Twitch streamer Ludwig Ahgren, who in April set a world record for the highest number of subscribers—at over 270,000—has left the platform and will now be streaming exclusively at YouTube Gaming.
Source: Kotaku – Ludwig Leaves Twitch For YouTube Gaming
I’ve lost count of the amount of Neon Genesis Evangelion cosplay I’ve posted on this site over the last 10 years, but pretty much all of it has been focused on the anime’s characters, especially Rei and Asuka. It’s enormous mechs are a somewhat trickier proposition.
Source: Kotaku – Neon Genesis Evangelion Cosplay Gets In The F**king Robot
It’s time to reset the clock on days without a glitch being discovered in Battlefield 2042. The latest glitch found in the first-person shooter allows players to use the in-game menus to cancel the effects of smoke grenades.
Source: Kotaku – Battlefield 2042 Glitch Lets Players Cancel Smoke Grenades Using Menu Screen
We’re a year after release and the PS5 is still hard to find, which means the consoles already out there are a hot commodity. Sadly this has led to a heated resale culture around the machine, and even sadder in this case, it has resulted in a 19 year-old being shot trying to sell one.
Source: Kotaku – Man Shot While Trying To Sell His PlayStation 5
YouTuber James Steven “MrBeast” Donaldson’s Squid Game recreation is so popular on the video-sharing platform that its view count almost mirrors that of the hit Korean survival drama that inspired it. While it’s easy to get caught up in how accurate the non-lethal set was, it’s even easier to miss some of the…
Source: Kotaku – MrBeast’s IRL Squid Game Sees Contestants Just Running The Red Light
Destiny 2 has a reputation for being convoluted and obtuse, even among live service games, and things are about to get even worse when it comes to its expansions, with integral parts of the game arbitrarily paywalled behind old products.
Source: Kotaku – Destiny 2’s Expansions Have Become Needlessly Confusing
There’s a new Halo out, the first in more than half a decade, but all anyone can talk about is its contentious battle pass. The convo has now hit a point of cacophonous saturation, prompting a top creative on the game to openly acknowledge complaints about Halo Infinite’s progression, and state that addressing them…
Source: Kotaku – Halo Infinite’s Battle Pass Is Totally Fine, You Guys
Some of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl’s rarest Pokémon aren’t officially in the game yet, but that hasn’t stopped impatient players from finding creative ways to get at least one of them early. Normally, the mythic hedgehog Shaymin isn’t available outside of special events, but thanks to BDSP’s litany of…
Source: Kotaku – Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Players Are Glitching To Get Shaymin Early
When Nintendo released the bongo drum controllers used with the Donkey Konga games and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, the company probably didn’t envision them being used in a Call of Duty game. To be fair, neither did I. But in a recent Call of Duty: Vanguard match, Twitch streamer DeanoBeano managed to amass 105 kills and…
Source: Kotaku – Call of Duty: Vanguard Player Headshots Opponents With Donkey Kong Bongos
What drives a man to spend his time and money procuring a couple thousand copies of Burger King’s stealth-action advergame Sneak King? I have no idea, but wrestler and professional thumbtack enthusiast Leeroy Patterson seems to be having a great time doing it.
Source: Kotaku – Wrestling Man Collects 2,706 Copies Of Burger King Video Game
Jump Force, a game that will be summarily executed by its publisher in just a few short months, is discounted to just $6 as part of Steam’s fall sale—so this may be your last chance to grab the anime arena-fighter before the game is delisted on February 7, 2022, and sees its online services disabled in August.
Source: Kotaku – Jump Force Is On Sale For Before It Goes Offline In August 2022
The latest batch of Pokémon games, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, are experiencing a handful of silly glitches. While the duplication glitch is something players are exploiting to their advantage, there’s another glitchy issue players are encountering that is just plain weird: seeing their monsters’ nicknames…
Source: Kotaku – Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Glitch Is Renaming Monsters
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl has been a glitch-fest so far. While some of the bugs have been annoying or just plain weird, others, like duplication glitches, have effectively broken the game. First, players found a way to clone one Pokémon at a time. Then they found a way to duplicate entire teams. Now,…
Source: Kotaku – Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Duplication Glitches Are Out Of Control
In Netflix’s Squid Game, the stakes are high. If you win, you get 45.6 billion Korean won ($39 million). If you lose, well, you die. YouTuber MrBeast has recreated Squid Game—but lowering the stakes in the process. Thank goodness for that!
Just like in the original show, MrBeast’s real-live version features 456 people…
Source: Kotaku – Real-Life Squid Game Without The Bleak Violence Is A Big Hit On YouTube
For the upcoming JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure anime, Tokyo-based animation studio Kamikaze Douga was once again brought into do the opening credits. And once again, Kamikaze Douga knocked it out of the park.
Source: Kotaku – New JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Anime Opening Uses CG Beautifully
Review Reader is a very fun website that lets you punch in any Steam game you want and have some of its user reviews read aloud to you by the soothing sounds of a text-to-speech program.
Source: Kotaku – Please Enjoy A Website That Reads Steam Reviews To You
The Metaverse is the latest stinker to make waves in the virtual world landscape, but why move forward when we’ve got gems returning from the past?
Source: Kotaku – Fans Are Bringing PlayStation Home Back To Life
In 2019, the source code for Super Mario 64 was reverse engineered, leading to all kinds of wonderful mods and even ports to systems like the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2. Now it’s Ocarina of Time’s turn.
Source: Kotaku – Ocarina Of Time’s Source Code Has Been Reverse Engineered
As Black Friday shopping season in the US passes and December begins, the end of the year slowdown starts. This week is mostly smaller titles and ports.
Source: Kotaku – The Week In Games: It’s Nearly December Already?
Battlefield 2042 isn’t having a great launch. Between bugs, a lack of content, and other problems, including the surprise release of Halo Infinite’s free multiplayer, Dice and EA’s big shooter is in the news for all the wrong reasons. And now, it seems more players on Steam want to go farming than shooting, as the…
Source: Kotaku – On Steam, Farming Simulator 22 Has More Active Players Than Battlefield 2042