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UncategorizedA Totally Accurate Game About Being A Tree
How To Be A Tree is a game about being a regular, dumb old tree. You’ve got leaves, a trunk, branches—all that jazz. It has 16 endings. And only one of them involves standing still for literally the entire game. I’ve been waiting five years for How To Be A Tree. Now it’s out on…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 4, 2019 - Uncategorized
LEGO Replaces Generic Star Wars Minifig With Actual Character
When LEGO first designed a set for The Last Jedi’s badass Resistance Bomber, they only had some art and reference photos to go on. So they gave the pilot a placeholder name and white skin and released it. Once the film and its expanded canon hit, though, it turns out the bomber’s pilot had a…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2019 - Uncategorized
Here Are All Of Adidas’ Game Of Thrones Sneakers
First teased late last year, Adidas has now released images of their entire collaboration with HBO’s Game of Thrones, a line that’s going to include six pairs in all, each of them based on a house or faction from George R. R. Martin’s universe. The six pairs are going to be based on Houses Targaryen,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2019 - Uncategorized
Look At This Magical Nintendo 64
German artist Mizucat, who specialises in 80s and early 90s anime art, also dabbles in cutsom console paintjobs, like this fantastic Nintendo 64. It’s like a unicorn barfed a fairy dust cupcake all over some Nintendo hardware, and I love it. Maybe the best part is that the console isn’t just a paintjob, it’s a…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2019 - Uncategorized
The Sims Isn’t A ‘Virtual Dollhouse,’ It’s A Fascinating Human Life Sim
The Sims turns 19 years old today. If you’ve ever pooh-poohed it for just being a “dollhouse” aimed at women and girls, maybe it’s time to give it a try. Nineteen years ago, players got their hands on the first Sims game. As the story goes, SimCity creator Will Wright was inspired to make a…
By Gita Jackson Published February 4, 2019 - Uncategorized
Warframe’s big Fortuna expansion arrives in the Switch version of the game February 5. In addition to getting a new open world space on Venus, story missions, and frames, the Switch version will also be getting a new option to enable motion controls only when aiming down sights.
By Ethan Gach Published February 4, 2019 - Uncategorized
Metro Series Will Continue On PC Even If People Boycott Epic Deal, Says Publisher
Metro Exodus’ long, bumpy ride to a February 15 release on the Epic Games Store has just hit another roadblock. Over the weekend, a developer at series creator 4A Games suggested that player boycotts happening in reaction to the Epic deal could lead to future Metro games not coming to PC at all. Now, publisher…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 4, 2019 - Uncategorized
Players Are Making Advance Wars And Fire Emblem Maps Inside Wargroove
Wargroove is an excellent spiritual successor to the Advance Wars series, and in keeping with the tradition of those games, it comes complete with a robust map editor that players can use to make all sorts of interesting stuff., One player used it to remake the campaign from the original Advance Wars Though it’s been…
By Ethan Gach Published February 4, 2019 - Uncategorized
The black and white adventure game Minit can be beaten in under half an hour, but only 5% of players have One of the game’s designers shared some completion statistics on Twitter today, one of which showed that an incredible 0.3% of players defeated the final boss but never finished the game.
By Ethan Gach Published February 4, 2019 - Uncategorized
Titanfall 3 Is Not In The Works, Respawn Says
What was once Titanfall 3 has become Apex Legends, the free-to-play battle royale game that launched today. In other words, a third Titanfall is not currently in development, despite the critical acclaim for the first two. At a press event for Apex Legends, Respawn producer Drew McCoy told Eurogamer that Titanfall 3 wasn’t happening. “The…
By Jason Schreier Published February 4, 2019 -
UncategorizedTitanfall Battle Royale Game Apex Legends Is Out Now
As expected, development studio Respawn announced its Titanfall spinoff battle royale game Apex Legends this afternoon, and it’s out right now. The free-to-play game is sort of like a cross between Overwatch and Call of Duty’s Blackout battle royale mode. You can get it on PS4, Xbox, and PC. We’ll be checking out Apex Legends…
By Jason Schreier Published February 4, 2019 - Uncategorized
Come See Kotaku Splitscreen Live In NYC
Have you ever wondered, while enjoying the clever banter and warm rapport of Kotaku Splitscreen, what it might be like to see said banter and rapport in real life? On February 7, you’ll be able to find out. Kirk Hamilton, Maddy Myers, and I will be hanging out at The Bell House in Brooklyn, New…
By Jason Schreier Published February 4, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Best Sports Event This Weekend Was A Smash Ultimate Tournament
Right after the world’s most blah Super Bowl mercifully wrapped itself up, 124,000 viewers tuned in to Twitch to watch something way more exciting: the Oakland Super Smash Bros. tournament Genesis 6. The event was one hype moment after another, and its players looked so capable that, at times, I wondered what devil they’d promised…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published February 4, 2019 -
UncategorizedI’m jumping into my spacesuit and checking out Astroneer live with Riley. Come join us in the chat!
By Paul Tamayo Published February 4, 2019 - Uncategorized
Google Translate Makes Magic: The Gathering Cards Somehow Sound Sillier
Some Magic: The Gathering fans are sending cards through Google Translate, with hilarious results. Although I have dated not one but two men who made me sit through many long games of Magic, I still don’t understand how Magic: The Gathering is played. What I do understand is how funny it is to send different…
By Gita Jackson Published February 4, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryAnthem‘s Demo Ends With An Exciting Cloud And A Less Exciting Rock Monster
Anthem’s open demo, which launched this past weekend, had its first “mini-event” last night. A fiery vortex formed in the sky, and some big rock monsters appeared on the ground below. It made for a nice change of visuals and something new to hunt, but like a lot of what the demo has shown off,…
By Ethan Gach Published February 4, 2019 - Culture
The Week In Games: Who’s Hungry For Some Gods?
This week’s biggest release is God Eater 3, a game which I don’t really know anything about! Looking at screenshots and videos it seems cool. Maybe I’ll give it a try when it comes out February 8th on PS4 and PC. Before I looked up anything about God Eater I had this idea in my…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 4, 2019 -
UncategorizedPro Gamer Lied About Being In Elementary School
Fortnite pro RizArt made a splash last fall when he set a new record for solo kills. Besides his gameplay, one thing that made the pro stand out was that he claimed to be in sixth grade. That was a lie. RizArt is a member of the Japanese Fortnite team Crazy Raccoon, which recently hosted…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2019 - Kotaku EastJapan
One Way To Make Kemono Friends 2 Better
You might say there are multiple ways Kemono Friends season two could be made better, but a relatively easy one that would be fixing where the characters are looking. The big difference between the first and second seasons of Kemono Friends, the absence of director Tatsuki, who was pulled from season two. Twitter user Goodsleepy2…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2019
