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UncategorizedFirst Look At The New City Hunter Anime Movie
Iconic 1980s anime City Hunter has already been turned into several live-action TV shows, including a Korean drama, a Jackie Chan Hong Kong movie and an anime movie. Next year, it’s getting another anime movie, with the original voice cast. Here is the debut trailer. The original manga debuted in 1985 and was followed by…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 2, 2018 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: One More Time
Ten years ago, before Twice and Red Velvet and Girls’ Generation and 2NE1 and Wonder Girls, there was Jewelry. In the mid-to-late 2000s, Jewelry was all the rage; coming hot off the successful Superstar three years prior, they would release, in 2008, one of K-Pop’s watershed tracks: One More Time One More Time embodied Jewelry…
By Seung Park Published August 2, 2018 - Uncategorized
The excellent Game of Thrones board game is getting a major expansion later this year. Mother of Dragons adds House Targaryen (who start on a new Essos sideboard) and House Arryn, while also introducing the Iron Bank and a “Vassal” system to help with unchosen factions.
By Luke Plunkett Published August 1, 2018 - Culture
Just Spacin’ Around
David Heidhoff is an artist working at 343 Industries, the developers of the Halo series. You can see more of David’s work 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 professional and personal portfolios. If you’re in the…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 1, 2018 -
CultureI’m Not A Monster looks like a cool blend of XCOM and deceit-based party games like Werewolf and Mafia It’s a multiplayer turn-based game where everybody’s ostensibly part of a crew trying to save civilians from pulpy space monsters. Two players, however, are monsters in disguise. It’ll be out later this year.
By Nathan Grayson Published August 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
No Man’s Sky Planet Has A Giant Sean Murray Face On It
As Kirk pointed out earlier today, there are two No Man’s Skys. One is the game that shipped in 2016 to an increasingly hostile reception. The other is the more recent game that is inspiring people to build enormous monuments to its creators. This is definitely an example of the latter. Created by Roland Oberheim,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
I’ll Really Miss GameStop’s Elite Pro Program
Yesterday, video game retailer GameStop sent out an email to members of its PowerUp Rewards Elite Pro program saying that it is coming to an end as of today, August 1. Surely the end times are near. I am an Elite Pro. But not for much longer. My subscription expires in 87 days. At that…
By Ethan Gach Published August 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
June’s Best-Selling Video Game Console Was The NES Classic
The best-selling piece of video game hardware earlier this summer was not the surging Nintendo Switch nor the dominant PlayStation 4—it was a miniature version of the Nintendo Entertainment System. That’s the word from retail analyst NPD Group, which reports that “the NES Classic was June 2018’s highest unit-selling hardware platform, while the PlayStation 4…
By Jason Schreier Published August 1, 2018 -
UncategorizedThe Junji Ito inspired horror game World of Horror is inching ever closer to a real release date, and more importantly, is coming to Switch. Publisher Ysbyrd Games announced today that the game is coming to PlayStation 4, Steam and Switch in 2019. We played an early demo in January 2017 and loved it—check it…
By Gita Jackson Published August 1, 2018 -
CultureA Major World Of Warcraft Character Turned Evil, And Fans Are Freaking Out
There are heel turns, and then there’s what World of Warcraft’s Sylvanas Windrunner—current leader of the game’s Horde faction—did in a new short released by Blizzard yesterday. She torched the World Tree, a major Alliance landmark, and slaughtered countless innocent night elves in the process. Now Horde players are revolting. If you don’t really follow…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
Sims 4 Fans’ ‘Hot Guys’ Don’t Meet My (Very Low) Standards
If you’re playing a straight female Sim in The Sims 4, finding someone to date can be difficult. Many of the pre-made Sims are either taken or not that cute, and if you take a chance on a randomly generated Sim, you might end up with a hotheaded slob who hates kids. Luckily, you can…
By Gita Jackson Published August 1, 2018 - ReviewsMultiplatform
Chasm: The Kotaku Review
I went into Chasm searching for something that would knock me on my ass. What I found was entertaining, but nothing more. Plenty of secrets, hidden dangers, and mysterious evils lurk deep within Chasm’s side-scrolling labyrinth, which is made lively and vibrant thanks to some truly amazing pixel art. Halfway through 2018 though, there’s almost…
By Ethan Gach Published August 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
The Two No Man’s Skys
For two years, No Man’s Sky has been one of gaming’s great Rorschach tests. View it one way, and it’s a beautiful adventure through an endlessly fascinating parallel universe. Tilt your head, and it’s a janky hunk of junk built on a bed of LIES. That’s been the case since I reviewed the game in…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 1, 2018 -
CultureWe’re streaming No Man’s Sky live on Twitch. Come watch!
By Paul Tamayo Published August 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
A Quick Guide To No Man’s Sky’s Freighters And Frigates
When you’re zooming through space in No Man’s Sky, sometimes you’ll hear what sounds like a clap of thunder. That’s a freighter warping in. Freighters are massive ships you can use to haul loot. If you don’t have a freighter of your own it can be hard to figure out how to get one, or…
By Gita Jackson Published August 1, 2018