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ReviewsMultiplatformThe Division 2: The Kotaku Review
A few days after The Division 2 first went on sale and after an initial wave of positive reactions, the game’s players discovered a big problem. Some of the gadgets in this giant Ubisoft game about shooting bad guys in a ravaged Washington DC weren’t working correctly. In battle, I could crouch my pseudo-soldier hero…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedApex Legends‘s Easy-to-Hit Characters Just Got A Little Bit Tougher
A new patch hits Apex Legends today, and with it comes more efforts to address the hitboxes of larger characters like Gibraltar. Although Gibraltar’s kit makes him a classic tank—he has a shield when he aims down sights, and his ultimate is an impenetrable shield—players hardly use him. Because his character is larger in size,…
By Gita Jackson Published April 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedSega Game Character Has A New Face Following Original Actor’s Drug Arrest
Sega’s crime thriller Judgment revealed the new face for the yakuza character Kyohei Hamura. The change was made after original actor Pierre Taki was arrested for alleged drug use. According to Sega, Taki’s replacement is not based on any real-life actor. Taki was arrested in March for alleged drug use after investigators searched his car…
By Heather Alexandra Published April 16, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryWhen Life Gets Tough, I Make A New World Of Warcraft Character
This is Raisin. She is a level 43 gnome Mage on the Proudmoore server. I created her a few days ago to help me cope with a horrible situation I am dealing with in real life. Like many throwaway World of Warcraft characters before her, she’s been doing a bang-up job. It’s doubtful Raisin will…
By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedOn March 4, 2022, Warner Bros. and Mojang will be releasing a Minecraft movie. It’s about a teenage girl and “her unlikely group of adventurers. “After the malevolent Ender Dragon sets out on a path of destruction, they must save their beautiful, blocky Overworld.” It’s directed by Peter Sollett (Nick & Nora’s Infinite Playlist).
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published April 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedCapcom Is Releasing A Plug-And-Play Arcade Stick That Contains 16 Classic Games
The latest video game throwback is here: Capcom Home Arcade is a plug-and-play fight stick with 16 classic arcade games, including standbys like Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting, lesser-seen favorites like Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors, and a few non-fighting game titles like Strider and Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo. The joystick comes with an HDMI…
By Joshua Rivera Published April 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedStar Wars Lego Makes Podracing Cool Again
Between the upcoming video game, the return of the Clone Wars cartoon and Episode IX trailer that dropped over the weekend during the Celebration event, I am officially excited about Star Wars again. Not just the good bits, either. Thanks to this Anakin’s Podracer set, which is part of the Lego Star Wars 20th anniversary…
By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedMarvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order comes out on Switch on July 19. Announced at last year’s Game Awards, the action role-playing game has four player coop both online and locally, and revolves around trying to hunt down and collect the Infinity Stones before Thanos can.
By Ethan Gach Published April 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedSony Reveals First PlayStation 5 Details
Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 5 looks like it might be a mother of a console, a report from Wired indicated this morning. Featuring a solid state drive and—yes!—backwards compatibility with the PlayStation 4, the PlayStation 5 seems big and bad, although it won’t arrive this year (maybe in 2020, as Kotaku previously reported). As is expected,…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published April 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedAt a recent SNK investors event in South Korea, exec Ge Zhihui reportedly said that a Neo-Geo 2 and Neo-Geo 3 are in the planning stage. Details are scant, but these are apparently not Neo-Geo Mini successors. Also announced was a new Metal Slug in development for home consoles.
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanNetflix’s Cute Stop-Motion Animation Points Out That Rilakkuma Is Wearing A Kigurumi Onesie
The Netflix stop-motion animation Rilakkuma and Kaoru is about the daily life of a young woman and her lazy roommate. The character Rilakkuma means “relaxing bear,” and everyone thought it was, well, just a bear. In this show, apparently, it’s not. As the clip, via Anime Anime, points out, Rilakkuma is actually someone in a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanHayao Miyazaki’s New Anime Film Is Still Hiring
Would you like to work on Hayao Miyazaki’s new movie? Well, you can certainly apply if you live in Japan, know Japanese and have digital paint skills. Previously, a job listing was posted back in 2017. Now, a new one has been made in 2019! According to the listing on Studio Ghibli’s official site, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedAdvertising A Game About Weed Is Hard
A game about growing and selling weed that was released for PC and Mac last week has a bit of a problem: It’s a game about growing and selling weed. “You’d think we were actually selling weed,” Devolver co-founder and Weedcraft, Inc. executive producer Mike Wilson told Kotaku. “Not selling, you know, a game about…
By Joshua Rivera Published April 15, 2019 -
UncategorizedPepsi Considered Defending Gamers With A Billboard In Space
Imagine looking into the calm night sky and, in the foreground of a galaxy of shimmering stars, seeing a confrontational space advertisement demanding justice for gamers. Last weekend, the website Futurism reported that PepsiCo recently considered launching an “orbital billboard” in space to promote its campaign “against stereotypes and unjustified prejudices against gamers.” The Russian…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published April 15, 2019 -
UncategorizedRetro Gaming YouTuber Says Nintendo Is Unfairly Targeting His Homebrew Videos
Over the weekend, the YouTuber known as Modern Vintage Gamer announced that Nintendo has flagged several of his videos about emulating old games on the Switch, some with hundreds of thousands of views, for using copyrighted material. He said he tried to dispute the claims, but was unsuccessful and is now taking steps to reupload…
By Ethan Gach Published April 15, 2019 -
UncategorizedApex Legends Players Are Launching Themselves All Over The Map With A New Bug
A new Apex Legends bug has players soaring into the stratosphere, and players are using it to prank their friends and also play themselves. Apex Legends is all about fluid movement. The key to not getting shot is strafing effectively, always staying just out of your enemy’s crosshairs. Players have figured out a bunch of…
By Gita Jackson Published April 15, 2019
