Ian Walker

Horror Game That Was Pulled From Steam Revived In A Harvard Library, Of All Places

Devotion, the first-person horror game from Taiwanese developers Red Candle Games, was recently added to the Harvard-Yenching Library archives. This makes Harvard University the only place to play a legitimate copy of Devotion since it was removed from Steam a year ago after the discovery of an image mocking China’s leader. Earlier this week, Red…

Samurai Jack Gets Its First Video Game In Over A Decade

Samurai Jack, the popular Cartoon Network series that recently received a much-needed conclusion on Adult Swim, gets its first new video game adaptation since 2004 this summer. Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time is being made by developer Soleil, whose previous work includes Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker, No More Heroes: Travis Strikes Again, and, uh,…

The SNK World Championship in Japan has been postponed indefinitely over coronavirus concerns. This event, which would have capped off months of Samurai Shodown and King of Fighters XIV competition, was originally scheduled for late March. The CDC recently placed Japan on ’Alert’ in response to the disease’s spread.

Fist Of The North Star Player Lands Killing Blow At Last Second

Last weekend’s annual Hokuto no Ken championship in Japan was full of incredible moments, but one match stood out thanks to the winner successfully landing the finishing blow right as the timer reached zero. Hokuto no Ken, also known as Fist of the North Star outside Japan, is a silly, silly fighting game. High-level play…

Guilty Gear Director: Strive Will Be The Deepest Game In The Series

Guilty Gear Strive is Arc System Works’ upcoming sequel to Guilty Gear Xrd, which reinvigorated the series’ competitive scene as the first new entry in 12 years. The competitive community has a lot of expectations for Strive, and they haven’t been afraid to point out issues they’ve seen in early builds. Kotaku spoke to Guilty…

It’s Way Too Easy For One Person To Review Bomb A Game On Metacritic

Earlier this week, members of the three-person game studio TurtleBlaze discovered their newest game, Kunai, had been inundated with what they claim were bogus negative scores. The game’s user score on Metacritic had sunk from a strong 8.1 to an atrocious 1.7, emblazoned in a bright red box for all to see. “We got review…

Capcom Finally Applies Band-Aid To Street Fighter V‘s Broken Online Multiplayer

The latest Street Fighter V patch finally addresses one of the game’s most prevalent problems: shoddy online multiplayer. It took constant prodding from fans and a recent third-party fix to finally get these changes, four years after the game’s release. Street Fighter V is a game with problems, the most notable of which prevents users…

Apex Legends‘ Original Map Returns Tomorrow

Apex Legends players looking for a little nostalgia will be able to return to the game’s first map tomorrow, when Kings Canyon becomes playable alongside the current map, World’s Edge. Developer Respawn announced on Twitter that both maps will be available through February 24. The game looks different than it did when it first launched…

A large Granblue Fantasy Versus tournament in Tokyo has been canceled over coronavirus concerns. The CDC added Japan to its list of affected countries yesterday but has not enacted warnings apart from practicing usual precautions like avoiding the sick and thorough hand-washing.

Borderlands 3 Players Use Tricks To Farm For Awesome New Sniper Rifle

The ultimate reward for completing the latest seasonal event in Borderlands 3 is a special sniper rifle called the Wedding Invitation. The game limits every character to just one of these legendary weapons, however, so players are taking some drastic measures to find the version with the best stats and bonuses before the event ends…

Sony Backs Out Of PAX East Over Coronavirus Concerns

PlayStation is pulling out of PAX East due to “increasing concerns” related to the illness colloquially known as the coronavirus, it said on the PlayStation blog today. Sony’s booth was slated to feature major upcoming games like The Last of Us Part II, Final Fantasy VII Remake, and Doom Eternal. The show, which has drawn…

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Tournament Moment Is Perfect Chaos

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle is probably the most anime fighting game being played at major competitions apart from Dragon Ball FighterZ, and the latter only beats it out because it’s literally based on an anime series. The latest BlazBlue is a wild game that produces incredible tournament moments on a regular basis. The latest of…

Old-School Adventure World Of Horror Is Like Stepping Into A Junji Ito Manga

My flashlight casts a trembling light on the dark, dingy school bathroom. My head throbs from concussion, my face stitched up and heavily bandaged. I wonder if anything will be left of my hometown when the riots and thunderstorms give way to tomorrow’s sunrise. The Old Gods are stirring, and the secret to stopping them…

The Animal Crossing: New Horizons Info Drought Is Nearly Over

The next Nintendo Direct is scheduled for this coming Thursday, February 20, and will focus exclusively on the upcoming Animal Crossing: New Horizons. That sound you just heard is Animal Crossing fans around the world letting out a collective sigh of relief. Nintendo has been slow on releasing official news about Animal Crossing: New Horizons…

HQ is shutting down, according to a report by CNN Business. The mobile trivia game was immediately popular when it launched in 2017, but slowly fizzled out until today, when CEO Rus Yusupov emailed the company’s 25 employees to tell them investor funds have dried up and the company is dissolving.

Jedi: Fallen Order Almost Couldn’t Include The Word ‘Jedi’

At the D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas earlier this week, Respawn Entertainment director Stig Asmussen sat down for a brief fireside chat about Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The talk provided a peek behind the curtain on the game’s development, including the revelation that the studio almost had to tiptoe around using the official Jedi…

Why The Heck Is Mew Hanging Out With Professor Oak

It’s fitting that Pokémon Masters, DeNA’s mobile take on the ever-popular series, used Valentine’s Day to introduce some of my earliest loves: Professor Oak and Mew. The sync pair is currently free for every player who logs into the game until March 15 Pokémon Masters marks the first time Professor Oak himself has stepped into…

I Love The Garbage Children Of Fire Emblem‘s New DLC

I’m just going to be upfront here and say that I never really enjoyed many of the characters in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. As such, my hopes for the secret fourth house introduced in the game’s first major expansion, Cindered Shadows, weren’t very high. But after taking a few hours to complete its isolated storyline,…

Under Night In-Birth’s Rough Climb From Disappointment To Evo Headliner

The latest fighting game documentary from Esteban Martinez over at YouTube channel Hold Back to Block is a fantastic look at the trials and tribulations of the Under Night In-Birth community on its road to becoming part of the official Evolution Championship Series lineup in 2019. While Under Night In-Birth is considered one of the…

Ubisoft Resurrects Prince Of Persia… As A VR Escape Room

It’s been nearly a decade since Ubisoft released a triple-A Prince of Persia game. But if you’d like to jump back into the dusty tombs and elaborate palaces of the once-popular series, you can do that in the company’s latest virtual reality escape room: Prince of Persia: The Dagger of Time Dagger of Time tasks…