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Someone Has Found All 900 Korok Seeds In Zelda
There is a reward for picking up every single Korok seed in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It is…something. Korok seeds are little items hidden all around Zelda’s map, and can be exchanged with the lovely Hestu for increased inventory space. There are 900 of them in the game. xFateAwaitsx is the…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 14, 2017 - Esports
Meet the Street Fighter Pro Who Intentionally Picks Underrated Characters
When Xian placed first in Street Fighter V in the Capcom Pro Tour’s Final Round 20 tournament, his fans were happy but confused. Xian had won the tournament by playing as Ibuki the entire time, a shocking departure from his typical pick, F.A.N.G. Xian’s wins as Ibuki, in contrast to the “low-tier” characters he tends…
By Maddy Myers Published March 14, 2017 -
CultureStreets Of Rogue Is A Roguelike You Can Talk, Bribe, Or Smash Your Way Through
I thought I was done with roguelikes, but Streets of Rogue pulled me back in. The game sprinkles gobs of Deus Ex DNA into the mix, resulting in a series of procedurally generated sandboxes where just about anything can happen. It’s fantastic. Streets of Rogue takes the top-down roguelike antics of games like Binding of…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 14, 2017 -
UncategorizedUnreleased Primal Rage II Can Now Be Played By Everyone
Primal Rage II, a video game cancelled over 20 years ago, was never released. But if you want to enjoy it now, in The Year Of Our Lord 2017, knock yourself out, because there’s a build available and playable via an emulator. Having resurfaced in an arcade a few years back, a dump of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 14, 2017 -
UncategorizedZelda’s Sword Breakage Is Some Bullshit
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a damn good video game, but still. Here is a bad thing about it: I don’t like that for the first 10-20 hours of the game its weapons disintegrate just by looking at them. Like most other aspects of the game, the way you own and…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 14, 2017 -
UncategorizedSeven Cool Games From PAX East To Watch Out For
At last weekend’s PAX East, Kotaku’s Patricia Hernandez and I had the chance to check out a ton of games in various stages of development. Several showed promise and we’re excited to follow them as they move closer to release. Overall, pink and purple platformers and action RPGs dominated the floor, reminiscent of indie success…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published March 14, 2017 - Uncategorized
Smash Bros. Community Raises Over $23,000 For Sick Player’s Hospital Bills
On February 19th, 2017, Nicholas “Ministry” McGuire went into cardiac arrest at the Swedish Super Smash Bros. tournament Beast7. Now, the Smash community at large has banded together to raise over $23,000 for his estimated $200,000 hospital bill. During a match, McGuire collapsed onto the floor when an artificial valve in his heart, which he…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published March 14, 2017 - Uncategorized
Despite Nintendo’s Stumbles, Breath of the Wild‘s Fans Have Embraced Crossdressing Link
Breath of the Wild is light on plot, which makes any missteps stand out. One brief costume change illustrates how designers can fail and how fandom is left picking up the pieces. Here’s the moment: looking for help in the desert, Link seeks to enter Gerudo Town to speak with their ruler. Gerudo Town is…
By Heather Alexandra Published March 14, 2017 - Uncategorized
A Short List Of Things That Have Killed Me In Horizon Zero Dawn
I don’t know why I’m surprised, really. They’re huge metal dinosaurs. They’re dangerous. All the same, I wasn’t expecting to die quite this much in Horizon Zero Dawn I’m around a dozen hours into Guerrilla Games’ post-apocalyptic dino hunting game and I keep on getting my ass kicked. I had been expecting the initial difficulty…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 14, 2017 -
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Five Hours In, Mass Effect: Andromeda Is Overwhelming
I’m about five hours into Mass Effect: Andromeda, and so far, it seems like Bioware has created a behemoth of a sci-fi action RPG. Our review will drop later in the month, but for now, here’s 20 minutes of the very first mission, played on PS4. Note that the footage has been lightly edited to…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 14, 2017 - Uncategorized
Rockstar Fans Are Finding Red Dead Redemption 2 Clues In The Strangest Places
Evidence is mounting that Red Dead Redemption 2 is in fact a prequel to the first game, and by evidence, I mean IMDB listings, casting calls, and Facebook friend lists. Welcome to the wild world of Rockstar fan sleuthing. Last October, Rockstar announced Red Dead Redemption 2 with a couple of teaser images and a…
By Jason Schreier Published March 14, 2017 -
UncategorizedThe remastered version of Full Throttle, LucasArts’ classic biker adventure, is coming out next month It’s releasing on April 18, which is one day after my birthday. I see what you’re trying to do, Tim Schafer. You want to one-up me. Well, joke’s on you because nobody cared about my birthday to begin with. Take…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 14, 2017 -
UncategorizedOverwatch‘s Director Both Loves And Hates The Mash-Up Videos People Make Of Him
In recent times, a YouTuber named Dinoflask has dedicated their life to mashing-up videos of Overwatch’s Jeff Kaplan, turning them into everything from enraged rants to stories of Kaplan drunkenly pretending to be Junkrat’s ult at a party. It’s masterful work. Even Kaplan himself thinks so… begrudgingly. As part of a recent Reddit AMA, somebody…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 14, 2017 -
UncategorizedEuclidean Lands Puts A Clever Twist On Strategy
While the hero of Euclidean Lands seems to be wielding a spear, his greatest weapon is his axes. His X, Y and Z axes to be precise, the ones that make up the three-dimensional space of Euclidean geometry. Euclidean Lands is a game that combines turn-based strategic movement with puzzles that rotate on those axes…
By Mike Fahey Published March 14, 2017 - Uncategorized
Even Nintendo Seems To Be Abandoning Game Instruction Manuals
One of the last reliable supporters for the concept that video games should have instruction manuals appears to be backing off. Nintendo has released its first games on its new console without instruction manuals: nothing on paper and not even a digital manual. Nintendo’s 1 2 Switch party game has no paper manual inside it,…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 14, 2017 - Culture
Sweet Dreams, Carthage
Mariusz Kozik is an artist who has worked on games like Total War: Rome 2 and Civilization V You can see more of Kozik’s work at his personal site and 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…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 14, 2017 -
UncategorizedAt First, Nintendo Couldn’t Agree On How To Depict Zelda In Breath of the Wild
The Legend of Zelda has legacy, and every entry in the series is a chance to embrace or refute that tradition. Nintendo’s considerations on how to do away with conventions even trickled down to established characters, such as Zelda. Today, Nintendo released a 3-part series on the making of Breath of the Wild in which…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 14, 2017
