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The Year In Old Games, 2017
This year was a pretty damn good one for new video games. It was also great for old ones! The flip side of video games’ ever-advancing technological virtuosity is that older games tend to go out of print very quickly. Sure, you can wade into the world of emulators and Raspberries Pi, but it’s nice…
By Chris Kohler Published December 19, 2017 - Uncategorized
Ten Video Game Alloys That May Or May Not Be What The US Government Apparently Has
This weekend, the New York Times reportedon the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, which apparently found unidentifiable alien alloys. While we have no clue what the hell those alloys are, here are some video game alloys that might as well be real now. The information the New York Times outlines a strange alloy that caused…
By Heather Alexandra Published December 19, 2017 - Uncategorized
Gwent’s midwinter update is out today on PC, Xbox One, and PS4. The Witcher 3-based card game is getting balancing tweaks as well as some new features like adaily quest system and new deck builder interface. The game’s third holiday event, Midwinter Hunt, is also live. You can find the complete patch notes here.
By Ethan Gach Published December 19, 2017 -
UncategorizedPerma-Permadeath Game Upsilon Circuit Gets Canceled
Upsilon Circuit was to be a game where, if you died once, you died forever and could never play again. Now it’s dead. The game, announced in 2015, was to be part-multiplayer fantasy RPG, part-game show, and part-Twitch Plays Pokemon. While two teams competed to explore, fight monsters, and collect treasure, an audience would watch…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 19, 2017 - Uncategorized
SaGa Frontier Director Says Ending In The Middle Of The Final Boss Was Intentional
Square Enix’s Akitoshi Kawazu, director of the SaGa series, says he doesn’t want to go back to Final Fantasy. He hopes to bring more SaGa games to the West. And, believe it or not, that jarring ending to Blue’s campaign in SaGa Frontier was totally intentional. In 2016, Square released a mobile remake of Romancing…
By Jason Schreier Published December 19, 2017 -
UncategorizedUbisoft Changes For Honor‘s Boob-Groping Emote [UPDATE]
Medieval fighting game For Honor is no-holds-barred gore and grime. So yesterday when the game replaced one of its racier emotes with a more tempered one, fans were a little peeved. For Honor’s Valkyrie hero is a beefy lady who fights with a spear and shield. Last month, she received a new execution, an emote…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published December 19, 2017 -
UncategorizedL.A. Noire VR Is Great, Except For The Damn Hat
With on-screen hands used for everything from drawing weapons to flipping the siren on a patrol car, L.A. Noire: VR Case Files nails one of the main features I look for in a virtual reality port. But it also has this hat. L.A. Noire: VR Case Files takes a selection of cases from the non-VR…
By Mike Fahey Published December 19, 2017 - Esports
10-Year-Old Street Fighter Prodigy Pops Off On Daigo’s Show
The future of Street Fighter depends on its newcomers, many of whom come up as children that simply play fighting games for fun. One such kid, a 10-year-old named Asuna, made an appearance on Daigo Umehara’s live stream last week to test her burgeoning Street Fighter V skills. During her visit to the BeasTV set,…
By Ian Walker Published December 19, 2017 - Uncategorized
The Dungeons & Dragons movie that’s been in pre-productionbasically foreverjust got a release date on July 23rd, 2021, io9 reports. Paramount Studios also set dates for the new G.I. Joe movie (March 27th, 2020) and Micronauts (October 16th, 2020).
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published December 19, 2017 - Uncategorized
LucasArts’ 1987 point-and-click adventure Maniac Mansion is now on Steam for the first time. The inspiration for things like this year’s Thimbleweed Park, Maniac Mansion is a witty puzzle game about aliens and 80s teens that’s worth checking out even if you’re not a big fan of the point-and-click genre.
By Ethan Gach Published December 19, 2017 - Uncategorized
Catherine Is Being Remade For The PS4 & Vita
Atlus’ cult PS3 hit Catherine is being remade for the PS4 and PlayStation Vita, the publisher announced today. First released in 2011, Catherine wasn’t just a pretty good action/puzzle game; it had a stylish, confident approach to sex and adult relationships that remains fresh even today. Persona 5 director Katsura Hashino is in charge of…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 19, 2017 - Culture
Ah, Persona 4
Baj Singh is a character artist at Creative Assembly, where he’s worked on stuff like the Total War series. You can see more of Baj’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 18, 2017 -
Uncategorized2017’s Good Video Games, In Under Two Minutes
As 2017 draws to a close, let’s try and forget for a moment the hellscape of our daily existence, and instead look back on a year that was full of some damn good video games. As he has for the last five years, reader Malcolm Klockhas put together this tl;dr compilation for the games of…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 18, 2017 -
CultureFIFA Guy Has The Boot Of The Gods
Today on Highlight Reel we have an animal crossing cult, busted VR, Blitz kills 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 December 18, 2017 - Esports
Overwatch‘s Top 500 Has An Alternate Account Problem
During a recent stream, professional Overwatch streamer aimbotcalvin pointed out four different accounts in the game’s top 20 competitive ranking list that he said belonged to him. Viewers got angry and said he was hogging slots that other deserving players could occupy. “Earn it,” he replied, laughing. Aimbotcalvin isn’t the only Overwatch player with multiple…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 18, 2017 - CultureCosplay
Time For That Upgrade, Link
It’s always refreshing to see Zelda cosplay that goes beyond just Link and/or Zelda, so I’m in love with this shot of Link and Cotera, one of the Great Fairies. Link is Mikky Dyer, while the amazing Cotera is Veldrath. Photo by Steamkittens
By Luke Plunkett Published December 18, 2017 -
EsportsOverwatch Players Are Actually Embracing Moira
It takes Overwatch fans mere minutes to churn out fanart for each newly-released character, but a few long weeks or months to welcome them into their competitive mode teams. But for maybe the first time ever, Overwatch’s newest hero, the mad scientist Moira, has been immediately accepted into the game’s competitive community with wide open…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published December 18, 2017
