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In Japan, Nintendo Says Newly Purchased Switch Units Might Have Setup Error
16.12.2020
It’s the holiday season. People in Japan are shopping for presents, and no doubt, the Nintendo Switch will be a popular gift item. However, it might be a good idea to check those Switch units before gifting them.Read more
Cyberpunk 2077 Has Logos, Logos Everywhere
16.12.2020
While the Blade Runner universe gets to use actual company logos all over its buildings, Cyberpunk 2077's developers had to create all their brands, departments and services from scratch.Read more
Modified Cartridge Gets Ray Tracing Working On A Super Nintendo
16.12.2020
Ray tracing, currently the big thing in video game visuals, is a perk for those running bleeding edge hardware on PC or next-gen consoles. Or, conversely, anyone who owns a SNES.Read more
Twitch's Top Clips Are Full Of Cyberpunk 2077 Nudity
16.12.2020
Once the year 2077 rolls around, people apparently won’t bat an eyelash at unclothed dicks, breasts, and butts. In 2020, however, this is still very much an issue, especially on Twitch, where on-screen nudity frequently results in temporary or indefinite suspensions. But the platform does make...
GTA Online's New Island Is Boring
16.12.2020
After weeks of teasing and trailers, Grand Theft Auto Online’s latest update, its biggest ever, was released today. The Cayo Perico Heist update adds a new island and heist to the game, as well as 250+ songs, new weapons, and the proverbial “more.” But the star of the update is that new island...
Cyberpunk 2077 Execs Say They 'Ignored' Signals That The Console Versions They Hyped Were In Rough Shape
16.12.2020
It’s clear by now that Cyberpunk 2077 is a bit of a disaster, especially on consoles. During a recent conference call with CD Projekt Group’s management board, executives said they knew the game was busted before its December 10 launch.Read more
CD Projekt Is Adjusting Cyberpunk 2077's 'Distracting' Amount Of Dildos
15.12.2020
The first time I stepped out of my character’s apartment in Cyberpunk 2077, I expected to be greeted by a vast world of machine-powered possibility. Instead, I found a dildo. It was sitting next to a random NPC’s foot in my apartment building, near a discarded magazine and some other trash. “That’s...
Cyberpunk 2077’s Character Creator: The Kotaku Review
15.12.2020
The thing that interested me the most about Cyberpunk 2077 was its character creator. I’m someone who’s spent a lot of her time thinking about character creators and how they work for people who are not cis, white, able bodied, or male. I had hope that Cyberpunk’s creator would meaningfully include...
Everything Nintendo Showed During Today's Indie World Showcase
15.12.2020
Nintendo aired a brief livestream today dedicated to indie games coming to Switch in the next few months, and there are a lot of them.Read more
Among Us Launches On Switch Later Today
15.12.2020
Announced today during Nintendo’s Indie World presentation, 2020's hit mystery-party-action game, Among Us, is coming to the Nintendo Switch today. Read more
CD Projekt Red Clears Up 'Misconceptions,’ Says No Special Refund Policy In Place For Cyberpunk 2077
15.12.2020
CD Projekt Red managers clarified that refunds for Cyberpunk 2077 will be subject to existing retailer policies during a call with investors yesterday, and said the company is not encouraging anyone to return the game.Read more
It's Okay To Love 'Bad' Art
15.12.2020
The further I get from my childhood, the closer I come to articulating what I miss about it. Through the confusing fog of nostalgia, it’s easy to mix up what you thought you loved, with what you actually loved. I don’t miss being a kid—I’m both taller and funnier as an adult—but I do covet...
Destiny 2’s Latest Quest References A Moment Cut From The First Game
15.12.2020
Destiny 2’s new exotic quest for an old Destiny 1 gun makes reference to an alternate version of one of that game’s main characters only seen in an E3 2013 trailer, breathing a little life back into a story that never made it into the finished game.Read more
The Switch Gets An Anime Watching App Today
15.12.2020
The number of video streaming applications on U.S. Nintendo Switches jumps from two to three today, as previously-released Hulu and YouTube apps are joined by Funimation, delivering fresh anime to all the good boys and girls. Read more
SNK Is Making A New Game Console, It Seems
15.12.2020
At one time, SNK made what was considered the Roll Royce of video game consoles. As a kid, I remember thinking that the Neo-Geo was the most amazing game hardware I had ever seen. And now earlier today, the company announced that it making a new game machine.Read more
New Mamoru Hosoda Anime Film Coming In 2021
15.12.2020
Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, Wolf Children, and The Boy and the Beast) has announced his newest film. Called Belle, the movie tells the story of a young woman in modern-day Japan as she enters a massive virtual world.Read more
Four Generations Of Xbox Console Can Play The Same Game Together
15.12.2020
When we think of backwards compatibility we tend to only think of a game from an older system running on its replacement. But as this video shows, in the right circumstances, a console released in 2001 can play the same game at the same time as one released in 2020, as well as the two consoles...
No Video Game Company Is Perfect, And The Last Generation Proved It
15.12.2020
For some reason there are people out there who are fans of entire video games companies, and not just the creative output they produce. Those people often suffer from a particular strain of Gamer Brain can lead to thoughts like “this is my favourite company” or “this studio is perfect and all their...
GameStop's Last-Minute Console Rush Puts Workers At Risk
14.12.2020
A new allocation of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X / S bundles brought crowds of hopeful customers to physical GameStop locations over the weekend, according to a report by Bloomberg and corroboration by a Kotaku source. Staffing shortages and the threat of the ongoing covid-19 pandemic in...
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla 1.1 Update Addresses Game-Breaking Bugs
14.12.2020
Ubisoft is releasing a big update tomorrow for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla across all platforms, aiming to balance combat, improve performance, and generally smooth out a game that’s not without its fair share of bugs. But the biggest blessing comes in the form of several planned fixes for broken...