XCOM 2 Headlines June’s PS Plus Lineup

I’ve always lacked the patience for XCOM games. Maybe June’s PS Plus lineup will encourage me to give XCOM 2 a go, at least until I lose a squad member and quit in sadness yet again. As always, PS Plus games are only “free” if you have an active PS Plus subscription. June’s PS Plus…

Bethesda Announces Fallout: 76

The next big game from Fallout developer Bethesda Game Studios is Fallout: 76, the company announced today, and although the studio hasn’t yet said what it is, we hear it’s an online game of some sort. UPDATE (1:49pm): Here’s everything we know about the game Here’s the teaser trailer: From what we’ve heard, this game…

Walmart Leak Reveals Team Sonic Racing [UPDATE: Confirmed] 

Walmart has spoiled yet another video game announcement, with a listing this morning revealing the existence of Team Sonic Racing for Nintendo Switch. Earlier this month Walmart Canada leaked the existence of a bunch of other games including Rage 2 [Update – 11:00am]: Sega has officially confirmed the game is real with a new teaser…

Fortnite’s Shopping Carts Are Live And Here’s How They Work

After a months-long debate over whether Fortnite needs vehicles, publisher Epic Games decided to roll up and smoke players’ Reddit comments and add in a shopping cart. Patch 4.3brought Fortnite’s first vehicle to the game and it’s a total blast. The cart can be pushed and ridden, depending on where you’re standing in relation to…

Alola Version Of Exeggutor Comes To Pokémon Go With A Goofy Twist 

The Alola version of Exeggutor turned the Pocket Monster into a full-sized palm tree. The character’s design was rather silly! So is this Pokémon Go depiction. Earlier this month, it was announced that Alolan forms were coming to Pokémon Go You cannot see Exeggutor’s head, right? Hilarious, right? But you can see the full character…

Giant Deadpool Head Appears In Tokyo

Back when the first Deadpool movie was released, a giant Deadpool statue was wheeled around Tokyo on a flatbed. Now that there’s a sequel, a huge Deadpool head has been erected in Shinjuku. This is reminiscent of the huge cat head billboard that appeared in Tokyo a few years back Kotaku East is your slice…

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A Proper Pokémon RPG Is Coming To Switch In 2019

Aside from showing off two all-new Pokémon games for the Switch tonight, Nintendo also dropped news fans have been waiting years for: a full, core and proper Pokémon RPG is coming to consoles next year. There’s not much in there other than a reminder (a Pokemon RPG on a console was first teased by Nintendo…

New Pokémon Game Announced For Switch, Has Multiplayer & Poké Ball Controller [Update]

Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee are real, and coming to the Switch on November 16, Nintendo announced this evening, confirming previous leaks and rumors. These games will take players all the way back to Kanto region to collect the original 151 Pokémon, and they’ll feel very different than any Pokémon game we’ve seen.…

There’s A New ‘Free-To-Start’ Pokémon Game For Switch [UPDATE]

Pokémon Quest is a cute new Pokémon RPG, where you’ll be able to befriend the pocket monsters on the Switch. Update – 9:53pm: And it’s going to be available on the Switch eShop today. Pokémon Quest is a “free to start” RPG for the Switch, taking place in the new region of Tumblecube Island. In…

Street Fighter Was Almost Released For The 8-Bit NES

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection is out today. In addition to including the arcade versions of 12 different games in the series, ranging from 1987’s Street Fighter to 1999’s 3rd Strike, it also has an impressive virtual museum built into it, with some surprising revelations. Among other things, this repository includes the only known screenshot…

Oh Man This Persona 5 Figure

Good Smile Co., having already released a Figma based on Joker, have now moved onto Ann Takamaki. The extremely poseable figure includes three different faces, a whip, a machine gun and a fan. Out in November, she’ll be around $55

New Nintendo 2DS Is Very Legend Of Zelda

This is the Hylian Shield edition of the Nintendo 2DS XL. It’s out in July. I can see what they’re going for with the design, but…it kinda looks like a $5 cover you’d buy from a basket in GameStop. There’s a long history of very nice Zelda handhelds and consoles, from the golden GBA to…

Valve Removes School Shooting Game From Steam

After a maelstrom of controversy that had mainstream news outlets and an anti-gun violence charity weighing in, Valve has removed mass shooting game Active Shooter from Steam. The unreleased game drew furor last week over its shameless exploitation of tragic subject matter. Valve, meanwhile, took flack from fans and outlets alike for allowing the game…

Star Citizen Has a $27,000 Ship Pack

Star Citizen, a game that has been forever playable but has yet to be officially released, now has an in-game purchase that looks designed solely for the kind of person who would be betting entire planets in a sci-fi casino. It’s called The Legatus Pack, and costs USD$27,000. In real money. For all that cash…

E3 Bans Backpacks, Adds Bag Checks

Despite a sizable surge in attendance last year after selling tickets to 15,000 members of the general public, E3 2017 had some worrisome security blind spots. This year, the annual trade show-turned-circus is cracking down. The security section of E3’s website is now replete with all sorts of regulations that will hopefully make the show…

New EVE Online Expansion Offers Serious Risks With Big Rewards

EVE Online players have been officially invited to dive Into the Abyss. The game’s latest expansion revolves around newly-discovered Abyssal Deadspace, which claims to be beautiful and deadly new space to explore. Players can expect to find rich rewards and deadly new foes in this largely PvE-centric new expansion. Abyssal Deadspace offers a brand new…