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CultureFinal Fantasy Tactics ‘Battleground’ Lets You Gamble Fake Money On Fake Matches
FFT Battleground is a Final Fantasy Tactics Twitch stream that lets you place bets on competing teams of randomized characters, all controlled by AI. The bets are based on fake money, which is good, because if they weren’t, there’s a non-zero chance I might have done some real damage to my bank account by now.…
By Ethan Gach Published January 14, 2020 -
CultureBloodborne Modders Restore Cut Boss Version Of Fiery Mage
Bloodborne players have faced the Loran Cleric before, but not like this. A beast-like mage who can summon fire at will, the Loran Cleric is an enemy type only found in Bloodborne’s randomly generated Chalice Dungeons. However, modders recently found references to the creature lurking elsewhere in the game’s files, leading them to a more…
By Ethan Gach Published January 14, 2020 -
UncategorizedSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate’s fifth DLC character will get announced this Thursday at 9:00a.m. during a livestream with Masahiro Sakurai. The game’s director will give a 35 minute presentation on the new fighter, the final one to be added as part of the current season pass.
By Ethan Gach Published January 14, 2020 -
CultureSquare Enix Delays Final Fantasy VII Remake And Avengers
Final Fantasy VII Remake is delayed from March 3 to April 10 while the upcoming Avengers game is bumped from May to September, publisher Square Enix said this morning. In a statement, Final Fantasy VII Remake producer Yoshinori Kitase said that game’s delay was for “extra polish.” The heads of Avengers development studio Crystal Dynamics…
By Jason Schreier Published January 14, 2020 -
CultureMight and Magic‘s 100-Player Auto Chess Spin-Off Comes Out Later This Month
Ubisoft has crunched the numbers on all the hottest gaming trends of 2019 and is ready to roll out Might & Magic: Chess Royale, a mash up of battle royale and auto battler, on mobile and PC on January 30. There’s not a ton of information on the publisher’s announcement page about the upcoming game,…
By Ethan Gach Published January 14, 2020 -
UncategorizedTrack: By Your Side ft. Sarah Rebecca | Artist: French 79 | Album: Joshua
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 14, 2020 -
UncategorizedNintendo Co., Ltd.’s new recruitment pamphlet looks like a child’s picture book. It’s actually a corporate guide and the pages seem to depict the character working in different jobs, such as doing office work or composing a score. The art style is fantastic!
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 14, 2020 -
Kotaku EastCosplaying Politician Elected In Taiwan
How many politicians can say they’ve cosplayed as Asuka from Neon Genesis Evangelion? Lai Pin-yu sure can. The 27-year-old Democratic Progressive Party candidate won a tight race in New Taipei City’s 12th District over the weekend. Taiwan News reports that Lai defeated former Taipei City Deputy Mayor Lee Yong-ping by 2,780 votes. Maybe a rally…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 14, 2020 -
Kotaku EastChinaIt appears that Chinese Switch consoles are locked. Tencent is handling the Chinese market, and domestic games, which read “CHN” on the Switch cards, are reportedly locked. This means international players will need to import Tencent Switches should they want to play any future China-only releases.
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 14, 2020 -
UncategorizedMcDonald’s Japan Introduces The Adult Cream Pie
The cream pie is a traditional, delicious dessert. McDonald’s Japan is rolling out a version at its restaurants across the country with some unfortunate innuendo. Oh no! In Japanese, “cream pie” refers to the dessert just like in the West. However, the English language “cream pie” slang is known in Japan (though, obviously, not as…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 14, 2020 -
CultureNintendo’s Theme Park Trailer Is A Trip
We’re only six months (at most!) away from the opening of Nintendo’s big new theme park at Universal Studios, Osaka. That means it’s time to not only get a big hype trailer, but some actual information on the place as well, including a very cool, very Mario feature. It’s a pretty good vid, hinting at…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 13, 2020 -
UncategorizedA Very Frosty, Expensive Game Boy
Artist Daniel Arsham, who in 2018 quietly collaborated on one of the sneakers of the year, often makes and sells very expensive, very sought-after stuff on his personal site. Loads of them are from his “future relic” series, where everyday pieces of tech and pop culture are reimagined as archaeological remains, and the next one…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 13, 2020 -
CultureModern Warfare‘s Australia-Themed DLC Will Now Benefit Bushfire Relief
After facing community backlash, Activision has rebranded Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s Australia-themed cosmetic bundle and will donate profits to aid relief efforts in the country. When an Australia-themed “Outback” cosmetic pack popped up in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s shop last week at the price of 1800 COD Points, it was, to say the…
By S.E. Doster Published January 13, 2020 -
CultureMinecraft Player Gets Electrocuted Every Time He Takes Damage
Congratulations, Dream and GeorgeNotFound. You have found the worst way possible to play Minecraft For a while now Dream, a Minecraft YouTuber, and his buddy GeorgeNotFound have been working on a way to attach an electrified dog collar to a human arm, then rig it via an Arduino board so that every time a player…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 13, 2020 -
CultureWith PS5 On The Way, Sony Will Skip E3 Again
Sony will skip E3 again this year, a major blow to the annual video game conference in a year that will also see the release of the next PlayStation. Instead, Sony said today, the corporation will attend “hundreds of events” throughout the year to talk about the next-gen PlayStation 5. (It’s safe to say it…
By Jason Schreier Published January 13, 2020 -
EsportsOverwatch League Commentators Are Jumping Ship [UPDATE]
Watching professional Overwatch matches can be chaotic. At times, team fights look less like coherent, role-driven skirmishes and more like cartoon characters punching and kicking inside screen-eclipsing dust clouds. Commentators play a crucial role, making sense of the madness to both esports fans and the uninitiated mainstream audience Blizzard hopes to attract. But with season…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 13, 2020