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Inside Tokyo’s Newest Square Enix Cafe
On October 1 in Tokyo’s Akihabara, Square Enix is opening a new cafe. It’s called, wait for it, Square Enix Cafe. Clever! Square Enix already has the Artnia restaurant and shop in Shinjuku, and on October 5 is opening another cafe called Storia. Famitsu and Dengeki Online checked out the cafe, which is currently decked…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 30, 2016 - Kotaku East
When One Piece Meets Overwatch In Fan Art
What happens when you mix Overwatch with One Piece? Cool fan art, it seems. Twenty-seven year-old Korean artist Han Suk Bum, who is based in Daejeon and who is incredibly talented, mashed up One Piece with Overwatch to terrific effect. In an interview on Insight (via tipster Sang), the aspiring comic book artist says he’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 30, 2016 -
Kotaku EastThis Might Be Dragon Ball Super‘s Biggest Reveal
Do you wonder who Goku Black is? Well, if this leak is correct, we could officially find out soon. Note: This article contains spoilers. Well, possible ones. The evil entity known as Goku Black debuted earlier this summer in Dragon Ball Super’s Future Trunks Saga Besides being a nefarious character, Goku Black can transform into…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 30, 2016 -
CultureCosplayBusiness Fish Is Here For Cosplay Pleasure
Here is a video of Business Fish, still the #1 sticker pack on Facebook, heading down to DragonCon and doing his thing. Which, being a social networking sticker, is mostly just REACTING to everything happening around him. We actually featured a photoshoot of Rundaria’s costume last year, but the vid below is way better.
By Luke Plunkett Published September 29, 2016 -
UncategorizedJapan Gets Its Own Mini-NES, The Mini-Famicom
America is getting the Mini-NES. Japan, naturally, will be getting a Mini-Famicom to match. It’s the same basic deal, bundling 30 classic games into a small system (which you can’t swap out or add to, they’re pre-loaded) that you plug into the TV via HDMI, only here obviously it’s a slightly different roster of titles,…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 29, 2016 -
UncategorizedFan Creates Terrific Intro For Indiana Jones Cartoon Series
Indiana Jones superfan Patrick Schoenmaker has, for the last five years, been working on this animated sequence which imagines the intro to an Indy cartoon series that never actually existed. Similar to Paul “OtaKing” Johnson’s Tie Fighter clip, then, only with a more Western style. And more Nazis. Love the Fate of Atlantis stuff in…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 29, 2016 - Uncategorized
Disneyland Has A Pokémon Go Problem
A reader’s girlfriend works at Disneyland, and sends word that it looks like management is having some trouble with staff playing Pokémon Go on the sly. She sent him this shot from behind the scenes at the park, where the bosses have had to put up a sign barring “cast members” from playing the game…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 29, 2016 -
CultureA Game About Throwing Spears At Penguin Vikings And Hipster Giants
I liked Lichtspeer before I even started playing it. The menu screen, if you’ll believe it, is what sold me. Here’s what it looks like: Where the exit button would normally be, Lichtspeer has a button that reads, “Go home and eat strudel.” And when you press it, a god-like voice triumphantly belts out, “STRUDEL.”…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 29, 2016 - Reviews
NBA 2K17 MyCareer: The Kotaku Review
NBA 2K16’s ambitious attempt last year to get Spike Lee to run its centrepiece MyCareer mode (basically a giant singleplayer sports RPG) was a bit of a disaster. This year, it’s back to the drawing board. Note: As we’ve done the last few years, this is only a review of 2K17’s MyCareer mode, not the…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 29, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Best Twitch Overlay of 2016 (So Far)
Okay, pidgezero_one, I laughed. For those who are confused: the overlay is a picture of Bernie Sanders looking at the debate from earlier in the week. Here’s the original: And here’s what the Twitch overlay looks like in action:
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 29, 2016 -
CultureBattlefield 1 Player Makes A Damn Fine Toss
Today on Highlight Reel we have impressive intros, corpse sleds, grenade tosses 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! Forza Horizon 3 – RadiantPup43215…
By Chris Person Published September 29, 2016 - Uncategorized
YouTube celebrity PewDiePie announced today that he’s designing his next game with one of the masterminds behind Goat Simulator, a satirical game that owes its popularity to YouTubers, the Verge reports The details of the game are unclear, but it will be on PC, iOS and Android. Today, PewDiePie released his newest game, Tuber Simulator.
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published September 29, 2016 - Uncategorized
Look At This Shiba Inu Game
Year of the Dog is a slice-of-life game about owning a Shiba Inu in San Francisco, and it looks wonderful. Seriously, look at these GIFs showcasing moments and gameplay, courtesy of developer @keanerie: So idyllic~ Even the glitches look hilarious: Some features listed on the Year of the Dog’s official website: -12 interactive vignettes of…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 29, 2016 -
CultureSpeedrunners Finally Pull Off The ‘Holy Grail’ Of Mario 64 Glitches
Since it came out 20 years ago, Super Mario 64 has been cracked open, turned inside-out, and put back together in all sorts of weird configurations, but people keep figuring out new ways to warp its candy colored reality. The latest is being billed as the biggest speedrun breakthrough since 2007. A crew of speedrunners…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 29, 2016 - Uncategorized
Ask Kotaku‘s Staff Anything
It’s Thursday afternoon, fall is finally here, and we’re all getting ready for an exciting next few months of video games. (Except for me—I’m going on sabbatical in October. See you suckers later.) Kotaku’s staff will be here for the next hour-and-a-half to answer your questions. Ask whatever you’d like.
By Jason Schreier Published September 29, 2016