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Overwatch’s New Map Is Easy To Defend, Hard To Attack

Overwatch’s new map, Eichenwalde, is now live on the game’s public test server. It’s set in a village next to a big ol’ German castle. The map, however, is smaller than it looks. I’ve played a handful of matches on Eichenwalde now, and I’ve found it to be a briskly paced payload map that favors…

By Nathan Grayson Published August 22, 2016

Esports

These Are Your 2016 Pokémon World Champions

Each year the very best Pokémon video and trading card game players meet at the World Championships to determine who the top trainers are, and each year the Masters (oldest) Division looks really awkward on stage. This year did not disappoint. I am so used to working on the weekends that I completely missed this…

By Mike Fahey Published August 22, 2016

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The Exceptional Beauty of Doom 3‘s Source Code

This is a story about Doom 3’s source code and how beautiful it is. Yes, beautiful. Allow me to explain. After releasing my video game Dyad I took a little break. I read some books and watched some movies I’d put off for too long. I was working on the European version of Dyad, but…

Shawn McGrath Published August 22, 2016

Esports

Overwatch’s First Big Tournament Gives Out $100,000 In Prize Money

Overwatch’s first major international tournament was held over the weekend in Cologne, Germany. Hosted at Gamescom, Europe’s largest games trade show, the ESL Overwatch Atlanta Showdown saw competition from eight pro teams. With a prize pool of $100,000 in the balance, professional players busted out their best Tracers and most bad ass Genjis and fought…

By Heather Alexandra Published August 22, 2016

Culture

Damn Shame This X-Men Series Got Canned

Joel Furtado is an artist and animator from Canada who has worked on games like Halo 4, Star Wars Kinect and the Need for Speed series. He also created and started on Danger Room Protocols, an animated web series based on 90’s X-Men designs that used a very cool video game look. Sadly, this was…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 22, 2016

Culture

Wind Waker Speedrunner Finds Glitch People Thought Was Impossible

For years, the speedrunning community surrounding The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker has been searching for a way to perform what they call the “Barrier Skip,” a way to make it through a walled off section in Hyrule that leads towards the endgame. Last week, this Holy Grail of glitches was found. In the…

By Heather Alexandra Published August 22, 2016

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Fans Building New Halo Game On PC

A group of over 30 Halo fans from around the world, fed up with the limited options available to them on the PC, have decided to make their own multiplayer Halo experience. It’s called Installation 01, and their goal is “to recreate the multiplayer experience of the Halo games, and for gamers to enjoy an…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 22, 2016

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PlayStation Plus Gets A $10-Per-Year Price Hike

PlayStation Plus will jump from $50/year to $60/year starting September 22, Sony said today. It’s the first price hike for the online service since it launched in 2010. The three-month plan will now cost $25, and the one-month plan will remain at $10. “If you are a current member, the new prices will take effect…

By Jason Schreier Published August 22, 2016

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PSA: Don’t Buy A PlayStation 4 Right Now

The PlayStation 4 is an excellent console, one that I’d recommend to anyone who’s looking for a new video game system. Also, you should definitely not buy one. Patrick Redford, a writer for the Bleacher Report fan website Deadspin, has been asking me for the past month whether or not he should buy a PlayStation…

By Jason Schreier Published August 22, 2016

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Twitch Will Highlight Disabled Gamers This Week

Right now, I’m watching speedrunner HalfCoordinated blast through Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight on “Insane difficulty” using just one hand. HalfCoordinated has hemiparesis, so the whole right half of his body is severely weak, a disability that hasn’t stopped him from speedruning Momodora: RUtM in under 25 minutes. Today, HalfCoordinated is on the front page…

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published August 22, 2016

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Hitman‘s Bangkok Episode Is A Colorful Return To Form

Hitman’s latest episode, Bangkok, returns to the ostentatious locations of the series’ previous installments. While Marrakesh was largely brown and yellow straightforward stealth, Episode 4’s Himmapan Hotel is bursting with color, alternate paths, interesting guests, and creative ways to take out your targets. This mission is of a much more personal nature than we’ve seen…

By Riley MacLeod Published August 22, 2016

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Beloved Destiny Community Member Dies At 33

Allen Carr Mackey, best known in the Destiny community as ‘DrDrizzay101,’ died on Friday from carbon monoxide poisoning, according to one of his friends. Mackey was 33. Mackey was well-known to other players—particularly on the Destiny NeoGAF community—as a kind, considerate, always-helpful Destiny addict with a seemingly endless amount of patience. He helped guide friends…

By Jason Schreier Published August 22, 2016

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Divinity: Original Sin II launches on Steam Early Access on September 15. Players will be able to experience the opening of the CRPG sequel’s campaign and put their skills to the test in the player-versus-player arena.

By Mike Fahey Published August 22, 2016

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It’s A Very Good Time To Level A World Of Warcraft Character

This is Raccoon, my new World of Warcraft rogue, looking dapper at level 24. This screenshot was taken on Friday afternoon, the day after he was created. As of this morning he’s level 91. He’ll hit the level 100 cap this evening. He’s been working out, with demons. Now any power-leveler can get a character…

By Mike Fahey Published August 22, 2016

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Swapping Overwatch Character Animations Is A Good Time

A new set of animation tools released last week have made it a lot easier for people to import Overwatch’s characters into Source Filmmaker and mess around with stuff. Like swapping player animations. Created by speeder99123, there are already some cool clips being made: Not every character or animation is working right now (some, like…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 22, 2016

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Indie Zelda-Like Oceanhorn Is Getting A Sequel

With Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas soon spreading its Windwaker vibe to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, indie developer Cornfox & Bros. reveals its next project, Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm, taking the series from top-down to third-person action RPG. The first Oceanhorn arrives on current generation consoles on September 7, completing…

By Mike Fahey Published August 22, 2016

Culture

Track: Just You, Just Me | Artist: Bill Evans | Album: Conversations With Myself Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 22, 2016

Kotaku East

Giant Snorlax Cushions Are A Bad Idea

Make that, owning a giant Snorlax cushion is a terrible notion. The concept of them is fine. The reality is not. As Kotaku previously posted, Bandai Namco is releasing a huge Snorlax cushion that measures 130cm (4.2 feet) across and 150cm (4.9 feet) tall. It seems like a good idea. And hey, what’s 52,000 yen…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 22, 2016

Kotaku East

The Tokyo Olympics Could Be The Geekiest Olympics Yet

As reported earlier, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appeared at the 2016 Rio Olympics’ closing ceremony as Mario. But that wasn’t the only Japanese pop culture cameo. Other iconic characters from gaming and anime popped up in a Tokyo Olympics promotional clip shown during this year’s closing ceremony, Such as Pac-Man. Captain Tsubasa from the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 22, 2016

Kotaku East

Official Look At Super Saiyan Rose In Dragon Ball Super

Previously, Kotaku reported that leaks could indicate a pink-hair Super Saiyan was a thing. Now, we can confirm that for sure. Meet Super Saiyan Rose. The official reveal was in a teaser for next week’s Dragon Ball Super. The on-screen text reads and “Black Goku Rematch! Super Saiyan Rose Appears!!” and corresponds to the previously…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 22, 2016