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CultureTrack: Kiss Like the Sun | Artist: Jake Bugg | Album: Kiss Like the Sun
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 30, 2020 -
UncategorizedDamn, The Nintendo Switch Is Doing Well
Today, Nintendo released its financials for April to December 2019. One thing that sticks out is just how much of the company’s coffers are filled by the Switch. It’s not surprising considering a revamped Switch console, the Switch’s China launch and the Pokémon Sword and Shield juggernaut. During this period, software sales were powered by…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 30, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanThe Japanese Esports License System Is A Mess
In Japan, there is a gaming license system that defines what a pro player is. The system was established in February 2018 and nearly two years later, the awkward stop-gap seems like a mess. The reason given for creating this gaming license is to get around the legal restrictions that have prevented esports from taking…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 30, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanLive-Action One Piece Coming To Netflix, Eiichiro Oda Involved
The hugely successful One Piece is making the jump from manga (and anime) to live action. Working with Tomorrow Studios, Netflix has okayed a ten-episode adaptation. Tomorrow Studios is currently working on a live-action version of Cowboy Bebop with John Cho. That production is currently on hold after Cho injured his knee during the shoot.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 30, 2020 -
CultureGod Damn Just Look At This Anthem Art
Look, I get it, Anthem has not been a fun time, but there’s this beautiful and convenient thing with this feature where we’re able to separate the art from the gameplay and wonder, holy shit, even if Anthem does suck these character designs are amazing They were done by Volta, a third-party studio that has…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2020 -
UncategorizedBlizzard Cancels Overwatch League Matches Over Chinese Coronavirus Fears
Blizzard has tonight cancelled all Overwatch League matches scheduled to take place in China for the next two months due to the country’s Coronavirus crisis. The company issued a short statement which reads: We have decided to cancel our February and March matches in China in order to protect the health and safety of our…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2020 -
UncategorizedSoccer Star Has Sweet Street Fighter Boots
German star Lukas Podolski—who I’ll be honest, after a move to Japan in 2017 I thought had since retired—is still kicking around in the Turkish league, and doing so in style with this pair of custom Street Fighter boots. They were done by shoe artist Pierre Navarro, and turn a relatively plain-looking pair of Adidas…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2020 -
CultureGoose Game’s Creators Are Helping Reckon With Australia’s Past
Acknowledging that their studio—like everything else in Australia—is built on stolen land, Untitled Goose Game creators House House have pledgedto pay “at least 1% of our income” as rent to Indigenous groups. This is a relatively new thing in Australia, born out of an increasing desire amongst many to fully reckon with the country’s colonial…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2020 -
CultureBlizzard Owns Your Custom Warcraft 3: Reforged Games
It is a fact somewhat lost to time—though certainly not one Blizzard will ever forget—that the eternally enduring MOBA genre got its start in Blizzard games. Riot and Valve, however, ended up reaping the rewards of seeds that were sown by custom game-makers in StarCraft and Warcraft 3. After a 2012 lawsuit, Valve even got…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 29, 2020 -
UncategorizedCall Of Duty’s New Seasonal DLC Approach Needs Some Work
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s first “season” of content has been a solid offering of maps and modes, but it was held back by lackluster rewards and bugs. The season began on December 3, and with a brief extension, the season is now scheduled to conclude on February 11. Season One brought some positive changes…
By S.E. Doster Published January 29, 2020 -
CultureMonster Hunter Is A Perfect Crossover Game For Dragalia Lost
Mobile role-playing games love their crossovers, and Nintendo’s Dragalia Lost is no exception. It’sfiddled about with Fire Emblemand messed around with Mega Man. Today the free-to-play action RPG launches its most appropriate crossover yet. The Dragalia Lost x Monster Hunter event combines a game about collecting dragons with a game about hunting them. The Mega…
By Mike Fahey Published January 29, 2020 -
UncategorizedKentucky Route Zero‘s ‘Multiplayer’ Isn’t What You’d Expect, But It Fits
Surreal point-and-click adventure game Kentucky Route Zerois out on consoles now. While PC games tend to shy away from local multiplayer, Kentucky Route Zero features some multiplayer instructions that are new to the console version. Spoilers: it’s still a single-player game in the traditional sense, but its multiplayer option reminded me of all the ways…
By Riley MacLeod Published January 29, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsByleth Is Refreshingly Simple In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Byleth is here. Are you happy? Upset? I don’t care, let’s talk about how they play. Super Smash Bros. has always had a close relationship with the tactical Fire Emblem franchise, making Byleth the latest in a long line of sword-wielding fighters to join the Nintendo crossover. But a sword is just a small part…
By Ian Walker Published January 29, 2020 -
UncategorizedBioshock: The Collection And The Sims 4 Are February’s PS Plus Games
February’s PlayStation Plus games are a good bunch, with Bioshock: The Collection containing all three Bioshock games and their single-player DLC. There’s also, in a twist, a third game for PS VR. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active PS Plus subscription. February’s PS Plus games are: Bioshock: The Collection…
By Riley MacLeod Published January 29, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsWarcraft 3: Reforged Isn’t Much Of An Upgrade
The remastered version of Blizzard’s real-time strategy classic Warcraft 3 launched yesterday, and while I’m nowhere near as disappointed by the lack of enhancements and upgrades as the folks over at the official forums, Warcraft 3: Reforged certainly hasn’t impressed me. Warcraft 3: Reforged was meant to be a much more ambitious remake of Warcraft…
By Mike Fahey Published January 29, 2020 -
CultureMod Adds Mario 64 Dungeon To Ocarina Of Time
N64 modder Kaze Emanuar is back with another mashup, this time taking the Hazy Maze Cave level from Super Mario 64 and recreating it in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time as a completely new dungeon. Spotted by GamingReinvented (via NintendoLife), it has giant rolling boulders, spike traps, and fish hanging out in little…
By Ethan Gach Published January 29, 2020 -
CultureCuphead Fan Makes Awesome Stop-Motion Tribute
A fan spent four months working on this Cuphead stop-motion animated short and it’s fantastic. Running just over a minute and a half, the video shows Cuphead and Mugman making a mess of things in the Devil’s Casino after placing some bad bets. Creator Davy Productions said they fell in love with the bullet hell…
By Ethan Gach Published January 29, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsPillars Of Eternity II Is Okay On Consoles If You Don’t Mind Long Load Times
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is the latest classic-style role-playing game to make its way from PC to console. The console port of the 2018 game comes with a lot of compromises, but some negatives are offset by the turn-based combat mode that was added to the PC version last year. Out yesterday on PS4…
By Ethan Gach Published January 29, 2020
