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CultureSix Months LaterStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Six Months Later
There are Star Wars games, and then there’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Created by Respawn Entertainment, the studio behind Titanfall and Apex Legends, Fallen Order brought some spunk to that long-ago galaxy. Far, far away from a phoned-in, branded cash grab, Fallen Order treated players to an adventure that was part Dark Souls, part…
By Ari Notis Published May 19, 2020 -
CultureCosplayStar Wars Cosplayer Thrown To The Ground, Arrested For Carrying “Plastic Gun”
A restaurant in Lethbridge, Canada last week thought it’d be fun for an employee to stand outside dressed as a Stormtrooper to celebrate Star Wars Day on May 4. Instead, the woman in the costume ended up getting the cops called on her and her nose smashed up before being arrested. As LNN report, the…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 10, 2020 -
CultureMorning CheckpointWookiees Never Miss
Hello! This week we learn more about a small Easter Egg in Final Fantasy 7, watch AOC visit islands in Animal Crossing, check out a cool looking dinosaur game and let Chewbacca take care of some bad guys. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Some of my favorite blogs on this website feature someone…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 9, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order’s New Battle Grid Mode Makes The Game Worth Booting Up
On Monday, May 4, traditionally a Star Wars “holiday,” fans of the galaxy far, far away received some news: Disney+ added The Rise of Skywalker. Fans also received some good news: The Souls-like action game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order received a big, totally free update. Kotaku’s Ian Walker has the full breakdown, for those…
By Ari Notis Published May 8, 2020 -
CultureYesterday a video on the official Star Wars Youtube page revealed an October 20 release date for LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. However, no social media accounts confirmed this date and we got no response from WB Games about the date. The video is now private, so it seems the date was revealed early…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 8, 2020 -
Star Wars Recreated Using Nothing But Action Figures
A group of Star Wars fans have taken their action figures off the shelf and done something practical with them for a change, dressing them up in amazing dioramas and recreating, set-for-set, the plot of Star Wars: Episode IV The project initially planned for a shot-by-shot remake, but after finding that would be an insane…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2020 -
Battlefront II, From Launch To Its Final Update
The last X-Wing has left the station and the Death Star is shutting down: Star Wars Battlefront II will no longer receive big content updates. While the servers will remain up, the game will not be supported in a major way by Dice or EA moving forward. Released back in November 2017, Battlefront II has…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureIt Took You Cowards Long Enough To Add Yaddle To A Video Game
In 1999, our galaxy received a gift: a wise Jedi Master named Yaddle. This Jedi Master was a female member of Yoda’s species. She never appeared in any video games, but that’s going to change when LEGO Star Wars The Skywalker Saga releases later this year. Finally. Yaddleappeared in a few scenes in the first…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 4, 2020 -
CultureStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Update Adds New Game Plus, Combat Challenges
Today is a made-up Star Wars holiday, but the new update for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is in fact very real. The free patch adds a new game plus mode, combat challenges, additional cosmetics, and a slew of upgraded accessibility options. Where many games allow you to carry over abilities into a second playthrough,…
By Ian Walker Published May 4, 2020 -
Star Wars virtual reality adventure Vader Immortal is coming to PlayStation VR this summer. All three chapters of the PC VR game will be available upon launch for PSVR, along with the lightsaber dojo segments. Check out today’s PlayStation Blog post for more info.
By Mike Fahey Published May 4, 2020 -
Culture2004’s Star Wars Battlefront Gets Its Official Online Multiplayer Back
As EA begin to wind down support for the latest Battlefront game, a surprise update has brought back online multiplayer for the original Star Wars: Battlefront, released back in 2004. On Friday, both the Steam and GOG versions of the classic multiplayer shooter—which loads of people still prefer to the more modern takes on the…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 3, 2020 -
CultureOne Image Taken Before Disaster
This week on Snapshots a skateboarding president, a big dog, a sad hug, gruff cowboy closeups, Spider-Man kicking in the air and a photo taken right before tragedy. “Hey, clones! What’s this about an order…66? Or maybe 65?” Kotaku Snapshots is a weekly look at some of the best, funniest and coolest screenshots players have…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 2, 2020 -
CultureWell, This Is Awkward…
This week on Snapshots a lion taking a bath, a cool looking car, a creepy dude in a chair, a disturbing bonfire party, a happy baby, an ax-wielding killer in Animal Crossing and way too many Stormtroopers. “Boys, I’m lost. Can you kind folks help a Jedi out?” Kotaku Snapshots is a weekly look at…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 18, 2020 -
CultureCosplayShowcaseLuke, He Is Your Father
Rick Boer, once known around these parts as the King of Metal Gear cosplay, has since become a family man. Which hasn’t stopped his cosplay efforts; it just means he’s got someone else around to help out. These images show Rick and his son Luke (his actual, very good name). This first one below was…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2020 -
CultureA Very Close Look Inside The Mandalorian’s Ship
Know what I love? Cross-sections, aka cut-aways. Know what else I love (though that love has been worn to a paper-thin nub in recent years)? Star Wars. Let’s combine ‘em. This intricate look at the guts of the Razor Crest is provided by Max Degtyarev, an illustrator we’ve featured before here for similar stuff. Only…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 13, 2020 -
CultureYou Wanna Fight?
This week on Snapshots, a car on a basketball court, a creepy computer, a weird monster, a gorgeous field of flowers, an underwater tunnel and a tiny Star Wars creature with some attitude. “So you think you can take me! I will kick your Jedi ass up and down this ship.” Kotaku Snapshots is a…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 11, 2020 -
Fans Think The PlayStation 5 Controller Looks Like Totoro, Rei From Evangelion And More
Quick! When you look at the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller, what do you see? Maybe you just see a slick new piece of hardware. But maybe you see other things, like Totoro, a Stormtrooper, a spaceship, and more. Since the controller was revealed this week, fans have been comparing it to all sorts of things.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 9, 2020 -
CultureStar Wars: Jedi Academy Has Secret Crossplay, And PC Players Are Killing Switch Users
Star Wars: Jedi Academy, released back in 2003 on the PC and Xbox, has only just been ported to the Nintendo Switch. And, uh, somehow PC players have been able to connect to console multiplayer servers. As PC Gamer report, PC players have been able to connect directly to the IP of the servers being…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2020