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The Nintendo Switch Has Crazy Sales On Right Now
25.11.2021
Black Friday is awful, and we should all refuse to take part. But in other news, goodness gracious, there are a lot of amazing prices on Nintendo Switch just now. Publishers like Capcom, Ubisoft and EA have joined Nintendo’s own first-party titles in luring you toward the evils of capitalist...
The Top 15 Halo Multiplayer Maps
25.11.2021
By my own rough count, the Halo series has seen some 150 or so multiplayer maps over the course of its two decades. Many of these are good. Some are great. And of course, some are terrible. For this list, I and my fellow Kotaku Halo fans tried to narrow this extensive field down to what we consider...
Fire At Super Nintendo World, But Thankfully No One Was Injured
25.11.2021
On Tuesday, a maintenance worker discovered at fire in the indoor area of the Yoshi’s Adventure attraction at Super Nintendo World in Universal Studios Japan. Fire trucks and emergency vehicles were called, but thankfully no one was injured as the park was already closed for the day. Read more
Video Game Faces Might Finally Start Bridging The Uncanny Valley
25.11.2021
Photorealistic faces in video games have been with us for a while, but they’ve still been a long way from what you’d call realistic, as while we’ve got the polygons and texturing almost perfected, facial animations remain are still stuck in the depths of the uncanny valley.Read more
Bobby Kotick Has Always Been A Siimy Douchebag
24.11.2021
Bobby Kotick is a weasel of the highest order. And while he may finally be facing a reckoning for some of his actions as CEO of Activision Blizzard, it’s been a long time coming.Read more
Halo Infinite Devs Respond To Samurai Armor Event Backlash
24.11.2021
Halo Infinite, despite its impeccable game feel, has been heavily under fire for its mediocre cosmetic offerings and utterly dreadful progression system—luckily, 343 Industries claim to be on the case after a short (and very well deserved) break.Read more
Arcades In Japan Keep Closing, Which Sucks
24.11.2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the Japanese arcade industry hard. With the country closed off to tourism, it might only seem like big city arcades are the ones that are hurting the most. That’s simply not the case. Earlier this year, Kotaku reported that things were horrible for Japanese arcades....
Microsoft Publishes 1999 Letter From Failed Attempt To Buy Nintendo
24.11.2021
Over 20 years ago, as Microsoft were gearing up to release the original Xbox, some at the company were concerned that they wouldn’t have enough games to accompany the console at launch. So someone had the bright idea to go and try to buy Nintendo. Problem solved.Read more
Xbox Celebrates 20th Anniversary With A Museum That Might Drag You
23.11.2021
Today, as part of Xbox’s ongoing 20th anniversary celebration, Microsoft released a virtual museum covering the history of the consoles themselves, as well as our own personal, individual history with them. In the browser-centric museum, you can walk the halls, taking in 3D timelines of each...
How To Get Halo Infinite’s Sick Samurai Armor
23.11.2021
See that kick-ass suit of armor at the top of the post? That’s a prize available for knocking out objectives in Halo Infinite’s first timed event, dubbed “Fracture: Tenrai,” which went live on Xbox and PC this afternoon and runs through November 30. For no other reason than “Ahhhh, look at it,”...
Epic Buys Rock Band Creators To Make ‘Musical Journeys’ For Fortnite
23.11.2021
Epic Games recently acquired Rock Band developer Harmonix, the two companies revealed in separate announcements today. Here we go again.Read more
DICE Forgot About Building Collision In Battlefield 2042
23.11.2021
Battlefield 2042 is shaping up to be a broken mess of a game, one that probably could’ve benefited from another month—or year—in development. Still, it’s officially out on most major platforms, and players are once again having a blast with aspects of it that the designers never intended them...
Former Nintendo Exec Reggie Fils-Aimé Hosts Xbox Event For Microsoft
23.11.2021
Right from the get go, former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé addresses the elephant in the room: “I’m sure at this point you’re wondering, what is the former president and chief operating officer of Nintendo of America doing at a Microsoft Xbox event?”“I don’t know what I’m doing...
Activision's Damage Control Reaches Sad New Low
23.11.2021
Faced with internal unrest, plummeting share prices and a growing public relations disaster, the men and women at the very top of Activision Blizzard—the senior executives and board of directors—should all be resigning. Instead, they’ve put out a desperate press release in the middle of the night...
Report: Nintendo Of America President Says Activision's Harassment Stories Are 'Distressing And Disturbing'
23.11.2021
Activision’s self-serving response to historic allegations of abuse and misogyny in its workplace has been drawing a lot of criticism lately, from shareholders demanding the resignation of CEO Bobby Kotick to staff staging multiple walkouts. Now Nintendo of America has reportedly joined the chorus...
Wild Halo Infinite Flag Heist Pays Off
23.11.2021
For the first time in a decade, Halo is magical again. Halo 4 and 5 were fine, but they largely lacked the magic that defined previous games: the signature cocktail of oppositional plays that turn your vision red while also making you laugh so hard your lungs hurt. Halo Infinite has so far nailed...
Final Fantasy 7 Battle Royale Doesn't Just Work, It's Tight
22.11.2021
While Fortnite remains banned from Apple’s walled garden, there’s no shortage of battle royales to play on Android and iOS devices, especially with big-names like Call of Duty: Mobile and PUBG Mobile available. But we now have a new PvEvP experience that fills the Epic Games-sized hole left in...
Nintendo Games Are Actually On Sale For Once
22.11.2021
No one tell Doug Bowser, but GameStop actually has Nintendo games on sale for under $40. Shocking, I know!Read more
Fresh Off Legal Skirmish, Sony Secures PS5 Plate Patent
22.11.2021
If Thanksgiving week is all about setting plates, here’s a tidbit you can feast on: Sony appears to have been granted a patent earlier this month from the United States Trademark Office for plate covers, spurring some observers to speculate that alt-colored PS5 plates could be in the works.Read more
How To Master Every New Weapon In Halo Infinite
22.11.2021
Halo Infinite, which is slated for full release on December 8 but had its multiplayer mode surprise-released in beta last week, features as robust an arsenal as any other Halo. Series stalwarts are fundamentally the same as ever: The battle rifle still fires in three-round bursts, the needler still...