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Ghost Of Tsushima, Six Months Later
20.1.2021
As of this week, Jin Sakai and the open-world samurai game he stars in—Ghost of Tsushima—turn six months old. Rather than a one-off, Ghost of Tsushima has received an impressively dedicated level of support from developer Sucker Punch with consistent quality-of-life upgrades, new difficulty levels...
Mortal Kombat Player Disqualified From Tournament For Criticizing Developers
19.1.2021
During an official Mortal Kombat 11 Pro Kompetition tournament on January 16, finalist Titaniumtigerzz was disqualified after jokingly calling out developer NetherRealm Studios by labeling his Sheeva variation—a personalized moveset that displays a custom name to opponents—as “WhyDidNRSdoThis.”Read...
Space Invaders Extreme Is My Favorite Way To Shoot Invaders From Space
19.1.2021
While there will always be a place in my heart for the original Space Invaders, Taito’s 1978 arcade classic is not the most engaging way to spend a quarter. Space Invaders Extreme, recently released for the Nintendo Switch and PS4 as part of the Space Invaders Forever bundle, is my preferred...
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game Is The Winter Hangout I Needed Right Now
19.1.2021
Absence can make the heart grow fonder, and with Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game the wait has set me up to fall in love with its retro gaming nostalgia-fest all over again. Its return couldn’t have come at a better time either. Cooped up in my home away from friends and family while the days...
What Media Property Would You Like To See Adapted Into A Game?
19.1.2021
It’s Tuesday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take.Read more
Wario Isn't Evil, He's Honest
19.1.2021
Mario was back for another adventure. But this time, it was personal. Hiroji Kiyotake, the director of 1992’s Game Boy hit Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins, wanted to pursue the idea that this time Mario wouldn’t be fighting to help or save someone else. Hence: Wario, Mario’s...
Someone Turned A Terraria Map Into An Evangelion Holding A Warship
19.1.2021
Terraria doesn’t get the same level of fanfare as Minecraft, but its two dimensional crafting is nevertheless responsible from some truly impressive player-made creations of its own. Behold the latest: an Evangelion lifting a warship over its head.Read more
Someone Turned A Terraria Map Into An Evangelion Holding A Warship
19.1.2021
Terraria doesn’t get the same level of fanfare as Minecraft, but its two dimensional crafting is nevertheless responsible from some truly impressive player-made creations of its own. Behold the latest: an Evangelion lifting a warship over its head.Read more
Hitman 3: The Kotaku Review
19.1.2021
Hitman 3 made me care more about its plot than crafting the perfect murder. The narrative, which I usually see as a flimsy excuse to play dress-up and cause globe-spanning mayhem, bleeds into the structure of its levels and creates some unexpected moments of emotion and vulnerability. Its dark...
Man Folds One Piece Of Paper For 50 Hours, Makes Samurai
19.1.2021
Finnish artist Juho Könkkölä took a single sheet of 68cm x 68cm wafer-thin Wenzhou paper and folded it for fifty hours. The result? A samurai papercraft that is around 20cm tall.Read more
A Hand With Many Fingers Captures The Paranoia Of Cold War Conspiracies
18.1.2021
Most mystery stories involve flashy detective work and sharp deductions, culminating in a dramatic reveal. In the novel Murder on the Orient Express, there’s a point where detective Hercule Poirot gathers everyone together and dives into a detailed breakdown of exactly how a murder occurred,...
This Bot Turns Reddit Arguments Into Ace Attorney Debates
18.1.2021
Ever since there’s been more than one person on the internet, there have been arguments. Some forum debates have become so outrageous that they’ve been forever ensconced in the collective unconscious of the web. And now, they can be turned into Phoenix Wright debates.Read more
Auto Chess Is Getting a MOBA, Continuing the Eternal Cycle
18.1.2021
The history of the MOBA genre is one of mods and iteration. Its most popular and still-standing games today are the result of multiple reimaginings and tweaks to skirt copyright issues. Now, there’s one more absurd step to the story: the makers of Auto Chess are making a MOBA. An Auto Chess MOBA...
Massive Fallout: New Vegas Mod The Frontier Is Finally Out
18.1.2021
A mod years in the making launched just last Friday, and it was a launch so big it took Nexus Mods with it. Fallout: The Frontier is essentially a new game, built onto Fallout: New Vegas.Read more
Anamanaguchi's Scott Pilgrim Soundtrack Is Still Pop-Rock Pixel Perfection
18.1.2021
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game, after years of being stranded on old consoles, was finally re-released last week. I’m eager to hop back in, but more than just playing through it one more time, I’ve been digging re-listening to the game’s perfect pop-rock soundtrack.Read more
Decades After Ban, Robot Anime Getting Live-Action Version In The Philippines
18.1.2021
Robot anime Choudenji Machine Voltes V debuted on Japanese television in the late 1970s. Now, decades late, it is getting a live-action television show in the Philippines.Read more
Dead Or Alive Creator Launches His Own Game Company
18.1.2021
Tomonobu Itagaki made his name creating Dead or Alive and designing Ninja Gaiden games. After leaving Koei Tecmo, he founded Valhalla Game Studios, releasing Devil’s Third. Now, he’s back with a new company.Read more
Fly Delta, Fly Chunky
18.1.2021
Duncan Halleck is a concept artist and illustrator currently working on Utopia Syndrome, an upcoming point-and-click horror/adventure game.Read more
Man Fined $270 For Breaking Lockdown To Play Pokémon Go
18.1.2021
Look, weren’t we only just warning people last week to be more careful playing this game in these strange and uncertain times?Read more
The Week In Games: Agent 47 Is Back
17.1.2021
Load up on expired cans of soup, flamingo costumes, and explosive golf balls. Hitman 3 is almost here and it’s time to kill some assholes. Read more