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Sunday Comics: Baby?

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. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Jan. 2. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Dec. 30. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: Baby Sonic, Winners!

Last week I asked you folks to create some images featuring the cute Baby Sonic. I also learned that some people get really angry when you call Baby Sonic, Baby Sonic. Apparently he’s too old to be a baby or something…? I don’t know. Moving on. Our winning image this week comes from MonoArtan who…

Remembering The Sad Sharks And Dolphins Of GTA San Andreas

When I was younger, about 14, I remember jumping into the waters of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, swimming around and exploring. I did this a lot. I had been playing San Andreas, at that point, for months. And then, I saw something strange. I thought I saw a shark. Digging around online for info…

Qwilfish Is A Fish That Sucks At Swimming

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 Qwilfish! Qwilfish Details Type: Water/Poison Average Height: 1′ 08″ Average Weight: 8.6 lbs. First Added In Generation II Sometimes…

100 Street Fighters Drop On To An Island…

Hello! This week we complain about the Switch’s crappy menu, get killed by a chair in Modern Warfare, see the creepiest commercial ever made, watch BB-8 in Battlefront II, learn what free games are coming to PS Plus this month and watch 100 Street Fighters go wild. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week The…

The Cost Of Being A Woman Who Covers Video Games

Now that it’s 2020, I keep thinking about how it felt to be a woman writing about gender in video games back in 2010. Ten years ago, the gender imbalance in the video game industry was not seen as a problem to be solved so much as a mundane and largely unquestioned reality. It wasn’t…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for really needing to be hitting certain mileage goals in my half-marathon training, which has been making me realize how small New York actually is. Can I resist turning into one of those runners who jogs up and down the block repeatedly to squeeze in that last portion of a mile? The…

Grand Theft Auto V Is On Game Pass Now

Grand Theft Auto V is available on Xbox Game Pass today. In other news, I kind of regret not having an Xbox now? Xbox Game pass is a subscription service that allows players to pay for monthly access to hundreds of games. Grand Theft Auto V is now part of that catalogue. For players who have…

Bayonetta Director Calls Out The Nintendo Switch’s Crappy Menu

The co-founder of Platinum Games criticized how the Switch home screen is laid out and the console’s lack of organization options in a series of tweets earlier this week. One hopes this high-profile critique might help finally get the Switch’s menu fixed. Hideki Kamiya, the director of games like Resident Evil 2 and Bayonetta, called…

The ‘Mother 4’ Fan Game Is Now Called Oddity, Still Looks Amazing

The Mother 4 fan game that I was hoping to play in the winter of 2014 and stopped being a Mother 4 fan game in 2017 has finally announced its new title: Oddity At the beginning of the last decade, I, an EarthBound fan starved for content, stumbled upon an incredibly professional looking fan-made sequel…

It’s officially 2020 so you know what that means. We’re playing Perfect Dark Zero, baby. LIVE on Twitch. Come hang out with us in the chat!

That Damn Witcher Song Is Now Playable In Beat Saber

“Toss A Coin To Your Witcher,” the obnoxiously catchy song from Netflix’s The Witcher series, is everywhere. It’s in our heads. It has permeated Twitter. It’s being remixed over and over again. Now, thanks to an enterprising player of hit virtual reality rhythm game Beat Saber, fans can beat the song to death with glowing…

Playing Outer Wilds In Times Square Was The Best Way To Ring In The New Year

Some people go to Times Square on New Year’s Eve to brave the cold, watch the ball drop, maybe get seen on TV or even pop the question. Not me. I went there to play Outer Wilds. I’m pretty sure I had the best time of anyone there. I got to Times Square at 9:29…

Track: 1999 | Artist: Prince | Album: 1999 (Album) 

The ‘Shop Contest Awards: 2019

Hello and welcome to the 2019 ‘Shop Contest Awards! I’m excited to have you all here as we look back at what you creative and wonderful folks have made over the past year. And as always, I’ll be handing out some awards! 2019 was a year filled with many things and also a lot of…

Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection and Goat Simulator Are January’s PS Plus Games

Sure, that Uncharted film is stuck in development hell, but the games aren’t and you soon you will be able to get the first three games for free if you have PS Plus. Or maybe you just want to be a goat. Little odd, but hey, you will probably enjoy Goat Simulator which is the…

Due To A Y2K-Like Bug, WWE 2K20 Is Almost Unplayable In 2020 [UPDATE]

WWE 2K20 is having a rough New Year’s Day. According to multiple reports from Reddit, Twitter and Youtube, many people are unable to play the game now that it’s 2020. Instead of working, the game just crashes when selecting most game modes, including online and career. Yes,if these reports are accurate, it sounds like WWE…

What Games On Your Backlog Do You Want To Finish This New Year?

Every December, I wonder where the year went. Every week before January 1st, I wonder what games from my backlog I will finally get to in the New Year. There’s so many games I need to tackle, going all the way back to the PS2. Suikoden V, Rogue Galaxy, and Valkyrie Profile call out to…

Lost Odyssey Is A Moving Story About Immortality, Memories, And Loss

There’s a game I keep coming back to every few years. It’s Lost Odyssey for the Xbox 360. Developed by Hironobu Sakaguchi’s Mistwalker Studios, it’s basically Final Fantasy mixed with the old show about immortals, Highlander. The first two times I played it, I got to the White Boa, then stopped. Life just got in…

The Story Behind Solomon’s Key, One Of The Most Challenging NES Games

Constellations, block puzzles, magic, and a Taoist monk collide in this odd but extremely difficult puzzle game called Solomon’s Key. Published by Tecmo as an arcade game in 1986, it was ported to the NES in 1987. Michitaka Tsuruta was the main designer and he explained over email how he drew the original inspiration for…