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UncategorizedThis year’s TwitchCon has been canceled. The event was set to take place in San Diego, California in September, but “due to restrictions on large gatherings and ongoing concerns for the health and safety of our community, the Twitch team, and the local San Diego community,” Twitch has decided to call it off. Earlier this…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 18, 2020 -
CultureCyberpunk 2077 Delayed (Again) Until November 19
CD Projekt Red has announced that fans will have to wait a bit longer to play Cyberpunk 2077. It has been delayed until November 19. It was originally going to release in September. On Twitter today, CD Projekt Red apologized for the delay and explained the situation that led to Cyberpunk 2077’s release date being…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 18, 2020 -
ReviewsToysEllie From The Last Of Us Makes One Angry Anime Figure
Good Smile Company’s Nendoroid action figure of Ellie from The Last of Us Part 2 sure is cute when she’s angry, and she’s almost always angry. Good Smile Company’s Nendoroid Ellie, available for preorder through August with a release date of November, does not have a good smile. The company’s first-ever figure from The Last…
By Mike Fahey Published June 18, 2020 - Uncategorized
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By G/O Media Published June 18, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Shouting Edition
This has been a very long week, but it’s nearly over! Welcome back to our daily open thread. New York is set to hit “phase 2” of the city’s reopening soon. I was talking to some friends about what that means for their businesses—one owns a bar, and one works in a retail store—and while…
By Riley MacLeod Published June 18, 2020 -
CultureBlizzard Bans Thousands Of World Of Warcraft Classic Accounts For Botting
Blizzard announced yesterday that it’s pulled the plug on over 74,000 World of Warcraft player accounts involved in cheating. “The majority of these were found to be using gameplay automation tools, typically to farm resources or kill enemies much more efficiently than legitimate players can,” the publisher wrote in an announcement over on the game’s…
By Ethan Gach Published June 18, 2020 -
UncategorizedEA says it will ratchet up efforts to crack down on harassment and toxic behavior in its game. This includes making “additional resources and tools” available to its moderation and reporting systems. The publisher says in the past few weeks over 3,500 player-made, in-game assets were removed for being inappropriate and hurtful.
By Ethan Gach Published June 18, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanCondom Maker Creates Promotional Anime
Okamoto Industries, one of Japan’s biggest condom manufacturer, has created an online anime series to promote safe sex. Dubbed Condom Battler Goro, the show takes its stylistic cue from classic Japanese anime, including Dragon Ball, Pokemon, Fist of the North Star and Yu-Gi-Oh, among many others like Ashita no Joe. According to PR Times (via…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanAfter 30 Years, Namco Bandai Releases New Version Of Amusement Arcade Game
If you’ve ever been to an arcade in Japan, you’ve probably seen Wani Wani Panic. It’s similar to Whac-A-Mole, but with alligators, and is a mainstay of Japanese game centers. (Whac-A-Mole was invented in Japan and licensed to Bandai in 1977.) Originally released in Japan in 1989, Wani Wani Panic did come to North America…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2020 -
AnimeThe Time Studio Ghibli Stood Up To Harvey Weinstein With A Katana
Among the many things for which former Hollywood mogul and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein was notorious for was re-editing movies as he saw fit, earning the nickname “Harvey Scissorhands.” But when Weinstein was handling Princess Mononoke’s US release, Studio Ghibli wouldn’t be bullied and sent Weinstein a samurai sword to prove it. Back in a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2020 -
UncategorizedStudio Ghibli is releasing four films—Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and Tales from Earthsea—in Japanese movie theaters later this month. The movies will play at 372 Toho theaters across Japan starting June 26.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2020 -
CultureThe Excellent Game Of Thrones Board Game Is Coming To PC
Game of Thrones, which is maybe one of the best board games of the last decade, has long been a mainstay among my crew for its balance, ruthlessness and hilarity. And it’s now going to try and bring all of that to PC. Publisher Asmodee Digital announced the game today, and in promising news the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsHardspace: Shipbreaker Would Be More Relaxing If Not For The Bone-Crushing Space Capitalism
A growing number of games focus on turning monotonous work, like running a border checkpoint or renovating a home, into compelling gameplay. Hardspace: Shipbreaker, the new simulation game from Homeworld 3 developer Blackbird Interactive, fits that description perfectly. It tasks you with stripping spaceships under the constant gaze of a megacorporation that sees the main…
By Ian Walker Published June 17, 2020 -
UncategorizedSome copies of Persona 5 in Japan came with an official recipe card so you could recreate Sojiro’s famous Leblanc curry yourself. So here’s someone doing just that (you can also check out the recipe in full here). And if you’d rather try something a bit less apple in it, you could always try Chris’…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsDesperados 3 Is A Modern Stealth Masterpiece
It has been a weird and quiet year for video games this year, both because we’re in a pre-next-gen lull and, you know, everything else. Out of this downtime though has come a pleasant surprise: a genuine game of the year contender emerging out of the long-dormant Desperados franchise. Despite this being the third game…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2020 -
UncategorizedDeus Ex Fan Game Is Just About Cleaning Adam’s Disgusting Apartment
To help celebrate the series’ 20th birthday this year, Deus Ex fan Bear Parker has made a game with a deeply specific purpose: cleaning up Adam Jensen’s apartment, which as Parker says, has been “an absolute tip” for years. Parker, community manager at TT Games, made the short game using the PS4’s Dreams (where he’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsI’m Loving Pokémon Sword And Shield’s First Expansion So Far
Just a few hours in, I’m already enjoying Pokémon Sword and Shield’s Isle of Armor DLC more than the base game. While much smaller in size, it feels more free flowing and open ended. There’s a lot to explore, and plenty more Pokémon to catch, including a bunch of my favorites that didn’t make the…
By Ethan Gach Published June 17, 2020
