Eight New Teams Are Coming To The Overwatch League

Blizzard has confirmed eight new Overwatch teams for the Overwatch League’s second season. The teams will represent Vancouver, Toronto, Paris, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and three Chinese cities: Hangzhou, Chengdu and Guangzhou. An official start date for the second season has not been announced. These eight new teams will join OWL’s twelve preexisting teams, making a…

Conan O’Brien Asked Hideo Kojima For A Job

Talk show host Conan O’Brien is in Japan. When he’s not trying to get money from the Detective Conan series, he’s doing things such as visiting people. People like Hideo Kojima. The Death Stranding creator uploaded some photos of Conan’s visit to Kojima Productions Which included him asking Kojima for a job.

New Pokémon Card Set Selling Out In Japan, Drawing Long Lines

Today, the latest Pokémon expansion card set Super-Burst Impact went on sale in Japan. Long lines formed, and there were reports of sellouts. A special Pokémon Center only bundle with two boxes of cards, organizers and more also went on sale. As Japanese site Kai-You explains, the popularity of the Pokémon card games has been…

Popular Anime Wants To Know Breast Size Of Applicants

The second season of unexpected hit anime Kemono Friends has been announced. The show’s creators are taking applications from young women hoping to become the Kemono Friends star. The previous season featured many established voice actresses as well as newly discovered talent. There was also a spin-off idol unit, which also appeared as in-anime as…

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Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition Coming To PS4, Xbox One, Switch

Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition, the shrunk-down version of Square Enix’s RPG with adorable characters and streamlined game play, is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch, the publisher said today. The episodic game was released earlier this year on iOS and Android phones, with a Windows 10 edition following later. Kotaku’s Mike…

Why Does Everyone Want To Go Back To Jakku?

Mathieu Latour-Duhaime is an artist at EA Motive, and has worked on series like Star Wars: Battlefront, Thief, Tomb Raider and Deus Ex You can see more of Mathieu’s art at his personal site and ArtStation page Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their…

Gunship Looking For All The 80s Cosplay

Synth lords Gunship are holding a contest where fans can dress up as 80s movie characters, act out some 80s movies scenes and have it featured in an upcoming video. Basically Sweding, if people still use that word. The fine print is here, but you’re basically acting out scenes that’ll be played over the top…

Rebel Galaxy Outlaw Is A New (Cowboy) Space Shooter

Double Damage, the team behind Rebel Galaxy (and that awesome Star Wars pitch from 2016) have a new space shooter on the way. It’s a prequel called Rebel Galaxy Outlaw, and it looks very cool. The original has a lot of fans and is loads of fun, but I was always a little put off…

Two Point Hospital Is A Cure For What Ails Ya

EA clearly had no plans to release a new version of classic PC management game Theme Hospital, so Two Point—a studio led by some people who worked on Theme Hospital—have gone and done it for them. And while they were at it, they made it even better. I’ll spare you a long list of recollections…

Thanks, Burt Reynolds, For Helping Make Vice City So Good

Vice City is one of the all-time greats, and while we’ve got stuff like its soundtrack and setting thank for that, there’s also the under-appreciated fact that maybe the smartest thing Rockstar ever did to was to go and hire some proper celebrity voice talent. The GTA games have had a massive cultural impact, and…

Elite Dangerous Players Feel Misled After Developers Interfere With Big Expedition To Unexplored Space

The ambitious plan was guided by the collective curiosity of Elite Dangerous’ exploration-loving player base. A player-owned megaship would use its unique abilities to jump into a previously inaccessible portion of space. Thousands of players who had docked their ships on the megaship would hitch a ride. It was to be one of the biggest…

A Spoiler-Free Primer On The Characters In The New Spider-Man Game

Spider-Man for the PlayStation 4 is a game worth playing, even for someone only vaguely familiar with the popular comic series and its six movie tie-ins. If that’s you, here’s a handy little guide to the characters you need to know to get the most out of Insomniac’s web-slinging adventure. Before we get started, a…

Fortnite Monopoly Replaces Boardwalk With Tilted Towers

Monopoly is a board game that regularly ends with you cursing out your family. In the upcoming Fortnite edition, which leaked earlier today and was later confirmed by Epic Games, at least you’ll be able to take them out until you’re the last one standing. The Fortnite edition of Monopoly was briefly available to pre-order…