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UncategorizedOdd Tales’ The Last Night gets a new teaser trailer and Raw Fury has signed on to publish it. The work of Tim and Adrien Soret, which originally grew out of the 2014 Cyberpunk Jam, The Last Night is inspired by the brooding sci-fi aesthetics of games like Another World and Oddworld and the pixel…
By Ethan Gach Published February 25, 2017 - Esports
Surprise Marine Flank Secures Win In Global StarCraft II League Quarterfinals
Siege tanks can’t hit flying units, a fact Cho “Maru” Seong Ju was reminded of in last night’s Global StarCraft II League Code S match against Kim “Ryung” Dong Won. The series was at a 2-1 advantage for Kim, but Cho was looking to make a resurgence on the fourth map. Pushing ahead with a…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 25, 2017 - Esports
The Weekend In Esports: Upsets Rock StarLadder While Mexico Hosts Halo 5 Qualifiers
With DreamHack Las Vegas and the Dota 2 Asia Championship qualifiers behind us, all eyes are on the start of 2017’s Intel Extreme Masters in Katowice, Poland and the conclusion of Dota 2‘s StarLadder Season 3. Below you’ll find where and when you can catch all the weekend’s biggest events in competitive gaming. Let us…
By Ethan Gach Published February 25, 2017 - Culture
This Week In The Business: Nintendo Switch Flippers
QUOTE | “The individuals involved have been identified, terminated from their place of employment and are under investigation by local law enforcement authorities on criminal charges.” – Nintendo, making an example of employees at one of its US distributors who stole Switch systems and sold one to a NeoGAF poster who promptly showed it off…
Brendan Sinclair Published February 25, 2017 -
UncategorizedSources: GameStop Changes Controversial Circle of Life Program
GameStop’s controversial Circle of Life program is changing next week, according to several store managers. Though the retail chain will continue to use and monitor Circle of Life scores, GameStop plans to enact several changes that will make the program more accommodating to employees. The “Circle of Life” score, as Kotaku has reported, is a…
By Jason Schreier Published February 24, 2017 - Esports
Overwatch Pro Makes Exquisite Last-Second Recovery With Winston’s Jump Pack
South Korean Overwatch pro Miro is probably the best Winston player in the world. His deft tank work helped South Korea win the first Overwatch World Cup and he took home personal tournament MVP honors as well. If you want a highlight reel of his best moments, well here you go Miro’s Lunatic-Hai squad was…
By Patrick Redford Published February 24, 2017 - Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
This isn’t a picture from The Witcher 3. It’s complicated, OK? Last weekend I finished the main storyline for The Witcher 3 and, well…something happened. I’ll tell you about it next week. It’s still too raw. Instead, I’m going to play more Night in the Woods. I’m also going to check out the new Deus Ex:…
By Riley MacLeod Published February 24, 2017 - Uncategorized
The Sims 4 Celebrity House Update: Introducing, Blac Chyna and Prompto
Last week I moved out Rihanna and Dwayne Johnson after their wedding, to frolic in San Muyshuno and hopefully have some children I can micromanage sometime soon. I asked readers to help me figure out who to add for the two remaining slots in the house. Blac Chyna and Prompto were too tempting to pass…
By Gita Jackson Published February 24, 2017 - Uncategorized
A Game Developer’s Digital Fight Against Fascism
In these turbulent times, it can be hard to focus on making video games. The world is on fire! Tightening up the graphics on level three probably won’t do much to put it out. Ramsey Nasser was feeling that way, so he decided to make games about punching nazis. “It’s something that has come up…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 24, 2017 -
UncategorizedThe Elder Scrolls Online Has A Botting Problem
Players of The Elder Scrolls Online have found a cheap way to level up their characters, and they don’t even have to be at the keyboard to do it. In the image above we see a group of The Elder Scrolls Online characters whose players are away from the keyboard, doing battle with absolutely nothing.…
By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2017 - Reviews
Night In The Woods: The Kotaku Review
Depending who you are, you’ll either want to hang out with Night in the Woods’ characters all the time or tell them to get off your lawn. The game is small enough to feel intimate and spacious enough to cater to different kinds of curious people. It may feel different for everyone who plays it.…
By Riley MacLeod Published February 24, 2017 - Uncategorized
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Is My Favorite Way To Experience A Sherlock Holmes Story
My mom loves mystery stories, but I’ve never really seen the appeal. While we both love reading, she likes to puzzle out the mystery as she reads along. I can’t help myself from flipping to the back of the book. Now that I’ve played Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective, however, I finally understand the thrill of…
By Gita Jackson Published February 24, 2017 -
EsportsMeet The Woman Raising Japan’s Next Generation Of Street Fighter Champions
When I called Street Fighter pro Yuko “Chocoblanka” Momochi at 11 a.m. Japan time, her husband, the legendary Street Fighter champion Yusuke Momochi, was asleep. The husband-wife team, both Street Fighter players, had recently launched a school to train promising Japanese competitors. They’ve rented out a studio to use as a DIY classroom. They’re running…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published February 24, 2017 -
CultureTotal RecallThat Time Some Players Thought Mew Was Under A Truck In Pokémon
The original generation of Pokémon had 150 special monsters to find. One of the most elusive was the legendary psychic type Mewtwo. But if there was a Mewtwo, that left a question: where was the original Mew? Little did people know, Mew was already in the game. Near the end of the game’s development cycle,…
By Heather Alexandra Published February 24, 2017 - Uncategorized
Early Impressions Of The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
My emotional journey over my first four hours of playing the new Zelda: liked it, grew skeptical of it, doubted it, regained appreciation, now hooked on it. If you love the Zelda formula you may take this same ride when you start playing The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild, which comes out for…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 24, 2017 - Esports
Dota 2 Shoutcaster Calls Out Camera Operator For Missing The Big Fight
When the last big teamfight of a Dota 2 match could decide the outcome entirely, it’s usually helpful to actually see the fight play out on stream. In last night’s group stage match between Team Liquid and Vici Gaming J, at the StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 finals, the camera operator (often referred to as…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 24, 2017 - Uncategorized
Overwatch Wins Game Of The Year At The DICE Awards, Surprising No One
Overwatch took home peer-based voting panel DICE’s “Game of the Year” award in a move that was never going to go any other way. Also the Game Awards’ Game of the Year, Overwatch made a clean sweep of 2016 awards cycle. In DICE’s 20th year, only three games won multiple categories: Overwatch, Inside and Uncharted…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published February 24, 2017 -
UncategorizedPlayer Finds Incredible Way To Push Pokémon Yellow To Game Boy’s Limit
This might be the wildest thing I have seen in 2017 so far, holy cow. Watch in wonder as someone uses Pokémon Yellow to push the boundaries of what a Game Boy is capable of. Earlier this month, MrWint uploaded an incredible tool-assisted speedrun where he uses “arbitrary code execution” (ACE) to launch the visuals…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 24, 2017 - Culture
A Wandering Swordsman, His Blade For Hire
Manilyn Toledana is an artist from The Philippines. That’s not Geralt, but if you squint hard enough, you can imagine a very welcome cameo in Cyberpunk 2077 You can see more of Manilyn’s work at her ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner.…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2017