…
By Joshua Calixto Published April 26, 2019 -
CultureSix Months LaterRed Dead Redemption 2, Six Months Later
Red Dead Redemption 2 launched six months ago today. In those past six months, developer Rockstar faced criticisms over crunch, the main game released to great reviews, Red Dead Online launched and grew, and a country-trap hybrid hit song used the game in a music video. Here’s what’s happened in the last six months. In…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 26, 2019 -
Culture‘My Childhood Dream Had Come True’: A Belated Interview With Skies Of Arcadia‘s Producer
Skies of Arcadia released in 2000 for the Sega Dreamcast and while it wasn’t a huge hit, its cheerful tale of air pirates inspired countless players, including me. Nineteen years later, I finally got a chance to ask the game’s producer about what went into making this role-playing gem. My personal history with Skies of…
By Heather Alexandra Published April 26, 2019 -
CultureSplitscreenGame Of Thrones Recap Podcast: And We’re Back
Game of Thrones has returned, and with it, so has Kotaku Splitscreen’s weekly recap of all things Westeros. This week we’re hitting episodes one and two of season eight, Winterfell and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms We spoil the episode in its entirety, and also talk about differences between the show and the books.…
By Jason Schreier Published April 26, 2019 -
Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Days Gone
Days Gone is an extremely big, long video game that is full of post-apocalyptic things to do, but also not terribly clear about how or why you should do them. And since it is the post-apocalypse, the world isn’t terribly flush with support or infrastructure or anything dedicated to the advancement of learning. This is…
By Joshua Rivera Published April 26, 2019 -
AnimeDon’t Come To Japan To Make Anime, Says Japanese Animator
Freelance character designer Terumi Nishii is a talent artist (see above) and has an impressive list of anime credits. She’s worked on Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac and Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, among others. She has lots experience and some frank advice. Via Game New Flash, here is some real talk for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 26, 2019 -
UncategorizedK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Wee Woo
When I first introduced Pristin last year, I couldn’t hide my enthusiasm for their surely long and productive future careers. After all, their first couple of releases did great, right? It wasn’t like Pledis Entertainment would repeat the same mistakes they made with After School, right? What could possibly go wrong? Well, here we are,…
By Seung Park Published April 26, 2019 -
UncategorizedMario And Zelda’s New VR Modes Are Not Good
Nintendo just added free updates to Nintendo Switch blockbusters Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild that introduce virtual reality modes to both games, but you’ll be perfectly fine if you skip them. Mario Odyssey’s new VR mode consists of a trio of small custom levels that let you use…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 26, 2019 -
CultureBlack Widow Model Is Pretty Damn Lifelike
With Endgame now out, I thought tonight might be a good time to take a look at this incredible 3D model of Scarlett Johansson/Black Widow made by Abdelrahman Kubisi andJeremy Celeste This wasn’t made for the movie—or any Marvel movie—it was just a personal project between the pair. Get a load of the detail: And…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2019 -
EsportsReport: Rick Fox Leaving Esports Organization Because Of Racist Comments By Shareholder [Update]
Retired NBA star turned esports entrepreneur Rick Fox is preparing to cut ties with Echo Fox, the competitive gaming organization he helped found, after another shareholder allegedly used racial slurs during an email exchange, according to a report by Richard Lewis for Dexerto According to Lewis, the racist remarks came from an investor at Vision…
By Ethan Gach Published April 25, 2019 -
UncategorizedBloodborne Board Game Is Making Millions On Kickstarter
The easiest road to millions on Kickstarter is to release a board game based on a popular property and fill the box with miniatures. Latest case in point: a Bloodborne game has raised almost $2.5 $1.6 million in just a few days. EDIT: OK I’m in Australia and the price defaulted to AUD$2.5 million for me,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2019 -
CultureCosplayGallerySome Of The Best Star Wars Cosplay For 2019
Earlier this month, Chicago played host to Star Wars Celebration 2019, the biggest convention/party for Star Wars fans on the planet. And where there are loads of Star Wars fans, there’s some A+ cosplay. Mineralbluwas there taking photos for us, and you can see some of the best of it below. If you need an…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2019 -
ReviewsPCImperator: Rome: The Kotaku Review
I’ve been wondering for years what a Paradox grand strategy game would look like if it was designed for regular humans, and in Imperator: Rome I have my answer. As long-time readers may know, I’m a big fan of Paradox’s grand strategy games, Crusader Kings II and Hearts of Iron IV especially. They’ve got a…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2019 -
UncategorizedMortal Kombat 11‘s Microtransactions, Explained
Mortal Kombat 11 is getting slammed over its supposed equipment grind and the perceived greed of its microtransactions; user-submitted reviews on Steam and Metacritic have been poor. In these reviews, as well as in comments and on social media, fans have complained about the slow pace of earning rewards through gameplay and the randomness of…
By Mike Fahey Published April 25, 2019 -
UncategorizedFortnite‘s Endgame Mode Is Fun Whether You’re Wielding Avengers Weapons Or Being Thanos
Even if you’re not a Marvel fan (I’m not), Fortnite’s Avengers tie-in, Fortnite Endgame, is a lot of fun. It continues the game’s recent trend of unique limited-time modes that barely feel like Fortnite but still fit right into its world. As my colleague Mike Fahey detailed this morning, Fortnite Endgame pits two sides against…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 25, 2019 -
CultureHow Panzer Dragoon Defined The Sega Saturn Era
From its early days of promise to its heartbreaking failure, the Sega Saturn was a fascinating game machine. If there’s one game series that is emblematic of Sega’s ambitious, quixotic 32-bit console, it’s Panzer Dragoon. It began as a graphical showcase of the console’s abilities, and finished its Saturn life as a role-playing game that…
By Chris Kohler Published April 25, 2019 -
UncategorizedRespawn Details Its Plan To Keep Apex Legends Fresh, But Avoid Employee Burnout
Respawn Entertainment’s battle royale game Apex Legends came out of the gate with a bang. Now that the initial burst of excitement has slowed down, the development studio has released a roadmap for the future. Its aim is to please players, but also avoid employee crunch and burnout. When Apex released in February, it was…
By Gita Jackson Published April 25, 2019
