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Xbox Cloud Gaming Adds A Bunch Of Older Xbox Games

Starting today, you’ll be able to play more than a dozen Xbox and Xbox 360 games via cloud streaming, Microsoft announced in a blog post. As with other game streaming, the perk is only available to members of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Cloud streaming first became available last September with an initial launch slate of…

By Ari Notis Published March 31, 2021

Culture

Here’s April 2021’s PlayStation Plus Lineup

April’s PlayStation Plus games are here, and they aren’t bad! As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active PlayStation Plus membership. April’s PS Plus games are: PS5 Oddworld: Soulstorm PS4 Days Gone Zombie Army 4: Dead War All games are available April 6 to May 3.

By Riley MacLeod Published March 31, 2021

Culture

Fortnite Looks Better On Switch Now

Fortnite got a “performance and resolution boost” on Switch yesterday, developer Epic announced. The game should now look and run better, and the file size is smaller too. Epic wrote, “The update provides significantly improved resolution both in handheld and docked modes, resulting in images that are less blurry.” Epic’s news post touts “a 38% increase…

By Riley MacLeod Published March 31, 2021

Culture

Today Is Your Last Chance To Buy Super Mario 3D All-Stars, For No Damn Reason

It’s either one of the most elaborate April Fool’s brand-o-jokes of all time, or today marks the last day Nintendo will be selling Super Mario All-Stars, either in physical form or via the Switch’s electronic shop. From April 1, they still maintain it’s to be taken behind Miyamoto’s barn and shot. As the company made…

By John Walker Published March 31, 2021

Culture

The Latest Big No Man’s Sky Update Adds Seasonal Expeditions

Wandering aimlessly through procedurally-generated space is fun, but some pilots want a more guided experience. Today’s “Expeditions” update for No Man’s Sky adds a new seasonal game mode that has players starting off on the same planet for pre-plotted adventures across the universe. Expedition mode is a season-long pre-planned journey through the stars. Players begin…

By Mike Fahey Published March 31, 2021

CultureMorning Music

I Love When Mainstream Acts Make Music For Video Games

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today, I bring you a treat: a bunch of games! All featuring killer tracks from mainstream musicians. Say what you will about Mirror’s Edge Catalyst (actually, please don’t, that game does not deserve the negativity), but…

By Ari Notis Published March 31, 2021

Anime

Legal Action Being Taken To Prevent Attack on Titan Manga Upload Leaks And Spoilers

After eleven and a half years, the Attack on Titan manga is drawing to a close. There are already steps being taken to prevent illegal uploads. “Regarding illegal upload and pre-release leakage of Attack on Titan,” wrote the manga’s editor on Twitter, “we’ve begun to take legal actions against several accounts and individuals. We’ll take…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 31, 2021

CultureCosplay

6’9″ Cosplaying Olympian Is Now Resident Evil’s Tall Vampire Lady

This is Yekaterina Lisina, a bronze medal-winning Olympian with the Russian basketball team, and now model, with what is surely the most 1:1 cosplay possible of Resident Evil’s Lady Dimitrescu. I mean…just look at this: And this: It took a whole team to get this shoot looking this good, with the dress made by osqurobviously,…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2021

Culture

YouTube Might Be Getting Rid Of The Dislike Count

YouTube just announced that, “in response to creator feedback around well-being and targeted dislike campaigns,” the site is testing some new designs that “don’t show the public dislike count.” While this isn’t a definite site-wide change being made for everyone, it shows YouTube is at least considering the move, and is currently testing “a few…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2021

Culture

Apex Legends Skins Delayed After Company Changes Its Name Mid-Promotion

This week was supposed to see the release of a new set of branded skins for Apex Legends, done in collaboration with streetwear label Chinatown Market, but that company’s decision to rebrand in between the skins’ announcement and release means Respawn currently has them on hold. The skins were originally due for release on March…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2021

Culture

Police Arrest Members Of “World’s Biggest” Video Game Cheat Company, Seize Luxury Cars

Chinese police have moved against a company billed as the “world’s largest” seller of video game cheats, arresting ten of its members and confiscating over $40 million worth of assets. As the BBC reports, the cheat sellers were operating under the name “Chicken Drumstick”, and sold cheats for everything from Call of Duty to Overwatch,…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2021

Culture

Amnesia: Rebirth’s New Mode Has Fewer Scares, More Puzzles

Amnesia: Rebirth is so scary that the developers at Frictional Games added a new Adventure Mode to the PC version today, with a similar update planned for PlayStation in a few weeks. Much like what Frictional did with SOMA’s Safe Mode, Amnesia: Rebirth’s new Adventure Mode makes enemies more passive, brightens up dark areas, and…

By Ian Walker Published March 30, 2021

Culture

The Future Of Cyberpunk 2077‘s Multiplayer Is Still Up In The Air

CD Projekt is rethinking Cyberpunk 2077’s multiplayer elements, president and joint CEO Adam Kiciński explained during the company’s recent strategy update “Previously, we hinted that our next AAA would be a multiplayer Cyberpunk game, but we have decided to reconsider this plan,” Kiciński said. “Given our new, more systematic and agile approach, instead of primarily…

By Ian Walker Published March 30, 2021

Culture

CD Projekt Red Thinks Cyberpunk 2077 Is ‘Closer’ To Coming Back To PlayStation

Cyberpunk 2077 got a big patch yesterday, aimed at improving its gameplay and fixing its many, many bugs. In an investor call today, developer CD Projekt Red said it’s up to Sony whether this means the game will be ready to return to the PlayStation store any time soon. “We have published several patches. We…

By Riley MacLeod Published March 30, 2021

Culture

Looney Tunes Gacha Game Exhumes The Corpse Of Big Chungus

Remember Big Chungus? He’s back, in gacha form. Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem is a mobile game in the vein of Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes and Marvel Strike Force that apparently launched in 2018. I say “apparently” because I only just heard about it today, which I suppose is the reason the developers are…

By Ian Walker Published March 30, 2021

CultureKotaku Game Diary

I Wish Genshin Impact Cared About My Time As Much As Its Story Seems To

Reused NPCs. An environment you’ve already spent dozens of hours in. Contrived progress gating based on time. On paper, Genshin Impact’s current event, the Windblume Festival, sounds like it’s scraping the bottom of the barrel. In reality it’s a chill yet inventive exercise in making an in-game holiday feel like, well, an event. But it…

By Nathan Grayson Published March 30, 2021

Tips & Guides

If You Pre-Ordered Kingdom Hearts On PC, Make Sure You Received Your Discount

The PC release of Kingdom Hearts offers the latest hiccup in the insidious world of video game pre-orders. Four games in Square Enix’s long-running plot maze are officially out on PC today via the Epic Games Store where they’re currently marked down by 20 percent through April 6. But if you pre-ordered any of the…

By Ari Notis Published March 30, 2021

Culture

Here’s April 2021’s Xbox Live Games With Gold

Despite recent changes to Xbox Live(or at least its name), April’s Games with Gold are here (whew!). As ever, these games are only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Gold subscription. April’s Games with Gold are: Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One Vikings: Wolves of Midgard (April 1-30) Truck Racing Championship (April 16-May…

By Riley MacLeod Published March 30, 2021

Culture

Summer Games Done Quick Returns In July As Online-Only Event

Annual charity speedrunning festival Summer Games Done Quick will return as an online-only event, running from July 4 through 11. “With the health and safety of all in mind, #SGDQ2021 is now SGDQ 2021 Online!” the organizers wrote on Twitter today. “Expect the same weeklong charity speedrun event you know and love!” This year’s submission…

By Ari Notis Published March 30, 2021

CultureKotaku Game Diary

Monster Hunter Rise Is Tough To Get Into As A Newcomer

Don’t beat yourself up if you can’t get into Monster Hunter Rise. Fans of the kaiju-killing series are legion, and this latest entry, out last week for Nintendo Switch, is arguably the buzziest game in the world right now. But it sure doesn’t make things easy for newcomers. For all intents and purposes, I am…

By Ari Notis Published March 30, 2021