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CultureCosplayThe Best Cosplay From Greater Austin Comic Con 2018
It’s been a busy couple of months for Texas nerd shows, with A-Kon and Comicpaloozaboth going down, but that still left time and space for another, with the Greater Austin Comic Con being held in Cedar Park a couple of weeks ago. Cosplay photographer Mineralblu was there taking shots and video of the best of…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 27, 2018 - Uncategorized
Sounds like Sombra will be the next Overwatch character to receive major changes. In a forum post, lead designer Geoff Goodman said that her stealth and translocator will soon have infinite duration, but stealthed movement speed will take a hit, and she won’t be able to cap points while invisible. Still, quite a buff!
By Nathan Grayson Published June 27, 2018 - Uncategorized
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’…
By Ethan Gach Published June 27, 2018 - Uncategorized
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 27, 2018 - Uncategorized
Overwatch’s Trolls Are Losing
Overwatch players needed something to incentivize good sportsmanship and, yesterday, they got it. Blizzard’s latest Overwatch patch is toning down the hierarchy of skill and introducing a hierarchy of decency. It’s a masterstroke of features, all interacting to reward civility and cleanse the game of antisocial behavior. At its heart is a new “endorsement” system…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 27, 2018 - Uncategorized
Gamers from the Class of 2018 Graduated in Style With These Graduation Caps
The practice of decorating graduation caps is often seen as a rite of passage for incoming graduates of colleges and (now, increasingly) high schools. Students often spend months contemplating what they will include on their graduation caps, which on graduation day. This year, many chose to adorn their caps with inspiring quotes, memes, and song…
By Keoni Nguyen Published June 27, 2018 - Uncategorized
Fortnite Player Destroys Tilted Towers In A Single Shot
Fortnite’s notorious Tilted Towers—a high-risk, high-reward landing spot once described as “tryhard central” by erstwhile Kotaku editor/genius Patricia Hernandez—have been a target of players’ grimmest imaginings ever since rumors that they’d be obliterated by a comet started swirling in March. But still they stand. So one player took matters into their own hands. A Fortnite…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 27, 2018 -
UncategorizedPUBG Is Struggling To Find Its Place In A Battle Royale World
A declining player base. Multiple public-relations gaffes. And gameplay that still feels unfinished. Can PUBG turn its fortunes around, or will the game that launched a whole genre be remembered as just a flash in the frying pan? Last year, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds single-handedly caused the “battle royale” genre to explode in popularity. But Fortnite overtook…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 27, 2018 -
UncategorizedOverwatch Players Have Made Their Own Ways To Celebrate Pride Month
Even though Overwatch’s mascot character is an out lesbian, the game didn’t offer any Pride-themed events or costumes this month. So players have found their own ways to celebrate. When Blizzard released a holiday comic that showed the Overwatch mascot character, Tracer, celebrating Christmas with her girlfriend, fans were ecstatic. They’d already been writing fic…
By Gita Jackson Published June 27, 2018 - Uncategorized
The Sorry State Of PS4 Cross-Play
Right now, if you download Minecraft on Switch, you can play with any of your friends who are on PC. You can play with any of your friends who are on Xbox, or even on their phones. There’s just one glaring omission on this list, and it ain’t the Ouya. Sony, whose PlayStation 4 is…
By Jason Schreier Published June 27, 2018 -
UncategorizedSmash Bros., Ghost of Tsushima And 27 Other Mostly-Interesting Games I Saw At E3
E3, a show in which the future of gaming pretends to be in the present, is in the past. Those demos that may or may not represent the final quality of the games they preview? All locked up. The previews and round-ups by writers who hit reasonable deadlines? Published. And then there’s me, straggling along.…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 27, 2018 - Uncategorized
Winter Pool Parties Less Dangerous For Your Sims, And Other Patch Notes
With every new Sims expansion, there comes new bug fixes. Just before the Seasons expansion launched last week, The Sims’ team pushed through some fixes. Turns out that the expansion itself made a few more bugs, which they’ve fixed yesterday. Some of these patch notes are pretty funny. Here are my favorites. Sims were hosting…
By Gita Jackson Published June 27, 2018 -
UncategorizedSomeone Made A Pachinko Machine In No Man’s Sky
One No Man’s Sky player made a base that’s a working pachinko machine, just in case you wanted to play a game while you game. No Man’s Sky players are mostly twiddling their thumbs while they wait for the huge update that’s bringing true multiplayer next month. Some of them are still finding ways to…
By Gita Jackson Published June 27, 2018 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryMy First Hours With The Crew 2 Were Mostly Forgettable
Last night in The Crew 2 I drove from New Orleans to Manhattan in about 20 minutes. Behind the wheel of the free, workmanlike 2016 Mazda MX-5 the gamegave me to start, I zig-zagged between other cars because one, I was going 150 miles an hour and they were not; and two, narrowly avoiding collisions…
By Ethan Gach Published June 27, 2018 -
UncategorizedHeavy Rain Headlines July’s PlayStation Plus Lineup
I’ve never actually played a David Cage game; I end up watching them on YouTube since they’re already so cinematic. Could Heavy Rain’s inclusion in July’s PS Plus lineup change my trend? (Probably not.) As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active PlayStation Plus subscription. July’s PlayStation Plus lineup is: PlayStation 4…
By Riley MacLeod Published June 27, 2018 - Uncategorized
After a slew of complaints from PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds players over the game’s buggy new Event Pass, Battlegrounds is making some necessary changes ASAP: “Firstly, we’ve upped the daily XP limit and reduced the minimum play time required to count towards mission progress. We’re implementing these changes first on the test server.” today’s blog post reads
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 27, 2018 - Uncategorized
Fortnite‘s New Playground Mode Is Live And Here’s How It Works (Update: It’s Back Up)
Fortnite’s long-awaited “Playground” mode is finally live this morning. It’s a freeform, Minecraft-like practice mode that will feel crucial to players who want a less chaotic environment in which to git gud. As Kotaku posts this, Fortnitejust announcedthe mode is down for repairs while they “investigate some issues with our matchmaking services.” [Update—9:00 am ET,…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 27, 2018
