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UncategorizedParagon Unleashes The Ultimate Weapon Against Robots And Monsters: A Fairy Princess
To be fair, I’m not 100 percent positive that The Fey, joining Epic Games’ action MOBA today to battle against laser commandos, bunnies in mech suits, killer robots and mutant beasts, is an actual princess. I am completely positive she seems a little out of place. Or maybe she’s just an important step in establishing…
By Mike Fahey Published August 2, 2016 - Culture
Biggest Counter-Strike Betting Site Seeks Official Gambling License
CSGO Lounge, the top Counter-Strike skin betting site, has announced that they plan to comply with Valve’s CSGO gambling cease-and-desist letter by obtaining an actual gambling license. Problem: that’s not the reason Valve sent the letter in the first place. In a statement on the site, CSGO Lounge’s founder explained: “After all the recent events…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
Lots More Destiny: Rise of Iron Details Emerge
Thorn is coming back to Destiny, a video game in which players convince themselves that it’s worth spending hours grinding for goddamn calcified fragments just so they can get a stupid emblem. Also in the next expansion, Rise of Iron, which comes out September 20: New types of artifacts! A big light level boost! And…
By Jason Schreier Published August 2, 2016 - Reviews
Quadrilateral Cowboy: The Kotaku Review
Staring off into space. Drumming a desk with your fingers. Loading the Facebook app on your phone for the fifth time in 20 minutes. Then, it happens: the a-ha moment where experimentation has a baby with logic and a previously “impossible” puzzle is solved. There are many moments like this in Quadrilateral Cowboy, the closest…
By Patrick Klepek Published August 2, 2016 -
UncategorizedOverwatch Gets Rocket League-Like Summer Games Mode
Overwatch today launched its first seasonal event, and with it comes the new gameplay mode Lúcioball. As an introduction to Overwatch’s Summer Games, Lúcioball will have players battling it out on a “futuristic soccer field” in a Rocket League-esque seasonal soccer brawl set in Rio de Janeiro. Overwatch’s Assistant Game Director Aaron Keller elaborates on…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published August 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
Pokémon Sun And Moon Leak May Reveal Starters’ Evolutions [UPDATE]
Earlier this year, a leak appeared online alleging to contain some new, unconfirmed information about Pokémon Sun and Moon. There was even some concept art floating around. At the time, it seemed like bunk. But with yesterday’s big reveal, it seems more likely that the leak was true all along. As PokeJungle reported early in…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 2, 2016 -
UncategorizedWatch Us Dungeon Dive in Brutal, An Upcoming Roguelike
I have fond memories of hack and slash RPG adventures like Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance and while I love Diablo 3, variety is the spice of life! Enter Brutal (self stylized as Brut@l), a roguelike dungeon crawler by Stormcloud Games coming to the Playstation 4 on August 9th. With a great marriage of ASCII influenced…
By Heather Alexandra Published August 2, 2016 -
ReviewsNear Death: The Kotaku Review
There are no monsters in Near Death, a new video game about escaping an otherwise abandoned, wrecked and unbearably cold Antarctic research station. There are no bad guys at all. There is just the menace of weather: sub-zero temperatures that make it fatal to be outside for more than a couple of minutes, howling winds…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 2, 2016 - Culture
Yo Bro Is It Safe Down There In The Woods? Yeah Man It’s Cool.
Note: that’s not my headline. That’s the actual name of this piece, by Serbian concept artist and illustrator Tomislav Jagnjic. You can see more of Tomislav’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
Years After Raising $660,000, Playdek Keeps Breaking Promises To Unsung Story Backers
In early 2014, the company Playdek crowdfunded over $660,000 to make a spiritual successor to Final Fantasy Tactics alongside its creator, Yasumi Matsuno. Two and a half years later, they just can’t seem to stop breaking promises. Most Kickstarter backers—myself included—have long given up on ever seeing Playdek’s game, aptly titled Unsung Story. But it’s…
By Jason Schreier Published August 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
Banned Overwatch Players Are Not Reacting Well
Overwatch cheaters yesterday were squashed under Blizzard’s ban hammer. Predictably, they are whining on cheating forums about it. In the second banwave Blizzard has sent against Overwatch cheaters, players who use bots to boost play were removed from the game. By early June, just a few weeks after the game’s release, thousands of players had…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published August 2, 2016 -
UncategorizedLegendary Articuno ‘Appears’ In Ohio, Tears Pokémon Go Community Apart [UPDATES]
UPDATE 8/3 2:14 PM: Niantic has now taken away the legendaries these Pokémon Go players. Original story below: Legendaries are supposed to be the rarest, most unique monsters available in Pokémon Go; the sorts of creatures you would expect to only show up during special events announced by Niantic. And yet, a couple has unbelievably…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 2, 2016 -
UncategorizedTelltale’s Batman Series Starts Well, But Doesn’t Shock Yet
The first episode of Telltale’s new Batman series challenges players to see how far they’ll push the Dark Knight. The quality of this new series will be determined by how Telltale themselves can push Batman. The series’ two-hour debut, out today for PC, PS4 and Xbox One and following on more platforms “soon,” focuses on…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 2, 2016 -
CultureSnacktaku Is Afraid Of Ghostbusters Twinkies, Eats Them Anyway
One of the most requested snacks in Snacktaku history has us convinced you really, really hate us. Even Logo Ghost is afraid of Key Lime Slime Twinkies, and he’s already dead. Originally published 8/1/2016, reupped for breakfast, the most important meal of the day. Obviously your plan to kill me failed, though at least half…
By Mike Fahey Published August 2, 2016 -
UncategorizedSize Comparison: Xbox One S Vs. Xbox One Vs PS4
The $400 2TB version of Microsoft’s new, slimmer Xbox One S is out today, but just how slim is it? Through the power of video, we have compared it to the original Xbox One, a PS4 and Quimby the cat. Remember, this new Xbox One S is pretty much even in power with the original…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
Many Robots Die In The First Episode Of Transformers: Combiner Wars
When calculating robot body count, do combiners count as one or five? Either way, a ton of sentient machinery is decommissioned in the first episode of Machinima and Hasbro’s Transformers: Combiner Wars. Death is not a spoiler in the adult-aimed series, having pretty much been part of the push from the beginning. The first episode…
By Mike Fahey Published August 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
Niantic Explains Pokémon Go Changes
With players turning on Pokémon Go, Niantic just put out a statement explaining why certain changes were made. As Kotaku reported yesterday, much of the controversy has been over the three-step “Nearby” feature. Niantic addresses that in today’s statement, which can be read in full below: Trainers, As many of you know, we recently made…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 2, 2016
