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Newly Discovered Super Smash Bros. Melee Technique Turns Link Into A Rocket
Super Smash Bros. Melee turns 17 years old next month, but that doesn’t mean the game has been completely solved. Sure, there’s an upper echelon of competitors who you can count on to win just about any tournament they enter, but there are also Melee players like Joseph “Savestate” El-Khouri grinding out new techniques for…
By Ian Walker Published October 23, 2018 - Uncategorized
Bethesda Tries To Set Player Expectations Ahead Of Fallout 76‘s Beta
Late yesterday, Bethesda published a letter to its fans that appeared to be an attempt to set their expectations for today’s launch of the Fallout 76 beta test on Xbox One. The letter covered a variety of topics, but the most notable was when Bethesda touched on how buggy its games have been in the…
By Ethan Gach Published October 23, 2018 - Uncategorized
Spider-Man’s Heist DLC Is Fun But Familiar
My favorite part of the new downloadable addition to the new Spider-Man on PS4 involves a hungry and exhausted Peter Parker eating a pizza on the roof of an apartment building with the city skyline behind him. Warring mob families, stolen art, a love triangle between the Black Cat Mary Jane can all wait. Everybody’s…
By Ethan Gach Published October 23, 2018 - Uncategorized
Rimworld, As Told By Steam Reviews
Rimworld was officially released last week after being in early access for five years. All these years, players on Steam have been sharing their wild stories in their Steam reviews. I love games like Dwarf Fortress, so Rimworld has already stolen a lot of my time. It’s management sim where you build a base on…
By Gita Jackson Published October 23, 2018 - Uncategorized
The Official SoulCalibur VI Arcade Sticks Look Like Candy, Work Like A Charm
While your results may vary, I’ve found that I play fighting games better with a nice arcade style fight stick. Hori’s SoulCalibur VI Edition Real Arcade Pro FightSticks for Xbox One and PS4are very nice, even if I do end up feeling like the guy wearing the band’s T-shirt to the concert. They’ve got nothing…
By Mike Fahey Published October 23, 2018 - Uncategorized
Inside Rockstar Games’ Culture Of Crunch
In the final year of development on Red Dead Redemption 2, the upcoming Western game, the top directors decided to add black bars to the top and bottom of every non-interactive cutscene in hopes of making those scenes feel more cinematic, like an old-school cowboy film. Everyone agreed it was the right creative move, but…
By Jason Schreier Published October 23, 2018 - Uncategorized
GOG Account Publishes Yet Another Awful Tweet
Yesterday, GOG, CD Projekt Red’s digital storefront, posted a tweet that included a hashtag that has been circulating to advocate for trans rights. However, the tweet was a promotional post about the storefront. The post was soon deleted, and today, the company explained the retraction. This is all familiar. “Classic PC games #WontBeErased on our…
By Riley MacLeod Published October 23, 2018 - Uncategorized
Early Versions Of Animal Crossing Included ‘Dog Policeman’
While Animal Crossing made its debut in the States with the eponymous game on the GameCube in 2002, the series started out a year earlier in Japan, first on the Nintendo 64 and then the Gamecube in 2001. While there are only a few differences between the two games, looking at early English language press…
By Gita Jackson Published October 23, 2018 - Uncategorized
I Can’t Believe I Ignored Monster Hunter: World‘s Arena Quests For So Long
When you’re a busy monster hunter, it’s easy to focus on the next big thing, whether that’s sieges against golden dragons or getting caught up in challenging event quests. That means the game’s other option, arena quests are easy to ignore. I’d been putting them aside for a long time and it might be my…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 23, 2018 - Uncategorized
Massive Tekken 7 Tournament Win Marred By Hardware Glitch
After 12 hours of intense play, MASTERCUP 10’s Tekken 7 team competition ended with the previous tournament’s runners-up finally claiming the title that they had almost managed to win a year ago. But what should have been a joyous occasion was tainted by controversy due to a slight technical malfunction during the championship match. Since…
By Ian Walker Published October 23, 2018 - Kotaku EastJapan
Spot What’s Wrong With This Japanese TV Screenshot
Akira Ikegami often appears on Japanese TV to explain difficult news topics or discuss history. He’s incredibly famous and has been on TV for decades. Earlier this week, he discussed French history. People noticed something off. On the recently aired Akira Ikegami Walks Through Modern History, he introduced Liberty Leading the People In Japanese, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 23, 2018 -
AnimeAnimator Keiichiro Kimura has passed away Kimura worked as a character designer and director on iconic shows like Cyborg 009 and Tiger Mask. He was 80 years old. In 2015, there was a Kickstarter for Go! Samurai, a hand-drawn sketch animation by Kimura. May he rest in peace.
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 23, 2018 - Kotaku EastJapan
The First Official Harry Potter Cafes Coming To Japan
For a limited time, two Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts themed cafes are heading to Japan. Called the Wizarding World Cafe, they will open on November 9. There are other unofficial Harry Potter cafes, but this is apparently the first official one. The cafe will have two locations—one in Tokyo and the other in Fukuoka—and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 23, 2018 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Nobody
Yours truly is easing back into things from a weeklong vacation, so let’s dip our toes back into the pool with a classic track that I already know backward and forward. And by “classic”, I’m obviously referring to the late 2000s, as that was the era that I first dove headfirst into this genre and…
By Seung Park Published October 23, 2018 -
CultureThe Art Of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
It’s one of the biggest, prettiest games of the year, so it’s a treat tonight to be able to share some of the work that went into the creation of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Below you’ll find a ton of art from Odyssey’s production, from characters to environments to 3D to animation to promotional. It’s not…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 22, 2018 -
UncategorizedFar Cry 5 Does A Great Half-Life 2 Impression
Far Cry 5’s arcade mode lets you build custom maps, and not all of them have to be set in the wilds of Montana. Some of them can be set on the outskirts of City 17. This map, called Lost Coast, is a fantastic recreation of the classic Half-Life 2 level. It can’t replicate everything,…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 22, 2018
