This BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Comeback Is Incredibly Dumb

Over the past few months, Arc System Works has been traveling the globe and showing off its next fighting game, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. Competitors have had a chance to try out the game before its May 31 release, which also means they’ve had a chance to produce footage where they abuse the upcoming title’s…

Swapping Out My Noisy Old PC Case Fans Made A Huge Difference

Usually when I hear the words “upgrade your PC,” I think of buying a new CPU or graphics card. But there are a lot of smaller, less expensive things you can upgrade that still make a pretty big difference. For example: fans. Last weekend I finally fully upgraded my gaming PC’s case fans, and it…

What happens if both players finish each other off at the end of a battle royale? In Radical Heights, you come in 0th place. Here’s the finale to a match where I achieved this coveted and mathematically perplexing score.

Overwatch Players Figure Out How To Play As Villains From New PVE Mode

Ever since I first got brutalized by an assassin in Overwatch’s new Retribution PVE mode, I’ve wanted to leap on my foes and claw holes in their chests. Recently, a handful of Overwatch players figured out how to do exactly that. Problem: they did it in the game’s competitive mode, giving them a huge upper…

The Studio That Announced Glover 2 Didn’t Actually Have The Rights

Two days ago, a small studio announced that they were bringing a sequel to the platformer Glover to the Switch. Then the shit hit the fan. Apparently, more Glover might happen—but not from the game development studio that announced it. Glover, developed by Interactive Studios and published by Hasbro Interactive, was released in 1999 for…

Some Fortnite Players Worry The Game Is Becoming Overstuffed

After Fortnite Battle Royale exploded in popularity, developers over at Epic Games focused their attention on regular updates that, some players say, has inflated the game with too many items. Sure, some players might appreciate boogie bombs, guided missiles, remote explosives and launch pads, but to players who prefer a more streamlined game, Fortnite has…

Fortnite Devs Completely Changed How Players Use Shotguns Without Actually Altering Them

Sometimes, a weapon is only as strong as we believe it to be. Fortnite recently saw a game-wide shift in how people use a weapon type, and it’s all because people are thinking about those firearms in a different way. The developers didn’t actually change anything under the hood, but everyone is approaching the game…

Star Wars: Battlefront II, Six Months Later

Star Wars Battlefront II stirred up controversy at launch with grindy progression systems and questionable loot boxes. Over the last six months, the game has added new modes and done its best to win back players. Here’s where things stand today. The lead up to Star Wars Battlefront II’s release is its own saga following…

PUBG Is Getting Map Selection

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is getting a level select, presumably so everyone can avoid playing on Miramar. The option will come to the test server soon, allowing players to choose exactly where they get to blow each other up. In a Steam Community post today, PUBG developers announced that a level select will come to the game.…

I Finished Monster Hunter: World Overnight With Your Help

Monster Hunter: World added a new elder dragon last night that can only be fought by working together with 16 other players. I was eager to join the hunt until I realized that my hunter rank was too low. I had to slay five more dragons of my own first. In order to accomplish that…

Fortnite Players Stop Waiting For Comet, Destroy Tilted Towers Themselves

Rumors abound that tryhard central Tilted Towers will become a crater at the end of the current Fortnite season. Some players, however, didn’t want to wait until the end of April to see the comet event conclude. Instead, these fans took matters into their own hards. Fortnite allows players to build structures, yes, but also…

South Korea Makes Corn Dogs Better With Tulips 

At Everland, South Korea’s largest theme park, tulips are in bloom. To celebrate its Tulip Festival, the flowers are even emblazoned on corn dogs. The batter isn’t corn-based like in the States, but is more akin to pancake or waffle batter. I’d never thought about putting designs on corn dogs before! Good thing this theme…

SNK Is Working On New Hardware Packed With Games

The SNK brand is celebrating its 40th anniversary. To mark this milestone and to thank fans, the Osaka-based game company is working on a “new game machine” that will feature a compilation of popular Neo-Geo games. In the teaser tweet, SNK Japan refers to the hardware as an “atarashii geemuki” (新しいゲーム機) or “new game machine.”…

The Sega Saturn Reborn As A Scale And Body Monitor 

The Sega Saturn doesn’t only live on in our memories, but as a bathroom scale in Japan. Japanese scale maker Tanita created this, which actually isn’t just a scale. It’s also a body composition meter The official English language description reads: Sega Saturn represented a leap into the new age of entertainment. Body Composition Monitor…

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Fight! Fight! FIGHT!

Sci-fi author (and occasional Kotaku weekend custodian) Peter Tieryas has a new book in his United States of Japan series coming, and once again it’s all about…well, look, it’s all in the name: Mecha Samurai Empire We did an art showcase on the last book, which featured designs by John Liberto, but this one not…