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'Shop Contest: New PS5 Controllers, Winners!
22.5.2021
Can you really have fun with some controllers covered in new paint? It turns out, that yes, yes you can!Read more
Chaos At A Walmart As People Rush To Buy Pokémon Cards
22.5.2021
The continued shortage of Pokémon cards, fueled by the pandemic, Twitch streamers, and scalpers, led to a chaotic situation at a Walmart in Pennsylvania. The moment the store opened, folks began to run to the section of the store where trading cards are sold, leading to chaos and one sad sight.Read...
Doom II's Revenant Is Wearing Pants Made Of Flesh AKA Flants
22.5.2021
Whenever I played Doom II, I just assumed the deadly Revenant was just wearing some red pants. Now, according to John Romero himself (in a very serious, not-at-all-joking tweet), we now know those pants are made out of flesh. Or as Romero calls them, flants.Read more
Metro Exodus On PC Now Supports The PS5 Controller's Fancy Triggers
22.5.2021
Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition received a minor patch yesterday that quietly added support for the DualSense’s fancy adaptive triggers and haptic feedback.Read more
Heatmor Ain't A Fan Of Butt Plugs
22.5.2021
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Heatmor!Read more
Ma, Fetch The RTX 3090, Red Dead Redemption 2’s Gone VR
22.5.2021
After releasing a virtual reality mod for Grand Theft Auto V last year, developer Luke Ross is back with a similar project for its wild west cousin, Red Dead Redemption 2.Read more
Half-Life: Alyx Almost Had Enemies Who Reacted When You Flipped Them Off
21.5.2021
Hands. You wouldn’t have human civilization without them, meaning you wouldn’t have video games, either. Or, like, houses. But even though hands are front and center in many games, we don’t talk about them all that often. On this week’s episode of Splitscreen, we stop keeping hands at arm’s length....
What Gaming Was Like The Last Time Cicadas Emerged, 17 Years Ago
21.5.2021
You may know them as Brood X, or Brood 10, or the Great Eastern Brood. To most people, they’re periodical cicadas—insatiable insects that emerge from subterranean slumber every 17 years for the sole purpose of fucking each other to smithereens. Over the past week or so, Brood X cicadas have started...
Paradox Finally Announces Grand Strategy Sequel Victoria 3
21.5.2021
Now that players have had ample time to explore all the nooks and crannies of 2010's Victoria II, Paradox Development Studio is ready to officially announce Victoria 3, a grand strategy game coming soon to PC that tasks players with managing their own society in the Victorian Era of the 19th...
Crusader Kings III’s First Major Expansion Lets Monarchs Hold Court In Style
21.5.2021
Royal Court, the first large expansion for Crusader Kings III, was announced today during PDXCON Remixed. No release date was revealed, but Paradox shared details about the new expansion. Get ready to run your royal court and deal with the day-to-day life of being king.Read more
Twitch Says Being Seen As 'Sexy' Isn't Against The Rules, Creates Dedicated Category For Hot Tub Streamers
21.5.2021
After months of controversy stemming from a perceived loophole in Twitch’s attire and sexual conduct rules, the company has created a dedicated section for pools, hot tubs, and beaches.Read more
With Overwatch 2 Reducing Team Sizes, Pros Worry About Being Cut
21.5.2021
Yesterday, Overwatch game director Aaron Keller announced that Overwatch 2’s PvP mode will field teams of five players, down from six players in the game’s current PvP mode. Now players, staffers, and fans of the Overwatch League are wondering if professional teams will be cutting down their...
Resident Evil Village Used To Have A Lot More Enemies
21.5.2021
While you certainly face mini-hordes from time to time, Resident Evil Village isn’t a game that just throws enemies at you willy-nilly. But that wasn’t always the case. Capcom’s latest behind-the-scenes video shows that some early builds apparently included an overwhelming number of foes, which...
Report: Netflix Looking To Hire Video Game Executive
21.5.2021
Netflix, the streaming service responsible for episodic masterworks like Selling Sunset and Too Hot To Handle, is looking to hire veteran gaming industry execs, according to a new report in The Information.Read more
Bonkers Returnal Fan Theory Suggests The End Is Actually The Beginning
21.5.2021
Returnal, the PS5-exclusive action game about not having fall damage but then picking up an item that gives you fall damage, has been out for about three weeks, which means more and more players are talking about the ending.Read more
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
21.5.2021
Did you know the weekend was the best possible time to play an absurdist take on the traditional Japanese role-playing game? I just made that up, but it’s probably true. Read more
Here's An Original Xbox Easter Egg That's Remained Hidden For Nearly 20 Years
21.5.2021
A developer who worked on Microsoft’s original 2001 Xbox console, who wishes to remain anonymous, informed Kotaku of a hidden “Easter egg” in the Xbox Dashboard that’s remained undiscovered for nearly 20 years. They told us how to trigger the secret, which displays a previously unknown credits...
Hey, They Got Mass Effect In Our No Man's Sky
21.5.2021
For the past week, No Man’s Sky players have been led on a mysterious expedition across the galaxy with no real idea where their journey would lead. Now the “Beachhead” expedition is complete, and it’s led players to a massive Mass Effect Easter egg. Read more
New Japanese TV Drama About Manga Fan Who Loves Shipping
21.5.2021
Baki The Grappler is a manga (and anime, pictured) about dudes beating the crap out of each other in an underground material arts tournament. In 2019, sociologist Junko Kaneda wrote a book about viewing it through a Boys’ Love lens. It’s now being adapted into a live-action TV series in Japan.Read...
Pikachu Just Got Arrested On The Pokémon TV Anime
21.5.2021
Things sure got real on this week’s episode of Pocket Monster, the latest Pokémon TV anime series.Read more