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Blizzard Defends Overwatch’s Limited-Time Summer Games Loot
Overwatch’s new Summer Games event adds more than 100 new emotes, sprays, icons, intros, and skins to the game, but there’s a catch: they come in randomized boxes, and you can’t buy individual items no matter how many coins you’ve saved up. There’s been quite a bit of outcry about that, especially among players who…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 3, 2016 - Uncategorized
The First-Ever Phoenix Wright Case Happens Today
When dreaming up Phoenix Wright back in the early 2000s, series creator Shu Takumi picked a date that seemed wayyyyy far in the future. Now we’re here. The first case of the very first Ace Attorney game, ‘The First Turnabout,’ takes place on August 3, 2016—15 years after Phoenix Wright made his debut on the…
By Jason Schreier Published August 3, 2016 - Uncategorized
Niantic Takes Away Legendaries From Pokémon Go Players
When news broke thata couple from Ohio suddenly had a legendary Pokémon yesterday, the most common response from other players was that something fishy was going on. Today, Niantic confirmed the shenanigans, and says it has rectified the situation. In a statement sent to IGN, a Niantic rep said the following: We recently noticed that…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 3, 2016 -
UncategorizedDestiny‘s Weekend Vendor Gets A World Of Warcraft Counterpart
Located conveniently next to the Bank of Dalaran in World of Warcraft’s Legion expansion, Xur’ios stands ready to exchange your Curious Coins for rare recipes, weapons, mounts and more. Anyone need a Gjallar’s “Horn?” It’s easy to forget that both Destiny, a game that’s part of this complete breakfast and World of Warcraft are ultimately…
By Mike Fahey Published August 3, 2016 - Uncategorized
Pokémon Go Pisses Players Off Again By Making Pokémon Harder To Catch [Update]
Over the last week, Pokémon Go underwent a couple of mechanical changes that players really, really don’t like. The first, as has been widely reported by now, was a tweak in capture rates for Pokémon Go. If you’ve noticed that monsters are moving around more, and in general are harder to catch, you are not…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 3, 2016 -
UncategorizedYet Another Final Fantasy Game Comes To Mobile Today
Today marks the release of Mobius Final Fantasy, yet another ridiculously titled FF game that Square Enix is putting on iOS and Android. The game just went live, so I haven’t had much of a chance to check it out yet, but Square says it’s got “in-depth character customization, ongoing live events, and HD graphics…
By Jason Schreier Published August 3, 2016 - Uncategorized
Overwatch Fans Find New Clues About The Mysterious Hero Sombra
About 2,000 Overwatch fans are currently hard at work deciphering the game’s latest clue about the unreleased hero Sombra. Yesterday, Blizzard published a video announcing their Summer Games seasonal event, which, Redditors think, surreptitiously holds new hints about Sombra, allegedly a hacker hero whose name translates to “Shadow.” A day later, these “Game Detectives” have…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published August 3, 2016 - Uncategorized
What’s Inside The Xbox One S
As they do with most shiny new gaming tech, the brave folks at iFixit have taken apart Microsoft’s smaller, slightly faster Xbox One S to see how repairable it is (very) and answer questions like “Is the hard drive easier to upgrade?” (hahahaha no). It’s surprising how few things go into assembling a system capable…
By Mike Fahey Published August 3, 2016 - Culture
Eat A Snickers
Kevin Hong is an artist from NYC who most recently did some work for Miyamori, an upcoming RPG set in a small town in Japan. (That top gif isn’t from Miyamori…it’s the piece below with the girl walking up the steps. The gif up top is from RPG Indivisible.) You can see more of Kevin’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2016 -
UncategorizedPlaying The Elder Scrolls Legends, AKA Brown Hearthstone With A Twist
To be fair, it’s a pretty big twist. While The Elder Scrolls Legends beta has a whole lot of Hearthstone going on, it’s going on in two lanes at once, which is actually pretty cool. I just got into the beta test for The Elder Scrolls Legends yesterday afternoon, so I hopped on last night…
By Mike Fahey Published August 3, 2016 - Kotaku East
The SNES-Themed 3DS Compared To An Actual Super Nintendo
Earlier this year, Nintendo announced a SNES (the Super Famicom) themed New 3DS XL. Those who ordered are finally getting the portable, and now we can see what the handheld looks like. Next to a Japanese Super Nintendo First, let’s check out the hardware itself, which evokes the Japanese and PAL version of the console:…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 3, 2016 - Kotaku East
Chinese VR Machine Looks Barfy
At the recent ChinaJoy gaming show in, well, China, a number of companies set up big VR displays. Some of them are similar to set-ups that exist in the West, while others aren’t. VR can—and does—get nutty just about anywhere, and China is no exception. Here are loads of images from Famitsu, 4Gamer and VR…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 3, 2016 - Kotaku East
Giant Ditto Pokémon Cushion You Can Cuddle
Ditto is one of the cutest Pocket Monsters ever created. And now, there is a big stuffed Ditto you can snuggle. Priced at 13,000 yen (US$129), the Ditto plushie cushion thingy weighs a whopping 8 pounds! Ditto goes on sale August 6 in Japan. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 3, 2016 -
Uncategorized[New Warhammer 40K Game Announcement]
There aretoo many damn Warhammer games. Anyway, here’s one more, and it actually looks OK. It’s called Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach, and it’s a straight-up turn-based tactics experience. Classic 40K, basically, only without the painting. It stars Space Wolves, which is awesome. Also promising is that it’s a Slitherine joint, the same publishers behind games…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
Overwatch, Hearthstone Knocked Offline By DDoS Attack (Update: Fixed)
Looks like some banned Overwatch players might be reacting a little more poorly than we’d first thought, with a DDoS attack knocking the game—and by extension a lot of other Blizzard titles—out of service this afternoon. UPDATE: Fixed: Original story continues below: It started with login issues: Then: And: Blizzard has since said that “Our…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 2, 2016 -
UncategorizedOverwatch‘s New Rocket League Mode Is A Very Good Time
Today Overwatch got a new game mode called Lucioball. And by “new game mode” I mean that Blizzard has basically turned Overwatch into Rocket League. Do you know what’s pretty fun? An Overwatch version of Rocket League Lucioball is a new 3v3 mode that’s currently serving as the weekly brawl. It’s part of an Overwatch…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 2, 2016
