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CultureUh, Epic Games Bought ArtStation
While we’re used to things like studios being bought and paid for as part of Epic’s Fortnite-fuelled crusade against companies like Apple and Valve, the company spent the weekend buying something a little more unexpected: ArtStation, a site that anyone who has ever read our Fine Art feature will be more than familiar with. After…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 2, 2021 -
CultureResident Evil Fan Patches Original Game With Content Missing Since 1996
Resident Evil: True Director’s Cut is a patch made by Deli295 for Capcom’s original horror classic that wants to be the most comprehensive version of the game available, adding in a bunch of stuff from earlier Japanese releases that for whatever reason we never got in Western editions. While the West received numerous version of…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 2, 2021 -
CulturePC Players Have Already Figured Out How To Get Around Resident Evil Village’s Demo Timer
Resident Evil Village has a demo, but it’s been a stupid mess, with limited windows to play it and early access on only Playstation. But yesterday the time-limited demo went live on all platforms, including PC. Naturally, PC players quickly figured out a way to bypass the one-hour timer and play for as long as…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 2, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsThere’s A Creepy Clown Video Hidden In Roblox
I’ve still never played Roblox and now I’m not sure I’ll ever play it after learning about a random, creepy clown video that is, for some reason, lurking in the game’s files. In Roblox, players can input the command “?Iloveyou” and with the correct server and in-game settings, it will display a short video of a…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 1, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsElder Scrolls, Cut It Out With The Silt Striders
I don’t like bugs. Never have. Flies, bees, wasps, crickets, I hate ‘em all. The bigger they are the more I can’t stand them. So the giant insect-like Silt Striders, first seen in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, are my worst nightmare and I want them all to die. I mean, if no one minds.…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 30, 2021 -
CultureRiot Will Record Valorant Voice Comms To Catch Racists
Riot announced updates to its privacy policy today that will allow the company to record and evaluate reported player voice communications in its team-based shooter Valorant. “In order for us to take action against players who use voice comms to harass others, use hate speech, or otherwise disrupt your experience, we need to know what…
By Ash Parrish Published April 30, 2021 -
CultureTekken, Mortal Kombat Pulled From Controversial Esports Events
Bandai Namco and NetherRealm Studios have announced plans to no longer work with esports org WePlay, which over the last month has hosted big money events for Tekken 7, Soulcalibur VI, and Mortal Kombat 11 In separate statements that were published at the exact same time and very much sound like they were drafted together, the…
By Ian Walker Published April 30, 2021 -
CultureOne Month Later, Outriders Still Can’t Catch A Break
Baffling nerfs. Connection issues. Inventory wipes. Since Outriders launched a month ago, the game has been plagued by issues. For every step forward, the loot-shooter seemingly takes two back. Today’s update, the first significant one in several weeks, is no exception. Amajor patch released this morning is billed as the “biggest” one yet, and purports…
By Ari Notis Published April 30, 2021 -
OpinionNow Every Single Activision Studio Works On Call Of Duty [Update]
Yesterday, Activision-owned studio Toys For Bob announced that it was going to provide development support for the latest season of Call of Duty Warzone. The studio had previously worked on its own games, such as last year’s fantastic Crash Bandicoot 4, but has now effectively been consumed by the ever-growing monster that is Call of…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 30, 2021 -
CultureFall Guys Delayed On Xbox, Switch
Although Fall Guys, the jellybean battle royale developed by newly acquired Epic Games studio Mediatonic, has been playable on PC and PlayStation consoles since August 2020, it’s going to miss its planned summer release on Xbox and Switch. “This delay gives our team some time to add features like crossplay, so when we add new…
By Ian Walker Published April 30, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanResident Evil Village Makes For A Delightfully Demented Puppet Show
Resident Evil Village the video game? Seems scary! But the puppet show? Absolutely adorable and totally messed up. It’s reminiscent of a Japanese children’s program, but with puppet versions of the game’s terrifying characters and inevitable bloodshed. “Come to Resident Evil Village,” they sing. “We’re all a pleasant bunch. Not, not, not scary!” Hijinks ensues…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 30, 2021 -
CultureMall Craze Is A Shopping Mall Management Game
I remember when I was younger, seeing games like Theme Park and Rollercoaster Tycoon, and wondering why nobody could do something like that only for my teenage spiritual home: the mall. Sure, there have been some mall games, the best probably being Kairosoft’s Mega Mall Story, but none that have been as good or as…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2021 -
OpinionSorry, Your Cis White Woman Protagonist Isn’t Progressive
The future is bright for the current and upcoming crop of AAA releases. Reviews for Returnal are positive. I’m gassed as hell to have Lady Dimitrescu chase me around in Resident Evil Village before I let her snap me in half. Rift Apart looks so sharp on the PS5 that it might become my first…
By Ash Parrish Published April 29, 2021 -
CultureMonster Hunter Rise Companion Poll Overrun By Dog People
Are you a cat person or a dog person? A life of raising pets traditionally imbues one with a preference, but a new poll shows Monster Hunter Rise players are overwhelmingly in favor of its canine companions. According to a Frontline Gaming Japan report, Famitsu recently asked a large group of Monster Hunter Rise players…
By Ian Walker Published April 29, 2021 -
OpinionImpressionsIt’s A Shooter With Dinosaurs, And That’s Enough For Me
Dinosaurs are rad. Sadly, they rarely appear in video games. So I was excited to play Second Extinction, a new shooter featuring dinosaurs, both big and small. What I wasn’t expecting was how much this early access game would remind me of Destiny, or how much fun I would have playing it. Second Extinction is…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 29, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsDark Forces II’s Opening Remade In Unreal Engine 4
The original Dark Forces might be our Best Star Wars Game Ever, but its sequel is also great. It is, however, a little dated in 2021, so game developer and artist Acke Hallgren decided to see what it could look like with a modern coat of paint. So here’s the game’s opening level remade in…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 28, 2021 -
CultureNew Expansion Is Steam’s Worst-Rated Launch Ever
Leviathan, the latest expansion for classic strategy game Europa Universalis IV, has had a rocky launch. So rocky that, uh, it has become the worst-rated product available on Steam. It’s an unexpected turn of events, because EUIV is one of the all-time greats, a Paradox grand strategy game that eight years after release still commands…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 28, 2021 -
CultureFree Fallout 76: Update Adds An Extra C.A.M.P. And S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Loadouts
The headline for this post would have been “Free Fallout 76 update makes players incredibly happy,” but that would have been too vague. Along with kicking off the game’s fourth season, Cold Steel, the “Locked and Loaded” update finally adds easily swappable S.P.E.C.I.A.L. builds and the ability to build and maintain a second C.A.M.P. slot.…
By Mike Fahey Published April 28, 2021 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryMy New Favorite Stormblood Character Is A Random Pirate
In a development shocking to absolutely no one, Stormblood is fucking awesome. I started Final Fantasy XIV’s second expansion mere days ago, and it’s already made the leap from, “this is not Heavensward. I want Heavensward back,” to, “Ok, give me more of this.” I was prepared for Stormblood to underwhelm me. In the FF14…
By Ash Parrish Published April 28, 2021
