An entire generation’s fondness for anime can be traced back to one programming block on Cartoon Network called Toonami. Toonami is a well of nostalgia for millennials whose introduction to anime included Dragon Ball Z, Gundam Wing, Sailor Moon and other classics. I’d never really thought about what made Toonami so special until yesterday, when…
Inside publisher Playdead announced today that they’ve been working on a new game. The image they posted appears to show a kid who had landed in a desert with a parachute. Last year, one of Playdead’s co-founders split from the company with a $7 million payout.
World class anime director Masaaki Yuasa, known for directing Ping Pong and Tatami Galaxy, just announced a new feature film, Lu over the Wall, Crunchyroll reports. It will be in Japanese theaters on May 19th.
Nintendo just announced that the latest installation of Fire Emblem, Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, will be released on May 19th for the 3DS. The new game is inspired by Fire Emblem Gaiden, which was released only in Japan in 1992. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia follows two protagonists, Alm and Celica, in a…
A messy split between the two co-founders of the game studio Playdeadleft one partner departing with roughly $7.2 million after being forced to exit, according to new details that emerged this week. Playdead, an independent studio based in Copenhagen, is best known for making the macabre platformers Limbo and Inside. Last July, co-founder Dino Patti…
The Google Daydream View is a brilliant piece of VR hardware. Its head-mounted display (HMD) is wrapped in a comfy fabric texture, with squishy foam on the inside. The head strap is easy to adjust. It’s ergonomically ideal and a little, invisible chip connects it to the Google Pixel phone with no effort. Tech outlets…
Valve announced this afternoon that the poorly-reviewed stealth game Art of Stealth was removed from Steam after it was discovered that its developer forged positive reviews. Art of Stealth’s developer has been lashing out against negative Steam reviews over the last few days. In fact, if you’ve heard of the game before, it could be…
Ding, dong, Vine is dead at the hands of its owner, Twitter. In the next few months, the four-year-old video service will be discontinued, it announced today. Luckily, everyone’s Vines—including ours—will stay up for the foreseeable future. (Originally published 10/27/16) Update—1/17/17: Twitter officially shutters Vine today and will replace it with Vine Camera. Users can…
Anime movie Your Name is the highest-grossing anime worldwide, and finally, it’s getting a wide theatrical release in the U.S. and Canada. On April 7th, a dubbed and subtitled version of Your Name will be in theaters in every U.S. state. Read our impressions of it here
A substantial patch for Final Fantasy XIV just went live, changing up the MMORPG’s party system in a big way. Players had complained that it was a little sterile, with minimal options for customization. Now, players can recruit each other for cross-server parties, form password-protected private parties and keep their Chocobo companions summoned when they’ve…
We’re at the dawn of a new era for Overwatch’s Roadhog. No longer will his hook plunge through walls with no resistance. No longer will it magically dragenemies who are clearly in front of us back around behind us. It’s time for Hook 2.0, Overwatch principal designer Geoff Goodmanannounced yesterday But before we can enter…
Oh, good. TBS may turn Conan O’Brien’s “Clueless Gamer” sketch into a whole TV show. “Clueless Gamer” is a Conan segment in which O’Brien and a grab-bag celebrity mock popular video games like Overwatch and Fallout 4. Recently, Conan and Elijah Wood tried out Final Fantasy XV, which Conan compares to “Middle-Earth Entourage.” The Hollywood…
Dota 2‘s massive December 11th patch added a new hero, an HUD redesign and, apparently, loads of bugs. On Reddit yesterday, Dota 2 player DimitrijaT published nearly 200 bugs he personally encountered or learned of on the Dota 2 subreddit, PC Games News reports The post totals about 4,000 words and includes bugs like “neutral…
If you play Overwatch, you’ve had the experience of being backed into a corner with three health and no teammates in sight. The big, blue button that unleashes your ultimate ability is glowing. It could save you, or more importantly, your whole team. Fuck it, you think, before desperately hitting Q, Y or Triangle. “Panic…
Fans of blockbuster queer ice skating anime Yuri on Ice were enraged this week because they believed an upcoming Hallmark movie,Love on Ice, copied the anime’s premise and name. On Twitter, fans called Love on Ice a “whitewashed” and “homophobic” Yuri on Ice rip-off. A Hallmark representative told Kotaku nobody on the movie’s team had…
Blizzard is finally nerfing the best thing in Overwatch: Roadhog’s hook. It’s about time—despite the hook’s awesome power, it is most definitely broken. On Blizzard’s forums, Overwatch principal designer Geoff Goodman announced the details of “Hook 2.0,” soon to be released on the PTR. Players have complained for months that Roadhog’s hook defies known laws…
Action-puzzle game Rime was today re-revealed for the PS4, Xbox One, PC and Switch after over a year of silence from developer Tequila Works. Rime, slated for May, was previously a PS4 exclusive. Here’s the new trailer: Rime is an anticipated open-world indie game set on an island from which a boy is trying to…
Planet Coaster developer Frontier Developments is suing Atari over alleged millions in unpaid royalties from 2004’s RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, TMZ reports RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 was developed by Frontier and published by Atari. According to TMZ, Frontier claims that they received only $1.17 million in royalties for the game. Allegedly, sales figures were higher than they…
This season’s breakout anime was Yuri on Ice, a welcoming show about an insecure Japanese figure skater named Yuri, and Victor, the Russian skating legend who mysteriously decides to become his coach. Yuri and Victor develop a relationship flush with love and young sensuality. Since October, fans feverishly watched the simulcast, playing “will-they-or-won’t-they?” while the…
It took my buddy Dave several months to coerce me into playing play Halo 3 with him. “We should nail down our weekend plans,” he texted me on July 1st. “I’m thinking of getting an early start around 8 a.m. and just play straight through until we beat it.” “I can bring Mountain Dew and…
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