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Final Fantasy VII Remake’s Brand-New Tracks Kick Ass, Too
10.2.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today I’m going to gush about just how amazing Final Fantasy VII Remake’s music is, and specifically a few of its new tracks that weren’t in the original.Read more
Things Are Horrible For Japanese Arcades Right Now
10.2.2021
No doubt, the pandemic is bad for lots of businesses. But in Japan, it’s especially awful for arcades.Read more
Japanese Animator Gets Four Months In Prison For Driving Without A License
10.2.2021
This week at a Tokyo District Court, Animator Shiro Kudaka has been sentenced to four months in prison for driving without a license and violating Japan’s Road Traffic Act.Read more
McDonald's Pokémon Card Packs Are Selling Out
10.2.2021
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Pocket Monsters, Mcdonald’s is including card packs in Happy Meals. It seemed like a good idea! Others thought so, too.Read more
Homicidal Hitman 3 Mastermind Crushes Every Single Person In The Grape Press
10.2.2021
If you’ve played Hitman 3 and got to the Mendoza stage, you’ll know the grape press. A centrepiece murder machine, it has been designed to help you off one of the level’s main targets in spectacular fashion.Read more
China's Steam Only Has 53 Games
10.2.2021
Steam is now available in China, and if you thought that would give Chinese gamers instant access to the weird, wonderful and sometimes deeply offensive depths of the service’s catalogue, well lol, no of course it doesn’t.Read more
Bloodborne Modder Releases Long-Awaited 60 FPS Hack
10.2.2021
Bloodborne can now be played with smooth 60 frames-per-second visuals thanks to the long-anticipated release of an unofficial patch. You will need a modded PlayStation 4 to try it out, however, preferably a PS4 Pro.Read more
Persona 5 Strikers' Action Gameplay Is Downright Fun
9.2.2021
Persona 5 Strikers is not your average Persona game. Yes, it’s a true sequel to the hit JRPG Persona 5. But this time around, Strikers ditches the franchise’s well-known and mostly loved traditional, turn-based RPG fighting system for hack-and-slash, musou-style action gameplay.Read more
PS5 Controllers Are Drifting, And The Repairs Are A Hassle
9.2.2021
Few things about the PlayStation 5 are better than the DualSense controller. It feels terrific to hold, somehow just as solid as it is light. The haptics are truly dynamic, at least for games that offer such support. It’s beautiful. But even the mighty DualSense reportedly isn’t immune to...
I Hope This Final Fantasy XIV NPC Finally Got To Take A Dump
9.2.2021
One meets a variety of NPCs while playing Final Fantasy XIV. Some can be pretty annoying—looking at you, Thancred—while others are instantly memorable. A poor Ishgardian sentry who desperately needs to find a bathroom while her country is being invaded by dragons falls into the latter category.Read...
Pokémon World Championships Skip 2021 Over Covid-19 Concerns
9.2.2021
After canceling in-person competition in 2020 due to the rise of the covid-19 pandemic, The Pokémon Company announced it will skip official tournaments through 2021 as well.Read more
What We Loved About Hitman 3
9.2.2021
If there’s one thing Kotaku can’t get enough of, it’s Hitman 3. Between the wide-open levels, rapid-fire costume changes, and throwable bananas, IO Interactive’s latest stealth sandbox has enraptured many of us. Three of us (staff writer Ari Notis, staff editor Lisa Marie Segarra, and weekend...
Recreating Game Elements for the Web: The Among Us Card Swipe
9.2.2021
As a web developer, I pay close attention to the design of video games. From the HUD in Overwatch to the catch screen in Pokemon Go to hunting in Oregon Trail, games often have interesting mechanics and satisfying interactions, …
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Crash Bandicoot 4 Comes To PS5, Xbox Series X|S And Switch March 15
9.2.2021
The excellent if a bit sadistic Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time is about to get two upgrades and hopefully not too much of a downgrade on March 15, when the game launches for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch. Activision announced the next-gen and friend releases this morning...
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9.2.2021
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Ayrton Senna Helped Sega Make A Better F1 Game
9.2.2021
Up until middle school, all the kids in my hometown had their birthday parties at the same roller rink. That roller rink contained a small arcade with games that seemed hopelessly outdated to us at the time but would rake in quarters at any Barcade now. Stuff like X-Men, Ivan Stewart’s Super...
Over 10 Hours With Bravely Default II
9.2.2021
Bravely Default II offers a return to a simpler time where heroes lined up on one side of the screen, fought monsters on the other side of the screen, and then rinsed and repeated until peace and tranquility were brought back to the land. I’ve spent over 10 hours with it, and while what I’ve played...
EA Buys Glu Mobile For $2.1 Billion
9.2.2021
EA adds a massive amount of mobile gaming power to its portfolio with the $2.1 billion acquisition of San Francisco-based Glu Mobile, makers of Diner Dash, Cooking Dash, Restaurant Dash with Gordan Ramsay, and Kim Kardashian: Hollywood ... Dash. Read more
CD Projekt Red Hit By Cyber Attack, Source Code For Cyberpunk 2077 And Witcher 3 Held For Ransom
9.2.2021
CD Projekt Red is the latest game company to be hit by a cyber attack. The company has released a statement regarding the hack and a screenshot of the ransom demands.Read more
How To Make Sure You’re Playing The PS5 Version Of A PlayStation Game
9.2.2021
Following recent updates for Destiny 2, Control, and the terrific Nioh games, PlayStation 5 owners are in a golden age of cross-gen games. But, if you’re not careful, you could very well end up playing the PlayStation 4 version of a cross-gen game on your PS5. The horror!Read more