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Looks Like Fortnite Is Getting Kart Cosmetics

Some data mining of Fortnite’s code has discovered that Epic is testing the idea of customising the appearance of the game’s golf karts. Here’s the code in question: Who knows how something like this would work, since the karts are shared on the map instead of dropping alongside you. Maybe they’ll just spawn now with random…

Every Game Should Copy Rainbow Six‘s New Chat Moderation

Earlier this year, Ubisoft said it would be implementing stricter moderation in Rainbow Six Siege to find and sanction players using hate speech. Recently, players have started noticing an uptick in bans being issued and have been discussing it on the game’s subreddit. A few even took to Twitter to complain. “fuck you guys i…

Merciless martial arts brawler Absolver is getting a free expansion in September. The game’s developers announced today that it’ll include a new mode called Downfall, an additional combat style Faejin, more equipment, and a meta competition between players online whereby they can win prestige for their particular schools of fighting. 

Star Citizen Backer Sues To Get $4,500 Back, Loses

Ken Lord used to be a Star Citizen super fan. Once upon a time, he helped fund Roberts Space Industries’ endless maiden voyage with $4,500 of his own money. Now, after years of delays and changes, he wants out. RSI didn’t get back to him, and he sued. It didn’t go his way. Lord first…

Far Cry 5‘s Lost On Mars Is Another Disappointing Expansion

Is there life on Mars? On the surface Far Cry 5’s second DLC seems to answer in the affirmative. The red rock is bursting with armies of alien insects. Some are small. Some are big. Some fly around like Pterodactyls and harass you by spraying firey chemicals at you. As these encounters stack up, however,…

Shadow of War Is Now Microtransaction-Free

Middle-earth: Shadow of War came out on October 10, 2017. Two hundred eighty days later, it is now free of all microtransactions. It’s a drastic change and yet another sign that 2017 was a turning point for the video game industry’s brief obsession with loot boxes. Today, Warner Bros. patched Shadow of War to remove…

This Adorable Papercraft Game Is All About Sex And Drugs

Don’t let the cutesy papercraft look of The Spiral Scouts fool you. This puzzle adventure game is not for kids. The Spiral Scouts, which was released on Steam last week, follows Remae, a spunky young Spiral Scout who lost her memories, as she goes on a quest to collect Scout Badges from all three wacky…

The Five Worst Enemies In Hollow Knight

There are more than 150 different enemies in thefantastic Hollow Knight. While each one is entertainingly awful, some are more awful than others. A few notes up front: I’m talking about regular enemies in this article, not bosses. Also, while I’ve reached 101% completion (out of 107% made possible by DLC), there are still four…

Overwatch’s ridiculous new hamster hero—whom Kotaku will hereafterrefer to as “Hammond,” not “Wrecking Ball”—will go live on July 24, Blizzard announced today.

Sonic Mania‘s Encore Mode Is The Perfect Excuse To Play Again

Sonic Mania’s blend of classic stages and ROM-hack inspired originals createda mix tape of everything awesome, fast, and blue. The Encore DLC, released today as part of Sonic Mania Plus, embraces the mixing and matching that made the base game great. Sonic Mania Plus is an expanded version of the original game that has new…

Fortnite Rescue Attempt Goes Horribly Wrong

A Fortnite streamer pulled off an impossible rescue mission… almost. A streamer called Muselk happened upon a strange scenario in his Fortnite game. He saw a golf cart on the edge of a cliff, and after killing the player trying to drive it, he looked down and saw another player trapped at the edge of…

Ubisoft’s Clever Division 2 Promotion Has Me Playing More Of The First Division

The makers of The Division at Ubisoft are doing some unusual things to tie their first game into its upcoming sequel. So far, I’m into it. The original Division—a third-person, cover-based, sometimes-multiplayer shooter set in a wrecked, wintery New York City—came out back in early 2016 and was heavily patched and expanded consistently until late…

Hollow Knight’s final free DLC expansion, Gods and Glory, will be out on August 23. Described as the “final chapter” for the Knight, it’ll add new bosses, NPCs, music, and quests to the already enormous game. Check out the Team Cherry blog for more

Sea of Thieves’ “Cursed Sails” update arrives on July 31st. The free content update adds dangerous skeleton crews to liven up the seas, as well as the three person brigantine ship. Which means you can finally sail a big ship without having to invite Jim. “Oh, sorry Jim. There’s no more room.” 

Hello Games just dropped a new trailer for the big No Man’s Sky update coming next week, showing off multiplayer for the first time. The game looks a lot closer to how people pictured it at launch—and the update will also feature unlimited base building, potentially solving an ongoing problem in the community

Fornite’s latest patch went live this morning, officially vaulting the Tactical Submachine Gun. It’s been replaced by a slightly higher damage, lower round SMG. Meanwhile, the Typewriter Assault Rifle is being added to Save the World mode. Correction: an earlier version of this article misstated which weapon was being added to the game’s Battle Royale…

Broly’s New Character Design Causes Dragon Ball Fan Speculation 

Now that we’re getting better looks at Broly in the upcoming Dragon Ball Super: Broly, fans have been commenting on the character’s new look and attempting to deduce what it all means. Here are Broly’s character designs for Dragon Ball Super: Broly A couple things to note. It looks like Broly is wearing Frieza Force…

Hideaki Anno Visits The Largest Evangelion Statue In The World

Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno is in Shanghai, where he’s checking out the world’s largest Unit-01 statue. As Kotaku previously reported, this official EVA-01 Test Type statue measures 24.8 meters (81.36 feet) high with the Spear of Longinus Here’s Anno having a look at the statue Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing…

In Japan, 7-Eleven Was Going To Serve Beer

Not just sell it, but have a Kirin beer dispensing machine in store for perfect foamy pours. Think a Slurpee machine, but for beer. As Yahoo! News Japan and PDR-san report, 7-Elevens in Japan were supposed to have beer machines as a test rollout at several branches. A small cup of beer would cost 100…

Spice & Wolf is getting a VR game. Isuna Hasekura, who wrote the original novel, is penning the VR game’s scenario, while the anime’s voice actors Ami Koshimizu and Jun Fukuyama will be lending their talents to Spice & Wolf VR, which is slated for early 2019. It will have subtitles.