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Kotaku EastJapanIn Japan, Nintendo Giving Refunds For Tokyo Mirage Sessions After Family Friendly Changes
When Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore is released in Japan, the game will be based on the modified Western release. Starting today, Nintendo is offering refunds for its local customers. Last week, Nintendo apologized for not initially announcing that Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore was based on the family friendly Western version, recognizing that it…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 25, 2019 -
UncategorizedKotaku previously reported that Bang Dream fans were upset after a character in the mobile game suddenly revealed she had a younger brother. The character had appeared in Bang Dream for years without mentioning this. Responding to criticism, developer Bushiroad has updated the app and removed any mention of the sibling.
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 25, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanFor A Rug, There is No Better Dragon Quest Monster
Out of all the characters and monsters in Dragon Quest, there is no better one for a rug than Liquid Metal Slime See what I mean? The character’s liquid-metal part is a bit larger than in Dragon Quest, but it all works so well. As Famitsu reports, the rug went on sale in Japan last…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 25, 2019 -
CultureI Love Dota Underlords‘ New Jail
Today, Valve’s ever-evolving auto-battler received its long-awaited “Big Update,” aka the one that finally adds Underlords to Dota Underlords. But while I’m still figuring out how I feel about having a howling, fire-haired general accompanying my tiny troops into battle, I’m already certain I’m in love with another new feature: jail. In real life, jail…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 24, 2019 -
UncategorizedGoogle’s New Phone Has An Excellent Pokémon Gimmick
I picked up my new Pixel 4XL yesterday, and instead of rushing to test out the new camera, radar features or terrifyingly fast face-scanning, the first thing I did with the new phone was…play with some interactive Pokémon wallpapers. The Pixel 4 has an app called Pokémon Wave Hello, which is part Sword and Shield…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 24, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsA Halloween Journey To Heck Is Just What Borderlands 3 Needed
Today saw the start of Bloody Harvest, the first big event for Borderlands 3. After a month of hit-or-miss weekly events, this Halloween-themed update is a fantastic reason to get back into the game, with numerous challenges to keep players busy and, of course, mountains of loot to scavenge. Bloody Harvest opens for Borderlands 3…
By Ian Walker Published October 24, 2019 -
UncategorizedDestiny 2 is getting an update that will improve accessibility for subtitles. Later this month, you’ll have five different sizes and a multitude of colors and background styles to choose from. The goal, said Bungie, is to make Destiny’s UI “accessible to the widest range of possible players as we can.”
By Nathan Grayson Published October 24, 2019 -
CultureFallout 76‘s Paid Subscription Service Has Not Had A Good Launch
Part of Fallout 76’s controversial new paid subscription serviceFallout First is the addition of an unlimited Scrap Box, which is somewhere players can store all of their junk. Problem being that some players are finding that the Scrap Box is bugged in the worst way possible: They’re losing everything they put into it. There have…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 24, 2019 -
Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Dungeons & Dragons When You Have Social Anxiety
Dungeons & Dragons may have dungeons and dragons, but its real secret sauce is other people. Dungeon masters and party members make campaigns fun and unpredictable, forcing players into high-stakes games of dice-fueled improv. What do you do, though, when you want to get in on the action, but you also have a bad, dumb…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 24, 2019 -
CultureUbisoft Admits Ghost Recon Breakpoint Has Been A Disaster
During an earnings call Thursday, Ubisoft gave investors a brutally frank appraisal of Ghost Recon Breakpoint, its latest release and vowed to implement “significant changes to our production processes” to fix the game. In a prepared statement you can read online, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot laid out the reasons the publisher believes the open-world special…
By Joshua Rivera Published October 24, 2019 -
UncategorizedHello! I (Tim Rogers) am going to stream the PlayStation 4 remake of the PlayStation 1 classic MediEvil over on our Twitch channel. I haven’t touched this game since blasting through it on Thanksgiving Day, 1998, though I sure do have some “interesting” memories. Like, why did I play this on Thanksgiving 1998 instead of…
By Tim Rogers Published October 24, 2019 -
CultureTwitchTwitch Star Shroud Moves To Mixer
While it’s possible to split hairs all day over which metrics definitively determine whether someone is the top streamer on Twitch, there’s no denying that Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek is one of the platform’s biggest stars. Or, he was. Now he’s moving to Mixer. Grzesiek has a Twitch follower count of over seven million and a…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 24, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsAn Adorable Robot-Themed Role-Playing Game Totally Disrupted My Best-Laid Gaming Plans
Into a crowded fall gaming season packed with games I had planned to cover weeks in advance comes Destiny Connect: Tick-Tock Travelers, which took me completely by surprise. It’s an incredibly charming and cartoonish turn-based role-playing game filled with cute kids and even cuter robots. Out this week for the PlayStation 4 and Switch, it’s…
By Mike Fahey Published October 24, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Deleted An Endless Service Game And I Am Finally Free, Like My Hard Drive
Earlier this week, I finally deleted Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 from my hard drive, a video game that I had spent the better part of a year lying to myself about getting into. I played several hours at launch, not really feeling it but not really hating it. I checked in every now and…
By Joshua Rivera Published October 24, 2019 -
CultureUbisoft Delays Watch Dogs Legion, Other Games
Ahead of an earnings call this morning, Ubisoft announced that Watch Dogs Legion, Rainbow Six Quarantine, and Gods & Monsters would be delayed from their initial early 2020 windows until the next fiscal year, which runs from spring 2020 until spring 2021. According to a press release, the changes are to “allow additional development time.” The…
By Joshua Rivera Published October 24, 2019 -
CultureUbisoft Sues Creators Of Popular Rainbow Six Siege Cheat Service
Rainbow Six Siege publisher Ubisoft is suing 12 operators behind big-business cheat-making service MizuSoft, which advertises its “near clean detection record.” Ubisoft is demanding that MizuSoft take its service offline and seeking restitution, which could total up to $25,000 for each violation. As first reported by Polygon, the cheating software, pitched to “cheaters who do…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 24, 2019
