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CultureWarframe‘s New Spaceships Are Powered By Portals
Adding fully-manned spaceships and space combat to a gargantuan online game like Warframe isn’t rocket science. It’s portal science. It’s also game development wizardry that makes my brain hurt. Warframe’s upcoming “Empyrean” update will include space combat that allows players to do things like run around inside their ship while somebody else is piloting and…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 12, 2019 -
EsportsSamurai Shodown Competition Heats Up At This Weekend’s Fighting Game Tournaments
Evo 2019, the premier fighting game tournament, is less than a month away, and players are spending the weekend getting ready. With their game having only released in June, it’s an especially important time for Samurai Shodown players. Nine-time Evo champion Justin “JWong” Wong hasn’t wasted any time getting up to speed after announcing in…
By Ethan Gach Published July 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedWraith And Bloodhound’s Backstories Are Apex Legends’ Best Mystery
Every once in a while, Apex Legends players notice that two of the game’s characters, Wraith and Bloodhound, both have a very familiar emblem hidden on their costumes. The emblem appears in Respawn’s previous Titanfall games, which might suggest the characters formerly piloted those games’ giant Titan mechs. It’s not a new theory, but the…
By Joshua Rivera Published July 12, 2019 -
CultureTwitchDespite boasting the most followers, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is not the undisputed king of Twitch. Data from streaming utility company StreamElements shows that Turner “Tfue” Tenney had six million more hours watched from April through June. In general, Twitch’s top five is in flux, with others like Jaryd “Summit1g” Lazar posting strong numbers, as well.…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Highs And Lows Of Spilling Drinks On Your Laptop
A laptop computer is an amazing confluence of technology, condensing an entire desktop full of hardware into a compact space. That space is an easy target for a cup of coffee or can of soda, and there’s nothing quite like watching liquid pour into several hundred or thousand dollars’ worth of electronics. It’s a fact…
By Mike Fahey Published July 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedStop Freaking Livestreaming While Driving
A worst-case scenario: being the subject of a video on thesubreddit Livestream Failtitled “Guy wrecks car while reading Twitch chat and driving.” In the 2018 video, a Twitch streamer named Jaystreazy is at the wheel of his car, rapidly shifting his eyes between the road and what is presumably a mounted phone screen displaying a…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published July 12, 2019 -
CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for going to a sensory deprivation tank, which will either awaken my latent superpowers or drive me mad. What better way to celebrate either outcome than with video games? I’m excited to check out Griftlands, the new game from Klei, developers of some of my favorite games like Mark of the Ninja…
By Riley MacLeod Published July 12, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryA Noble Stranger Stayed By My Side While I Died In Fallout 76
You do not want me in your Nuclear Winter squad. I have a penchant for switching my drop location at the last second, landing on the map hundreds of meters away from my teammates. I’m never on mic. And I’m terrible at staying hidden. But none of this stopped another player, let’s call him Bill,…
By Ethan Gach Published July 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedFinal Fantasy IX Retrospective: The Final Fantasy‘s Final Fantasy
You know when you’re playing around with a new recipe and you fall in love with one particular spice? Call it cumin. You find every recipe that makes sense with cumin, and eventually, you grow so obsessed with it that you just keep adding it to all of your dinners for a month straight, until…
By Jason Schreier Published July 12, 2019 -
CultureMinecraft Earth Gameplay Looks Adorable
Minecraft Earth, an augmented reality mobile game based on the hugely popular series, is coming to a closed beta later this summer. To tide you over, Mojang released a short video yesterday on that shows off some gameplay. It’s incredibly charming. So far, all we’ve seen of Minecraft Earth is the admittedly impressive augmented reality…
By Gita Jackson Published July 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedFirst Look At The New Death Note One-Shot Manga
Death Note ended in 2006, but manga artist Takeshi Obata is bringing it back for a one-shot manga. Obata collaborated with writer Tsugumi Ohba to create the manga back in 2003. At a new art exhibition celebrating Obata’s work, panels from the forthcoming manga were on display. One-shot manga are standalone releases and not serialized…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 12, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanStay In A Japanese Castle For Only $9,000 A Night
Starting next year, Ozu Castle in Ehime Prefecture will open its doors to tourists willing to cough up a cool 1 million yen ($9,250) per couple for a night’s stay. This is not the only castle in Japan that will begin offering accommodations next year. Ozu Castle was originally built in 1331. According to Nikkei,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 12, 2019 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Shining Road
Shining Road, from the long-running indie band Sultan Of The Disco, is a retro powerhouse. The video game-reminiscent music video is just an added bonus. Sultan Of The Disco is a five-member band which debuted in 2007. Although it fluctuates, their current lineup consists of Nazahm Sue, J.J. Hassan, Kim Kanji, G, and Hongki (all…
By Seung Park Published July 12, 2019 -
CultureTurboGrafx-16 Mini Launches In March With 50-ish Games
You’ll be able to complete the trifecta of tiny 16-bit throwback systems on March 19, 2020, when Konami releases the TurboGrafx-16 Mini. It’ll include Dracula X, Bonk’s Revenge, Gradius and many more games, including many Japanese exclusives. Konami said today that it will sell the device exclusively through Amazon, with preorders opening up on Monday,…
By Chris Kohler Published July 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedBig Halo Mod Drags The PC’s 2003 Original Into 2019
There’s an official Halo remaster coming soon, but if you can’t wait that long, you could always try SPV3, a “total overhaul” of the 2003 PC version of the original game that changes…well, pretty much everything. In addition to a visual overhaul (which isn’t as sweeping as MCC’s official work but is still impressive!) there…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 11, 2019
