In Latest WarioWare, Nintendo Swaps Out Virtual Boy For Wii U

It’s nice to see that Nintendo has the ability to laugh at itself a little. 9-Volt is a recurring character in the WaroWare series who loves Nintendo and classic games. “Hey! My name is 9-Volt! I’m the grade-schooler gone old school,” he says while introducing himself in 2003’s WarioWare, Inc. He even keeps a Virtual…

Splatoon 2 Player Hacks Game To Show Nintendo How Easy It Is

Last week, Splatoon 2 players noticed something strange about the leaderboard for competitive play. The top four names on the list spelled out “Please add anti cheat,” courtesy of a hacker with a simple request. This hacker later told players that this wasn’t just a joke. He wanted to send a message to Nintendo about…

Hands-On With Days Gone: Fun, But Kind Of Generic

Yesterday, I checked out a handful of upcoming PlayStation games and finally got to play Days Gone. Zombie apocalypses seem a dime a dozen these days, and while the setting and characters felt generic, the teeming zombie hordes are some of the most terrifying I’ve ever faced. Days Gone is an upcoming action-survival game by…

The Culling 2 Tanks So Hard That Developers Pull Game From Steam

The Culling 2 released last week and, right away, it tanked. After a week of negative reviews and its online player-base dropping into the single digits, The Culling 2’s creators at Xaviant Games have pulled the plug. According to the studio’s YouTube video announcement today, anyone who purchased the $20 game across Xbox One, PS4,…

The Unexpected Difficulty Of Choosing Who To Play As In Hunting Simulator

I’ve always been curious about hunting sims, mostly because I want to vicariously wander around the woods. I’m excited to check a recent one that just got ported to the Switch, but right now I can’t decide which character to pick. Hunting Simulator launched for consoles and PC last year and arrived on Switch last…

Despite Its Best Efforts, NBA 2K League Can’t Beat The Real Thing

The NBA is doing its best to put the “sports” into esports. For the past two months, the NBA has run the first video game league sponsored by a major sport, NBA 2K League, featuring 17 teams connected to franchises within the association. But sports simulation games, despite seeming like an obvious choice to go…

The Makers Of Nintendo’s Latest Hidden Gem Worry People Missed It

“I really only know about what people are saying online,” Nintendo producer Kensuke Tanabe recently told me over e-mail while discussing how people were responding to his newest game. “What I see personally is that many people are not aware that this game has been released, and I want more people to play this game.”…

What ‘Women Only’ Overwatch Groups Are Actually Like

As someone who is both a journalist and gamer, I enjoy tossing myself into the hell pits of online shit cans and sorting through the garbage for meaning. Over the last week, that pit has consisted of “egirls only,” “hot egirls only 18+,” “only hot girls 420,” “[Name redacted’s] feminist island 2/2/2 girls only,” and…

Retro Style GIFs That Celebrate Beloved Japanese Games 

Over the years, I’ve seen some amazing retro style GIFS, but I’ve never seen anything like these. Artist Kutsuwa creates some pixel-style dioramas, with the action unfolding in short GIFs. The result is amazing and charming. I love these For more, check out Kutsuwa’s Tumblr site Wanpaku Pixels Kotaku East is your slice of Asian…

PUBG Apologizes For Rising Sun Imagery In Mobile Game

This past Saturday, a weapon and mask pack was released for Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds Mobile. That same day, PUBG’s creators recalled the item pack, released an apology and began issuing refunds. The pack included a pilot’s mask, which you can see below, via South Korean site Bzit The pilot’s mask appears to have rising sun imagery.…

If Barbie Were A Gundam Figure

Then, maybe it would look something like this? Custom model maker Akira Tange originally created this piece titled “Gundam Shojo” for Japan’s Wonder Festival figure event. Have a look: However, according to Twitter user Octopus Catcher, it now seems this piece won’t be at Wonder Festival. Bummer! Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet…

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Bro, Relax

André Lima Araújo is a comics artist from Portugal who has worked on series like Black Panther and Generation Gone, which he co-created. You can see more of Araújo’s work at his personal site Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their professional and personal…

You Can Now Play Most Of World Of Warcraft Just By Subscribing

World of Warcraft has finally gotten with the times. You can now play the game and all but one of its expansion packs just by paying the monthly $15 fee. As of today, you can play World of Warcraft and every expansion except the most current one—in this case Battle For Azeroth, which isn’t out…

FTL Fans, Crying Suns Is Here For You

Ever since FTL first came out, I’ve been wanting a game just like it, only with more stuff to do. Crying Suns is out here trying to do just that. An upcoming game from a team of French indies, it’s very similar to FTL in that it’s a sci-fi roguelike game where you’re in command…

Looks Like Fortnite Is Getting Kart Cosmetics

Some data mining of Fortnite’s code has discovered that Epic is testing the idea of customising the appearance of the game’s golf karts. Here’s the code in question: Who knows how something like this would work, since the karts are shared on the map instead of dropping alongside you. Maybe they’ll just spawn now with random…