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The Witcher 3 Will Get Free DLC Inspired By The Netflix Show
Announced today, The Witcher 3 will be getting new free DLC inspired by the popular Netflix show as part of the next-gen upgrade coming later this year.
KotakuKotakuBizarre Scarlet Nexus Shadow Glitch Gets Fixed
A recent Scarlet Nexus update revealed that Bandai Namco’s stylish action RPG wasn’t rendering character and enemy shadows on PC if it was being played in several non-English languages. Even the biggest video games are technical marvels held together by hopes, dreams, and duct tape, but this takes the cake.
KotakuThe Last of Us Part II Breaks If You Go Too Fast
During a sequence in The Last of Us Part II, players chase after Tommy, the brother of Joel from the first game. Normally, Tommy gets away by escaping through a store and closing a door behind him. But if you are quick enough, you can slide in and kill Tommy, which makes it impossible to move forward.
KotakuSega Changes PSO2 Name To Something Less Borderline Racist
A non-player character in Sega MMO Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis underwent a name change with this week’s scheduled maintenance. The black and brown member of the robotic CAST race formerly known as “Diggah” shall henceforth be known as “Excator.”
KotakuThe Original Half-Life Could Have Had So Much Blood
The original _Half-Life_is a pretty tame game from a violence standpoint; headcrabs and other enemies can inspire revulsion in their own ways, but they don’t explode into Mortal Kombat-style gore piñatas when thwacked with a crowbar. But they could have.
KotakuBlack Woman Gets Two World Records For Her Vast Vintage Gaming Collection
Y’all! A Black woman was named the winner of not one but two world records for having the largest collection of LCD and playable gaming systems and my mind is alight with joy.
KotakuFormer COD Pro Plays With 5 Cameras To Combat Cheating Accusations
Yesterday, Charlie “MuTeX” Saouma, a Call of Duty Twitch streamer with over 600k followers, ran an unusual livestream. While he played Call of Duty Warzone, as he often does, this time he had set up five different camera angles, each one pointed at different parts of his gaming setup. All of this was done to combat…
KotakuThis Horror Game Has One Of The Best Narratives In Years
Scarlet Hollow is a quite incredible accomplishment. It’s one of the best narrative games I’ve played. Not only is this interactive fiction a deeply compelling and engrossing story, but it’s also an Inkle-level of branching story possibilities where your choices have long-reaching and significant effects on the story…
Kotaku'Undetectable’ Console Cheat YouTube Ad Taken Down By Activision
Earlier this week we reported on an insidious new cheating system for competitive shooters that works on consoles and PC alike and promises to be completely undetectable. Looks like Call of Duty maker Activision already has the cheat makers in their sights, striking down their YouTube ad for the program and affecting…
KotakuGenshin Impact's Biggest Update Yet Adds Japan-Inspired Region
The moment _Genshin Impact_fans have been waiting for practically since the game came out is finally here. Inazuma, an oft-rumored, much-anticipated in-game area inspired by Japan, is launching on July 21. Not only that, it’s arriving alongside an update so large that Chinese developer Mihoyo has seen fit to jump the…
KotakuMonster Hunter Stories 2: Wings Of Ruin Is A Kinder, Gentler Monster Hunt
I’ve been trying to get into the Monster Hunter series for years with no luck. I’m keen on the idea of tracking and taking down a powerful beast. I love the series’ unique and imaginative monster and armor designs. I just can’t seem to come to grips with playing the demanding action RPG. Monster Hunter Stories 2:…
KotakuStudio Behind Demon Slayer Anime Indicted For Tax Evasion
Tokyo prosecutors have indicted anime studio Ufotable and its founder Hikaru Kondo for evading around $1.2 million in taxes. NHKand ANN News reports that between 2015 and 2018, the studio and Kondo hid around 4 million dollars in company earnings. According to sources, the president had a secret stash of cash at home…
KotakuFC Barcelona Mucks Up Apology After Racism Controversy
As _Kotaku_reported earlier this week, a video filmed during FC Barcelona’s 2019 tour of Japan, showed star Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele mocking hotel staff. The team’s ensuing apology one isn’t going over well in Japan.
KotakuWrestling Fans Are Waging A Silent RPG War On Live TV
Wrestling fans are a passionate bunch and on live TV, that passion is easy to spot. Through posters and t-shirts, fans share love for their favourites and fight for what they believe in — but in the background of wrestling shows, something even deeper has been brewing. See, most people settle arguments in person, or…
KotakuNice Spaceships You Got There, The Expanse
Lee Fitzgerald is an artist who has worked on stuff like The Expanse.
KotakuHearts Of Iron IV: The Kotaku Re-Review
In 2016, Paradox released the grand strategy Second World War game Hearts Of Iron IV. I have spent huge parts of the last five years playing this game, through updates and expansions, and I think in 2021 it’s as important, and even better, than it was at launch.
KotakuNintendo Switch Hallway Guy, What Are You Doing
Nintendo announced an upgraded Switch with a larger, OLED screen earlier this week the same way it’s announced most Switch-related things. We’ve got someone playing Metroid Dread in his living room, a nice poolside session with the Breath of the Wild sequel, and a guy…wait, why is he playing Pokémon in his hallway?
KotakuEverything Sony Showed At The Latest Big PlayStation Event
Sony aired its latest State of Play today focusing on smaller indie games and once again showing off its timed-PlayStation 5 console exclusive Deathloop. The company promised there wouldn’t be any big news at the event, but even so, it was bit of a snooze-fest.
KotakuMoss: Book II Continues The Mousy Adventure On PSVR
Today Seattle-based studio Polyarc announced Moss: Book II, giving fans even more reason to fall in love with this stupid little rodent.
KotakuCharizard Millionare Fiasco Turns Ugly As Pokémon Critics Get Attacked
In late July, Pokémon card collector Gary Haase drew the ire of fans who believed he was disrespectful to Mitsuhiro Arita, the artist who drew the iconic Charizard that has made Haase rich.
KotakuJackie Chan Fighting Game Is As Wild As You’d Expect
Jackie Chan in Fists of Fire: Jackie Chan Densetsu, released in 1995 by the now-defunct Japanese studio Kaneko, has long enjoyed a small-yet-passionate scene of competitive players, and the offbeat fighting game only continues to get more wild as it’s picked apart by devotees.
KotakuMarvel’s Avengers Tries Winning Back Players With Horny Captain America
Marvel’s Avengersnever seems to catch a break, but maybe a new half-naked Captain America can change that. Crystal Dynamics announced today that the comic book loot brawler’s marketplace now has a new skin featuring Steve Rogers in the flesh, because if you can’t beat the competition, try getting horny.
KotakuWe Dwell in Possibility Is A Game About Queer Paradise (And Also Butt Plugs)
_We Dwell in Possibility_is a garden simulator by Robert Yang, a New Zealand developer who’s known for his queer sex games, and renowned graphic artist Eleanor Davis. The collaboration makes a notable shift from Yang’s previous work but maintains a similar vision.
KotakuSony Pulls Ad Featuring Upside-Down PS5
Sony posted an ad on Twitter this morning showing a dad capping off his day by playing some _God of War._Typical fare, as far as these things go, except that the video also featured an upside-down PlayStation 5. Gasp! After fans pointed this out, the tweet got deleted with no explanation for its removal. But c’mon.
KotakuRust Is Big Again On Twitch, Now With Beautiful Music About A Blood God
Trends come and go on Twitch, but the Blood God is forever. Or at least, that’s the impression I get from a cult dedicated to this imaginary deity is one of the central throughlines between_Rust_role-playing’s first popularity explosion late last year and its latest, which is happening right now. This time, though,…
KotakuPS4s and Xbox Ones Are Now Just As Hard To Find As Next-Gen Consoles
Supply issues and Covid-19 complications have made the recent console generation transition a rocky one, with ongoing shortages making it nearly impossible to reliably procure a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X/S. But current gen consoles aren’t the only ones playing hard-to-get. Outside of overpriced refurbished units…
KotakuDetachable Screen Project Wants To Make Your Xbox Portable
The Xbox Series S is undeniably an impressively small box for a powerhouse of a console, but it takes a special pair of eyes to look at it and think, “Mmm, portable.” Those special eyes belong to UPspec Gaming, an Australian start-up that has invented the xScreen, a detachable 11.6" screen for the little white box,…
KotakuKotaku Is Hiring, Come Work For Us
Exciting times lie ahead at _Kotaku,_and we’re looking to fill three positions that will help us try to redefine what a video game website can be. Two of these roles are staff writer positions, ideal for hungry reporters and critics who want to blog daily about what matters most in the world of video games and beyond.…
KotakuGiant Cat Becomes The Latest, Inevitable Tokyo Landmark
This was eventually going to happen, no? It was bound to, really. Near the east entrance of Shinjuku station, a digital display is now broadcasting an enormous calico cat.
KotakuJapanese Theme Park Installs Cages On Ferris Wheel
Ferris wheels are a typical date activity. You and your romantic partner can get spectacular views as you slowly churn through the sky. They’re slow, yet relaxing. One Japanese theme park is putting a new spin, ahem, on Ferris wheels.