Players Dislike GTA Online’s Expensive New Planes, But They’re Actually Not That Bad

GTA Online’s newest update, Smuggler’s Run, is all about planes and over-the-top action. After months and months of car updates, Smuggler’s Run makes GTA feel fresh again. Even so, the price tags on some additions are making people wince—but fortunately, you can still have fun with this content without having to be a billionare. In…

Show Us Your Best XCOM 2: War Of The Chosen Propaganda Posters

XCOM 2: War of the Chosen is a very good arts and crafts game that also includes the occasional tactical battle against aliens. Show me your best posters! I’ll get the ball rolling with some of mine. For the sake of avoiding spoilers, I’m gonna stick with some of my early game masterpieces. This is…

Pokémon Go’s Next Legendaries, Raikou, Entei, and Suicune, Start Appearing Today

Pokémon Go’s roster of legendary beasts gets a little bigger today, Niantic announced. Except this time, you might have to travel a little. Here’s the breakdown: Raikou, an Electric-type Legendary Pokémon, can be battled throughout the Americas. Entei, a Fire-type Legendary Pokémon, can be battled throughout Europe and Africa. Suicune, a Water-type Legendary Pokémon, can…

Read The Japanese Horror Manga That’s Been Retweeted Over 94,000 Times

One of the most common horror tropes in Japanese horror involve taxis, with stories of scary passengers or terrifying drivers. Comic magazine Bunch tweeted out several pages from a manga called Yokai Hayashi, with the word “hayashi” (囃子) meaning a traditional type of Japanese orchestra. Here are all four pages in the original Japanese. Below…

Fans Crowdfund a Hatsune Miku Shrine For Over $40,000 

Last year, a group of South Korean Hatsune Miku fans crowdfunded a billboarddedicated to the digital diva. This year, they’re back, and this time they’ve crowdfunded what looks like a shrine to the virtual idol.  According to tipster Sang, fans raised about $4,000 on Kickstarter and another $37,000 (yes, $37,000!) on crowdfunding site Tumblbug for…

The Inevitable Has Happened: Manga Hunter X Hunter Is Going Back On Hiatus

Manga artist Yoshihiro Togashi is well known for taking breaks. And it appears that’s exactly what he’s doing once again. That’s right, Hunter x Hunter is going back on hiatus. Via the Hunter x Hunter Hiatus Chart, here is how the manga’s publication run has looked: As Kotaku previously reported, Togashi’s longest Hunter x Hunter…

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Overwatch‘s New Map, Junkertown, Winds Like A Damn Snake

Overwatch’s new escort map, Junkertown, has a precarious, hacked-together feeling to it—a greasy, grimy look that stands in stark contrast to the game’s usual utopian beauty. It never lets you get comfortable, either, mostly because it never stops winding. Junkertown, which is now live on Overwatch’s PC public test realm, doesn’t reinvent the exploding death…

Bomber Crew Is A (Cute) WW2 Bomber Sim

The Allied bombing campaigns during the Second World War were devastatingly serious business, but Bomber Crew is trying to chip that grimness away in favour of a more Cannon Fodder-y approach to destroying cities. It’s a “strategic survival sim” that puts you in command of a very cute little Lancaster bomber and its crew, as…

25 Years Of Street Fighter Toys, Starting With The Worst

The Street Fighter series’ unique cast of world warriors have made for some amazing action figures over the years, once Hasbro got done screwing things up. Celebrating the series’ 30th anniversary, here’s a look at the history of North American Street Fighter toys with 10 pages from the upcoming Undisputed Street Fighter: The Art and…

Ark: Survival Evolved Launch Brings Serious Server Overcrowding

Yesterday, Wildcard’s dinosaur extravaganza Ark: Survival Evolved finally launched after two years in early access development. Things didn’t get off to the smoothest of starts, however, with several unforeseen technical issues leading to the game’s official servers coming online later than expected. Eventually, that issue was resolved, but players almost immediately ran into another:there simply…

PC Game Adding Option To Disable Popular YouTuber Characters After Players Complain

Shortly after the release of Steam prison break hit The Escapists 2, players flooded the forums with questions. “Who are these people with weird names and funny colored hair,” they wanted to know, “and why can’t I make them go away?” The Escapists 2 is a sandbox game in which you try to escape from…

Capcom Is Re-Releasing Street Fighter II On A SNES Cartridge

Super Nintendo nostalgia is reaching fever pitch, and now even Capcom is getting into the act with a re-release of Street Fighter II on a Super NES cartridge. Produced in conjunction with iam8bit, this $100 collector’s edition is available to order now and will ship in November. The $100 package will include a working SNES…