Screenshot:: Activision (Kotaku) Maybe it’s the 2020 pandemic blues, but I can’t get enough of it Black Ops Cold WarRetro shopping mall card. “The Pines” is a standard 6v6 multiplayer map that was added with the launch of earlier this month Cold War‘s Season one. It’s a New Jersey-based mall that’s filled with flashbacks from ...
Screenshot:: Capcom / Kotaku Annual reviewAnnual reviewWe look back at the ups, downs, surprises and special features in and around video games this year. I can’t believe the year is almost over. 2020 felt endless. Between work, taking care of my child, releasing a new book, various writing assignments, and everything that life did to ...
picture:: Kotaku Hi there! It is time for Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images are enlarged when you click on the magnifying glass icon. picture:: See below Funeral run by Alex Di Stasi. Released December 24th. Read more about Corpse Run. picture:: See below Awkward zombie by Katie Tiedrich. ...
spanScreenshot:: Monster couch It’s been a pretty quiet week for game releases. Think of it as an opportunity to catch up. Monday December 28th Source reflect | counter Cube Raiders | counter Empty source | counter Professor Lupo: Ocean | counter Dungeon Limbus | counter Hell Sport | counter Tuesday December 29th span | counter ...
illustration:: Capcom, Kotaku Hello Kotaku, as always it was a great honor to be guest author for the weekend. I love reading the comments and so many of you are sharing so many great things, I always feel like I’m learning so much (and getting some really cool game recommendations too). Please have a safe ...
Screenshot:: PlatinumGames I asked this question last year and when I look back on the list of games I wanted to finish, I’m actually surprised I got some of them. That includes Deadly premonition, Radiant Historia, Pikmin 3, connection between worlds, trace memory, and No more heroes. The connection between them all is that they ...
Screenshot:: Naughty dog I go for a walk with my child almost every day. She is little more than two. There is a strange serenity in the isolation of entire city blocks when so few people are around. In the first few months of the pandemic, we felt like we were walking through an abandoned ...
Screenshot:: Access to games I crashed eight times during my playthrough Deadly premonition on the switch, often at critical moments. In a long loading screen game, this seemed like an unforgivable sin. “So good it’s bad,” tested my patience, even if I knew I would get around to it Deadly premonition was a flawed cult ...
illustration:: Konami in the Time HollowTime travel is a painful, tangled, and sloppy mess that makes history worse with each intervention. A spiritual sequel to another game I liked to name Shadow of memories It actually took me a while to track down this obscure visual novel from Nintendo DS, published by Konami in 2008. ...
Screenshot:: Konami Hello Kotaku! The last time I was weekend editor for Kotaku was in February and honestly, it seems like a lifetime ago. So much has happened since then that even when I look back at my old articles, I feel like I am looking at a time capsule from a different age. As ...
