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Froslass Freezes Handsome Men And Stores Them In Her Collection

Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Froslass! Froslass Details Type: Ice/Ghost Average Height: 4′ 03″ Average Weight: 58.6 lbs First Added In Generation IV I…

How’s It Going?: Final Fantasy VII Edition

Welcome everyone to another wonderful open thread! Come on in and chat and stuff! SPOILER WARNING- Folks are going to probably be talking about FFVII Remake spoilers down in the comments. Just a heads up! It took me longer than most folks, but I finally finished Final Fantasy VII Remake earlier this week. I mostly…

Cookie Monster Is The Ultimate Predator

Hello! This week we learn how Twitch plans to protect streamers from harassment, think about how long it has been since the last new Donkey Kong game, hang out with Tony Hawk and meet Cookie Monster, a deadly ambush predator. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week The new Crusader Kings sounds very good. Twitch…

Five Classic Tracks Won’t Be In The Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Remasters

The first two Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games were defined as much by their soundtracks as their skating mechanics. So when Activision announced the remasters earlier this week, fans were immediately curious about the status of the iconic tracklist. In speaking with Activision, Kotaku has nailed down the songs you’ll hear in the halfpipe and…

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Remasters Will Feature Aged Skaters

Just as those of us who played Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater as kids have matured into adults, the professional skaters we controlled 20 years ago have become old fogeys. Thanks to new scans by Activision and Vicarious Visions, the upcoming remaster will feature the original pros in all their middle-aged glory. Every skateboarder who appeared…

Steam’s New ‘Play Next’ Recommendation Feature Mostly Sticks To Hits

Steam’s latest new feature is undeniably useful: The “Play Next” library widget generates a list of games already in your possession that you might be interested in trying. As someone who has a miniature existential crisis every time I finish a game, it’s perfect for me. This week, Play Next graduated from Valve’s experimental Steam…

Don’t Expect Anthem 2.0 Anytime Soon

In its first update on the state of Anthem in three months, BioWare says the game’s overhaul is “going to be a longer process.” “The Anthem incubation team has kicked off and we are starting to validate our design hypotheses,” wrote BioWare Austin studio director, Christian Dailey. “Incubation is a term we use internally—it essentially…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for actually cleaning the house for real I swear. The weekend is also for playing video games instead of cleaning the house. I’m planning to play some Lonely Mountains: Downhill this weekend, in a desperate bid to feel like I’m outside. Remember going outside? I’m also going to explore Apex Legends’ new…

Guilty Gear Strive won’t come out this year after all. The anime fighter has been delayed until early 2021 due to, you guessed it, the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. Producer Takeshi Yamanaka said the delay will be used to improve the game based on feedback from the recent closed beta.

Epic And Microsoft Aren’t Saying Whether That Unreal PS5 Demo Can Run On Xbox Series X [UPDATE]

Epic Games’ impressive Unreal 5 tech demo revealed earlier this week was running on a PS5 development kit. Whether it can also run on Xbox Series X remains a mystery. “The demo we revealed [on Wednesday] is running on PS5 because that’s been our target platform for this particular experience,” a spokesperson for Epic told…

Track: Teardrop | Artist: José González | Album: Vestiges & Claws

Bah Gawd That’s The Empire’s Music

Ken Le Bras is an artist at Zag studio in France, the place behind shows like Miraculous You can see more of Ken’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Four More Games Added To Nintendo’s Switch Online Library

Nintendo just announced four new (well, old) games coming to its Switch Online service for May. Three are for the SNES, and one for the NES. From May 20, you’ll be able to play Wild Guns, Panel de Pon and Operation Logic Bomb from the SNES, and Rygar from the NES. Note that none of…

It’s 2020, So Of Course An Armed Pokémon Was At A Lockdown Protest

Because the United States of America is a rapidly failing state, one incapable of performing even the most basic civil functions, a stay-at-home order issued by the Governor of Michigan—like those enacted everywhere else around the planet to save lives—has been met with armed protests. And armed Pokemon. Among the small crowd of assholes, crackpots…

These Early Diablo III Screens Are Much Darker Than What We Got

A former Blizzard North artist recently shared a “new” collection of screenshots from an early, unreleased version of Diablo III. Much like previous asset dumps, they show a continuation of the dark, gothic aesthetics of the game’s predecessors, details that many felt were missing from the Diablo III that launched in 2012. Diablo III was…

New Ghost of Tsushima Gameplay Shows Off Open-World Exploration, Fox Petting

Sony showed off about 18-minutes of new gameplay from the upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive Ghost of Tsushima during a new State Of Play video presentation today. The footage featured more great-looking combat, exploration, and customization. Ghost of Tsushima is being developed by Sucker Punch studios, which hasn’t released a game since 2014. This new one,…

Epic Says That One Moment In Its PS5 Tech Demo Wasn’t To Hide Loading

One part of Epic’s new Unreal Engine 5 tech demothat stuck out to me was when the protagonist inches through a narrow passage to enter a cave. It’s the kind of thing I’ve seen hundreds of times this console generation and learned to associate with games buying time while a new section is being loaded…

Official Pokémon Tournaments Jump Online In Response To Covid-19

In late March, The Pokémon Company announced that it would be canceling the annual championship series for its video and card games due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. A bummer for sure, but understandable. It’s now replaced those tournaments with the next best thing: online competition. The Pokémon Players Cup, as these online events are…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Help, I’m Only Attracted to 2D Characters

Hello, all you horrormonkeys of Internet love, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only advice column that’s the hidden blade of love to all of your relationship woes and foes. This week, we’re getting weird. What do you do when your flesh-and-blood partner doesn’t get your motor humming… but animated characters do? How do…

Twitch’s New ‘Safety Advisory Council’ To Focus On Work-Life Balance, Protecting Marginalized Groups

Today Twitch announced the formation of a “safety advisory council” meant to more formally tackle some of the platform’s most complicated issues, including moderation, work-life balance, and safeguarding the interests of marginalized communities. In a press release, Twitch said the council will advise on “a number of topics” which include “drafting new policies and policy…