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UncategorizedAnimator Quack Attack published a Berserk parody animation that, many views later, is still making me giggle like an idiot. “Welcome to Berserk” has protagonist Guts stoically standing still as horrible things happen around him, infinitely, forever. Take a look:
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published September 21, 2016 -
UncategorizedVirtual Reality Is A Nice Place To Play Card Games
Virtual reality can’t fix the disconnect between clicking a card and slamming it down on a table, but playing on a battlefield between two fantasy dimensions certainly helps distract from it. Watch us play High Voltage’s Dragon Front on the Oculus Rift and see for yourself. High Voltage Software might have had trouble landing original…
By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2016 -
CultureSteam’s Digital Homicide Fiasco Is Valve’s Fault
It’s been a dramatic handful of days for Steam. Infamous shovelware developer Digital Homicide sued 100 Steam users for $18 million and subpoenaed Valve for their information, at which point Valve booted them and all their games from the service. The worst part? This was all painfully avoidable. The Digital Homicide situation is the culmination…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Popular Fan Game Pokémon Uranium Fully Ceases Development [Update]
A month ago, a Pokémon fan game with nine years of development got shut down by Nintendo. The creators didn’t seem particularly sad about it, though: over a million people downloaded the game, and the devs planned to continue supporting it for those people. But now, that’s changing. The Pokémon Uranium developers have announced that…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
A Look At Steam’s Current Top Seller, Battlerite
Battlerite is an absurd name for a game but never fear because it’s a really good game! It’s a team based action MOBA by Stunlock Studios in early access for the PC right now. And it’s managed to tickle an itch for mayhem I never knew I had. On face value, there was nothing to…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 21, 2016 - Kotaku East
A Serious Look at Big Anime Eyes
Kyoto Animation is one of Japan’s most famous anime studios. Besides its shows, the studio is famous for another thing: large eyes. This piece originally appeared 10/21/15. Many anime characters have abnormally large eyes. And many studios in Japan have their own house style. Kyoto Animation is no exception! What’s interesting is that the anime…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil 4 Changed Action Games Forever
Resident Evil 4 was released in HD on the Playstation 4 and Xbox One recently. It’s been years since I played and I was eager to give it another look. I found a game that lives up to the reputation, marrying strong action with a new perspective that altered games forever. I have friends who…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Charizard’s Pokémon Card Is Getting Beefed Up
Next month’s Evolutions expansion might be the end of the Pokémon Trading Card Game’s XY series, but it’s giving some of the very first cards in the 20-year-old game a powerful new beginning. Looks like Charizard’s lost a little weight. The art remains the same, but the numbers in the frames have changed. The Evolutions…
By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Players Celebrate As Star Wars Battlefront Cuts An Amusingly Controversial Feature
It’s rare that the removal of a feature from a video game makes fans of that game happy, but fans of Star Wars Battlefront seem pretty happy that, thanks to a new update, anyone playing as a Stormtrooper in the game is forced to keep their helmet on. “No more wretched storm troopers without helmets,”…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Blizzard Is Killing The Name ‘Battle.net’
It’s the end of an era for Blizzard, as the company announced today plans to say farewell to the name Battle.net, which they’ve used to refer to their internet platform since 1996. From a practical standpoint, nothing is changing, Blizzard says. But they’re ditching the name Battle.net, 20 years after the service launched. When Battle.net…
By Jason Schreier Published September 21, 2016 - Tips & Guides
The Five Best Guns To Buy In Destiny: Rise of Iron
Whenever Destiny gets an expansion, the vendors in the tower finally get new weapons in stock. Those of us who obsess over perks and rolls and stats promptly have an anxiety attack deciding which one to buy first. If there’s one thing I’ve learned after two years of Destiny, it’s that I’ll be able to…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
A lengthy new blog post from the developers of The Division outlines major changes being made to character stats, skills and gear as part of the big October 1.4 patch that’s intended to make the endgame fun. The update, including big changes being made to popular skills like Smart Cover, will be playable on a…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 21, 2016 -
UncategorizedPaladins’ Developers Deny Cloning Overwatch
Paladins, a video game that looks very much like Overwatch, has taken some heat for its similarities to Blizzard’s popular team shooter—to the point where last night one of Paladins’ top developers felt compelled to write a big ol’ Reddit post explaining how it isn’t a clone at all. In the Reddit post, Hi-Rez Studios…
By Jason Schreier Published September 21, 2016 -
UncategorizedDestiny: Rise of Iron PSA: Go Climb The Mountain
One of my favorite new things in Destiny, a video game filled with horrible jumping puzzles, is a horrible jumping puzzle. Specifically: climbing a bigass mountain. The new social space in Rise of Iron, which came out yesterday, gives you access to a snowy mountain range called Felwinter’s Peak. The new social space, Iron Temple,…
By Jason Schreier Published September 21, 2016 -
Kotaku EastMiyazaki Gives Clear Answers On The Future Of Dark Souls, Armored Core
During a recent round table at Namco Bandai headquarters in Tokyo, I asked From Software’s Hidetaka Miyazaki about the future of Dark Souls, as well as what else the studio is working on. The good news is yes, a new Armored Core is coming. The bad news is that, at least for the foreseeable future,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 21, 2016 -
Kotaku EastPolice Dealing With Pokémon Go Chaos In Tokyo
In the past few days, a rare Pokémon has been spotted in Tokyo’s Odaiba. Loads of people have shown up to catch it, and the crowds have become so big that the police were called in to handle the situation. Which has looked like this: Damn. Folks have been running to catchLapras, ignoring traffic lights…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 21, 2016 - Kotaku East
Hideaki Anno Is Finished With Godzilla, Moving On To Evangelion
Earlier this summer, Hideaki Anno apologized to Evangelion fans, saying he was sorry to keep them waiting. Now he says he’s working hard on Eva. The hold up has been Godzilla Resurgence, which Anno helmed. The movie has been a smash hit in Japan, and as Yahoo! Japan reports, when he was asked whether or…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 21, 2016
