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CultureCosplayOh Boy Look At This Doomfist Cosplay
Or, more specifically, just look at the metal arm on this guy. This is Zibartaswith a truly astonishing piece of work, replicating Doomfist’s artificial limb from the lights to the mechanics Yes, I know it’s not the same size as Doomfist’s actual arm. But this is the price you pay to actually make the thing…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 31, 2018 - Esports
Overwatch League’s TV Ratings Were Low, But It Doesn’t Matter
If you followed the Overwatch League’s first season, odds are good that you mostly did it on Twitch. Over the weekend, the grand finals got airtime on television networks, too, and they didn’t exactly draw a Beholder-load of eyeballs. The Nielsen overnight estimates for Overwatch League’s grand finals broadcasts on ESPN and ABC are in,…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 30, 2018 - Culture
All Hail Crab Tank
Ben Mauro is an artist who has worked on a ton of stuff in both video games and movies, from BioShock to The Hobbit to Call of Duty to Elysium The images you’re about to see below are some recent personal pieces, mostly spaceships and some ideas on what war looks like in the not-too-distant…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2018 -
UncategorizedMan Beats Fallout: New Vegas Without Getting Hit Even Once
T Ronix has managed to complete Fallout: New Vegas—and the game’s DLC—without taking a single hit, all the while playing on Very Hard difficulty. The whole run took around six-and-a-half hours, and included some basic ground rules. T Ronix couldn’t: Take a hit from an enemy, whether it be melee or projectile Take a direct…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2018 -
UncategorizedEA Kills “Open Source” Version Of SimCity 2000
Earlier this year, a game called OpenSC2K was released on GitHub, claiming to be a free, open source version of Maxis’ classic. Turns out it wasn’t as open source as it could have been, though, because EA have had the game removed from the platform. As TorrentFreak report, the art assets used in OpenSC2K were…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2018 -
UncategorizedHell Is Watching Smash Bros. Characters Dance Like They’re In Fortnite
Our time on this planet is limited, but please spend a moment of it feasting on the internet’s latest abomination. YouTuber Master0fHyrule has made a lot of videos about Super Smash Bros. Usually they’re just lists, like this one showing off every character’s taunt or this other one showing off every character’s taunt in reverse.…
By Ethan Gach Published July 30, 2018 -
UncategorizedAnnual EVE Online Tournament Kicks Off With A Daring Bluff
On the opening day of EVE Online’s annual Alliance Tournament, one team used a clever bluff to secure its first win. The official once-a-year tournament is unlike all other EVE Online combat, since all competitors start with the same set of equipment. The fights take place on the main EVE server, but in unreachable star…
By Lee Yancy Published July 30, 2018 -
CultureNo Man’s Sky Horror Seems Friendly
Today on Highlight Reel we have No Man’s Sky NEXT clips, impressive Battlefield maneuvers and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! Catch up on…
By Chris Person Published July 30, 2018 - Culture
Steam Game Vanishes After Players Accuse It Of Mining Bitcoins On Their Computers [UPDATE]
For the past couple weeks, players of a PC platformer called Abstractism have suspected that something is amiss. The game has been accused of “cryptojacking” people’s machines, or clandestinely using their resources to mine for cryptocurrency. Today, after sustained outcry over the weekend, Abstractism was removed from Steam. Abstractism appeared on Steam on March 15…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 30, 2018 - Uncategorized
Five Ways Video Games Make Failure Matter
Video games are constantly trying different ways to make you feel like the game you’re playing has exciting, tangible stakes. Some are more creative about it than others. Without some sort of stakes or risk, victories in a video game feel hollow and unexciting. That can be fine for a low-stakes, low-impact game, but can…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 30, 2018 - Culture
Speedrunner Beats The Wind Waker HD In Under One Hour
Most players will take days to complete The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, but speedrunners do it much faster. Thanks to a year full of new discoveries and attempts by hard-working runners, The Wind Waker HD has been completed, for the first time ever, in under an hour. The new Any% world record—a speedrun…
By Heather Alexandra Published July 30, 2018 - Uncategorized
A Team Of Role-Players Is Transforming Destiny Into A D&D Game
A group of intrepid Dungeon Masters are building a Dungeons & Dragons campaign based on the world of Destiny, a sci-fi franchise about shooting aliens in space and hoping that they drop things that will let you shoot aliens in space even more efficiently. The project, D&Destiny, aims to be a totally free guide to…
By Jason Schreier Published July 30, 2018 - Uncategorized
Love Island Game Is All About Six-Packs, Banter, And Random Hookups
Love Island is a British reality TV show in which several glistening, muscular men with sleeve tattoos and unaddressed anger issues are sent to a sunny island villa along with several glossy-haired, incredibly basic women who I’m pretty sure have their perma-bikinis sewn onto their skin, and are then expected to “couple up” in order…
By Kate Gray Published July 30, 2018 - Uncategorized
The new 1.52.1 PC patch for No Man’s Sky fixes base reclamation, among other things. I spent uh, a while trying to scare up a base location over the weekend, so I’m glad to finally be able to continue progress in the base building quest. Hello Games says the fixes are coming to other platforms “as soon…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 30, 2018 -
CultureWe’re streaming Overcooked 2 live on Twitch. Come watch!
By Paul Tamayo Published July 30, 2018 -
CultureThe Internet Reacts To DJ Khaled’s Underwhelming Overwatch League Concert
DJ Khaled performed at this weekend’s Overwatch League Finals. The fans were not having it, not even when he yelled “Overwatch me!” Fans who gathered at Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Center this weekend to watch the Overwatch League’s Philly Fusion and London Spitfire duke it out in the League Finals were also graced by the musical stylings…
By Gita Jackson Published July 30, 2018 -
UncategorizedConflicted Feelings About The Mobile Game I’m Playing
If I’m commuting on the subway and don’t have two hands free to play Switch or 3DS games, I play a mobile game. Usually, it’s Threes, but sometimes another game takes its place. That’s the case now. The new game is Holedown I feel good about playing Holedown, because, really, I’ve played way too much…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 30, 2018 - Uncategorized
Gran Turismo Sport Gets Microtransactions A Year After Series Producer Said It Wouldn’t
Gran Turismo Sport’s July update is now live, adding a new race track and more cars. It’s also introduced microtransactions, something the series producer said last summer the game wouldn’t have. As of today, players can now purchase cars outright for cash as long as they cost less than 2,000,000 in in-game currency. The change…
By Ethan Gach Published July 30, 2018 - Uncategorized
How To Make Lots Of Money In No Man’s Sky Next
Unless you’re running tons of side missions, it can be difficult to raise funds in No Man’s Sky. If you’re not interested in farming or running errands, you might want to consider investing in cryo-pumps. They’re easy to craft and sell for obscene prices. The first thing I did in No Man’s Sky after the…
By Heather Alexandra Published July 30, 2018