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Cyberpunk Cityscape In Need Of Urgent Cleaning
Gary Sanchez is an artist who has worked at studios like Quantic Dream, Cloud Imperium and Ubisoft. You can see more of Gary’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 23, 2017 - Uncategorized
Why Video Games Are Delayed So Often
In the wake of yesterday’s news that Rockstar has bumped Red Dead Redemption 2 to 2018, you may be wondering: why do so many video games get delayed? I heard a few explanations for game delays while reporting for my new book on game development, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels. During this process, I spoke to…
By Jason Schreier Published May 23, 2017 -
UncategorizedAssassin’s Creed III, Watch Dogs Headline June’s Xbox Live Games With Gold
June’s Xbox Live Games with Gold has a solid lineup, including Watch Dogs and Assassin’s Creed III. In addition to the usual four games, subscribers can also get multiplayer DLC for last week’s Phantom Dust. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Gold subscription. Xbox One SpeedRunners (June…
By Riley MacLeod Published May 23, 2017 -
UncategorizedIt’s Adventure Time In Minecraft
Coming soon to all versions of Minecraft, the Adventure Time pack turns one of the more popular fan-made mashups into something you’ll be able to buy. Fans have been combining Minecraft and Cartoon Network’s popular fantasy cartoon for years now, building elaborate treehouses and kingdoms made out of candy and skinning their blocky heroes to…
By Mike Fahey Published May 23, 2017 - Uncategorized
Wargaming Apologizes For Threatening YouTuber, Promises Change
The studio behind the massively successful game World of Tanks walked backtheir controversial actions against one of their former community YouTubers today. “We acted too quickly and over the line when we threatened to have YouTube remove SirFoch’s video through a copyright infringement complaint,” the company said in a statement. “And we are apologizing for…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published May 23, 2017 - Uncategorized
The Wii U Gets A Video Game Today
It is May 23, 2017, and somebody just released a video game for the Wii U. Congratulations to the publisher THQ Nordic for this impressive accomplishment, and congratulations to Darksiders Warmastered Edition for coming to the Wii U today. This is, of course, a port of the first Darksiders, which came out in 2010. The…
By Jason Schreier Published May 23, 2017 -
UncategorizedOverwatch Anniversary Event Brings Some Killer Dances
Overwatch’s one-year anniversary event is live—that means tons of new Legendary skins, three new arena maps and a slew of new bringing-me-to-tears adorable dancing emotes. Happy birthday, Overwatch, and may each year bring a new iteration of Sombra doing the Shuffle. First, let’s take a look at some Legendary skins: And my favorite…. The new…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published May 23, 2017 -
UncategorizedFans Take Nintendo Switch Skydiving, Make Rad Trailer
The best trailer for the Nintendo Switch so far was not actually made by Nintendo at all. Watch as the folks at Юзя take their handheld system everywhere, from the woods to the sky, all while pretending to be the characters from Donkey Kong. At one point, Юзя skydives while using the paraglider in Breath…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 23, 2017 - Uncategorized
Battlefield 1 DLC Adds Female Soldiers
Battlefield 1‘s upcoming DLC In The Name Of The Tsar will open up the Eastern Front with the addition of the Russian Army. In doing so, it will bring an underrepresented group to the battlefield: women. Who will kick your ass. In a tweet yesterday, the official Battlefield Twitter account confirmed that the Russian Army’s…
By Heather Alexandra Published May 23, 2017 - Uncategorized
Pokémon Go ‘Cheaters’ Say Niantic Is Punishing Them By Hiding Rare Monster Spawns [UPDATE]
For the last couple of days, the Pokémon Go community has erupted over a new security measure that allegedly hides rare monster spawns from cheaters. By now you’ve probably heard about the myriad of third-party applications that Pokémon Go players use, such as tracking maps that tell people what creatures appear in a given area.…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 23, 2017 - Culture
Hasbro Convention Tickets Are Now On Sale And They Are Not Cheap
Last year the company responsible for D&D, Magic: The Gathering, My Little Pony and Transformers announced Hascon, a three-day fan celebration of the stuff it makes. Tickets for the Providence, Rhode Island show are now on sale, with adult three-day passes ranging from $165 to $600. Wow. Now I’ve been to semi-official (read: not official,…
By Mike Fahey Published May 23, 2017 - Uncategorized
Take-Two Interactive, the publisher behind 2K and Rockstar, won’t have much at E3 this year. In 2016, 2K had a huge booth on the show floor recreating a Louisiana street to promote Mafia III; this year, Take-Two says it won’t be showing any new games. With Red Dead 2 delayed, all Take-Two has coming in…
By Jason Schreier Published May 23, 2017 - Kotaku East
TV Anime Veteran Shares His Depressing Salary
If it wasn’t enough that working in the anime industry is hard, the pay can also be shockingly low. Taiki Nishimura has been making anime for the past twenty years. But as he recently revealed on Twitter (via ANN), he gets around a thousand bucks per month for each show he works on. According to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 23, 2017 -
Kotaku EastEl Shaddai Creator Announces New RPG For PS4 And PS Vita
Sawaki Takeyasu, the director and artist behind El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, is working on a new title called The Lost Child Released in 2011, El Shaddai featured Lucifel who carries a cell phone with God on the speed dial. According to Famitsu, The Lost Child follows in the footsteps of this previous title,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 23, 2017 - Kotaku East
Father Surprises Son With A Nintendo Switch In An Excellent Way
Twitter user Mohikan noticed that his son made a cardboard Nintendo Switch. “Probably because he wants us to buy it,” Mohikan added. After doing that, Mohikan didn’t just give his son the new Nintendo hardware in its retail packaging. What he did was better. His son isn’t alone in making cardboard Switch hardware, but he’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 23, 2017
