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Rainbow Six Siege's Cutest Crossover Is Also Arknights’ Most Brutal
I’m not a huge fan of slugs to begin with, but the ones in the Rainbow Six event are going to turn me into the Joker.
KotakuKotakuJeopardy! Pariah Mike Richards Fully Booted Because Of All The Drama
Mike Richards, the embattled Jeopardy! executive producer who served as the game show’s host for, like, a week, is out entirely, Deadline reports. He’ll also lose his role as executive producer of Wheel of Fortune, Sony EVP Suzanne Prete told staff in a memo today.
KotakuKickass Cyberpunk 2077 Modders Become CD Projekt Red Devs
If you know anything about Cyberpunk 2077, an open-world romp about committing crimes with neo-John Wick, you know that it launched in rough shape. Much of the game’s eight-month lifespan has been defined more by patches and updates than anything else. But this news might help: The developer, CD Projekt Red, is hiring…
KotakuCyberpunk 2077 Is Puddlegate's Latest Victim
Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 1.3 was touted as another round of bug fixes and performance improvements, as well as giving players a new outfit and car. But some players quickly noticed other changes. Puddles seemed fewer and farther between. The roads were less slick and reflective. In general, the game’s sprawling sci-fi…
KotakuLeague Of Legends Makeover For Chinese Subway
For the tenth anniversary of its Chinese server, League of Legends is dressing up the Hangzhou Metro in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Subway cars, for example, have been done up to look like different LoL regions.
As League of Legends (via Twitter user lolweibo) announced through its official Weibo account, ten…
KotakuFinal Fantasy XIV Themed Fried Chicken Goes On Sale In Japan
Today, in Japan, convenience store chain Lawson launchedFinal Fantasy XIV chicken. What flavor is it? The Crystal of Light and Darkness, as the box states.
Or, as noted in the parentheses, “Pepper and Tartar Sauce Flavor.” The light part must be the tartar sauce, while the dark park must be the pepper.
The…
KotakuGundam's Creator Is Skeptical About Space Colonization
With Gundam, Yoshiyuki Tomino created one of the greatest space operas ever. The anime has inspired generations to look towards space. However, don’t count him as someone cheering on modern-day space exploration.
This summer, Virgin billionaire Richard Branson and Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos launched themselves in…
KotakuTiny Library Is Like WarioWare For RPGs
Tiny Library is an upcoming collection of role-playing games (the tabletop kind) that takes everything you know about them and strips them back until they’re as small, simple and experimental as they can be.
KotakuChinese Kids Have Their Online Gaming Time Slashed By New Government Rules
A new rule being introduced by the The National Press and Publication Administration (NPPA), China’s online watchdog, is looking to curb what the government feels is a growing “gaming addiction among young people”.
KotakuMod Designed To Make Skyrim Unplayable Banned For Same Reason
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a popular game that millions of people are still playing a decade after it was first released. And thanks to mods and user-created content, some have dedicated years of their lives to playing this game. Bethesda’s insistence on re-releasing the iconic RPG likely isn’t helping anyone…
KotakuThis Is No Ordinary Golf Game
Some people play golf because they enjoy walking around in comfortable clothes on a warm summer day. Others enjoy the challenge of placing a small ball in a small cup using a stick. In Cursed to Golf, coming to PC and Switch in 2022 from developer Chuhai Labs, you golf to escape an eternity in golf purgatory.…
KotakuSo Far, Ubisoft's Extreme Sports Game, Riders Republic, Has No Chill
I was extremely excited to play Riders Republic, an upcoming action sports game about defying gravity in the American backcountry. Then I played the beta. I am no longer excited to play Riders Republic.
KotakuWild What You Can Make With Doom Technology These Days
Doom changed everything in 1993, and the tech behind _Doom_would go on to power countless mods, fan games, and full commercial releases. However, as always, time marches forward and what was once cutting edge becomes yesterday’s news. Yet, right now in 2021, a small group of devs is toiling away on a new game, Selaco,…
KotakuAnd Now, Mario Kart Tracks In Flight Simulator
We’ve seen how well Microsoft’s Flight Simulator handles interpreting real-world objects and landmarks, but what about something a little more…racy? Modder Illogicoma thought it would be neat to try importing Mario Kart tracks into the sim, and they’re right. It’s very neat.
KotakuA Year Later, I Still Can't Stop Thinking About Disco Elysium
Disco Elysium is a game about three bullets. The first was fired over 40 years ago, and ignited the revolution that brought Revachol to the edge of something new. It has since been lost, but its many kin define the pox-scarred skin of this city. The second was shot through the throat of a security officer mid-climax.…
KotakuNintendo Back On Its BS, Shuts Down Another Smash Bros. Tournament
Nintendo of America has once again stepped in to foil fans’ efforts to keep its old games alive and vibrant. After learning a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate event at an Ohio waterpark next month would also feature competitive play for Smash Bros. Brawl mod Project+, the company’s lawyers sweeped in like they so often do…
KotakuSix Hours With Garden Story, A Zelda-Like For The Stardew Crowd
When I first watched the trailer for _Garden Story,_I was reminded of one of my favorite Game Boy Advance games from my childhood. I wasn’t given much money as a kid, so I would stand at the GameStop demo booth and play The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap for hours on end. I wanted _Garden Story_to be just like the…
KotakuMedieval GTA Actually Pretty Much Works
These days, people are excited about old Grand Theft Auto games, like Vice City and San Andreas, getting remastered for modern hardware. But before the series went 3D, the ‘90s era classic top-down GTA games were Rockstar’s quirky first stabs at an open-world crime game. Rustler, out today on consoles and PC, is a…
KotakuMartin Luther King, Jr.’s Daughter Distances Herself From Fortnite Event
To the surprise of many, Epic Games added a new mode to Fortnite last week celebrating the legacy of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and the man who led it, Martin Luther King, Jr. But Bernice King, the civil rights icon’s daughter, has since distanced herself from the event. It all points back to…
KotakuNaughty Dog’s Bosses Still Don’t Get It
Development studio Naughty Dog has a reputation for producing top-flight games. It also has a reputation for working its employees to the bone. Naughty Dog co-presidents Evan Wells and Neil Druckmann recently sat down for a wide-ranging interview with Game Informer in which both addressed concerns of endemic overwork…
KotakuWarioWare Style Game Is A Masterclass In Fun Horror
Video game horror looks different depending on where it is you happen to be looking. There were a few years there where action and survival horror games like Dead Space, a handful of Resident Evils, the Metro games, and _Alien: Isolation_dominated the conversation. It’s scary when a bunch of things want to kill you,…
KotakuNo Man's Sky Modder Won't Stop Adding Disturbing Sean Murray Heads 'Till Next Expansion
Bored while waiting for No Man’s Sky’s massive 17th free expansion to come out, modder and video makerWinder Sun has vowed to mod Hello Games’ boss Sean Murray’s likeness into the game in increasingly creative and creepy ways until the Frontiers update goes live.
KotakuPokémon Go's Reddit Goes Dark In Protest Against Site Inaction
Pokémon Go creators Niantic recently proved slow in addressing widespread fears about the game forcing players into close proximity with other humans amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, in a ripple from that, the game’s Reddit sub, r/pokemongo, has switched itself to ‘private’, in response to what they see as Reddit’s…
KotakuAge Of Empires 4 Has Some Killer Future Ideas For Newer RTS Players
One of the kickers with any real-time strategy game, but especially one with as many different civilizations as Age of Empires 4, is what I like to call the _Dota_problem.
KotakuA Chill, Ghibli-Like Adventure Game That's Set In New York
Take a look around you, wherever you may be, and look for the closest person. Maybe they’re in a window in a house next door; maybe they’re walking down the street looking at their phone. What lives have these people led? What stories are hidden within?
KotakuGetting A Covid Jab For Tokyo Youth Is Like Trying To Buy A PS5
When video game consoles from Sony and Nintendo launch in Japan, you can count on two things: long lines and lottery systems. You probably wouldn’t expect that for Covid-19 vaccinations.
In Japan, people typically wait in line for tickets when hardware is sort supply. Even now, as Famitsu reports, this lottery system…
KotakuBandai Launched A Gundam Model Recycling Project In Japan
Much of the appeal of making Gundam models is getting a box full of parts connected to plastic frame sections, cutting those parts out, and then piecing together a badass mecha.
But when you’re finished, there’s still a box full of discarded plastic frames! FNN reports that as of last year, when the franchise crossed…
KotakuReport: Yakuza Creator Toshihiro Nagoshi Leaving Sega To Join NetEase
Veteran developer Toshihiro Nagoshi, of Sega Rally, Monkey Ball and _Yakuza_fame, is in the final stages of negotiating a contract to leave Sega and join Chinese company NetEase, according to a report on Bloomberg.
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KotakuToy Pokédex Becomes Working Nintendo DS
Pokémon’s Pokédex has had a few different looks over the years, but one in particular looks just like a certain Nintendo handheld.