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Microsoft Wants To Build Chatbots Out Of Dead People's Data
25.1.2021
Black Mirror is satire. I thought we were all on the same page with this.Read more
Counter-Strike Pros Just Keep Getting Banned For Gambling
25.1.2021
Only a few months after a number of professional Counter-Strike players received bans for betting on their own matches, the Esports Integrity Commission has issued sanctions “against 35 players for betting related offences”.Read more
The Week In Games: I Got Friends On The Other Side
24.1.2021
Supernatural horror game The Medium, developed by the folks behind Layers of Fear, releases later this week for Xbox Series X and S. Read more
Speedrunners Are Beating Hitman 3's Dubai Level In Under 10 Seconds
24.1.2021
Hitman 3's opening level, set in a large tower in Dubai, is made up of various floors, rooms, and security measures. It’s a tricky stage for many players. But if you are quick, have a steady hand, and some luck, you can beat the whole thing in about nine seconds.Read more
'Shop Contest: Say Hello To Muncher
24.1.2021
The internet was obsessed this past week with Bernie Sanders. But that’s old news and it’s been done to death already. So we are zigging instead of zagging. Say hello to Muncher, a new ghost from the new upcoming Ghostbusters film. Read more
Players Unlock A New Secret Weapon In Assassin's Creed Valhalla After Hitting A Pile Of Rocks
24.1.2021
Players have discovered a new hidden and powerful bow in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. All you have to do is find a specific pile of rocks and hit it a few times and reload your save. Though, this isn’t the intended way to get the weapon.Read more
Sunday Comics: Four Weeks Ago
24.1.2021
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: Potato CEO, Winners!
23.1.2021
Earlier this month, Taco Bell revealed that the company is run by a sentient potato. Because the world is always on fire these days, most folks didn’t notice. But I noticed and asked you all to spread the potato CEO.Read more
Capcom Is Still Hiding Ethan’s Face In Resident Evil Village
23.1.2021
While Ethan Winters may be the new face of the Resident Evil series, we still haven’t seen his actual face. And it doesn’t look like that’s going to change when Resident Evil Village launches on May 7.Read more
Cyberpunk 2077's Latest Patch Reportedly Added A Game-Breaking Bug
23.1.2021
Last night, CD Projekt Red dropped the first major update for its troubled open-world shooter, Cyberpunk 2077. “Major” is a relative term. While larger than previous updates, yesterday’s patch 1.1 focuses more on stability fixes rather than a wide-ranging overhaul. In fact, it may have even made...
Chess Looks Wild In 2021
23.1.2021
This week we figure out how tall the very big lady from Resident Evil Village is, flip out a Bernie chair, learn what games will be free for Xbox Live Gold subscribers this month, buy 900lbs of PlayStation consoles and check in on chess YouTube in 2021. Read more
Microsoft Reverses Course On Xbox Live Price Increase
23.1.2021
Following widespread customer backlash, Microsoft released a statement walking back its Friday morning announcement of sweeping price increases for the Xbox Live Gold subscription service.Read more
Report: Vicarious Visions Is Working On A Diablo II Remake
23.1.2021
Earlier today, Activision Blizzard announced that it had absorbed Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 developer Vicarious Visions to provide support on future projects. A few hours later, we now know that one of those projects is a Diablo II remake.Read more
Too Fast Too Fantasy XV: Late, Broke, And Bodied By A Behemoth
23.1.2021
In my push to finish Final Fantasy XV before it leaves Xbox Game Pass I had hoped to make up for lost time. Doing the math, I figured I’ll need to cover an average of five hours a day. But after Day Two I only have a grand total of seven hours clocked on my save file; I’m still three hours...
Cyberpunk 2077’s First Major Patch Is Finally Out For All Platforms
23.1.2021
Like the federal government, CD Projekt Red dropped a major update at 5 p.m. on a Friday. The first major patch for Cyberpunk 2077 is officially out, nine days after the developer apologized for the state of the game’s console release and promised a major patch within ten days. Patch 1.1 addresses...
I Hate This
23.1.2021
VFX artist Hoolopee, who previously created wonderful demake videos for Halo Infinite and Death Stranding, today unleashed on the world this horrific 3D animation of Morshu from Philips CD-i abomination Link: The Faces of Evil.Read more
Immortals Fenyx Rising Lets Its Bad Dad Off The Hook Too Easily
22.1.2021
Video games have a dad problem. My colleagues broached the topic a few months ago on an episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, where they dished on some of the worst dads in video game history. (What’s up, Kratos and Joel?) Now I’d like to nominate another member to the hall of fame of bad dads: Zeus, from...
Modder Forms Amazing Custom PC Out Of '80s Voltron Toy Castle
22.1.2021
When ‘80s kid Robdp82 found a relatively rare 1984 Voltron “Castle of Lions” playset in his mother’s attic, he did what any nostalgia-loving computer builder would do—he transformed it into a lovely Voltron-themed custom PC, complete with five color-coded lion SSDs.Read more
Resident Evil Village’s Demo Made Me Scared Of My Own Footsteps
22.1.2021
We got our first bloody taste of Resident Evil Village yesterday courtesy of the Maiden demo, and let me tell you, it does some great things with footsteps.Read more
GameStop’s Stock Price Soars To New Records Because Capitalism Is A Shell Game
22.1.2021
Struggling retailer GameStop’s stock curiously hit an all time high today. But it’s not because Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo suddenly decided to stop selling their games digitally. And it’s not because a new set of Funko Pops has taken the internet’s imagination by storm.Read more