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Vote For The Best Toys Of The Year
DC Super Hero Girls versus Pokémon. Funko Pop! vinyls versus Lego Disney minifigures. Fossil Hunter Lottie versus Fortress Maximus. We’ve got some tough choices to make to determine the winners of the Toy Industry Association’s 2017 Toy of the Year awards. The TIA probably doesn’t have a special group that just sits around playing with…
By Mike Fahey Published November 21, 2016 -
UncategorizedFormer Conan Rep Calls Out Hit Board Game’s Depiction Of Women
A woman who helped market a wildly popular upcoming Conan board game, which raised over $3 million on Kickstarter in 2015, is speaking out against its portrayal of women. In a November 12 essay titled “Grab ‘Em By The Board Game,” Cynthia Hornbeck, who marketed the game for Asmodee, the company that is distributing the…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published November 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Video Games Also Have A Fake News Problem
In the wake of the 2016 election, one of this month’s biggest stories is the rise of fake news, as passed from uncle to uncle via Facebook and Google. And while fake video game articles may not be as dangerous as stories about Hillary Clinton assassinating her aides, it’s still worth noting: Video games have…
By Jason Schreier Published November 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Game Awards Show Mysteriously Removes Two Nintendo Fan Games
The Game Awardswill be held next week, celebrating AAA gaming as well as smaller projects. Two fan games based on Nintendo IPs, AM2R and Pokemon Uranium, have disappeared from the “Best Fan Creation” nominees. AM2R is afan remastering of Metroid 2: The Return of Samus. Released earlier this year, the project was hit with a…
By Heather Alexandra Published November 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Dear Nintendo, Please Actually Make This Mini-SNES/Super Famicom
Love, everyone. I like the idea of the Mini-NES! But not the idea of playing many of its games. Load up something like this with Link to the Past, Super Mario World, F-Zero and maybe Street Fighter II and/or Super Star Wars, though, and oh boy Especially since this box is for the timeless JP/PAL…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Pokemon Sun and Moon‘s Wonder Trade Is Full of Monsters Named Donald Trump
The Wonder Trade feature in Pokémon Sun and Moon is dice roll: you put a Pokémon in, get a random Pokémon from somewhere else in the world in return. Out of 700+ possibilities, players keep spotting Yungooses named Donald Trump circulating on Wonder Trade. Fans have thought the reality tv star and the Alolan Pokémon…
By Gita Jackson Published November 21, 2016 -
UncategorizedSmash Bros. Melee Is Worth Celebrating On Its 15th Birthday
Today is the 15th birthday of a game that just will not go away. Super Smash Bros. Melee will just not go away. There’s a reason for its stubborn popularity. Melee builds. Without post-release balance adjustments, the game actually seasoned instead of growing dry. Time only gave it depth, and players who grew up with…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published November 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
A Tribute To Titanfall 2‘s Saddest Robot
Titanfall 2 is an exciting romp full of amazing guns and giant mechs. But it also harbors a tragic tale of deprivation, theft, and heartbreak. This is the story of a sad little robot who just wanted to do their job. Having rendezvoused with a unit of militia troops, our ever-generic protagonist Jack Cooper and…
By Heather Alexandra Published November 21, 2016 -
UncategorizedUncharted 4 Is Getting A Co-Op Horde Mode
Keeping in step with themultiplayer roadmap released back in the spring, Uncharted 4‘s co-op multiplayer survival mode is coming in mid-December, pitting Nathan Drake and friends against 50 waves of enemies from merc fodder to flaming pirates. Visitors to next week’s PlayStation Experience event will be the first to try their hands at Uncharted 4:…
By Mike Fahey Published November 21, 2016 -
UncategorizedConsole Overwatch Player Hilariously Proves PC Elitists Wrong
Two months ago, YouTuber DSPStanky uploaded a video where they wrecked everyone as Lucio. We’re talking, literal dancing around opponents. One of the most common responses at the time was basically “you’d never be able to do this on PC.” DSPStanky took this response as a challenge, and started playing Overwatch on PC seriously. DSPStanky…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Pokémon Go is giving thanks for obsessed players everywhere with a special Thanksgiving event. From November 23 to November 30, XP and Stardust gains will be doubled. Sounds like a lovely excuse to wander away from the dinner table before the fighting starts.
By Mike Fahey Published November 21, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Best Way To Play New Steam Hit Icey Is To Ignore The Instructions
Chinese indie Icey may look like a simple side-scrolling hack-and-slash game, but that’s only if you do what the narrator and directional arrows tell you. Ignore them, and things get weird. Currently selling for under $10 on Steam and enjoying a spot on the global bestsellers list, Icey is part standard action game, part metagame.…
By Mike Fahey Published November 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XV Is Leaking Everywhere
Final Fantasy XV won’t be out for another eight days, but video game stores across the world are selling copies to anyone who asks. In other words, it’s time to watch out for spoilers. Over the weekend, various gamers reported buying early copies of FFXV from stores breaking street date in Peru, Saudi Arabia, and…
By Jason Schreier Published November 21, 2016 - Culture
The Art Of Watch Dogs 2
There sure is a lot of colour in Watch Dogs 2, a creative decision that can be traced all the way back to the game’s concept art. Below you’ll find collections of work from the game by many of the artists working on Watch Dogs 2 In case you missed it, last week I ran…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2016 - Kotaku East
Sailor Moon Now Battling Sexually Transmitted Infections
Japan’s Ministry of Health is enlisting Sailor Moon to help contain the spread of chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV/AIDS, among other STIs. In recent years, sexually transmitted infection cases have spiked in Japan. During the 1990s, Sankei News reports that the number never got over a thousand, but as of this October, there were 3,284 people…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 21, 2016 - Kotaku East
“FF Is Coming Out” Is All Square Enix Needs To Say
Billboards promoting new video games aren’t usually that memorable. They lack impact! Not this, though. It’s terrific. This billboard has gone up in Tokyo’s Shibuya to promote Final Fantasy XV’s release. It simply says, “FF Is Coming Out” (FFが出る). That’s all it needs to say. Love how simple and to the point it is. Only…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 21, 2016 -
Kotaku EastFind Dragon Balls With This Dragon Ball Radar
In Dragon Ball, there is a tracking device that makes finding, well, Dragon Balls, so much more easy. Now people can own one. Of course, this isn’t a real Dragon Ball Radar, but it does look like the one Bulma made. It’s apparently a quality replica that also beeps, plays music, and makes sounds. You…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 21, 2016
