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UncategorizedThe Ups And Downs Of Mario Sports Games
Mario may be known for his background as a plumber, or his recent adventure as a body-snatching fashionista, but over the years he’s also become one of gaming’s most popular athletes. With Mario’s newest tennis iteration launching later this year for the Nintendo Switch, it’s the perfect time to look back on the many games…
By Ben Bertoli Published June 22, 2018 - Uncategorized
Fila’s Official PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Merchandise Looks Okay
Earlier this year, Fila released official Pokémon sneakers in South Korea. They looked great, I thought. Fila now has a line of PUBG gear for the country. It seems alright. I guess. To be honest, I’m not sure what I was expecting! Honestly, I wasn’t expecting this. [Thanks Sang for the tip!] Kotaku East is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 22, 2018 -
UncategorizedBeing An Otaku Has Gotten Easier, Says Shoko Nakagawa
Shoko Nakagawa is a Japanese pop star, actress, illustrator and TV personality. She’s found mainstream success in Japan. She is also a proud otaku. “I knew I was an otaku from a very early age,” Nakagawa recently told Kotaku via an email interview. As a child, she says video games and manga taught her so…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 22, 2018 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Saturday Night
Let’s disco, baby! Solo artist Son Dam Bi’s greatest hit came in the form of this instantly addictive 2009 ode to disco, Saturday Night. This song swept Korea upon its release; you couldn’t walk a block without this nostalgic melody blaring out of every InnisFree and Caffe Bene. Dam Bi would follow up Saturday Night…
By Seung Park Published June 22, 2018 - Culture
Some Very Fine Art
Pablo Dominguez is an artist at Industrial Light & Magic, but he’s also worked for Marvel and Dreamworks. This is just a selection of fan art and personal pieces, not actual Star Wars work, but I thought it was so damn good it was worth a showcase. You can see more of Pablos art at…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2018 -
UncategorizedNintendo And Microsoft Are Rubbing Sony’s Face In It
We’re conditioned to expect console manufacturers to be bitter rivals, constantly at each other’s throats in a battle for market supremacy. But sometimes, the enemy of an enemy can be a friend. We got a reminder during E3 that the PS4, unlike most other platforms on Earth, does not support crossplay between consoles. That means…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2018 - Uncategorized
Proposed EU Copyright Law Could Cause Problems For Fan Content In Games
Yesterday, the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs voted to approve a controversial new copyright directive that, if made into law, could change the internet as we know it. Just one of the many potential terrible results of the directive, which tasks companies to monitor user-submitted content for copyright infringement, could be a radical alteration…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 21, 2018 -
CultureThese Dark Souls Bowls Are Going To Stack Themselves
Today on Highlight Reel we have self-stacking bowls, A Way Out glitches, Vampyr confusion, 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 June 21, 2018 - Uncategorized
Alliteration Algorithm Generates Genius Fortnite Frivolity
From recipes to paint color names to Hearthstone cards, everything is better when you make a bot do it. Check out how this machine-learning algorithm named locations on the Fortnite map. Fortnite only has one map, so the people over at Botnik Studios took it upon themselves to use their machine-learning tools to make an…
By Gita Jackson Published June 21, 2018 - Uncategorized
Which games had the best E3? The data folks over at Thinknum (a site, full disclosure, run by my friend Josh Fruhlinger) have some charts showing how game companies and their games did. The biggest trailers were for Cyberpunk, Fallout and The Last Of Us; the worst backlash was to Command & Conquer.
By Stephen Totilo Published June 21, 2018 -
CultureE3Mutant Year Zero Marries XCOM With Talking Animals
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is pretty long name for a game with a straightforward pitch: what if XCOM but with animorphs? While it’s based off of a pen and paper role-playing game popular in Sweden during the 80s, developer The Bearded Ladies have made it their own by injecting the inspiration’s DNA into…
By Ethan Gach Published June 21, 2018 -
UncategorizedDiscord’s New Games Tab Is A Lot Like Steam
Last week, Steam added new chat features that took a page from Discord’s book—pretty much the entire book, actually. Now, Discord has added a “games” tab that replicates some of Steam’s most pervasive features. And thus, the circle is complete. Discord’s games tab pulls together game-specific information from across multiple channels, distilling it into a…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 21, 2018 -
UncategorizedPeople Keep Trying To Win Fortnite Without Weapons
Winning a game of Fortnite is impressive on its own. Winning a game of Fortnite with no weapons is bonkers. The last person standing in the 100-person survival shooter wins it all. Most of the time, this takes a combination of gun skill, fort-building finesse and tactics. It’s not a thing a lot of people…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 21, 2018 -
UncategorizedEvery Big Game Coming Out In Summer 2018
Summer is here. Time to chill by the pool, hang out in the park, or post up on the beach for a nice breezy afternoon. Whatever you do don’t stay home because there won’t be many games there, unless you have a Switch, which is getting a surge of ports. I kid. Mostly. There are…
By Ethan Gach Published June 21, 2018 - Uncategorized
The Sims 4 Seasons Makes Your Sims Feel More Real
The Sims 4‘s latest expansion, Seasons, gives the game the rhythms of a passing year. While it might seem like a decorative change, after playing it, Seasons feel essential. Fans have clamored for Seasons since The Sims 4‘s release. Each game has gotten the expansion since The Sims 2, and getting to see spring, summer,…
By Gita Jackson Published June 21, 2018 - Uncategorized
Battle Passes Are So Hot Right Now
Pay-to-win games are garbage. Loot boxes are passe. Cosmetics are cute, but not a great incentive to keep playing. Game publishers have cycled through a bevy of monetization gimmicks aimed at keeping gamers putting cash into their games, some more successful than others. Now, more and more of them seem to be coalescing around a…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 21, 2018 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XIV‘s Director Talks Housing Shortage, PS4 Cross-Play, And Much More
Naoki Yoshida has become an icon to Final Fantasy XIV fans. When he logs into the game, his character gets mobbed. One of the reasons for his popularity is his willingness to get candid about all of the issues his game faces. Last week at E3 in Los Angeles, I spoke to Yoshida about some…
By Jason Schreier Published June 21, 2018
