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Breath of the Wild Guardian Cosplay blows everyone away

Breath of the Wild Guardian Cosplay blows everyone away

People have played as Link and Zelda (and even Ganon) since the series first debuted, but these guys are (relatively) simple. They’re two-legged, they’re wearing clothes, you put on makeup, get a gun, boom, you play as a Nintendo character. But what about breath of the wild Wardens, those giant stone warriors that shoot lasers ...

Jak & Daxter from the PS2 is “ported” to the PC by fans.

Jak & Daxter from the PS2 is “ported” to the PC by fans.

picture: cheeky dog In recent years we’ve started to see something beautiful happening: fans of classic console games are taking old code and creating native PC versions of games that were never officially released. We’ve seen it on some Nintendo gamesbut now we’re seeing it with a PlayStation platformer too. This is neither a port ...

Krafton’s latest ‘AI’ wife recycles the usual sexist tropes

Krafton’s latest ‘AI’ wife recycles the usual sexist tropes

picture: Krafton When I saw Ana for the first time PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds After Krafton’s attempt to put a face to his artificial “virtual human” technology, I was disappointed to see that this supposed Web 3.0 innovation was really just another pretty pale girl. It’s airbrushed, but still tangible. She bites her tongue and looks at ...

Super Smash Bros Modder Adds Chrono Trigger’s Crono

Super Smash Bros Modder Adds Chrono Trigger’s Crono

screenshot: spades Last year, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate announced that sora off Kingdom Hearts would be the last character in the list of fighting games. But that hasn’t stopped fans from trying to add their own favorites to the game. yesterday, a fan uploaded a mod that lets smashed Players turn Hero into Crono off ...

Sonic Frontiers should look like Rush: Worlds Shattered, Fans Say

Sonic Frontiers should look like Rush: Worlds Shattered, Fans Say

When developer Wilhelm Nylund shared a video about the upcoming one Haste: Shattered Worlds It blew up almost immediately on Twitter earlier this week. The preview has since received nearly 1 million views, as well as thousands of retweets and likes. However, much of the ongoing conversation involves requests HurryThe speed and dynamic of could ...

Top 10 tips, tricks, secrets, shortcuts and more

Top 10 tips, tricks, secrets, shortcuts and more

screenshot: Annapurna / Kotaku neon white, out now for Switch and PC, is easily one of the best games of the year. Between the anime vibes and Machine Girl’s kickass soundtrack you’ll find a delightfully stylish speedrunning glove that’s as easy to learn as it is difficult to master. I couldn’t put it down the ...

EA’s CEO has made 636 times more than recently laid-off workers

EA’s CEO has made 636 times more than recently laid-off workers

photo: Christian Peterson (Getty Images) The CEO of Driving me crazy Manufacturer Electronic Arts is expected to rake in $19.8 million in total compensation for his company’s strong performance in 2021. That’s about half of what it was for 2020 after EA’s board cracked down on exorbitant bonuses in the face of shareholder backlash, but ...

The best free games on Steam to fill up any long weekend

The best free games on Steam to fill up any long weekend

picture: Studio wildcard Here we are on another happy Friday. To spice up your after-work life while you turn on weekend mode, I’ve put together a dainty little list of five notable totally free games on Steam. If you’re in the United States, perhaps prepare to become your underwear-on-the-couch self and welcome our nation’s newest ...

Fable, Pragmata and more big games missing from Not-E3 2022

Fable, Pragmata and more big games missing from Not-E3 2022

screenshot: Microsoft / Kotaku Microsoft’s other major revival was announced two years ago and hasn’t seen since: Perfectly dark, the series of pioneering spy shooters, is back. But Rare, the original developer, is not leading the project. The next entry is being developed by The Initiative, a new studio. Games are taking longer to develop ...