- Kotaku East
Don’t expect a Level-5 game for the Nintendo Switch’s launch. Level-5 honcho Akihiro Hino is quoted (via Siliconera) as saying, “there surely won’t be a title of ours on launch, but when we find the way to take advantage of it, we will work with it.”
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 31, 2016 - Kotaku East
Halloween Turns Tokyo Into A Giant Street Party
It’s Halloween. And in Tokyo, people are dressing up, people are getting together, and things are getting bonkers. Don’t believe me? Here are a mass of people singing PPAP in Shibuya. Okay, now you believe me. A little over a decade ago, Halloween wasn’t much of a thing in Japan. But now, it most certainly…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 31, 2016 - CultureCosplay
The Cosplay Police Seem Awfully Chill
Photographer Lawrence Brenner took these shots of cosplay superteam Spiral Cats while they were in NYC doing some League of Legends work. I’ve never seen an assault rifle-carrying police officer look so happy in my life. You can see more of Lawrence’s photos here
By Luke Plunkett Published October 31, 2016 - CultureCosplay
This is Jelfishwith some Ring cosplay. Photos by Georgia Nelson
By Luke Plunkett Published October 30, 2016 -
CultureCosplayNegan Cosplay Is Going To Kill Your Favorite Halloween Character
Blizzard artist Rene Koiter isalso one heck of a cosplayer, which he showed once again this year by taking out (along with co-worker Jaime Scheffler) the company’s internal Halloween contest dressed as Negan from The Walking Dead A reminder this is not the first time he has won Blizzard’s contest Jaime is the zombie. Photos…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 30, 2016 - CultureCosplay
Narcos Cosplay Keeps It All In The Family
There may be more elaborate Halloween costumes on the internet this year, more technical costumes, but none will win my heart like this family’s take on Narcos It’s not the first series that comes to mind when I think “wholesome family cosplay”, especially given the relationships between some of the characters here, but I’m willing…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 30, 2016 - Uncategorized
Guy Spends Five Years Building A Minecraft Castle
Five years ago, danrharvey wanted to “get stuck into a creative mode build” in Minecraft. Looking back on it today, he’s built something that’s not only original, but beautiful. “It was fairly aimless at first”, he says, “I just started building a castle, with tunnels beneath, then about three or four months in, during an…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 30, 2016 - Culture
The Week In Games: If These Sprites Could Talk
Owlboy is finally coming out. Like for real. This week. It’s here. The game has been in development for ten years. Originally intended to ship in 2011,development became a long and winding road of what-ifs and some-days. Life is complicated. The team wanted the game to live up to the hype. So instead of coming…
By Ethan Gach Published October 30, 2016 - CultureCosplay
Halloween, 2016
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By Luke Plunkett Published October 30, 2016 - Uncategorized
Steam Runs Out of Keys For A Game, Keeps Selling It Anyway
The Splinter Cell series for PC went on sale this weekend on Steam. Every game was discounted at 75% off, including Splinter Cell: Blacklist, the most recent game which Kirk Hamilton called in his review a sort of “greatest hits” collection borrowing the most successful parts from each previous game. There’s only one problem. Apparently…
By Ethan Gach Published October 30, 2016 - Uncategorized
Steins;Gate 0 will finally release in North America on November 29. The visual novel will be available next month on PS4 and Vita according to a post on the PlayStation blog by localization lead, Adam Lensenmayer. The game is a sequel to Steins;Gate. You can read our review of the imported Japanese version here
By Ethan Gach Published October 30, 2016 - Esports
Perfect Rocky Moment Makes League Finals That Much Better
Samsung Galaxy fought great, but SK Telecom T1 was hands-down the better fighter. And after adding a third championship to their name in just four years, it’s safe to say they are the best team in League of Legends history. That outcome seemed just as inevitable before last night’s finals as after them. Of course…
By Ethan Gach Published October 30, 2016 - Uncategorized
EA Blocks Entire Country From Playing Games On Origin, Says They Plan To Fix It
Electronic Arts says they’re working to fix Origin in Myanmar in the wake of recent news that players could not access their EA PC games in the Southeast Asian country. The ban, widely reported on Reddit (and emailed quite a bit to Kotaku’s tips line today), prevents Origin users in Myanmar from playing any of…
By Jason Schreier Published October 30, 2016 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil Taught Players How To Love Survival Horror
My love for survival horror games began with the first Resident Evil. As a kid I hated everything related to horror, but, after Resident Evil, I came to love and even seek out horror games. I didn’t know anything about the game and had no idea what to expect. The opening, with its live-action footage,…
By Peter Tieryas Published October 30, 2016 - Esports
Pro Overwatch Player Demolishes Opponent In Three Simple Steps
Ana is everybody’s favorite Overwatch sniper mom, and what better way to show off those motherly instincts than by telling Genji to gtfo when the ninja pops in uninvited. In yesterday’s Sweden vs. Brazil group stage match for the Overwatch World Cup, Sebastian “chipshajen” Widlund did just that against a very outmatched James “soulive” Luigi.…
By Ethan Gach Published October 30, 2016
