The weekend is for having a three-day weekend, the established Correct Amount of Weekend. That’s enough time to do lots of things and also play video games.
Friday, 31 August 2018
SCUM Mixes Hardcore Survival With Slapstick
The first time I died in SCUM, I was exploring a military base for supplies. After scrounging a backpack and some high quality gear, I stepped outside and right into the path of a giant goddamn robot. It shot me, and I fled into the forest. Unsure what to do, I sat by a river until I died. The second time I died, I…
Friday's Best Deals: Labor Day Sales, Philips Hue, Clear the Rack, and More
A ton of Philips Hue deals, a new Clear the Rack sale, and our favorite electric lighter lead off Friday’s best deals from around the web.
Jacksonville Shooting Victim Sues EA And Venue
Jacob Mitich, a survivor of the deadly shooting at a Madden tournament last weekend that took two lives, is suing both the venue and Madden publisher Electronic Arts for negligence, according to a complaint filed last night.
You Don't Need a Ton of Space For This $49 Air Hockey Table
Unlike ping pong or foosball, air hockey is a rec room game that translates pretty well to a smaller table. So if you don’t have a ton of space, this 60" table is just $49 at Walmart right now, complete with an overhead electronic scoreboard.
The Root Holding History Hostage: One Family’s Quiet Attempt to Erase Their Father’s Part in Emmett
The Root Holding History Hostage: One Family’s Quiet Attempt to Erase Their Father’s Part in Emmett Till’s Story | Jezebel London Cop Cleared After Ordering Strip Search of Woman Who Refused to Give Him Her Name | Deadspin BREAKING: College Football Programs Juice Their Attendance Numbers | Splinter Here’s Sarah…
There Are So Many Philips Hue Labor Day Deals
Whether you’re starting or expanding your Philips Hue collection, this weekend is the time to buy more accessories. Everything below is way cheaper than usual, so place your orders before the lights go out on this sale.
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Knights of The Old Republic II: Wh
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Knights of The Old Republic II: When A Sequel Surpasses The Original • Shenmue II - An Amazing Journey • Dissidia NT: 6 Months Later • Thoughts On Good OCs in Gatcha Games • Symphony of the Night Is A Sumptuous Feast • Traveling Through Video Games
Gold Mega Man Figure Is Only $21,667
Only! Capcom is releasing a 3.2-ounce solid gold Mega-Man figure. Measuring nearly 4 inches tall, it costs 2.4 million yen. That’s almost $22,000!
Former Square Enix Employee Opens Victorian Cafe In Tokyo
Hidemi Matsuzuka used to oversee Square Enix’s figure brand. These days he’s left the game maker and is running his own cafe.
This Year's Best Zelda Merchandise Is A Master Sword Shoehorn
When you think of the Master Sword, putting on your shoes probably doesn’t come to mind.
Mr. Hot Face
Shan Qiao is a concept artist and illustrator who has worked for companies like Sony Santa Monica and Blizzard.
Tim Kitzrow, the original voice actor on NBA Jam, has been roped in by Valve to provide a commentary
Tim Kitzrow, the original voice actor on NBA Jam, has been roped in by Valve to provide a commentary pack for DOTA 2.
Madman Beats Mario 64 Using A Nintendo 64 Mouse
There are many ways you can complete Super Mario 64, but playing with the rare and official N64 mouse has to rank as one of the worst.
D.Va Action Figure Is Pretty Much Perfect
Good Smile are back with another Overwatch Figma, this time of D.Va. There’s no mech, but it’s a Figma, you shouldn’t have been expecting one anyways.
Very Smart Brothas The Schedule for Aretha Franklin’s Funeral Is the Most Optimistic Schedule I’ve E
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The 10 Best Deals of August 30, 2018
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
For Honor Player Gets Two For One Execution
Today on Highlight Reel we have For Honor kills, Vaporwave Shenmue glitches, Scum vitamin deficiencies, and much more!
Sword & Sworcery's Switch Port Won't Support Twitter Because It's A 'Vat Of Toxic Waste'
Several eras ago—before algorithms came to dictate our every breath and Nazis re-infiltrated popular discourse via extremely uncreative and shitty memes—Twitter was alright. Now it’s a suckhole that eats negativity and barfs conflict. The developers of indie classic Sword & Sworcery don’t want anything to do with it…
Divinity: Original Sin 2 Isn't Quite The Same On Consoles
The console port of Divinity: Original Sin 2, one of the greatest role-playing games ever made, is just about the best the developers could’ve done. It’s a solid port. It’s just not quite as perfect as the PC version.
This Giant Fan-Made Tabletop Game Puts 33 Players in the Middle of Aegon's Conquest
Playing A Game of Thrones: The Board Game was one of the most intense experiences of my life—it remains the only board game I’ve ever stormed away from out of anger, sorry family. But if I thought that was an extreme Game of Thrones experience, I too know nothing, Jon Snow. Because there’s a new Song of Ice and Fire …
People Who Haven't Played Spider-Man Are Mad The Developers Took Out A Puddle
They say there’s no use crying over spilled milk, but what about spilled water? That, according to a contingent of Spider-Man fans, is worth a fuss of superheroic proportions.
The Makers Of Hollow Knight Are Fine With Players Missing Things
One of the best things about Hollow Knight is how often it makes you feel like you’ve uncovered a secret. There was a huge chamber hidden behind that breakable wall, and you just happened to stumble on it. What other secrets might you have missed?
D.Va's Overwatch Short Sparks Theories About Her Love Life
Last week’s Overwatch short starred fan favorite character D.Va and revealed a little bit about her personality. It also gave Overwatch fans a new character to swoon over: her squadmate, D.Mon.
Fortnite Players Want To Know Where The Cube Is Headed
Last week, the giant rift in Fortnite’s sky started spewing lightning until it finally dropped a glowing alien cube on the map. The cube has started moving and changing the landscape, encouraging players to sleuth out where it’s ultimately headed and what will happen when it gets there.
Thursday, 30 August 2018
There Will Be A Football Mini-Game In NBA 2K19. Hmmm.
It’s been over a decade since the gaming label 2K stopped making football games to rival EA’s Madden series, but wouldn’t you know it: someone is throwing a football at the end of the trailer for 2K’s latest big basketball game. It’s there to be noticed.
Kingdom Hearts is Disney at its strangest, darkest—and most moving
When casual observers say that Kingdom Hearts is unlikely, they’re not wrong. Around the turn of the millennium, Disney was a media company coming off of its second “golden age,” immensely profitable, powerful, and self-possessed. Its image was paramount—so much so that in 1998, Disney pushed for changes to American…
Battle For Azeroth Is More Exciting When You're Horde
Man, why did I waste two weeks questing through boring green hills for the Alliance when I could have been exploring dinosaur-infested swamps as a mighty Cowadin? Even in the middle of the Battle for Azeroth, the Horde have it good.
The Messenger Is A Great New Metroidvania
Back in the NES era, the late 80s and early 90s, there were two different types of games. Call them linear and non-linear. The linear games, like Super Mario Bros. and Ninja Gaiden, had you go through each level once and only once. The non-linear games, like Zelda and Metroid, allowed for backtracking and exploration.…
Thursday's Best Deals: Early Labor Day Sales, USB-C Chargers, Pop Chart Posters, and More
USB-C chargers, discounted Apple Watches, and a home security camera with free cloud storage lead off Thursday’s best deals.
Sony's Awesome Noise-Cancelling Headphones Now Cancel More Noise
It was a bit of a coup last year, when Sony released the second generation of its noise-cancelling headphones, and reviewers (me) claimed that Bose had been beaten. I’ll be damned if Sony didn’t turn around and make those headphones better. They cancel more even more noise now, and they’re more comfortable.
Jezebel The Story of a Gun | Deadspin Pitcher’s HR After A Foul Bunt Non-Call Was The Nuttiest Part
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Save 30% On All Of Pop Chart Lab’s Gloriously Nerdy Data [Exclusive]
There’s always that one person in your life that has nothing on their walls. Add some awesome to someone’s life, or upgrade your own bare walls with rad prints during this 30% off sitewide at Pop Chart Lab. Check out their newest prints, like The Spectacular Survey of Sharks and The Essential Graphic Novels Scratch Off
Four Key Tips To Get Good At Into The Breach
You should play Into The Breach, the brilliant new game from the makers of FTL. And if you are playing Into The Breach, here are some key tips that’ll help you get better at squashing aliens.
Battlefield V Delayed Away From Call of Duty And Red Dead 2
EA has delayed the next big Battlefield game a month, pushing it back to November 20 for what developer DICE says are “final adjustments to core gameplay.” There’s another good reason for the delay, though: the competition.
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Octopath Traveler: The TAY Review
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Octopath Traveler: The TAY Review • If A Mediocre Game Is Fun, Is It Still Mediocre? Thoughts On Marvel: Powers United VR • Point/Counterpoint: Memes Suck • Final Fantasy Brave Exvius Conquered Trials Pt 3 • Review: Twitch Prime’s The SNK Bundle
Grab Some More USB-C Charging Gear From This One-Day Amazon Sale
If you own any gadgets that charge over USB-C, Amazon’s got a couple of great deals for you today.
This Isn't A Photo Of Japan, But A City Made In Minecraft
You are looking at Sayama City, a Minecraft-made fictional Japanese city with echoes of Osaka, Tokyo and more.
Man Makes Death Stranding's Robotic Arm
In Death Stranding, Norman Reedus’ character Sam has a robotic detector to locate Chiral enemies. YouTuber Kantaro Studio made his own.
Dragalia Lost, the mobile RPG Nintendo is working on with Cygames, will be out on September 27 in Ja
Dragalia Lost, the mobile RPG Nintendo is working on with Cygames, will be out on September 27 in Japan and the USA.
EA Donates $1 Million To The Families Of The Jacksonville Shooting Victims
Electronic Arts, the publisher of the Madden series of football games, has established a fund for —and made a sizeable donation to—the families of those affected by the tragic shooting at a Madden tournament in Jacksonville on the weekend.
Oh, This Is Nice
The Xbox Elite Controller, which is fantastic, has only ever been available in black. Now, it’s also available in a very fetching shade of white.
Overwatch Streamers Are Pretending To Be In The D.Va Promotion
“D.Va’s Nano Challenge,” a new Overwatch promotion in which Blizzard teams up with popular streamers, has been by most counts a success. Last night, over 100,000 people simultaneously watched Overwatch streamer Seagull in hopes of earning in-game drops. Streamers who aren’t part of the promotion have decided they also…
The Goose Is Still An Asshole
This Asshole Goose is the star of Untitled Goose Game, a game where you play as a goose and flap around a village being, well, an asshole.
A Retro Grand Theft Auto Would Now Be Set In The Year 2002
When Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was released in 2002, its depiction of 1986 Miami—16 years in the past—felt like a bygone era, a world away. Yet if you applied the same numbers to 2018, you’d be left with...the year 2002.
The 10 Best Deals of August 29, 2018
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
An Official EVE Online Event Let Players Publicly 'Execute' Cheaters
EVE Online always does things a bit differently than most games, and it would seem that this trend extends to i’s Game Masters, the CCP employees who run the game’s day-to-day support, administration, and rules enforcement. Over the last week, EVE Online has been celebrating that GM Team, including letting them not…
A YouTuber Is Collecting Every Time Team Rocket Has Blasted Off
Despite how many times they try, Team Rocket can never beat Ash in the Pokémon anime (except for this one time). Usually, they end up rocketing into the sky, shouting that they’ve “blasted off again!” One intrepid fan has done their best to catalogue each time Team Rocket has blasted off. It’s mesmerizing.
An Overwatch Fan Made A Busan Map Two Months Before Blizzard Revealed Its Official One
Aspiring video game map maker Shua Llorente had no idea what he was getting himself into when, in June, he released a video of his mockup of a Busan map for Overwatch. The video pulled in over 150,000 views thanks to just how much it felt like an actual Overwatch take on the real Korean city. This month, Blizzard…
BedJet 3 Fixes Its Predecessor's Shortcomings, and You Can Save By Preordering
Depending on how fussy you are about your sleeping temperature, BedJet is either one of the four horsemen of late capitalism, or a life-changing miracle. We’ve tested their old model, which was effective at cooling and heating a bed with an adjustable stream of air, but had major complaints about the UI.