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Hasbro is starting its own fan convention next year. The toy and game company behind everything from Dungeons & Dragons to My Little Pony will hold the first Hascon in Providence, Rhode Island September 8-10. It sounds like heaven. Find out more here.
By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2016 - Uncategorized
Overwatch Teams Stop Fighting Each Other To Thwart Cheater
Cheating might win you a game, but it won’t win you any friends. In this case, the red-handed dickhead didn’t get either. Overwatch player SixZoSeven recounted a recent incident in which their competitive mode team picked up somebody pretty obviously using an aimbot, a type of cheat that aims for you, as opposed to an…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 18, 2016 -
UncategorizedRocksteady Hid One Hell Of An Arkham VR Easter Egg In Arkham Knight
A wall covered in writing in Batman Arkham Knight that baffled thousands of players for months was a brazen Easter Egg teasing October’s Arkham VR. It was hiding nearly in plain sight for nine months, ever since development studio Rocksteady snuck it into Arkham Knight via some DLC in January. Spoilers follow, of course. The…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 18, 2016 -
UncategorizedHearthstone-Style Plants Vs. Zombies Spin-Off Launches
The battle between flora and the undead has taken many forms over the years, from the original flower defense to full-blown third-person shooter. Now we can officially add collectible card game to the list, with the launch of Plants Vs. Zombies Heroes, aka Hearthstone with lanes. The free-to-play card game, now available on iOS and…
By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2016 - Uncategorized
Who’s Who In Anime Girls That Are Also Sega Game Consoles
This week marks the launch of Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls, a game in which one group of anime girls representing Sega game consoles faces off against another group of anime girls representing Sega game consoles. Since 2010, Idea Factory’s Hyperdimension Neptunia series has been acting out the console wars with anime characters representing…
By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2016 - Uncategorized
Red Dead Redemption 2 Coming Fall 2017
After two days of teasing the internet with images, Rockstar has now come right out with it: Red Dead Redemption 2 is a real thing that is happening, and we can expect a trailer for it on Thursday, October 20th, at 11am. And…that’s it for now. The final image reveal does however give us a…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 18, 2016 -
UncategorizedPokémon Sun and Moon Demo Appears to Accidentally Leak Most of The Pokedex
Pokémon Sun and Moon’s special 3DS demo may not be out in all regions yet, but data miners are already hard at work extracting as much information as they can from the uploaded eShop files. (SPOILERS) According to hackers, data miners, and trusted Pokémon sources, the public Sun and Moon demo contains files revealing the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 18, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Zelda Arcade Cabinet We Deserved
But the one we never got. Here’s a spectacular fan-made Legend of Zelda cabinet that shows what could have been, but what wasn’t. Wyo over on the Arcade Museum forums made this beauty, outfitting the cabinet with a NES and 20-inch cathode ray tube. It’s about 95 percent done with some side art and instruction…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 18, 2016 - Kotaku East
The End Of An Era For StarCraft and South Korea
Today, the Korean Esports Association announced that the StarCraft ProLeague was ending. The league began in 2003, but this year, its last, brings a fourteen-year run to a close. StarCraft scandals have plagued Korean esports for years (here and here, for example), while these days, Overwatch and League of Legends are where it’s at for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 18, 2016 - Kotaku East
Free Ramen If You Can Eat It All
Hungry? Like, really, really hungry? Then you need to visit the Tokyo noodle restaurant known as Ramen Shop, because if you can eat one of their huge bowls of ramen in a certain amount of time, your meal is free. If you fail the “jumbo ramen challenge,” then you’ll need to cough up 2,000 yen…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 18, 2016 -
Kotaku EastWell, This Pokémon Go Parody Escalated Quickly
Tokyo-based YouTube Channel RATE VFXcreated this clip that shows just how intense AR games can get when they’re mixed with paramilitary ones and endlessly spawning Team Rocket baddies. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 18, 2016 - Uncategorized
Pokémon Sun and Moon’s Alolan Dugtrio Has Fabulous Hair [UPDATE]
Now that the special demo for Pokémon Sun and Moon has dropped for some regions, players are making some incredible discoveries—including what may be the best Alolan form of any Pokémon we’ve seen so far. Yes, that’s Dugtrio with blonde hair. I know, I know. It looks fake. My initial reaction was that it must…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 17, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Studio Behind Sleeping Dogs Has Shut Down
United Front Games, the studio best known for developing Sleeping Dogs, has today closed its doors. And it seems the move was sudden The team were currently working on Smash+Grab, an online “gang warfare” title that only just hit Early Access. It also just had a free weekend on Steam. In 2014, United Front signed…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 17, 2016 -
CultureCosplayEmpire Strikes Back Costume Melts Hearts Before It Reaches The First Marker
Custom motorcycle artist Clint Case made this Halloween costume for his son. It’s wonderful. Potentially grisly, depending on how many Wampas are left in the wild in the mainland United States, but wonderful nonetheless. Clint, if you can scrounge together the materials for an adult version, that’d be great, thanks. Via Laughing Squid
By Luke Plunkett Published October 17, 2016 - Uncategorized
Endless Legend’s New Expansion Is Pretty Good
Endless Legend, a very good 4X strategy game for the PC, got a new expansion last week. It’s a good time. The expansion is called Tempest, and like the best expansions for strategy games it doesn’t just add, it changes. OK, yes, it adds—the game has a new faction and a ton of new quests—but…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 17, 2016 -
CultureBattlefield 1 Sniper Perfectly Fakes Out Enemy
Today on Highlight Reel we have Battlefield 1 moments, Halo spins, Overwatch point defenses, UFC knockouts and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! FIFA…
By Chris Person Published October 17, 2016 - Uncategorized
Red Dead Redemption Fans Turn Rockstar’s Tease Into Comedy Gold
Rockstar’s been teasing the crap out of a big reveal for the past couple days. Their tease medium of choice? Images of stars and cowboys. Obviously, they’re either about to announce a new Red Dead game, or a gripping open-world narrative experience about sports teams from Dallas, Texas. Where some fans see pictures of Cool…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 17, 2016