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UncategorizedThe esports company Echo Fox has settled claims in a defamation suit brought by co-founding partner Amit Raizada. The suit stemmed from accusations made by co-founder Rick Fox, who left Echo Fox last fall. Editor’s Note: March 5, 2020, 10:42am: This item has been updated to clarify the resolution of the lawsuit.
By Ethan Gach Published March 4, 2020 -
CultureAnimal Crossing Player Becoming “Bellionaire” Selling Turnips
Animal Crossing speedrunner BrianMp16 is on the cusp of joining the 1% (in Nintendo terms, at least), as he’s about to get enough bells to buy a model of the town post office, the most expensive item available to purchase in the game. Its cost? A paltry 999,999,999 bells. As BrianMp16 wrote on Reddit (via…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Granblue Fantasy Versus
I love fighting games and wish more folks played them, but I also realize that they aren’t all that welcoming. They hyper-focus on a very specific kind of competitive player to the detriment of pretty much everyone else. Granblue Fantasy Versus is better than most at providing useful ways for beginners to learn and improve,…
By Ian Walker Published March 4, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsCloud And Sephiroth Face Off Again In The Final Fantasy VII Remake Card Game Set
With only the first installment of the Final Fantasy VII Remake coming in April, who knows when the video game will get to the final confrontation between Cloud and Sephiroth. The Final Fantasy Trading Card Game wastes no time getting to the good bits, with a special two-player starter set that allows players to relive…
By Mike Fahey Published March 4, 2020 -
CultureLegend Of Zelda Keycaps For Heroic Keyboards
All keyboards have letters. Most have numbers and arrows. A keyboard sporting GMK Hero, an upcoming keycap set inspired by The Legend of Zelda, can have all of those plus hearts, shields, swords, ocarinas, bombs, and hookshots. It’s like having a hero’s arsenal at your fingertips. Designed by Geekhack heroes mkljfox44 and ogWalker, the GMK…
By Mike Fahey Published March 4, 2020 -
UncategorizedJust in time for the third season of the Netflix animated series it inspired, PlayStation classic Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is now available for $2.99 on iOS and Android devices. It’s the PS Vita and PS4 re-release of the game, now with virtual on-screen controls, which everybody loves.
By Mike Fahey Published March 4, 2020 -
UncategorizedFormer Counter-Strike Pro Receives 116-Year Sentence, Which She May Not Have To Serve
Shayene “shAy” Victorio made her name on the Brazilian Counter-Strike circuit. ESPN reports that the former pro has been served a 116-year prison sentence in the wake of fraud charges. According to ESPN, Victorio ran an online store between 2013 and 2017. Her sentence was due to the charge that 118 customers did not receive…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2020 -
UncategorizedYouTuber Says He Didn’t Recently Buy 1,000 Rolls Of Toilet Paper
While hoarders have been causing toilet paper sell-outs in Japan, there has been a rumor that popular Japanese YouTuber Hikakin is to blame. The above image is proof of his mass purchase. However, this isn’t a recent screencap. Hikakin bought twenty-years’ worth of toilet paper nearly four years ago. Below is the original clip, which…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanThe PlayStation 2 Is Now Twenty Years Old
On March 4, 2000, the PlayStation 2 went on sale in Japan. Can you believe it? It only seems like yesterday I got my PS2 at the Yodobashi Camera in Osaka’s Umeda. The PlayStation 2 wouldn’t launch in North America, Europe and Australia until later. The console would go on to become the best-selling video…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2020 -
CultureResearchers Are Using A Video Game To Fight Coronavirus
With COVID-19, aka coronavirus, continuing to spread at an alarming rate, researchers of all stripes are racing to get a handle on it. This includes a team at the University of Washington in Seattle, who’ve taken a novel approach: a video game. The game, first released in 2008, is called Foldit. In it, players fold…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 3, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare Gets A Knock-Off Tamagotchi
Of all the things they could have added to Call of Duty, a Tamagotchi-style virtual pet is not one that I would ever have imagined. And yet, here we are. Call of Duty gets needy virtual pets in this week’s Modern Warfare store update, testing a player’s ability to multitask killing while caregiving. The Call…
By S.E. Doster Published March 3, 2020 -
Culture11 Year-Old Grand Theft Auto Fan Caught Driving Real Car
An 11 year-old in Blackpool, England has been caught by local police driving an actual car, all because a family member “was fed up with the child playing Grand Theft Auto all day on the Playstation”. Lancaster Police say the boy was driving this Vauxhall Astra (pictured below) around a car park, having been brought…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 3, 2020 -
UncategorizedChun-Li Is 52 Years Old
Street Fighter star Chun-Li was born on March 1, 1968. That would make her 52 years old this week, which is a damn sight older than she looks in any of the recent game’s character art. Which is fine! Much of the original Street Fighter II cast, from Dhalsim to Vega, have obviously aged just…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 3, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsCurse Of The Dead Gods Is A Roguelike Roguelike Likers Will Like
Curse of the Dead Gods, available today on Steam, punches all the roguelike buttons. It features most of the hallmarks of the classic dungeon hack while also including several mechanics that are obviously inspired by contemporary spins on the genre. It’s almost as if Curse of the Dead Gods has been playing through a roguelike…
By Ian Walker Published March 3, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsA Trippy Game Where You Solve Puzzles With Perspective
I don’t do drugs, so I’m not about to make any bold proclamations about the mind-altering properties of Infini, a new puzzle game out tomorrow on Steam from developer Barnaque. But the game is grotesque, thoughtful, overwhelming, and altogether trippier than any other game I’ve experienced. Infini tells the story of Hope, a being lost…
By Ian Walker Published March 3, 2020