Back in 2019, in the before times, Kotaku reported that an investor named Sean trained like One-Punch Man for thirty days and got in terrific shape. Now, in 2021, another dude has trained like the character for a whole year.
Source: Kotaku – Dude Trains Like One-Punch Man During The Pandemic, Gets Buff
I reviewed Unity of Command II a couple years back and, a few quibbles aside, found it to be one of the most interesting and innovative turn-based tactics games I had ever played. It’s now back with a major expansion, and those quibbles are in the firing line.
Source: Kotaku – One Of The Best WW2 Games Is Now Even Better
The latest major patch for Civilization 6 dropped this week, and there was a great new addition: you can finally pet the dog! Petting cats, however? Firaxis has some strong opinions there.
Source: Kotaku – Civilization 6 Update Lets You Pet Dogs, But Not Cats
Honestly, this is one of the most physically impressive video game feats I have ever seen.
Source: Kotaku – Dude Gets 100% On Guitar Hero Song That Looks Physically Impossible
You’d think a game featuring mysterious green magic swirling in the London underground would be all about weird stuff. But Last Stop—at least from what I’ve seen of it so far—is first and foremost a game about people.
Source: Kotaku – Last Stop’s Meant To Feel Like A Playable TV Show
As I said last month following a preview of the film’s first 12 minutes, the new Mortal Kombat movie starts off strong. The opening battle between the men who would become Sub-Zero and Scorpion is one of my favorite cinema moments of the year. The remaining 98 minutes? Not so much. The fights are outstanding, the…
Source: Kotaku – Mortal Kombat 2021: The Kotaku Movie Review
As the last of the notes disappeared from the screen, I put my fake, plastic guitar down to look at my hands. They were shaking, and my fingers were curled as if they were still wrapped around the fretboard. I felt pain twisting around my wrist and creeping into my finger joints. Still, I wore a smile so big and deep…
Source: Kotaku – Clone Hero Is So Much Fun I Don’t Mind The Carpal Tunnel
I played the original Nier back in 2010 and thoroughly enjoyed it despite the main character being a hideous troll of an old man. Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139…, with the handsome younger hero originally exclusive to Japan, looks, plays, and feels better overall, save the unfortunate inclusion of an achievement for…
Source: Kotaku – The Nier Replicant Remaster Does Many Good Things And One Awful Thing
Following yesterday’s Warzone nuke events, Call of Duty’s Season Three has officially begun for both Black Ops Cold War and Warzone. Season Three introduces a “new” Warzone map, while Cold War gets new multiplayer maps, weapons, operators, Zombies updates, and more. There’s also a new 100-tier Battle Pass to grind.…
Source: Kotaku – Call of Duty Gets ’80s Map For Season Three
Only a tiny fraction of the overall Cyberpunk 2077 sales resulted in refunds, CFO Piotr Nielubowicz told investors during an earnings call earlier today. Out of the 13.7 million copies sold, the Polish developer apparently issued just 30,000 refunds.
Source: Kotaku – CD Projekt Refunded Only 30,000 Copies Of Cyberpunk 2077
Bungie finally shed some light on Destiny 2’s upcoming transmog options in a blog post today. The new system, called Armor Synthesis, will be added to the loot-shooter service game within a few weeks, fulfilling a long-standing request of the Destiny community. Unfortunately, its implementation sounds like more of a…
Source: Kotaku – Destiny 2’s New Transmog System Sounds Like A Grind-In-The-Ass
Beloved indie game Hades scored the most wins at this year’s DICE Awards. Supergiant’s excellent roguelike action game ultimately won five awards, including “Game of the Year.”
Source: Kotaku – Hades Wins Game Of The Year At The 2021 DICE Awards
During a committee hearing held yesterday in the Texas House of Representatives, Gearbox exec David Najjab testified against Texas House Bill 4042, which would force transgender athletes in public schools to compete in sports according to the gender they were assigned at birth.
Source: Kotaku – Gearbox Threatens To Leave Texas Over Anti-Trans Bill
Microsoft announced today that 13 EA Play games now support FPS Boost on Xbox Series X/S consoles. A bunch of these FPS-boosted titles support 120Hz including Star Wars: Battlefront, Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare, Titanfall 2, Battlefield V, and more.
Source: Kotaku – Microsoft Adds FPS Boost To 13 More Xbox Games
Eco is a new Fortnite skin in the item shop today. It looks like the Earth, maybe for Earth Day. But it’s also full of easter eggs to the old battle royale island.
Source: Kotaku – New Fortnite Skin Is Full Of References To Game’s Past Maps
Epic announced today that a slate of new non-gaming apps are now available on the Epic Games Store. The most interesting new app added is the indie games storefront Itch.io, potentially giving the thousands of smaller games on their store a huge new audience of EGS users.
Source: Kotaku – Epic Games Store Adds New Apps Including, Um, Another Game Store
Another Thursday, another 35+ new games for the Nintendo Switch. This week one of those games is Picross S6. The rest of them? Shantae? MotoGP 21? Dungholes? Not nearly as important.
Source: Kotaku – The Nintendo Download: It’s Picross Day, Motherpuzzlers
It’s not quite esports in the Olympics, but the International Olympics Committee (IOC) will host a virtual sports event May 13 to June 23, tied to the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Source: Kotaku – The Olympics Gets A Virtual Sports Tie-In Event
Today, EA announced it’s working on two new Battlefield games and promised a console/PC release for later this year.
Source: Kotaku – New Battlefield Game Promised For Later This Year
Nintendo and Fujifilm have joined for a small printer called Instax Mini Link for Nintendo Switch Smartphone Printer.
Source: Kotaku – Behold, A Little Pikachu Photo Printer From Nintendo And Fujifilm