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A Final Fantasy VII Remake Demo Is Out Now

You’ve read our impressions of Final Fantasy VII’s remake, sure, but if you want to try out (part of) it for yourself, good news: as of right now, a demo is available on the PlayStation Store. It’s available worldwide, and covers “the opening chapter from the game, and the events of the iconic Mako Reactor…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 2, 2020

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Riot’s Next Game Is Valorant, A First-Person Shooter

Previously known solely as the League of Legends studio, Riot showed us last year that they’re now working on all kinds of new stuff. The first of which is Valorant, a team-based shooter. We got a brief look at it in 2019, but here’s a full round of the game in action, captured with Riot…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 2, 2020

OpinionImpressions

3 Hours With Final Fantasy VII Remake: Thrilling, But Jarring

If you’ve played Final Fantasy VII, you’re probably familiar with the Air Buster, a floating robot who resembles a vacuum cleaner. Air Buster, the game’s second boss, takes roughly two minutes to kill. He’s more of a tutorial on enemy weak points than a genuine threat (hint: use the Bolt spell). So it’s more than…

By Jason Schreier Published March 2, 2020

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Seattle’s Big Comic Con Is Going Ahead, Despite Coronavirus Fears [Update: Postponed Until Summer]

Despite there currently being a reported 13 cases of coronavirus in Washington State, and two deaths, the organisers of the Emerald City Comic-Con have pledged to go ahead with the show, which is due to be held March 12-15 at the Washington State Convention Center. Updated: 3/6/20, 1:56 p.m. ET: The organizers of the Emerald…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2020

Culture

Oni 1, Reporting In

Victoria Zavershinskaya is an artist based in Russia who works for 1C Studios, creators of the IL2-2 Sturmovik series. You can see more of Victoria’s stuffat her ArtStation page

By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2020

Culture

FIFA 20 Pros Play Play Rock, Paper, Scissors To Decide Winner After Server Problems

Last week, EA’s servers were having some pretty serious problems. That impacted regular players, sure, but also pros trying to play international tournaments. At one point things got so bad for FIFA players that they resorted to playing Rock, Paper, Scissors to decide winners. As Polygon reported, amidst other players being unable to connect to play…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2020

Culture

Dead or Alive 6 Is Charging Players To Change Hair Colour

Well, here’s some bullshit: fighting game Dead or Alive 6 has, in a recent update, introduced a new form of microtransaction, in which players are charged real money to change a character’s hair colour. Then charged again to change it back. The move went live in the recent 1.60 update, whose big deal was that…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2020

Culture

The Week In Games: I Choose You, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon!

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX releases this week for Switch. A remake of the beloved 2005 Rescue Team games, this new Pokemon game is the biggest release in a rather quiet week. I love the art style for this remake. It looks so nice. Some of the artwork created for this game could easily…

By Zack Zwiezen Published March 1, 2020

Culture

Track: Queen Of The Rodeo | Artist: Orville Peck | Album: Pony

By Zack Zwiezen Published March 1, 2020

CultureShop Contest

‘Shop Contest: Pokemon Of The Year

As has been documented many, many times on this very website, I don’t know much about Pokemon. The games, the shows, the movies, the creatures. But even with my limited knowledge of Pokemon, it seems odd that Greninja is the Pokemon Of The Year. Your challenge this week: Make some images featuring the Pokemon Of…

By Zack Zwiezen Published March 1, 2020

Culture

Developers And Publishers Say Google Isn’t Offering Them Enough Money To Bring Their Games To Stadia

Google Stadia hasn’t been a huge success. One big reason is the lack of games. And it seems the reason Stadia’s library of software is so small is that Google isn’t willing to spend the money to get more games on the platform. As reported by Business Insider, many developers have explained that one of…

By Zack Zwiezen Published March 1, 2020

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All The Previous Times Capcom Remade Resident Evil 3

Resident Evil 3 is getting a big, fancy remake in a few weeks. But this isn’t the first time RE3 has been remade. Over the years, Capcom and others have recreated small and large portions of the classic game in various ways. Last year, before the release of Resident Evil 2, Youtuber The Sphere Hunter…

By Zack Zwiezen Published March 1, 2020

Culture

Sunday Comics: Totally Hidden

Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Feb. 27. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Originally published Feb. 24. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero…

By Zack Zwiezen Published March 1, 2020

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‘Shop Contest: Tom Nook On Vacation, Winners!

Vacations! We all want one, but most of us can’t really take one. Animal Crossing’s Tom Nook, on the other hand, has plenty of bells to spend on some rest and relaxation. So I asked you fine folks to create some images of what he did on his long vacation. Our winning image this week…