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Take-Two Goes After Reverse-Engineered Grand Theft Auto Code
22.2.2021
Last week we shared the good news that the source code for Grand Theft Autos III & Vice City had been reverse-engineered, allowing folks to port the games and come up with cool new mods. Now, we bring you the predictable news that publisher Take-Two Interactive are not happy.Read more
I Was Wrong About An Award-Winning Final Fantasy Author
22.2.2021
Back in 2014, I wrote about author M.J. Gallagher’s attempts to turn the Final Fantasy series into a giant novel, and said “it’s not going to win many literary prizes”. I am here today to eat some shit.Read more
Happy 35th Birthday, The Legend Of Zelda
22.2.2021
On February 21, 1986, the original Legend of Zelda was released on the Famicom in Japan. It did OK, Nintendo made some more Zelda games, and we’ve all been having some good times ever since. Read more
The Week In Games: Persona 5 Strikers Arrives In Style
21.2.2021
Persona 5 Strikers is one stylish-looking game and it comes out later this week for PS4, Switch, and PC.Read more
It's Weird To See Ryu Use A Gun In Fortnite
21.2.2021
Yesterday, after some hints and leaks, Street Fighter characters Ryu and Chun-Li came to Epic’s mega-popular battle royale game, Fortnite. Watching Ryu run around shooting people with an assault rifle is weird. It’s also just one more example of how Fortnite consumes popular characters...
Hogwarts Legacy Lead Designer Used To Run Anti-Social Justice YouTube Channel
21.2.2021
Troy Leavitt is a lead designer at Warner Bros. development studio Avalanche Software currently working on controversial Harry Potter game Hogwarts Legacy. He also ran a reactionary YouTube channel focused on attacking feminism and social justice for over a year.Read more
Sunday Comics: Shut Up Now
21.2.2021
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.Read more
'Shop Contest: Thicczilla, Winners
20.2.2021
Godzilla is old news. Last week, Netflix introduced the world to the glorious Thicczilla. We here at Kotaku decided to celebrate this big, beautiful boy. Read more
Go Ahead And Jump!
20.2.2021
This week on Snapshots we have more Spider-Man and Assassin’s Creed screenshots, some nice shots from Ghost of Tsushima, half of a scary lady, leaping, running, and Lara Croft. And one big jump.Read more
Pyukumuku Can Spit Its Organs Out And Use Them As A Weapon
20.2.2021
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 Pyukumuku!Read more
Rock N' Roll Racing Music Might Get Twitch Streamers In Trouble
20.2.2021
Yesterday, Blizzard released a collection of the studio’s classic games. But the studio also gave a warning to those looking to stream one of the games, Rock n’ Roll Racing on Twitch: Turn off the music. All of it. Read more
A Fully Playable Build Of Rare's Unreleased N64 Game Dinosaur Planet Has Leaked Online
20.2.2021
A group of gaming preservationists has released online a fully playable (and a bit buggy) build of Dinosaur Planet, a canceled Nintendo 64 project developed by Rare. It would eventually become Star Fox Adventures, which was released on the Gamecube in 2002.Read more
'Shop Contest: The Legend Of Zelda 35th Anniversary
20.2.2021
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the Zelda franchise. But specifically, it seems today Feb 21 is the actual day the series hits the big 3-0 (plus five.) Let’s celebrate the long-running franchise by creating silly images. It’s how we do things around here. Read more
There's Been An N64 Mini-Game Hidden Inside The Switch Version Of Firewatch All This Time
20.2.2021
Yesterday Cabel Sasser, the co-founder of Panic, revealed a little-known secret only found in the Switch port of Firewatch, a game his company published back in 2016. Turns out, there’s a fun platformer hidden in it. And (almost) nobody found it! Read more
Splatoon 3 Coming 2022, New Mortal Kombat Film Trailer, Texas Devs Struggling During Brutal Weather, And More
20.2.2021
This week on Morning Checkpoint, we check out the new Mortal Kombat trailer, catch up with all the news from BlizzCon and the latest Nintendo Direct, hear how developers in Texas are dealing with the terrible weather and eat a stupid-big gummy controller. Read more
The Overwatch 2 Panel Was Cool But Please, Give Us The Damn Sojourn Reveal
20.2.2021
Judging from its complete absence from BlizzConline’s opening keynote, you’d never guess Overwatch 2 was part of the Blizzard family of games, much less in the works. Thankfully, watching the “Behind the Scenes of Overwatch 2” panel put to rest any fears that the game might’ve been forgotten....
It Would've Been OK To Skip This One, Blizzard
20.2.2021
Tonight’s keynote for BlizzConline, Blizzard’s virtual showcase, was a tepid hour of previously leaked reveals for World of Warcraft and Diablo, some Hearthstone news, a passing mention of Diablo Immortal, and no Overwatch 2. As we’re fond of saying these days, it could have been an email.Read more
Guilty Gear Strive Already Has An Infinite
20.2.2021
A beta version of the upcoming Guilty Gear Strive is currently being explored by the fighting game community and, surprise surprise, someone has already discovered an infinite combo.Read more
Everything Blizzard Announced During BlizzConline's Opening Ceremony
19.2.2021
It sure as heck isn’t BlizzCon, but until we can safely gather together again in the stew of scents and juices that is a convention hall (so maybe never?), BlizzConline will have to do. Blizzard kicked off the online version of its annual convention today with a handful of announcements that...
Diablo II Remaster Coming To All Major Platforms In 2021
19.2.2021
Blizzard kicked off BlizzConline (a portmanteau I whole-heartedly protest) with the announcement everyone has been waiting for: Diablo II and its Lord of Destruction expansion is being remastered for just about every gaming platform on the planet, with a release scheduled for 2021.Read more