We had the chance to talk to Ubisoft directly about its remarkable Switch 2 port of Assassin's Creed Shadows and here's what we learned: youtu.be/GkS4lc50fNg

Every example of ai being useful begins with "okay imagine you're in a situation, and you are very dumb"

Mark it. Two weeks into 2026 and I already know about more games industry layoff waves than in all of 2021, impacting about five times as many people that we know of. We're still so far from 'normal' We need to talk about this openly. Don't struggle alone. 💞

this is genuinely incredible

We made this one permanently free given The Discourse www.theverge.com/2024/8/26/24...

Happy for them 😊

wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage

Outlaw private equity

Private Equity strikes again

So many people were calling for peaceful protests because they feared things getting worse. And there still going to get worse in Minnesota. That leaves the people there very few options and all of them are scary. But when pushed too far, people push back.

I just FELL TO MY KNEES

That is what was relayed

Cancel. Genuinely. Cancel. A rejection at the border is a permanent mark against entry, forever. If you insist, follow dangerous territory protocols: know your embassy details, make sure someone knows your travel details, and have funds for emergency legal, health, and departure expenditures.

A single federal agent with a long gun just walked through the crowd, slipped on the ice on his way under the police tape. Dropped his loaded clip.

Happening Now: Students have walked out of school and are protesting against ICE in Saint Paul, Minnesota

well, the vice president has officially retweeted Asmongold

Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.

Lol it takes 15?! steps to transfer an Animal Crossing island from the Switch to the Switch 2.

Vance: I'm crying right now because you stupids won't let me have your green island. I could literally just - don't you know I'm smarter than you? I'm your better - don't leave, don't get the army Trump: McDonald's needs to sell milk again. Nobody likes the Grimace. They get the milk from him

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BREAKING: The UK is sending a single military officer to Greenland at the request of Denmark to participate in a multi-nation exercise

Update: Meta confirmed to Kotaku that Camouflaj, the developer behind Arkham Shadow, is not being shut down. However, it was affected by layoffs.

Update: Meta confirmed with Kotaku that Camouflaj was affected by layoffs, but the studio has not been shut down. kotaku.com/meta-game-qu...

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Every couple of weeks we get a different description of the apparently awful stench coming off our necrotic president and I think it's high time the media nail down exactly what kind of rotten meat covered in women's perfume he actually smells like.

Weighing in on discourse that 99.9999% of you are unaware of, and you should not seek out if you're not (seriously): Even the most niche corners of art are made healthier by earnest, honest critique. To attack a critic for offering such is to imperil the integrity of the art you most care about.

Fans are blaming Rockstar and Take-Two for Bully Online's sudden, unexplained shutdown

The shit I get in my inbox. (Possibly a thread?)

Local pizza joint leads insurgency against federal paramilitary forces. Wrecktangle Pizza co-owner: "You can see from that video exactly what happens when they try to fuck with us." www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQUo...

A quick shout-out for the recently-retitled SeverLink (formerly Project Kvasir), a very promising looking PS2/PSP-styled stealth game in the works. It really does look like a game from that era running through emulation. 'Looks like a PS2 game' [Positive] energy in a big way.

Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers

One screenshot is from 2012. One is from 2026. Good luck. https://kotaku.com/one-of-these-games-is-from-2012-and-the-other-is-from-2026-2000659848

Where the fuck are the Democrats? www.garbageday.email/p/where-are-...

that's substantial support. I think Democratic reps are going to have a lot of difficulty opposing this, or even voting present as leadership probably wants to do.

Been reading this over and over and can't for the life of me understand what he's even trying to say. This is a lot of words to say... nothing.

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The red dot is a baby North Atlantic right whale trying to migrate up the east coast of the United states. The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor. One collision and the whale is dead. We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍

me: I've been making this thing for almost ten years, there's just a few things left to do, I should keep it simple also me: if I tweak the AI a bit, I can make the enemies play football

The agent arrived home and while hopping with literal joy after murdering an innocent woman he reportedly fell down a flight of stairs. His wife claims a piano track played during this, but is unaware of why or how. The agent suffered internal bleeding as a result of the accident.

Ex-BioWare Dev Explains How Anthem Could Live On As A Single-Player Game https://kotaku.com/anthem-single-player-offline-mode-bioware-ea-mark-darrah-2000659773

A Detail About GTA 6's Super Secret Multiplayer Just Got Revealed In Court:

WE GOT MORE VIDEO OF ICE FALLING ON ICE

Similar note: Video game publishers, please, please I'm begging you to share more than one or two PR shots for your upcoming game so people don't have to see those same images over and over again. And so sites don't have to try and grab crappy screenshots from your teaser trailer thing.

there IS in fact a point where “wokeness” starts to look a lot like racism, and fractional assessments of racial makeup get you there

If history cares enough to look back at the nerdzis’ obsessive hatred of Sweet Baby, history will be utterly baffled by such an embarrassing grudge. It might be the stupidest of all their manufactured outrages, one of the most clear cut examples of them getting mad at their own imaginations.

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