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‘I’d Have These Extremely Graphic Dreams’: What It’s Like To Work On Ultra-Violent Games Like Mortal Kombat 11

Mortal Kombat 11 is a brutal game. That’s what you come for—sensational, over-the-top violence that’s inventive and gratuitous on a level that doesn’t exist anywhere else. It can be shocking in its detail and funny in its execution, but it’s always arresting. It’s also short. Fatalities, gory, physically improbable…Read more…Source: https://kotaku.com/id-have-these-extremely-graphic-dreams-what-its-like-t-1834611691…

9-Year-Old Dragon Ball FighterZ Player Faces His Own Dad In Tournament

Most fighting game tournaments do very little to curate tournament matchups. Sure, the biggest events will do some seeding to ensure that big names and regional rivals don’t play against each other right out of the gate, but for the most part, competitors need to be ready for whoever is thrown at them. Tsuyoshi, a…Read more…Source: https://kotaku.com/9-year-old-dragon-ball-fighterz-player-faces-his-own-da-1834092114…

Sea of Thieves’ Producer Outlines A Promising Year-Two Plan

Sea of Thieves’ first year had as many ups and downs as a boat in a storm. A rough launch gave way to numerous updates and events that expanded the game world. The Anniversary Update, to be released April 30, will add a story mode and competitive PVP. I spoke with the Xbox One and… Continue reading Sea of Thieves’ Producer Outlines A Promising Year-Two Plan

How Knights Of The Old Republic Pulled Off A Voice-Acting Triumph

For their groundbreaking Star Wars role-playing game Knights of the Old Republic, BioWare and LucasArts made the highly ambitious decision to have a cast of actors voice the game’s entire massive, branching script. That story, excerpted below, is told in the latest entry in the Boss Fight Books series, written by… Read more… Source: https://kotaku.com/how-knights-of-the-old-republic-pulled-off-a-voice-acti-1833889388

The New Shazam Movie Has Some Odd Video Game References

This weekend the newest DC superhero film, Shazam, was released. Critics enjoyed it. I liked it a lot too. Though while the action and jokes are strong in Shazam, there are some weird video game references that caught me off guard. Read more… Source: https://kotaku.com/the-new-shazam-movie-has-some-odd-video-game-references-1833860728