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Lego Are The Perfect Size For Building A Switch Game Case
Someone made a fun Lego replica of a Nintendo Switch that doubles as a nifty little case for Switch games. A user by the name of Squid50s recently shared the creation on the Switch subreddit along with a brief clip of the case in action. What makes the entire thing work is the size of…
By Ethan Gach Published March 13, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe upcoming remastered version of Assassin’s Creed III will add more stealth mechanics, including hiding in bushes, whistling to attract enemies and double assassinations. Ubisoft details a few more of the remaster’s gameplay changes in its March update for the AC series.
By Stephen Totilo Published March 13, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsExcellent New Detective Game Has You Snoop Around The ’90s Internet
It was right about when I scrolled past the virus festeringchunk2 (1) in my Download Manager and again heard the desktop assistant Professor Helper’s appeal to guide me to a free cruise and credit report site that I realized my computer was trashed and the game Hypnospace Outlaw is a work of genius. Hypnospace Outlaw,…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published March 13, 2019 - CultureKotaku Game Diary
A Game About Bizarre, Randomly Generated Lives
Yesterday, in BitLife, I was playing as Basil Andre, a french businessman, when disaster struck. I had been slowly climbing the corporate ladder, amassing a family, when suddenly, I got diagnosed with penis cancer. BitLife is a mobile game that bears a lot of similarity to RealLives, a free educational game that was intended to…
By Gita Jackson Published March 13, 2019 - Uncategorized
Destiny 2‘s Branching Narrative Is Basic But Has A Lot Of Potential
Back in 2014, when playing Destiny meant listening to a bored Peter Dinklage rattle off incoherent dialogue and meaningless proper nouns, it was hard to imagine that this game might one day do interesting things with narrative. Four and a half years later, here we are. The new Allegiance quest line, which was added to Destiny…
By Jason Schreier Published March 13, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsA Puzzle Game Where You Rewrite The Rules Of Each Level
Baba Is You is a puzzle game for Switch and PC, out today. You start by playing as Baba, a rabbit-like creature who can push blocks of words around to change a level’s rules. Soon, though, you’ll be playing as keys, rocks, flags, lava, or any other object you can become or manipulate by rearranging…
By Riley MacLeod Published March 13, 2019 -
UncategorizedSad alcoholic dwarf simulator Dwarf Fortress is coming to Steam. Getting into this game will soon feel slightly less like you’re doing an arcane ritual. The Steam version will also have fully integrated Steam Workshop support, so if you can’t live without a tileset, you’re in luck.
By Gita Jackson Published March 13, 2019 -
UncategorizedIndie publisher Raw Fury just revealed a hilarious and creepy trailer for their upcoming game Atomicrops. It’s a roguelite farming simulator where players raise “ultra-GMO” crops and “defend the last farm in the post-apocolypse wasteland.” Cute!
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published March 13, 2019 - OpinionImpressions
Damn, Yoshi’s Crafted World Looks Gorgeous
I’ve been playing Yoshi’s Crafted World for Switch in advance of its March 29 release, and the thing that’s sticking with me the most is how just plain beautiful it looks. I know we all enjoy playing our Switches in handheld mode, but you should consider docking that sucker for the duration of your Crafted…
By Chris Kohler Published March 13, 2019 - Kotaku EastJapan
Studio Ghibli Producer Doesn’t Think Hayao Miyazaki Will Ever Retire
Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki said in a recent interview that he doesn’t believe Hayao Miyazaki, who previously retired and then unretired, will ever stop working. Back in 2013, Hayao Miyazaki stepped down from feature filmmaking, saying at the time, “I would like to do something else, and that’s not animation.” By 2017, his retirement…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 13, 2019 - Kotaku EastJapan
After Cocaine Arrest, Sega Halts Sales of New PS4 Game [Update]
Actor and musician Pierre Taki, who voices yakuza Kyohei Hamura in Judgment, has been arrested for alleged illegal drug use. Update #1 March 13 – 7:30 am: Asahi News is reporting that Disney is looking at replacing Taki as Olaf in the Japanese language version of Frozen 2. The movie is scheduled to open in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 13, 2019 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Night
A confession: I usually crank these out sometime past midnight, with a mug of tea, and the lights dimmed. Maybe that’s why my picks tend to skew toward the quietly emotive. Anyway, here’s one more. Eunji (not to be confused with the Apink idol of the same name) is an indie artist who released her…
By Seung Park Published March 13, 2019 -
CultureCosplayShowcaseWhen An Overwatch Voice Actor Cosplays As Her Character
Actor Carolina Ravassa has been doing video game work for years now, appearing in everything from Grand Theft Auto V to Max Payne 3 to Just Cause 4. But her most famous role is that of Sombra in Overwatch, one she’s now playing in real life as well as the recording studio. At Katsucon earlier…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2019 -
Uncategorized4K Version Of Metroid Prime 2 Is Using Textures Upscaled By A Neural Network
Just like we’ve already seen with Doom, you can use a neural network to upscale pretty much any old video game textures, and the results are amazing. Metroid Prime 2 is no exception. This 4K, 16:9 version of the GameCube classic was put together by BearborgOne, using ESRGANto help drag those textures if not into…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2019 - Uncategorized
Fans Imagine A New Look For Banjo-Kazooie
Artists George Crudo and Sean Hicks recently set out to redesign Banjo and Kazooie to give them a more modern look. Pretending that Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts never happened, the result is a cheerier, slightly Disney Infity-esque look that I am 100% behind. Hicks laid out the concept, after which Crudo made a 3D model.…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2019
