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France’s Cosplay Is Très Bien
Japan Expo, one of the biggest anime shows on the planet, went down in Paris earlier this month. The cosplay was good. When I say it’s one of the biggest in the world, I’m not kidding around: people come from across France (and Europe!) to celebrate, and this year over 250,000 were in attendance across…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2017 -
EsportsTokido Battles Back Through Losers Bracket To Win Evo Street Fighter V Championship
Two titans of Street Fighter V clashed in Mandalay Bay, one on an undefeated streak and the other pressing on through the gauntlet of the loser’s bracket. After a bracket reset, longtime Street Fighter pro Tokido beat Punk 3-0 to take home the Evo 2017 championship trophy. Victor “Punk” Woodley came into the top eight…
By Eric Van Allen Published July 17, 2017 -
EsportsBayonetta Pro Upsets Smash‘s Best To Win Evo Championship
Super Smash Bros. For The Wii U made two big debuts today: One, its first Evo Sunday showing, and the second on national TV, as it aired live on Disney XD and ESPNU. It’s fitting that in this year of new horizons for Smash 4, one player would take the opportunity to make his presence…
By Eric Van Allen Published July 16, 2017 - Uncategorized
Nintendo-Themed Jordans Are About As 1989 As It Gets
Johnny Barry’s Freaker Sneaks, who earlier this year did a custom run of Jordan IV’s in a SNES colourway, are back with a handful of very expensive NES Jordans. They cost $1250 a pair, and in addition to the NES colour scheme they’ve also got some extra features like Mario labels, a cartridge-shaped Jordan tag…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2017 - CultureCosplay
Dancing With The Nier: Automata Stars
Hey, if Overwatch’s characters can enjoy a night out on the town, then Nier’s can spend the evening doing some fancy dancing. This is Vivid Vision (who outside of cosplay enjoys a bit of ballroom dancing) as 2B, while Shawn G is 9S. The idea for the shoot came from this piece of art by…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2017 -
UncategorizedThe Perfect Game Of Thrones Game Is A PC Mod
Forget RPGs, action games or even a broken if decentadventure series. The perfect Game of Thrones video game is a mod for a 2012 strategy game on the PC. I mentioned in my review of Crusader Kings II a few years back that the systems put in place by developers Paradox seemed ideally suited to…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2017 - Esports
Evo Tekken 7 Tournament Ends In Seven Game Slugfest
There are a lot of great Tekken 7 players, but the masters of the game still hail mostly from South Korea. In a grand finals that pitted countrymen and fellow Echo Fox players Jin Woo “Saint” Choi and Hyun Jin “JDCR” Kim against one another, it was the latter who managed their first Evo championship…
By Ethan Gach Published July 16, 2017 -
EsportsSoccer Team Signs FIFA Player, Cuts Him Two Days Later Over “Online Behaviour”
Two days ago, Dutch soccer club PSV proudly announced the signing of 22 year-old FIFA player Tony Kok to their esports team. Before the weekend was over, that contract had been torn up over sexist comments Kok has made on Twitter over the years. PSV—who were so proud of the initial announcement that they made…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2017 - Culture
The Week In Games: Inking The Town Red
The time has come, the inkling said, to splat of many things, like how there aren’t many games coming this month besides Splatoon 2 Nintendo sure timed this release well. It makes up for the Super Mario Odyssey coming out on the same day as Assassin’s Creed Origins and Wolfenstein 2 I suppose. I’m of…
By Ethan Gach Published July 16, 2017 - CultureShop Contest
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Last Of Hot Dogs
These are strange times we live in. One of the only things keeping me sane is that Snapchat hot dog. If this meme was already a played out by the end of last week it will be a pile of ashes by next Saturday. I refuse to let this little guy go into the night…
By Ethan Gach Published July 16, 2017 -
UncategorizedStreet Fighter EX Developer’s New Game Is Coming In 2018
Here’s an official trailer for that new fighting game from Akira Co., the company behind the Street Fighter EX series. Originally teased on April Fools’ day, the game still doesn’t have a name. But it does have Skullomania, the failed businessman who tries to take out his capitalist-fueled frustration on criminals as skeleton suit wearing…
By Ethan Gach Published July 16, 2017 -
EsportsTwo Of BlazBlue‘s Best Go The Distance In Evo Championship Match
In a grand finals match that almost went the full distance, Ryusei Ito has emerged as the victor of Evo 2017’s BlazBlue Central Fiction tournament. After a litany of technical woes plagued the game’s pools yesterday, the top eight that took the stage at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas were some of Japan’s finest. Ryusei…
By Eric Van Allen Published July 16, 2017 -
UncategorizedArc System Works Announces BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle At Evo 2017
The company is working on a new BlazBlue game. Why should you care? Well this one will include Persona 4‘s protagonist, Yu Narukam, from the Persona 4 Arena fighting game in addition to a bunch of other characters. Showing off in-game footage after the BlazBluegrand finals at this year’s Evo, Arc System Works revealed that the…
By Ethan Gach Published July 16, 2017 - Uncategorized
Artist’s Doodle Captures The Beautiful Absurdity Of Splatfest
Ahead of Splatoon 2‘s release this week, Nintendo hosted a Splatfest event this weekend where players competed on either Team Ice Cream or Team Cake to decide which was best and collect in-game rewards. Team Ice Cream finished with more points, but the real winner was this rad sonic meme. In Splatoon 2 you can…
By Ethan Gach Published July 16, 2017 - Esports
Dramatic Finish Cements Pro’s Legacy As Final Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Evo Champion
Marvel vs. Capcom has always been known for its flashy style and brutal comboing, two things that were on full display at the game’s final Evo tournament. Prior to the grand finals, many suspected that the contest might ultimately come down to Ryan “RyanLV” Romero and Christopher “NYChrisG” Gonzalez, and sure enough, the game’s two…
By Ethan Gach Published July 16, 2017
