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CultureNinja’s First-Ever YouTube Livestream Draws Over 100,000 Viewers
Tyler “Ninja”Blevins livestreamed on YouTube today, his first stream since Microsoft announced it was shutting down Mixer. The choice has fueled speculation about which platform he’ll make his permanent home going forward. Over 100,000 people tuned in for the start of Blevins’ first ever YouTube livestream, and his first livestream in nearly three weeks since…
By Ethan Gach Published July 8, 2020 -
UncategorizedDespite developers having to work around quarantine restrictions, World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands expansion is still planned for release this fall. During today’s game update stream Blizzard announced the eighth expansion to the long-running MMO moves from alpha to beta next week.
By Mike Fahey Published July 8, 2020 - Uncategorized
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By G/O Media Published July 8, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Chilling Edition
It’s Wednesday, but I’m just back from a few days off so it feels like Monday. Welcome back to our daily open thread. It was nice to have a few days off! I did many exciting things, like going grocery shopping, and cleaning my couch upholstery, and restringing my guitar. I also worked on some…
By Riley MacLeod Published July 8, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsDeadly Premonition 2 Is Incredibly Rough But All Sorts Of Charming
FBI special agent Francis York Morgan (call him York, everybody does) should not be a likable character. He’s eccentric. He’s self-absorbed. He holds lengthy, movie reference-filled conversations with a voice inside his head while the real people around him stare and shrug. Despite his many flaws, he’s one of the most engaging protagonists I’ve played.…
By Mike Fahey Published July 8, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanAnime Weathering With You Gets Its Own Official Motorbike
Last year’s hit anime Weathering with You is getting its own Honda motorbike. The company’s iconic Super Cub appeared in the animated feature film, and later this month, a real-world version is going on sale in Japan. The Weathering with You motorobike is available for the Super Cub 50 and the Super Cub 110 variants,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 8, 2020 -
UncategorizedRyosuke Yoshida, who most recently did game design for Devil May Cry 5 and lead combat design for Monster Hunter XX, has announced he is leaving Capcom for China’s NetEase Games Sakura Studio, where he’ll work as a Senior Game Designer on next-gen games. Yoshida joined Capcom in 2009.
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 8, 2020 -
Kotaku EastGaming PC Hardware Executive Dies At 56
MSI president and CEO Sheng-Chang Chiang, also known as Charles Chiang, has suddenly died. He was 56 years old. According to Yahoo! News Taiwan, MSI has issued a statement confirming Chiang’s untimely passing and adding that the company was assisting grieving family members. The Guru of 3D reports that on July 7, Chiang was discovered…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 8, 2020 -
CultureDonkey Kong Country Is Coming To Nintendo Switch Online
OK, we can all stop asking now (for this game, anyway). Nintendo just announced that Donkey Kong Country is coming to the Switch Online’s catalogue of retro games on July 15. It’ll be joined by SNES game Natsume Championship Wrestling, while The Immortal—which you may know more for its box art than the game itself—is…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsThe Full Adidas x Pokémon Collab Is So Good
While the odd piece has released through 2020—a pair of sneakers here, some slides there—what looks like the full range of Adidas’ Pokémon collab has dropped on the company’s Japanese store, and it’s great There are shirts, bags, shorts and tracksuits! There are multiple pairs of sneakers, stuff for men, women and kids too. I…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsFan Builds His Own SNES x PS1 Hybrid
We’ve recently taken a very detailed look at the “Nintendo PlayStation”, perhaps the most notorious of all unreleased consoles, but something from the same era that’s even rarer is Nintendo’s repeated efforts to create a CD-ROM add-on for the SNES, which ultimately came to nothing. As Chris said at the conclusion of his feature, “the…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsThe Last Jedi’s Director Made A Pokémon Go Trailer
Pokémon Go has made over $3 billion since launching back in 2016, and that kind of money means you can just walk out and hire Star Wars director Rian Johnson to direct a 30-second commercial for your phone game. Specifically it’s for Pokémon Go Fest 2020, and if you’re wondering whether this was a flex…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2020 - Uncategorized
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By G/O Media Published July 7, 2020 -
EsportsPokémon Esports Broadcasts Are Simply The Best At Reaching Out To Newcomers
Maybe it’s weird, but I enjoy watching Pokémon far more than playing it. I haven’t seriously played a Pokémon title since SoulSilver in ‘09, and haven’t finished one since Pokémon Blue way back in the ancient yester-year of 1996. Yet despite my apparent aversion to all things Pocket and Monster I am obsessed with Pokémon…
By Ash Parrish Published July 7, 2020 -
CultureBungie Just Made Destiny 2 Raids More Rewarding (For The Next Three Months)
Raids are some of the hardest but most rewarding parts of Destiny 2. If you’ve spent any amount of time playing the game you really owe it to yourself to see what these six-player missions have to offer, especially since some of them won’t be around for much longer. Last month, Bungie announced that a…
By Ethan Gach Published July 7, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsOne-Of-A-Kind Action RPG CrossCode Is Out On Consoles This Week
In October of 2018 I fell in love with CrossCode, a solo PC action RPG disguised as a retro 2D fantasy MMO. I put it on my top games of 2018 list, where Jason Schreier saw it, played it, and fell in love as well. On Thursday CrossCode finally comes out for consoles. Now everybody…
By Mike Fahey Published July 7, 2020 -
CultureGrab Watch Dogs 2 For Free On PC This Weekend
On Sunday, Ubisoft will show off Watch Dogs Legion during a not-E3 event called “Ubisoft Forward.” But that’s not all the Watch Dogs you can hound up this weekend, as Ubisoft is also giving away a free copy of Watch Dogs 2 for PC. Watch Dogs 2 carries over many of the thematic elements of…
By Ari Notis Published July 7, 2020
