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Fallout 76 Players Throw Up Their Hands At The Return Of Heavy Bobby Pins
Like some cruel and bewildering joke, Fallout 76 players have discovered that the game’s latest patch accidentally re-broke something that had previously been fixed, and they are not happy Bobby pins, used in Fallout 76 to pick locks, originally weighed a ridiculous 0.1 pounds. Earlier this month, Bethesda finally patched them to make them weigh…
By Ethan Gach Published January 30, 2019 - Uncategorized
Some Smash Bros. Ultimate Players Still Can’t Access Piranha Plant [Update]
Piranha Plant, Smash Bros. Ultimate’s first new DLC fighter, went live last night as part of the game’s 2.0 update, but Nintendo’s unusual way of providing fans access to the character has left some players frustrated and plantless. Piranha Plant is free for anyone who buys Smash Bros. Ultimate before January 31, but the character…
By Ethan Gach Published January 30, 2019 - Uncategorized
GTA Online Adds RC Cars In Latest Update
Grand Theft Auto Online’s newest game mode isn’t about powerful supercars or big armored tanks. Instead, this new mode focuses on something tiny and fast: remote controlled cars.The RC Bandito is a small RC car that first appeared last month in the Arena War update, which added a whole new deadly game show to GTA…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 30, 2019 -
UncategorizedKingdom Hearts 3 Starts Off With A Great Self-Aware Joke
Kingdom Hearts 2 launched for PS2 in 2006, so fans have been waiting 13 years for Kingdom Hearts 3, which came out this week. It appears that the developers couldn’t resist getting in a little joke at the expense of everyone who’s been wading through spinoff after spinoff since then. Last night I started Kingdom…
By Gita Jackson Published January 30, 2019 - Uncategorized
Smash Ultimate’s Piranha Plant Is Sluggish But Fun
Last night, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate got Mario’s Piranha Plant, the platform fighter’s first downloadable fighter, and it’s a doozy. Piranha Plant’s moveset is a radical departure from what we’ve seen in prior Smash games, but thankfully, unlike those games’ downloadable fighters, this one isn’t overpowered. Smash Ultimate players can get Piranha Plant by following…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published January 30, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryWargroove Is A Very Good Strategy Game
There are two things you should know about the indie game Wargroove, which comes out for PC, Switch, and Xbox One on Friday. The first is that it’s a smart, challenging turn-based strategy game that’s essentially Advance Wars for the modern era. The second is that you get to play as a puppy who wears…
By Jason Schreier Published January 30, 2019 - Uncategorized
Cloud storage for PS Plus members will increase from 10GB to 100GB in February, Sony announced as part of February’s PlayStation Plus lineup today. In comparison, Xbox One owners don’t need Goldmembership to use cloud storage, and Switch Online is required for cloud saves on Switch for the games that have the feature available.
By Riley MacLeod Published January 30, 2019 -
UncategorizedHitman Headlines February’s PlayStation Plus Lineup
If you never played 2016’s Hitman on its own or via the levels’ inclusion in Hitman 2, this month’s PS Plus lineup will help you rectify your grave error. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active PlayStation Plus membership. February’s PlayStation Plus games are: PlayStation 4 Hitman For Honor PlayStation…
By Riley MacLeod Published January 30, 2019 - Kotaku EastJapan
Japan Is Getting Yet Another Hello Kitty Train
Last year, a Hello Kitty theme bullet train service began in Japan. This year, an airport express train does likewise. As Japan Trends reports, the train is a Hello Kitty-covered Haruka Direct Express train that transports travelers from Kyoto to Kansai International Airport. The outside is Hello Kitty themed and inside walls are tastefully decorated…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 30, 2019 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: I Don’t Need A Man
Every decent-sized agency has a “forgotten” artist: someone under their label that doesn’t quite get the investment that their bigger and more popular labelmates might. SM Entertainment had TRAX and CSJH. YG has iKon. And, perhaps most infamously, JYP Entertainment had Miss A. While Miss A had a relatively short lifespan—from 2010 to 2015—they left…
By Seung Park Published January 30, 2019 - Uncategorized
Smash Bros. Ultimate Update Adds Piranha Plant, Features Enormous List Of Actual Patch Notes
Nintendo’s patch notes are notorious for saying pretty much nothing. So the latest Smash Ultimate update—which also marks the release of Piranha Plant—contains a nice surprise: a lengthy and detailed breakdown of everything that’s changing, down to each fighter’s specific tweaks. The 2.0.0. patch notescan be found in full here, and really are enormous. Every…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2019 - Culture
A Very Studio Ghibli Road Trip
Artur Sadlos is an artist based in Japan. He’s worked on stuff like League of Legends, The Witcher 3 and For Honor, but alsothat wonderful Ghibli x Oregon tourism ad from last year We actually featured Sadlos’ work as one of the first ever Fine Art posts, butsince that was eight years ago I figured…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2019 -
UncategorizedMod Creates “HD” Final Fantasy VII Using AI Neural Networks
We’ve seen the original Doom made “HD” using AI neural networks, now it’s the turn of Final Fantasy VII, with a mod for the PC version of the game creating backgrounds that have 4x the resolution. The mod’s creator CaptRobau explains how it works: The Remako HD Graphics Mod is a mod that completely revamps…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2019 - Uncategorized
French Man Sentenced To Four Months In Prison For Replacing PS4 Price Tag With $10 Fruit Sticker
Sometimes, it is better to let dreams be dreams. A 19-year-old man from Nice, France learned that the hard way when he got the wild idea to take a PlayStation 4 off the shelf of a supermarket, walk to the fruit section, weigh it, print out a price tag sticker, put it on the box,…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 29, 2019 - Uncategorized
14 Year-Old Kid Found Apple’s Facetime Bug During Fortnite Session, Tried To Warn Apple
Apple’s massive Facetime bug, which “allows for users to eavesdrop on others while a call is still ringing”, was found as early as last week by a 14 year-old kid who was trying to get his friends together for a Fortnite session. The Wall Street Journal reports that Grant Thompson, from Tucson, was “setting up…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2019
