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Kyoto-based t-shirt maker the King of Games has an excellent and officially licensed Super Famicom shirts (in long and short sleeves). The shirts are priced at 4,980 yen (US$44), and pre-orders start on Oct. 10. Sadly, the shirts don’t appear yet on the King of Games’ English site.
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 9, 2017 - Uncategorized
Goku Has A New Form In Dragon Ball Super
In the latest episode of Dragon Ball Super, Goku gets a new form. Here it is. [Warning: This article has spoilers.] The Japanese name for this form is “Migatte no Gokui” (身勝手の極意), which means, “The Key of Egoism,” but the official English name is Ultra Instinct. Whis and Beerus have also used this form, with…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 9, 2017 - Esports
Overwatch Team Finishes First Season Back In North America Undefeated
Team Envyus managed to go the entire six weeks of Overwatch Contender’s first regular season undefeated, and proved it wasn’t a fluke during today’s Grand Finals at Blizzards new esports arena. First they swept FNRGFE in a best-of-five semifinals where the latter looked good but not good enough. Despite taking a point off the soon-to-be…
By Ethan Gach Published October 8, 2017 - Culture
Glitch Upends Grand Theft Auto V World Record Attempt
The Big Score is the sixth and final heist mission in GTA V. If they player selects the “subtle” approach, they’ll need to drive their car onto a tractor trailer at a certain point or the mission ends in failure. Unfortunately, there’s a rare glitch that can make doing so impossible. DarkViperAU plays a lot…
By Ethan Gach Published October 8, 2017 - Uncategorized
Gwent‘s Latest Update Takes Inspiration From Chess
The Mahakam Ale Festival went live in CD Projekt Red’s collectible card game just over a week ago. Intended to coincide with Oktoberfest, the holiday event brought with it not just some tweaks to old cards but also completely new game mode. In addition to the normal array of buffs and nerfs, the “Agile” updatereleased…
By Ethan Gach Published October 8, 2017 -
UncategorizedAtchafalaya Arcade Turns Old Nintendo Hardware Into A Miniature Electronic Orchestra
Behold Atchafalaya Arcade. It’s an audio visual adventure that takes old technologies and scrambles them together in the present until something new and poetic arises out of the chaos. It’s the work of Tammy Duplantis who has been showing off the game at this weekend’s IndieCade Festival in LA. The game cartridge itself is the…
By Ethan Gach Published October 8, 2017 - Esports
Rogue Lets Go Of Overwatch Roster After Failing To Secure Spot In League
Esports organization Rogue has announced that it will part ways with its current Overwatch roster after not being named one of the inaugural teams in the Overwatch League. Rogue posted a statement on Twitlonger this morning, describing the situation: Today we’re sorry to announce that we will be breaking up the current #RogueOW roster to…
By Eric Van Allen Published October 8, 2017 - CultureSplitscreen
What The Future Of The Nintendo Switch Might Look Like
By just about any metric, the Nintendo Switch is off to a good start. But what might be down the line for Nintendo’s new flagship console? We talked it through on this week’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen Jason and I start off talking about a few games we’ve been playing including Cuphead, Danganronpa V3, Golf…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 8, 2017 -
EsportsCorrin player Cosmos sends one of Super Smash Bros. For Wii U’s best, ZeRo, to the loser’s bracket with a 3-0. Top 32 matches at The Big House 7 started early this morning but didn’t let up on the upsets. You can catch the full match through the video here
By Eric Van Allen Published October 8, 2017 - Culture
Sunday Comics: All Sold Out
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published October 7. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published October 2. Read more…
By Ethan Gach Published October 8, 2017 -
EsportsNintendo World Champ Crowned After Beating Mario Odyssey Level Nobody Had Played Before
The Nintendo World Championships closed out in a finale reminescent of The Wizard. The two finalists, John Numbers and Thomas G., raced across three levels of the upcoming Super Mario Odyssey, working to beat unseen levels of the upcoming Nintendo Switch game. Thomas G. surged up through the “underground,” the loser’s bracket, after overcoming opponents…
By Eric Van Allen Published October 7, 2017 - Uncategorized
The Blade Runner point-and-click adventure game still looks stunning. Westwood Studios’ 1997 adaptation was groundbreaking at the time for having multiple endings and a story that changed with each new choice you made. But it also had some dazzling, painstakingly crafted backgrounds.
By Ethan Gach Published October 7, 2017 - Culture
Speedrunner Beats Every Cuphead Boss Using DDR Pads
Why fight demonic animations with a mouse and keyboard or game controller when you can just dance all those troubles away instead? Alright, so speedrunner PeekingBoo doesn’t exactly defeat Goopy Le Grande or Captain Brineybeard by dancing per se, but he does do it by stomping—patiently, methodically—until each is dead. You see PeekingBoo isn’t your…
By Ethan Gach Published October 7, 2017 -
UncategorizedWatch the Nintendo World Championships going on right now. A bunch of people who all qualified for the event through Mario Kart 7 time trials of all things will compete across a bunch of different Nintendo games. Hopefully it’s as epic as the old days.
By Ethan Gach Published October 7, 2017 - Uncategorized
I Can’t Get Enough Of Star Wars Battlefront II‘s Leaves
There are Storm Troopers, Jedi, and tons of blasters. But the latest Star Wars game also has whirlwinds of leaves blowing through the city streets on Naboo and they are mesmerizing. After playing the game’s open beta for several hours last night, the floating foliage is what’s still on my mind a day later. Not…
By Ethan Gach Published October 7, 2017 -
UncategorizedGod Eater 3 Gets Its First Trailer
The sci-fi action JRPG where tiny anime fighters slice up giant monsters is coming back for a third game. Bandai Namco released a teaser trailer for the game earlier today that shows God Eater 3’s likely hero breaking free of some futuristic handcuffs in order to go pummel some Aragami, the series’ main antagonists. There’s…
By Ethan Gach Published October 7, 2017 -
EsportsStreet Fighter Pro’s Secret Weapon: A Tape Measure
Competing at the highest level isn’t just about talent, but consistency. Hajime Taniguchi, or “Tokido,” exemplified this virtue by busting out a tape measure to ensure he was sitting the proper distance from the monitor at this morning’s TWFighter Major in Taiwan. As his opponent was getting settled, Tokido busted out an actual tape measure…
By Eric Van Allen Published October 7, 2017 - Uncategorized
The Division‘s Second Global Event Is Live Now And Mostly Good
The Division’s relatively quiet second year continues to see small, smart tweaks made to the co-op cover-based game. Until next Tuesday, the game is running with modified rules as part of its second “global event,” this one changing how much damage players do to computer-controlled enemies (and vice versa) depending on their distance from each…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 7, 2017