Shenmue III Delayed To Second Half Of 2018

The long-awaited Shenmue III is going to make you wait a little longer. The game won’t make its December 2017 release date and has been moved to the second half of 2018. “By utilizing new technologies, we have been able to discover new possibilities and expressions,” Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki said in an official announcement.…

Game Hacks Are Illegal In South Korea

Starting June 21, creating and distributing video game hacks will be illegal in South Korea. According to GameToc (via tipster Sang), the law was passed last December and goes into effect later this month. It not only specifically mentions “game hacks,” but it also makes creating and distributing private servers illegal. It’s not exactly clear…

The Beds In Yu-Gi-Oh! Are Strange 

I didn’t notice until it was pointed out to me, but the beds in Yu-Gi-Oh! are often odd. Forget the hair! Look at this. It’s either that the bed’s size is weird, it’s put in a strange place, or the way it’s positioned looks off. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing…

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Nintendo’s Theme Park Teased In Cute New Trailer

The big Nintendo section of Universal Studios Japan is still years away from being finished, but the park is already hyping up the attraction. Here’s a trailer giving hints at what we can expect when it opens in 2020. Explains why that stage was being built yesterday If you look at the big reveal of…

Here’s a clip of Overwatch’s most popular player, Seagull, absolutely tearing through a team while barely even paying attention. He’s angrily venting about a previous encounter, and then he just chops the wings off a strong Pharah/Mercy combo like it’s nothing. Even as a Pharah main, I have to admit that this is just great.…

Binding Of Isaac Creator’s New Game Is A Post-Apocalyptic Platformer For PC And Switch

After much waiting and a little teasing, Binding of Isaac creator/Super Meat Boy co-creator Edmund McMillen has announced a new game. It’s a collaboration with Closure creator Tyler Glaiel called The End Is Nigh Together, they’re making an adventure-platformer where you die “a lot.” Between that and the odd row of insta-death spikes, there are…

The YouTuber Trying To Introduce Hearthstone Players To Poetry

For some, the soothing dulcet tones of Bob Ross is a great way to unwind after a bad dose of Hearthstone RNG. For others, a stiff drink. But one YouTuber has another idea: poetry. The project, called “Life on Hearthstone”, started out year ago. It starts out as a vignette about playing Hearthstone: picking a…

A History Of Kirby Death Animations

Need to scrub the sight of Kirby’s human feet from your eyes? YouTube’s MasterofHyrule has compiled a ten minute video history of the pink puffball’s death animations and game over screens. It might help. Is this video really necessary? You tell me. Yes, I could have just linked it and left it at that, but…

Overwatch Ranks You Lower Than It Should So You Feel Better About Yourself 

Overwatch’s 5th Competitive season debuted last week, and in its wake, players are finding themselves demoralized and embarrassed. Skill ratings, Overwatch’s measure of how good you are, have plummeted about 200 points across the board since the end of last season. And, of course, adamant players are flooding Overwatch forums with protestations that these numbers…

Street Fighter Veteran Mocks Idea Of Selling Out By Selling T-Shirt

The fighting game community has mixed feelings about the term “esports.” For the FGC, the term has come to connote corporate influence and sponsorships. Mike Ross, Street Fighter veteran and co-founder of fighting game-centric YouTube channel Cross Counter TV, addressed the controversy this week in a bizarre video titled “Mike Ross Breaks His Silence About…

Moirai Is An Adventure Game With A Killer Twist

Moirai is a first person adventure game set in an idyllic farming village full of secret tragedy. Players explore a deep mine in search of a missing woman, armed only with a knife and their morality. It’s this week’s Indie Pick. I definitely recommend playing Moirai before reading further. The game is free for PC,…

When Arcades Closed, The Fighting Game Community Built Their Own Battleground

Street Fighter veteran Alex Valle remembers when fighting game players would crowd around arcade cabinets to face off. After the demise of arcades, Valle believed that future generations of fighting game players still needed a way to learn from one another in person. What began in 2009 as a series of meetups hosted in Valle’s…

A Cartoon Action RPG With Adventure Time Vibes

The trailer for The Swords of Ditto is adorable enough that I can’t wait to see more of this game. The Swords of Ditto is a newly-announced action RPG that takes place in a charming fantasy world Developed by One Bit Beyond and to be published by Devolver Digital, it’s slated for an early 2018…

Secret of Mana Collection Proves Switch Is Awesome For Retro Gaming

I’ve been playing Super Nintendo games on my Switch all week, and it is a glorious thing. Virtual Console might be MIA on Switch thus far, possibly due to Nintendo wanting to roll out a Netflix-type catalog alongside its paid online service in 2018. But Square Enix ain’t got time for that, and has rolled…

Data Shows Xbox Gamers Aren’t Using Backward Compatibility Much [Update: Microsoft Contests]

Backward compatibility is a big draw for console gamers nostalgic for older titles, but new data shows that Xbox One players don’t spend much time revisiting backward-compatible Xbox 360 games. A new Ars Technica report that grabbed stats from nearly a million Xbox Live users showed that, on the Xbox One, only 1.5 percent of…

What We Loved About The Wonder Woman Movie

After a run of mediocre to downright disappointing releases, DC Comics finally gets a movie worth eating overpriced popcorn in a room full of strangers. It’s as if all the world’s been waiting for Wonder Woman and the power she possesses. Compete’s Maddy Myers and I saw the movie over the weekend, and we have…