What Game Designers Love (And Don’t Love) About Souls Games

Put ten game designers in a room together and there’s a pretty good chance someone will bring up Dark Souls Lots of people like From Software’s Souls games, but few love them in quite the same way as the people who actually make video games. With the studio’s release of the terrific horror opus Bloodborne…

Switch Is A Port Machine, And I Love It

I’ve been playing a ton of old games on my Switch. If you own one, you probably have too. Now, sure, that is in part because the Switch doesn’t have that many exclusive games. But it’s also because Switch is a fantastic way to catch up on older ones. Today it’s getting Limbo and Inside,…

Diner Dash Mobile Is A Soulless Shell Of The Original Diner Dash Games

The original Diner Dash series taught me to persevere, despite what life throws in your way. The mobile version, on the other hand, insists that you give into the corporate overlord. I played a lot of Diner Dash when I was younger. Originally released in 2004 on PC, Diner Dash is a time-management strategy game…

Here’s July’s Xbox Live Games With Gold Lineup

There’s nothing too exciting in July’s Xbox Live Games With Gold. I will confess a deep fondness for Splinter Cell Conviction because when it came out in 2010 I’d never seen a game that projected the objective text into the world, and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. I still kinda think that.…

With Its Massive Cast, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Desperately Needs A Tournament Mode

When it arrives in December, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will feature over 60 playable characters from the franchise’s 20-year history. While this caters to both the nostalgia-minded and completionist alike, it has the potential to be a nightmare for anyone looking to host competitive events. As the Smash cast has grown over the years, so…

Overwatch‘s Latest Hero Is Wrecking Ball, A Hamster In A Mech [Update]

It looks like Overwatch’s newest hero might be who—but not what—we thought. Fans speculated that the first-person shooter’s 28th hero could be Hammond, a monkey companion to the genetically-engineered gorilla Winston. So it came as a surprise that Overwatch just released Hammond the hamster, who goes by “Wrecking Ball,” onto the game’s public test realm…

Appealing To Old Anime Fans In Japan

As Japan continues to gray, one thing is inevitable: anime fans are also getting older. That’s why Bandai is teaming up with an elderly goods maker for anime-themed canes Via website 1up Jouhoukyoku, have a look: In the coming years, products like these won’t be anomalies Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture,…

First Look At Bleach Creator’s New One-Shot Manga

Tite Kubo, best known for Bleach, has a new manga. It’s one-shot comedy manga called Burn the Witch In Japanese, the teaser site has the words “witch,” “dragon” and “reverse London.” That last one could also mean “rebirth London” as リバース (ribaasu) refers to “reverse” or its secondary meaning “rebirth.” Bleach, which debuted in 2001,…

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Pablo Carpio is an artist based in Spain who has worked with companies like Pixar, Ubisoft, Marvel and Wizards of the Coast. We actually featured him back in 2015 if you want to see some more very cool shit You can see more of Pablo’s work at his ArtStation page Fine Art is a celebration…

Capcom Ditches Guns N’ Roses Boss Names For Mega Man X Collection

In a new trailer intended to show off Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 and 2’s challenge mode where players can choose to fight two Maverick bosses at the same time, Capcom inadvertently revealed something even more important: the bosses in Mega Man X5 will no longer be named after the members of Guns N’…

Wreckfest Is Murder Disguised As A Racing Game

I first wrote about Wreckfest back in 2014, before it even had a name. Four years of Early Access later it’s actually out, and I’m happy to say the wait has been worth it. Having not played it for a few years, I’d left Wreckfest as a fun little oddity, a physics-based game where you…