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UncategorizedUncharted 4 In First Person Is Bonkers
Uncharted 4 obviously features Nathan Drake getting pulled back into the adventuring lifestyle (that’s, uh, the game), but the opening is a smattering of domestic moments with his wife Elena that sell that game’s emotional beats. It’s even better in first person. Modder thekempy has altered the emotional cutscene away from the limited 3rd person…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published August 5, 2018 - Uncategorized
Evo 2018 Guilty Gear Finalist Makes It Further Than Any Other American Player Has In Years
At least one American player tends to make it to the Guilty Gear Xrd finals at the Evolution Championship Series, but that’s typically where their journeys end. Joshua “Zidane” Rodriguez and Kyohei “MarlinPie” Lehr achieved this feat in 2015 and 2017 respectively, only to both get knocked out after a single match. But at Evo…
By Ian Walker Published August 5, 2018 -
UncategorizedModder Turns Dark Souls Into A Bright Fantasy World
Dark Souls has a reputation as a dark fantasy game where women fused to demons, cannibal executioners, and zombified humans make their home. But it looks a little more like a fun place if you pump the brightness and change some of the lighting effects. The video spoils the entire game of Dark Souls. The…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published August 5, 2018 - Uncategorized
This fall, Arc System Works will host a qualifying circuit for their annual ArcRevo fighting game tournament with over $100,000 in cash prizes. The world tour has stops in the US, the UK, Belgium, Denmark, Japan, and Singapore, culminating at the ArcRevo America grand finals
By Ian Walker Published August 5, 2018 - CultureShop Contest
‘Shop Contest: Who Did The Warcraft Bad Thing?
World of Warcraft is a game that is absolutely full to the brim with characters who are decent people and then turn very bad. This week saw Sylvanas Windrunner, the leader of the Horde faction, burn down a major in-game location. Or did she? This week is all about finding new culprits for World of…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published August 5, 2018 - CultureSplitscreen
What A ‘Live’ RPG Might Look Like
The next Dragon Age is going to be a “live service” game, but what does that mean for a story-heavy RPG? This week on Kotaku Splitscreen, we discuss. Kirk and I crack open the mailbag this week to answer YOUR questions about how to get into Dungeons & Dragons, how video game companies can afford…
By Jason Schreier Published August 5, 2018 - Culture
Sunday Comics: The Title Guy
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published July 30. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published July 30. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published August 5, 2018 - Uncategorized
Bayonetta Players Battle Through The Boos At Evo 2018’s Smash 4 Finals
Several Bayonetta players made it into the Super Smash Brothers 4 finals at Evo 2018 this year, although surprisingly, last year’s Evo winner and Bayonetta player Saleem “Salem” Akiel Young wasn’t one of them. Salem’s upset last year coincided with the longstanding debate over whether Bayonetta’s combo-linking abilities make her an unfair opponent, and after…
By Maddy Myers Published August 5, 2018 - Uncategorized
Arc System Works announced nine new characters for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle after the game’s finals concluded at Evo 2018. BlazBlue’s Nine, Izayoi, and Mai; Under Night In-Birth’s Yuzuriha, Mika, and Merkava; and Persona’s Akihiko, Mitsuru, and Labrys will be available on August 6.
By Ian Walker Published August 4, 2018 -
UncategorizedTwo ‘Gods’ Of Melee Get Hit Hard By Mere Mortals In Evo 2018 Pools
On a good day, Super Smash Brothers: Melee champion Adam “Armada” Lindgren seems unbeatable. Last year, at Evo 2017, he took home the top prize for the second time at the world’s biggest fighting game event. This year, long before Top 8, he got knocked into the losers bracket by Melee up-and-comer James “Swedish Delight”…
By Maddy Myers Published August 4, 2018 - Uncategorized
Evo Sidelined Marvel Vs. Capcom Players But They Killed It Anyway
This year’s Evolution Championship Series is almost the same as last year: the Mandalay Bay Convention Center is still packed with countless setups, players reigniting friendships and rivalries, and clusters of attendees erupting into screams during exciting matches. But Evo 2018 has one glaring omission in its lineup of official events: Marvel vs. Capcom Marvel…
By Ian Walker Published August 4, 2018 - Uncategorized
City Planner Caught Using Cities: Skylines Screenshot In Proposal
Cities: Skylines is a great city-building video game, and fans all over the world know it. It is not a hardcore city-planning simulator, but that didn’t stop one town development firm from using a screenshot in their brochure for a potential new town outside of Norfolk in the United Kingdom. In a wonderful article for…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published August 4, 2018 -
UncategorizedDead Or Alive 6 Is Less Sexualized, And More Esports
Despite offering a unique take on 3D fighting focused on counters and holds, the Dead or Alive franchise has never quite taken off within the fighting game community. It has a small but dedicated fanbase, but the game also struggles with public perception as the genre’s “boobie fighter” (probably thanks to old but memorable commercials…
By Ian Walker Published August 4, 2018 - Uncategorized
Fortnite Player Wins $86,000, Gets Supportive Dad Speech
Fortnite streamer Reverse2k won big in last night’s Summer Skirmish, a weekly tournament that Epic is running all summer, but the real prize was an emotional call from a dad. The clip shows it all: Reverse2k is talking to his dad, who opens up the convo with an exclamation of “Eighty six fucking thousand dollars?…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published August 4, 2018 - CultureShop Contest
‘Shop Contest: It’s Their Sky Now, Winners!
Last week was all about the changes in someone’s sky, and I asked you to show me some horrors that someone might, maybe, get to see in the giant procedural universe of No Man’s Sky. I was not disappointed. While I think No Man’s Sky is interesting, I’m just not that scared of the batbirds…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published August 4, 2018
