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UncategorizedSad alcoholic dwarf simulator Dwarf Fortress is coming to Steam. Getting into this game will soon feel slightly less like you’re doing an arcane ritual. The Steam version will also have fully integrated Steam Workshop support, so if you can’t live without a tileset, you’re in luck.
By Gita Jackson Published March 13, 2019 -
UncategorizedIndie publisher Raw Fury just revealed a hilarious and creepy trailer for their upcoming game Atomicrops. It’s a roguelite farming simulator where players raise “ultra-GMO” crops and “defend the last farm in the post-apocolypse wasteland.” Cute!
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published March 13, 2019 - OpinionImpressions
Damn, Yoshi’s Crafted World Looks Gorgeous
I’ve been playing Yoshi’s Crafted World for Switch in advance of its March 29 release, and the thing that’s sticking with me the most is how just plain beautiful it looks. I know we all enjoy playing our Switches in handheld mode, but you should consider docking that sucker for the duration of your Crafted…
By Chris Kohler Published March 13, 2019 - Kotaku EastJapan
Studio Ghibli Producer Doesn’t Think Hayao Miyazaki Will Ever Retire
Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki said in a recent interview that he doesn’t believe Hayao Miyazaki, who previously retired and then unretired, will ever stop working. Back in 2013, Hayao Miyazaki stepped down from feature filmmaking, saying at the time, “I would like to do something else, and that’s not animation.” By 2017, his retirement…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 13, 2019 - Kotaku EastJapan
After Cocaine Arrest, Sega Halts Sales of New PS4 Game [Update]
Actor and musician Pierre Taki, who voices yakuza Kyohei Hamura in Judgment, has been arrested for alleged illegal drug use. Update #1 March 13 – 7:30 am: Asahi News is reporting that Disney is looking at replacing Taki as Olaf in the Japanese language version of Frozen 2. The movie is scheduled to open in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 13, 2019 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Night
A confession: I usually crank these out sometime past midnight, with a mug of tea, and the lights dimmed. Maybe that’s why my picks tend to skew toward the quietly emotive. Anyway, here’s one more. Eunji (not to be confused with the Apink idol of the same name) is an indie artist who released her…
By Seung Park Published March 13, 2019 -
CultureCosplayShowcaseWhen An Overwatch Voice Actor Cosplays As Her Character
Actor Carolina Ravassa has been doing video game work for years now, appearing in everything from Grand Theft Auto V to Max Payne 3 to Just Cause 4. But her most famous role is that of Sombra in Overwatch, one she’s now playing in real life as well as the recording studio. At Katsucon earlier…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2019 -
Uncategorized4K Version Of Metroid Prime 2 Is Using Textures Upscaled By A Neural Network
Just like we’ve already seen with Doom, you can use a neural network to upscale pretty much any old video game textures, and the results are amazing. Metroid Prime 2 is no exception. This 4K, 16:9 version of the GameCube classic was put together by BearborgOne, using ESRGANto help drag those textures if not into…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2019 - Uncategorized
Fans Imagine A New Look For Banjo-Kazooie
Artists George Crudo and Sean Hicks recently set out to redesign Banjo and Kazooie to give them a more modern look. Pretending that Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts never happened, the result is a cheerier, slightly Disney Infity-esque look that I am 100% behind. Hicks laid out the concept, after which Crudo made a 3D model.…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedIslanders Looks Like The Cutest Lil’ City-Building Game
City-building games are always so big, and heavy. Islanders is coming at the genre from the other side, pitching itself as a light, quick and breezy way to build some nice buildings then get on with your life. The approach is eerily similar to what Bad North did to the RTS, in that it breaks…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedIn case you missed me and Heather getting into some co-op mathematics in The Division 2, here’s the archived version. Follow us on Twitch for daily streams.
Paul Tamayo & Heather Alexandra Published March 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedTekken World Tour Announces Drastic Improvements For 2019
It feels like only yesterday that the fighting game community watched surprise South Korean competitor Hyeon-ho “Rangchu” Jeong crowned global Tekken 7 champion in Amsterdam. It wasn’t, obviously, but it was only three months ago, and the folks behind the Tekken World Tour already have new details to share about what competitors can expect from…
By Ian Walker Published March 12, 2019 - Uncategorized
The Division 2 Rewards Players If They Dance Together Or Do Other Nice Things
Ubisoft’s newest mega-game, The Division 2, gives players points and virtual patches for 125 tracked activities, some of them expected, some of them not, and some of them seemingly designed to encourage positive behaviors in multiplayer. That’s always a nice thing. The activities are listed in the game’s Commendations menu and give players many feats…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 12, 2019 - CultureTwitch
Top Apex Legends Streamer ‘Out Of Commission’ After Scooter Accident
For the past month, Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek has been on top of the streaming world. The launch of Apex Legends catapulted the former Counter-Strike pro into a higher echelon of Twitch popularity than he’d ever achieved playing games like PUBG and Call of Duty, bringing him up to 100,000 subscribers and nearly 6 million followers.…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedHalo: The Master Chief Collection Is Coming To PC, Adds Halo: Reach
Halo: The Master Chief Collection will soon include Halo: Reach and be available on the Windows store and Steam, Microsoft announced today during its Inside Xbox livestream. Rather than make every game in the collection available all at once on PC, Microsoft said the collection will roll out one game at a time, starting with…
By Ethan Gach Published March 12, 2019 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy Gunblades, Ranked
Seriously. Final Fantasy VII was the first game in the series to have guns. They added to the game’s modern and mature mystique at the time. Prior to that, the series’ weaponry was purely medieval, primarily focused around swords. But what if you could have a sword that was also a gun? Final Fantasy VIII…
By Ethan Gach Published March 12, 2019 - Uncategorized
Today I Can Finally Be A Tall, Portly Man In World Of Warcraft
After 14 years of playing either a svelte living human or an incredibly skinny dead one, World of Warcraft finally lets me be me—a large bald man with a beard. Update 8.1.5 adds Kul Tiran humans as an allied Alliance race, and that makes me a big, happy lad. Allied races, introduced in the lead-up…
By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2019
