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UncategorizedWe Played The Prison Break Game, And It Looks Ambitious
A Way Out was one of the biggest surprises of the EA press conference. An indie title made by the designer behind Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, it is a co-op narrative game that puts players in the shoes of two convicts on the run. After playing a short session, the game shows promise.…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 12, 2017 -
UncategorizedCave Story And Code Of Princess Collide In Fighting Game Blade Strangers
Revealed last night during the official Twitch E3 stream, Studio Saizensen’s Blade Strangers is a 2D fighter that combines the speed of Guilty Gear with the easy inputs of Smash Bros. More importantly, it lets Curly from Cave Story fight Solange from Code of Princess. Studio Saizensen is the development studio behind 3DS action RPG…
By Mike Fahey Published June 12, 2017 -
Kotaku EastFinal Fantasy Comes To Life On A Japanese Hotel
To mark Final Fantasy’s 30th anniversary, the side of a Yokohama hotel was turned into a FF spectacular thanks to projection mapping. This was how the InterContinental Yokohama Grand Hotel looked over the weekend during the special two-day event. Cool, huh? Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 12, 2017 - Kotaku East
Report: The Hideo Kojima And Konami Saga Seems Endless
During last year’s Tokyo Game Show, Hideo Kojima commented on Metal Gear Survive. Respected Japanese news outlet Nikkei now has some of the alleged drama that surrounds that. When asked about Metal Gear Survive at a 2016 TGS stage event, Kojima replied, “I know absolutely nothing about it,” Kojima said. “That’s because it’s totally unrelated…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 12, 2017 - Kotaku East
Comparing A Manga To Its Live-Action Movie
We’ve seen how the live-action Gintama actors in costume stack up againstthe original characters, but now let’s compare how individual manga panels compare to the upcoming movie version. These comparisons are via Twitter user Hamachan: Looks like many of the camera set-ups came straight from the source material! Kotaku East is your slice of Asian…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 12, 2017 - Kotaku East
Holy Crap, This Japanese Mascot
Not all Japanese mascots are cute. Some are truly odd. Then, there’s this character, known as “Nazo no Sakana” or “The Mysterious Fish.” It’s a new mascot for the Chiba Lotte Marines, which already has three mascots (Zu-chan, Rine, and Cool.) What sets Nazo no Sakana apart is, well, everything. Kotaku East is your slice…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 12, 2017 -
CultureCosplayOverwatch Cosplay Rap Video Is Just The Best
That’s a lot to take in there (cosplay! rap! live-action!), but this is one hell of an effort from a team of French Overwatch fans. Everything here works! The rap is just fine (it’s in French, but there are English subtitles). The live-action effects are pretty good! And the cosplay is exceptional UPDATE: Ah, seems…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 12, 2017 - Culture
The Week In Games: Armed And Dangerous
This week is E3, which means tons of games are getting announced and none of them are actually coming out, at least not right now. Except apparently Nintendo didn’t get the memo. It’s first new IP to debut on the Switch arrives this Friday after a week of bad t-shirts, memes, and undiluted hype. What…
By Ethan Gach Published June 12, 2017 -
UncategorizedEverything Bethesda Announced At E3 2017
Bethesda won the award for latest E3 press conference of 2017, bringing us a late-night event from BethesdaLand, their own self-styled amusement park. Among other things they debuted sequels to Wolfenstein and The Evil Within, along with a new Dishonored game. There weren’t any huge surprises, but at least they kept things moving along. And there’s…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 12, 2017 -
UncategorizedWolfenstein II: The New Colossus On The Way
Last year at E3, Betheda teased a new Wolfenstein game. This year they’re announcing it, showing off Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus for the first time. The game, a follow-up to the excellent Wolfenstein: New Order (and less excellent Old Blood), again has us playing as BJ Blazkowicz, and appears to take us beyond Europe…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 12, 2017 -
UncategorizedThe Evil Within 2 Comes Out In October
Survival horror game The Evil Within is getting a sequel, Bethesda announced today during its E3 press conference. Once again, Shinji Mikami of Resident Evil fame returns as a producer for this creepy series. The whole thing looks like a trip:
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 12, 2017 -
UncategorizedBethesda Announces ‘Creation Club’ For Fallout 4 And Skyrim
Remember paid mods and the fiasco that ensued after they launched? Well, Bethesda wants you to know that Creation Club—coming this summer to Skyrim and Fallout 4—isn’t that. But it does sound kinda similar. The basic idea is that developers within Bethesda as well as “some with external partners who have worked on our games,…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 12, 2017 -
EsportsBethesda Announces Quake World Championships
The first world championship for the upcoming Quake Champions will take place on August 26 in Dallas, Texas at the eponymous QuakeCon. Competitors will play for a piece of a $1 million prize pool, sure to draw out Quake talent both new and old. In the same trailer, Bethesda showed off three new maps for…
By Eric Van Allen Published June 12, 2017 -
UncategorizedSkyrim Switch Has Amiibo Support, Lets You Dress Up As Link
The Nintendo Switch version of Skyrim will come with some special goodies and JoyCon-specific control schemes, as we can see in this new footage released by Bethesda tonight. Granted, PC players have been able to dress up as Link for ages, but hey! For the rest of us, this is pretty cool.
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 12, 2017 -
UncategorizedDishonored: Death Of The Outsider Announced, Stars Billie Lurk
Dishonored: Death Of The Outsider is the next story in the Dishonored universe and it’s coming September 15. The standalone adventure (meaning you won’t need to own Dishonored 2 to play it) will see Daud, Empress Jessamine Kaldwin’s murder, and his former second in command from the first game’s The Knife of Dunwall DLC, Billie…
By Ethan Gach Published June 12, 2017
