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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for looking for a new available Origin name, because your Apex Legends teammates trying to pronounce whatever lazy thing you picked when you bought Mass Effect 3 isn’t quite cutting it. I will be playing a lot more Apex Legends, especially now that more of my friends are on. I’m also still…
By Riley MacLeod Published February 22, 2019 - Tips & Guides
Tips For Playing Anthem
BioWare’s new multiplayer loot shooter Anthem can be fun but it’s also hard to get the hang of, since so little about how it works is explained. Knowing some basics before you start will go a long way to making it more enjoyable. There are three main pieces to Anthem: walking around Fort Tarsis, going…
By Ethan Gach Published February 22, 2019 - CultureKotaku Game Diary
Etrian Odyssey Nexus Is Busting My Balls And It’s Totally My Fault
I consider myself a veteran Etrian Odyssey player. I’ve hand-drawn dozens of maps across the role-playing game series, meticulously crawled floors for every treasure chest and scripted event, and gotten hundreds of monsters in my codex—conditional drops and all. So I came to the latest title in the series, Etrian Odyssey Nexus, pretty prepared for…
By Natalie Degraffinried Published February 22, 2019 -
UncategorizedHow Reggie Fils-Aime Became A Nintendo Legend
In the spring of 2004, the public perception was that Nintendo was in deep trouble. Going into the company’s E3 presentation in Los Angeles that year, fans wondered which of the company’s heroes might appear, in its time of need, to save it. Mario? Link? As it turned out, they did get a new hero,…
By Chris Kohler Published February 22, 2019 - Anime
It’s The Real-Life Master Roshi
This is pro bodybuilder Nhon Ly. He’s better known by his Instagram handle @master_roshi_real_life and for good reason. Previously, Kotaku introduced body builder Taichi Shimizu who pulled off the Dragon Ball character with real muscles and fake facial hair. Nhon Ly doesn’t need a phony bread! As Karapaia points out, he certainly does resemble the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 22, 2019 - Uncategorized
Leon Kennedy’s Resident Evil 2 Weapon Turned Into Real Airsoft Gun
In the Resident Evil 2 remake, there is a custom long barrel for Leon’s Lightning Hawk. Japanese airsoft gun maker Marui has brought the 10-inch barrel add-on to life for a version of the gun. This is part of a limited edition set that will go on sale next month in Japan. Price is currently…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 22, 2019 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Maybe Blue
As winter starts to ebb to a slow and meandering close, I find myself drawn to more lo-fi, jazzy tracks than usual. And amidst my search for such lo-fi, jazzy tracks (because I spend far too much time scrolling through new K-Pop releases on YouTube), I happened upon Miyao’s Maybe Blue. It’s a short but…
By Seung Park Published February 22, 2019 -
UncategorizedFootball Manager Scout Helps Goalkeeper Become Goal-Scoring Hero
The Football Manager games are renowned for their terrifying depth of scouting, but this is the first time I’ve ever heard of one of the scouts responsible going beyond “watching someone play” and move into the realms of “directly changing their life”. But that’s what happened when researcher Jack Thorpe, watching the Barnet reserves play…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2019 - CultureTwitch
Apex Legends Might Have Killed Sea Of Thieves‘ Twitch Momentum
At the end of January, Sea of Thieves seemed to be on the cusp of pulling off one heck of a trick: joining Twitch’s upper echelon after nearly a year of relative irrelevance. Popular streamers were piling onto the newly-refurbished ship’s deck, curious to see if it could provide a viable alternative to Fortnite, which…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 21, 2019 - Uncategorized
Everything In Civilization VI, Crammed Into One Real Map
Between civs, city states and wonders, there’s a lot of stuff from history being recreated in Civilization VI. This handy map shows you exactly where all that comes from in the real world. Put together by LacsiraxAriscal, it shows each city that appears in the game, whether as a city state or Civ settlement, then…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2019 - Uncategorized
In case you ever wanted to see how to pull off back-to-back-to-back T-Spin combos here you go. I’ve been enjoying the hell out of Tetris 99 and while I doubt I’ll ever have the foresight and concentration to do cool stuff like this it’s been great to see everyone else do wild stuff.
By Ethan Gach Published February 21, 2019 - Uncategorized
Black Ops 4‘s ‘Grand Heist’ Update Is Excellent Except For The Loot Boxes
The latest update for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is a double-edged sword. It brings great new content to the game that I’m having a blast with, but also loot boxes. Ironic, considering that the update is titled “Grand Heist.” Black Ops 4’s “Operation Grand Heist,” available this week on PlayStation 4 and next…
By S.E. Doster Published February 21, 2019 - Uncategorized
Guild Wars 2 Developer ArenaNet Plans For Mass Layoffs
ArenaNet, the studio behind the popular online games Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2, informed employees today that it is planning big layoffs, according to a person who is there. Although ArenaNet did not give out exact numbers, and they may not yet be finalized, rumors floating around the studio signal that a significant number…
By Jason Schreier Published February 21, 2019
