Mass Effect Legendary Edition Will Remove The Mako's BS Instant Deaths
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Sorry, Ash. It looks like Mass Effect Legendary Edition touched the Mako. Touched it a lot, in fact.
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Hey, Magic: The Gathering, Your Story Is Doing Great Without The Racist Tropes
3 years ago
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Ever since Jordan Peele gave us Get Out, there’s been a trend in pop culture entertainment that upsets the shit outta me—everything (and oh my Lord, do I mean everything) is centered on Black Pain. It feels like the only shows or movies that prominently feature Black people involved in fantastical or heroic shit has…
Here's Everything Coming To And Leaving Game Pass Soon
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Xbox Game Pass started April strong with the day-one launch of Outriders, but that’s not the only major addition to Microsoft’s games-on-demand service this month. Here’s everything coming to Xbox Game Pass in the next few weeks:
Animal Crossing Build-A-Bear Go On Sale This Morning, Could Be A Clusterfluff [Update]
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Build-A-Bear’s eagerly-anticipated line of official Animal Crossing: New Horizons plushies go on sale this morning at 11 am Eastern. In order to handle what’s sure to be massive demand, Build-A-Bear has set up a virtual queue for customers to gather in to await their chance to purchase items that haven’t even been…
While Xbox Game Pass Gets Better, PS Now Gets...Avengers
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Outriders came out last week on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. It also immediately came to Microsoft’s Game Pass, adding yet another big new game to the subscription service’s already-impressive library. Meanwhile, PS Now users can get excited to play last year’s mediocre Avengers game, and just for a…
It's Official: E3 Returns As An All-Digital, All-Free Event June 12
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Following the cancelation of 2020's event due to covid-19, and much rumor and speculation regarding this year’s iteration of what was once the most important video game trade show in the world, the Entertainment Software Association today announces E3 2021, a free all-digital event running June 12 through 15. …
Record Covid-19 Cases In Osaka As Universal Studios Japan Limits Visitors
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Today, Osaka posted its highest daily number of covid-19 cases: 719. This is the eighth straight day that covid-19 cases have been increasing in the prefecture. The numbers are also climbing in the surrounding areas.
Global PS5, Xbox & GPU Shortage Partially Blamed On $1 Parts
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As we talked about last week, the global supply shortage affecting all kinds of products, from consoles to phones to cars, is down to a lack of semiconductors. More specifically, though, one of the biggest culprits is a shortage of tiny parts that cost around $1.
When My Disco Elysium Character Gave Up I Was Like Yeah, I Get It
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I have never felt more in tune with a video game character than when Disco Elysium’s detective protagonist, his morale utterly devastated after a series of failed skill checks, tells his partner to fuck off and prematurely brings the game to a close.
Classic Half-Life 2 Mod Neotokyo Gets A Singleplayer Spinoff
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Neotokyo is an absolute PC gaming classic, a (somehow) free mod for Half-Life 2 that remains one of the prettiest and coolest multiplayer shooters on the planet. And now, 12 years after its first release, it has a single-player experience for fans to play through.
Discord Deleted Thousands Of Violent Extremist And Criminal Servers In 2020
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Thanks to the endlessly depressing extent to which covid has kept everybody trapped inside, Discord is more relevant than ever. But as the company revealed in its latest transparency report, that has led to new challenges—and improved efforts to confront other challenges it probably should have put more effort into…
PC RPG Installs Mystery Program, Fans Freak Out
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Fans of the RPG Another Eden—out this month on PC—this week discovered that, alongside installing the game itself, copies of the game obtained on Steam were also installing something called ‘wfsdrv’ which seemingly had nothing to do with the game.
Someone Might Have Found A Canceled Castlevania Dreamcast Prototype
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In a mysterious new video (h/t Polygon), an off-camera player navigates through what appears to be a prototype of Castlevania: Resurrection, a canceled Sega Dreamcast game from the early 2000s. If legitimate, this is the first time gameplay footage has been made publicly available.
The Best Free-to-Play Games for the Xbox Series X/S
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The latest Xbox Insider program update nixes the Xbox Live Gold requirement for free-to-play (F2P) Xbox games for users in the Xbox Insider Alpha & Alpha Skip Ahead rings. The change will roll out to other Xbox Insider levels in the coming weeks, and, hopefully, everyone else soon after.
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, As Told By Steam Reviews
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A free update to a masterpiece? That adds full voice acting, new quests, and a slew other of bonus features? Gee, I’m sure Steam users are hating that.
Arkansas Governor Belatedly Realizes Wanting Trans Kids to Die Is Perhaps a Bad Look
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On Monday, in a rather surprising turn of events, Arkansas’s Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson vetoed HB 1570, a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for trans youth in the state, which sailed through Arkansas’s Republican-dominated legislature.
Have You Ever Raged And Thrown A Controller?
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It’s Monday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take.
Prime 2D Is The Coolest Metroid In Over A Decade
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A group of independent developers known as Team SCU recently released a demo for Prime 2D, an impressive side-scrolling remake of 2002’s Metroid Prime that has been in the works for over 15 years. After spending some time with it, I can say it was definitely worth the wait, even if Nintendo’s lawyers are no doubt…
The Nevers Is Entertaining But a Tad Overstuffed
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Watching The Nevers—HBO’s new epic fantasy series created by Joss Whedon, who’s no longer involved with the show—can be overwhelming. “Victorian ladies with superpowers” is already a high-concept idea, but The Nevers, while entertaining, somehow finds a way to make things even busier.
Apex Legends Will Get ‘A Ton Of Titanfall’ Next Season
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Since Apex Legends launched in February 2019, players have been wanting more crossover content from its related Titanfall universe. Over the weekend, developers at Respawn hinted that we’ll be getting a lot more Titanfall in the game’s next season.
Raise a glass to Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2, which turns 21 this year
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“If I die before I wake, at least in heaven I can skate. ’Cause right now on earth I can’t do jack without The Man up on my back” —OPM
It's 2021, Charge Your Phone With an Anker PowerWave Pad
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Square Enix: That 'Redneck Mob Storming D.C.' Line In Outriders Is Pure Coincidence
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There’s an offhand line in Outriders that sure sounds like a reference to the failed January 6 insurrection in Washington, D.C. According to the game’s publisher, any connections one could make there are “purely coincidental.”
Loki's Latest Trailer Is a Timey Wimey Joyride Through the MCU
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Loki, the Asgardian royal family’s resident enfant terrible, has broken many a law in his time traipsing across the universe in Marvel Studio’s films, and Disney+’s upcoming Loki series, it seems as if the mischief maker’s finally going to do the time for at least some of his crimes.
The Week In Games: It's An Odd, Odd, Odd, Oddworld
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This week Oddworld: Soulstorm drops on PS5, PS4, and PC. Get ready to “help” your fellow Mudokons. (You’ll probably get a bunch of them killed. It’s okay. It happens.)
You'll Never See This Persona 5 Strikers Price Cut Coming (It's $40)
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Persona 5 Strikers (PS4) | $40 | Best Buy
Persona 5 Strikers + Steelbook (Switch) | $40 | Best Buy
Why Studio Ghibli's Anime Food Always Looks So Delicious
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Watching Studio Ghibli movies can make you hungry. The food always looks so darn good. But why? There has to be a reason for this, and producer Toshio Suzuki has it.
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2021 Is Canceled Due To Covid-19
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Konami has canceled the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2021. This isn’t a first. The event was also canceled last year.
A Song In Balan Wonderworld Sounds A LOT Like A Song From Ghostbusters
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I’m not saying the composer on Balan Wonderworld ripped off a classic tune from the Ghostbusters film soundtrack, but the similarities are striking...
Solo Players With Nvidia GPUs Can Pause Always-Online Outriders
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Outriders is an always-online game that you can play entirely solo. Normally, you can’t pause it even when alone. But a clever PC player figured out a way to pause the game using their Nvidia GPU.
Star Trek Legends Is A Fun Time, Not An Annoying Grind
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Star Trek Legends, recently released on Apple Arcade, plays a lot like Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes, Disney’s Sorcerer’s Arena, DC Legends and countless other turn-based mobile RPGs. But without any energy meters or annoying microtransactions. As a result, it feels like a game and not a treadmill designed to ferry you…
Doctor Who Revives Eric Roberts' Master in a New, Dalek-Filled Audio Drama
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Not as the weird snake goop thing that was ‘90s VFX gone wild. But...y’know, just Eric Roberts going to town on a scenery buffet in the way all great Master performances do.
'Shop Contest: Easter Sunday 2021
3 years ago
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To those who celebrate, Happy Easter! To those who don’t care or just realized today is Easter Sunday, happy Sunday! A year ago things were bad. Today, things are...still bad. But getting better! I think.
Monster Hunter Food Recreated In Real Life Looks Delicious
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Sure, the hunting monsters is cool and all. But I think the best part of the Monster Hunter games is all the good food. Like the big “Chef’s Choice Platter” from Monster Hunter World, which was recently recreated by the YouTube channel Binging With Babish.
Sunday Comics: Khezu?
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Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon.
