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Pokémon Go Gets New Egg Monsters Starting Today

New Pokémon have finally come to Pokémon Go, Niantic announced today. Players can now hatch Pichu, Togepi and other previously unavailable Gen II Pokémon from eggs. The mobile game initially launched with most of the original 151 Pokémon. However, players could not catch Mewtwo, Mew, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres and Ditto, who recently became available last…

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published December 12, 2016

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Twitch Releases New Tool To Fix Their Awful Chat

If there’s one thing that every single person who uses the Internet can agree on, it’s that the chat attached to huge events on Twitch is almost always awful. With a new moderating tool, released today, the people who run Twitch are taking another step to help fix that. This afternoon, the popular streaming site…

By Jason Schreier Published December 12, 2016

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DOTA 2 Update Forces Players To Re-Learn A Game That Took Hundreds Of Hours To Understand [UPDATE]

DOTA 2‘s biggest update yet is here, and players are coming to terms with the fact that a game they spent hundreds of hours barely wrapping their heads around just got turned upside-down. Ever since Valve took the reigns on DOTA with DOTA 2, the game’s received all sorts of updates over the years. While…

By Nathan Grayson Published December 12, 2016

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In This Dating Sim, Your Boyfriend Is A Horse

My Horse Prince is an dating sim with a simple concept: what activities would be funniest when done by a horse? The basic conceit of My Horse Prince is that the object of your affections is a horse. A horse with a man’s face, to be precise. The idea is disturbing, and the game knows…

By Gita Jackson Published December 12, 2016

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The State Of The 3DS And Vita In 2016

Dedicated handheld consoles have taken some beatings over the years—thanks, Steve Jobs—but as 2016 comes to a close, the 3DS is still thriving. And the Vita… well, uh, I love the Vita. This is part of our 2016 “State of” series, a look at how the major consoles, VR platforms, and PC are doing this…

By Jason Schreier Published December 12, 2016

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The Nine Best Movie Shootouts

Bang! Bang! For years now, movie makers have been thrilling audiences with blazes of bullets. Some shootouts are better than others. These are the best. These particular ones were selected on the basis of their technical bravado as well as their impact on other movies—and even video games. The following movies are listed chronologically and…

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 12, 2016

Culture

Drastic Renovations

Hugh Pindur is an artist who has worked on stuff like the RPG Pathfinder and Wil Wheaton’s Titansgrave You can see more of Hugh’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…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 12, 2016

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Yes, Final Fantasy XIV Really Was This Bad The First Time Around

Since its 2013 relaunch as A Realm Reborn, Final Fantasy XIV is one of the best massively multiplayer role-playing games going, but let’s not forget the poor performance, shoddy lighting effects and nightmarish copy-pasted landscapes from the original 2010 release that made the relaunch necessary in the first place. YouTube’sSpeakers Network has launched the first…

By Mike Fahey Published December 12, 2016

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Track: Town Called Malice | Artist: The Jam | Album: The Gift Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 12, 2016

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Level-5 recently showed off its upcoming Inazuma Eleven game. The hardware is still TBA, but as folks are pointing out in Japan, it sure doesn’t look like a Wii U title or a 3DS one, for that matter. Hrm…

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 12, 2016

Kotaku East

One Of Dragon Ball‘s Most Famous Memes Returns

Yamcha might suck, but he takes center stage in one of Dragon Ball’s most famous memes. In the most recent Dragon Ball Super, Yamcha returns, putting a new spin on an old meme. Note: This article contains spoilers. The Dragon Ball Super episodes of late have been fun and silly. The upcoming story arc is getting…

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 12, 2016

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CHAOS;CHILD 5pb. THE BEST was slated for the PS4 and PS Vita in Japan, but today, Famitsu reports that the game’s developer has cancelled the game, citing “various circumstances.”

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 12, 2016

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One degree man. Kotaku reader and anime fan Donovan Harrell just graduated from Florida A&M University’s School of Journalism and Graphic Communication. He has the mortarboard to prove it!

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 12, 2016

Kotaku East

First Glimpse At What A Super Mario Theme Park Could Look Like

In 2020, before the Tokyo Olympics, Universal Studios Japan will open its Mario-themed amusement area to the public. Today, Nintendo provides our first glimpse at what we might get. As Kotaku previously reported, this is not a standalone theme park, but a world in USJ—namely, Super Nintendo World. This was first revealed in May 2015, and…

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 12, 2016

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Sea Pancakes. Orlando, Florida. By Calix Martinez. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 12, 2016

Culture

The Week In Games: Get In The Car And Drive

The year is almost over, but there are still a few games left to come out, including the trippy, mind-bending racer Drive!Drive!Drive! The premise is that you drive along multiple tracks at once, learning to feel the road beneath you, where it exists, on multiple levels at once. The Pittsburgh synth duo Zombi created the music…

By Ethan Gach Published December 11, 2016

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From Regular Dude To Geralt Of Rivia

As we’ve established repeatedly over 2016, Maul is the King of Witcher cosplay. We normally only see him as Geralt, though; here’s a look at how he becomes Geralt. The shot tracks the beginning to the end of a session with make-up artist Maja Felicitas, who doesn’t just add blood and hair colour, but as…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 11, 2016

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Miyamoto’s Minecraft Regret

Remember, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto doesn’t just make games, he plays them. And one that he’s liked a lot over the last few years has been Minecraft, though not necessarily because it’s something he likes playing. It’s because he wishes Nintendo had made it instead. In an interview with Glixel, Mario’s creator says “I do like…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 11, 2016

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Cosplay: Teen Titans Now Young Adult Titans

Here is some excellent Raven, Robin and Frodo Baggins Beast Boy cosplay. Nearly all the costume work across all three characters was done by Ginger Armadillo, who is also cosplaying as Raven. “My goal, as it often is, was to introduce details, textures, and elements of realism to the costumes, while maintaining the visual integrity…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 11, 2016

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Unreleased Akira Game Found For The Game Boy

There has never been a good Akira game. There have been bad ones, however, and more interestingly, there have been cancelled ones like this Game Boy effort, the remains of which were recently bought by a video game collector and are somewhat playable. Patrick Scott Patterson managed to get his hands on not one but…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 11, 2016