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CultureHere’s February 2021’s Xbox Live Games With Gold
Perhaps to try and take a bit of the sting out of announcing that Xbox Live Gold will now cost $120 a year, Microsoft announced some pretty good Games with Gold for next month. February’s lineup is headlined by Gears 5, which is excellent and also just got a very good DLC expansion. Dandara is…
By Ethan Gach Published January 22, 2021 -
CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
This weekend is for relaxing just a little bit more than we relaxed last weekend. I’m not saying we should just collapse on our couches and let out long, relieved sighs, but perhaps we can breathe a little easier. Maybe play some video games. Perhaps even space video games. Ever play a space video game?…
By Mike Fahey Published January 22, 2021 -
CultureMicrosoft Doubles Cost Of Xbox Live From What It Was A Year Ago
Xbox Live Gold, Microsoft’s online service for Xbox, is about to get more expensive. The company announced this morning that subscriptions will go up by $1 to $11 a month in the coming weeks. The new cheapest option for an annual subscription is paying for the $60 six month plan twice, double what a year…
By Ethan Gach Published January 22, 2021 -
CultureDestiny 2‘s Best Loot Mechanic From Last Year Is Coming Back
Destiny 2‘s Umbral Engrams and Prismatic Recaster from season 11 are coming back in season 13, Bungie announced in this week’s blog post. That’s great news, considering it made for one of the better loot grinds in the game’s recent past. Unlike most Legendary Engrams in Destiny 2, which decrypt into random gear you have…
By Ethan Gach Published January 22, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanFinal Fantasy XV Director Is Making A Virtual Travel Experience For Japanese Airline
Hajime Tabata, director of Final Fantasy XV, left Square Enix in 2018 after founding its Luminous Productions studio earlier that year. Now Tabata, who established his own studio called JP Games, is back and working on a virtual travel experience for a Japanese airline. Yoimuri News reports that last August, All Nippon Airways created a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 22, 2021 -
Kotaku EastMangaAfter 23 Years, The Manga D.N.Angel Is Ending
Debuting in November 1997, Yukiru Sugisaki’s manga D.N.Angel will draw to a close in the March issue of Monthly Asuka The manga tells the story of a schoolboy who transforms into a phantom thief whenever he has romantic feelings about his crush. An anime adaptation was broadcasted on Japanese TV in 2003, and a PlayStation…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 22, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanThese Covid-19 Warnings In Japan Look Inspired By Evangelion
In the Tenjin area of Fukuoka, Japan, warnings about the novel coronavirus pandemic look like something out of Evangelion. Pointed out by writer and translator Jim Rion, the warnings, which are from Fukuoka Prefecture, remind people that there is a state of emergency and to wear masks, wash their hands, and social distance. If you’ve…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 22, 2021 -
CultureGTA Characters, Remastered
Hossein Diba is an artist we’ve featured here before, but I thought his latest series of works—turning sketched or low-poly Grand Theft Auto characters into fancy 3D models—was worth a closer look. OK so Niko wasn’t low-poly, but still, he’s over a decade old, so this still counts as a remaster. You can see more…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsPixel Artist Imagines Modern Pokémon With Game Boy Graphics
Illustrator and pixel artist Pat Ackerman has spent the last year reimagining the entire Pokédex of Pokémon Sword and Shield as old-school sprites. Starting back when the eighth-generation starters were revealed, Ackerman slowly but surely pixelized every pocket monster found in the series’ most recent games. And as of this week, he has an incredibly…
By Ian Walker Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsModded Sonic Games Are Zoomed Out To The Heavens
Modified versions of Sonic 1 & 2—ripped from their mobile ports, decompiled, then played on a PC—can do some neat stuff, like let you play with the camera zoomed out so far you can see the whole damn level. As Ars Technica reports, these mods allows you to scale the game’s resolution, including pulling everything…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryToo Fast, Too Fantasy XV: Eight Days To Go
There are eight days left until Final Fantasy XV disappears from Xbox Game Pass and thereby, my Xbox Series S. Yesterday, I embarked on an epic quest to start and finish Final Fantasy XV in the few days remaining, and after Day 1, I’m only [checks watch] three hours in. Oh boy. Technically that number…
By Ash Parrish Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsNow A Blastoise Pokémon Card Has Sold For $360,000
Are you OK out there, Pokémon fans? First we had Charizard cards selling for $350,000. Then sealed boxes of first edition cards for over $400,000. Now someone is out here paying that kinda money for a Blastoise. Last week a Blastoise Commissioned Presentation Galaxy Star Hologram card, graded to CGC 8.5 (which isn’t mint, but…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsFunko Screwed Up Its Assassin’s Creed Pop, Twice
Today, Funko announced two figures of Eivor, the main character from Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Except, both figures are male, which isn’t even canon. While it is true you can pick either male or female Eivors in Vallhalla and are free to switch between them whenever you want, Ubisoft does have a canon option. Female Eivor…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureDead By Daylight Studio Hurriedly Announces Colorblind Mode After Designer Complains About Accessibility Requests
A little over a week after a Dead by Daylight designer became publicly agitated over requests for accessibility options, developer Behaviour Interactive has announced that it is working on accommodations for colorblind players. “This is not how we wanted to reveal this, but we feel it’s the right time,” the studio’s official Twitter account told…
By Ian Walker Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureResident Evil Crossover Event Coming To Division 2 In February
Resident Evil cosmetic items and gear are coming to The Division 2 in February. The upcoming crossover was announced briefly today during Capcom’s Resident Evil Showcase The in-game event is part of a celebration of Resident Evil’s 25th Anniversary. The Division 2 cosmetic event will run from February 2 until the 15th. All players who…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureHitman 3 Is Off To A Rocky Start
You’ve probably heard this one before. A buzzy game hits the market. It demands some degree of internet connection. Everyone flocks to play on day one, only to hit a series of frustrating roadblocks. Online connectivity is shaky, if functional at all. There are issues with save data and character progression. Some players spring for…
By Ari Notis Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureCapcom Announces Multiplayer Shooter Resident Evil Re:Verse
During today’s Resident Evil showcase, Capcom announced Resident Evil Re:Verse, a multiplayer shooter featuring characters from across the franchise. The brief snippets of gameplay highlighted during the stream showed a game with a distinctive, comic-book art style. Some of the playable characters include Leon Kennedy, Jill Valentine, and Chris Redfield. Capcom’s press release goes into…
By Ian Walker Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureResident Evil Village Out For Old And New Consoles On May 7 [Update: PS5 Demo Out]
Today during Capcom’s Resident Evil showcase, the publisher announced Resident Evil Village is coming out for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X / S, and Steam on May 7, 2021. Here’s a replay of the showcase video. The trailers begin at 28:53: And here is a direct link to a standalone Resident Evil…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureReport: $250 Collector’s Edition Of Cyberpunk 2077 Gets Refunded, Player Gets To Keep It Anyway
For the last month, digital storefronts, brick-and-mortar retailers, and developer CD Projekt Red have been processing refunds for Cyberpunk 2077’s busted console version. That includes the game’s $250 collector’s edition, which in one case CDPR refunded without making the customer in question return it, according to a new report by Vice Games “I was surprised…
By Ethan Gach Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureBreath Of The Wild Mod Makes Link’s House Suck Less
Much like his fellow millennials (who may or may not also technically be over 100 years old due to Calamity-induced death sleeps), Breath of the Wild’s Link dreams of home ownership. Unlike the rest of us, he can actually achieve that goal. There’s just one problem: The house is bad. Between the initial purchase and…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 21, 2021