Don’t Expect The Outer Worlds To Be As Gigantic As Fallout: New Vegas

The Outer Worlds, the next game from the developers at Obsidian, might be the game I’m most excited for in 2019. Helmed by the original creators of Fallout, it appears poised to be the New Vegas successor that everyone has wanted for years. Just don’t expect it to be quite as vast. The Outer Worlds,…

Tumblr Porn Ban Leaves Artists And Fans Seeking New Platforms

On Monday, Tumblr will officially ban and remove all adult content from the platform. It leaves the community without many options, even the users who aren’t just there for the porn. When the news was announced that Tumblr would be removing all adult content from the platform, people were upset, even outraged. Although Tumblr said…

Twitch Sale Of Curse Media Will Combine Two Popular Gaming Wikis

Wiki site Fandom announced yesterday that they will acquire Curse Media, which runs gaming wiki site Gamepedia, from Twitch. Twitch owned Curse Media for just two years. “We’ve signed a definitive agreement to acquire Curse Media from Twitch, Inc; including all media assets and employees,” a Fandom rep said in an e-mail to Kotaku. Fandom…

Originally scheduled for February 22, Metro Exodus has gone gold and will now launch on February 15. Publisher Deep Silvercelebrates the announcement with the game’s haunting title sequence, featuring music by composer Alexey Omelchuk.

Ninja Addresses Fans Who Want The “Old Ninja” 

If you follow Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, you’re bound to come across those who like the “Old Ninja.” Last week, Ninja addressed the issue and, of course, he did it without profanity but rife with real talk. Besides these online laments, there are montages of “Old Ninja,” like this and this that showing Ninja’s previous streams…

Epic Games Korea Apologies To Fortnite Fans For Sea Of Japan Kerfuffle

In much of the world, the body of water between Japan and the Koreas, China, and Russia is known as the Sea of Japan. In South Korea, it is not. Russia calls it “Japanese Sea” (Yapónskoye móre) and China calls it “Sea of Japan” (日本海, literally “Japan Sea,” using the same characters as Japan). However,…

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The Next Pokémon Animated Movie Is Officially Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution

Earlier this year, this year’s Pokémon summer movie reportedly had a sneak preview for Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution. The movie has now been officially announced and will be out July 12, 2019 in Japan. There is no word yet on an international release and an official trailer has yet to be released. As previously reported,…

Overwatch Map Pulled After Players Get Stuck In Spawn Rooms

Overwatch’s Blizzard World map has never been universally beloved, but shortly after Blizzard decked its halls with holiday cheer yesterday, the map apparently decided to go full Grinch. Teams found themselves beset on all sides by busted spawn rooms and glitched payloads. Now Blizzard World is shut down. In Overwatch, maps have spawn rooms that…

Valve Says Artifact Exploit Had Little Effect On The Game’s Economy

The in-game economy for Valve’s new digital card game, Artifact, was upended earlier today after the company accidentally created an exploit that made it possible to buy its card packs at a heavily-discounted price. While Valve said the impact wasn’t huge, it’s led to renewed debate within the game’s community about what Artifact should be.…

Figma’s latest Overwatch figure might also be its best effort yet. Pharah will be out in October 2019 (!)

Hand-Drawn Strategy Guides Are Works Of Art

To celebrate the original Ninja Gaiden’s 30th birthday, Philip Summers has created his own 20-page strategy guide for the game, full of maps, tips and gorgeous illustrations. I’m in love. It’s available for a name-your-price download here He also did one for Contra earlier in the year if that’s more your style. Via Super Punch