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UncategorizedThe Black Death, Now In A Video Game
The Black Death, an outbreak of the bubonic plague which swept through Europe in the 14th century (killing anywhere from 30-60% of its population!), does not seem a good setting for a video game. Oh, unless it’s Crusader Kings II we’re talking about. Which, hey, we are. The medieval murder/sex/papacy simulation is about to add…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Man Arrested For Sending Death Threats To Blizzard
A Sacramento man has been arrested and charged with sending multiple death threats to Blizzard Entertainment, the developers of World of Warcraft and Overwatch Stephen Cebula, 28, is accused of sending messages “over the internet” on July 2 & 3 saying he “may or may not pay [Blizzard] a visit with an AK47 amongst some…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XIV’s Exciting New Dungeon Is Not Very Exciting Yet [UPDATE]
When Final Fantasy XIV director Naoki Yoshida revealed the MMORPG’s upcoming Palace of the Dead dungeon last April, I had what I now realize was an embarrassingly romantic notion of what it would be: dungeon-crawling with friendly strangers, sneaking by traps and strategically navigating its roguelike-inspired, randomized maps to best an onslaught of challenging monsters.…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published July 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Sony Is The Only Remaining Obstacle To PS4-Xbox Cross-Play
In recent days, the developers behind Rocket League and The Witcher 3 have both called for Sony to break down the walls separating PlayStation Network and Xbox Live and allow cross-platform multiplayer. This idea kicked off in March, when Microsoft announced native support for cross-platform play between Windows 10 and Xbox One. It also allowed…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
No Man’s Sky And The Patented ‘Superformula’
With just under three weeks before the launch of No Man’s Sky—which I personally delayed back in May—a new potential controversy has emerged, this one revolving around a Dutch scientist’s patent. In order to generate the geology of its billions of procedurally generated planets, No Man’s Sky relies upon a mathematical equation called the Superformula…
By Jason Schreier Published July 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Men Who Brought Guns To Pokémon World Championships Sent To Prison For Two Years
Two Iowan men who were arrested in August of 2015 for apparent gun threats at the Pokémon World Championships were sentenced to two years in prison today in a Boston court. James Stumbo and Kevin Norton each pled guilty to charges that they’d brought a shotgun, a rifle, and ammunition to the competitive Pokémon card…
By Jason Schreier Published July 21, 2016 -
UncategorizedGuy Pranks Pokémon Go Players, Causes Stampede
When Pokémon Go players see a good Pokémon spawn on the map, everyone will start running toward it, even if it’s not particularly rare. It was only a matter of time before someone took advantage of this phenomenon. Watch what happens after Vine star Logan Paul screams DRAGONITE in the middle of a crowd of…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 21, 2016 -
CultureWhat Happens After An Indie Game Fails On Steam
Brigador took five years to create. It’s a mech game with a great retro-chic look, a standout soundtrack, and fully desctructible everything. The developers jokingly call it a “Kool-Aid Man simulator.” On Steam, it has a 94 percent positive rating. Despite all that, it flopped. In the wake of a small handful of reviews and…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Look At This Transformers Figure
3A toys—most recently flooring us with their Destiny efforts—have also managed to pick up the rights to make some Transformers figures. And oh boy There’ll be a whole series of them, each based on original G1 character designs. For TFG1, Ashley Wood and the development team at ThreeA have gone back to the original 1980s…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2016 -
Uncategorized‘Now You’re Playing With Power’: NES Classic Brings Back Nintendo’s Best Slogan
Nintendo is going full nostalgia with their new NES Classic, aka the mini-NES, which fits into your palm and will play 30 pre-installed Nintendo games. (The whole thing costs $60.) Now they just need to bring back the Power Glove. It’s so bad.
By Jason Schreier Published July 21, 2016 -
UncategorizedNintendo Defends Art Style Of Controversial New Metroid Game
The first nine minutes of a new video for the most hotly-debated Nintendo game in years shows what looks like a pretty fun four-player co-op shooter. The last five minutes are interesting in a different way, as they appear to be Nintendo’s best efforts yet to address criticism of the upcoming game, Metroid Prime: Federation…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 21, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Rare Pokémon Go Monsters That No One Has Caught Yet [Update]
Pokémon Go is supposed to have the original cast of the first Pokémon games: this means, at minimum, a roster of 151 creatures. But so far, there’s no way of collecting the full set. In the main Pokémon games, there is a concept known as “legendaries”—that is, rare and powerful Pokémon that are significantly harder…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 21, 2016 -
UncategorizedFed Up Payday 2 Console Players Have Been Waiting A Year For Promised Updates
“We will be able to share a date with you relatively soon when the first update for consoles will hit,” said Payday 2 producer Amir Listo in February. We’ve been making some real progress.” It’s now the end of July, and there’s no indication when console owners are getting new content. Payday 2: Crimewave Edition…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Fate Of Atlantis Sequel We Never Got To Play
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis isn’tjust one of the greatest video games ever made, it’s also for many fans a baked-in part of the Indy franchise, a better fourth movie than the actual fourth movie. So it’s both fascinating and sad to read about the game’s sequel, which was never released. Indiana Jones…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2016 -
CultureThe Wild Things That Can Happen In RimWorld, Steam’s Latest Hit
I watched a man tearfully avenge his dear old dog, freshly murdered by a dastardly raider, and then cook and eat it immediately afterward. What the fuck, RimWorld? What the fuck? RimWorld is a sci-fi colony sim with dashes of Dwarf Fortress, Firefly, and The Sims, but that description doesn’t really do it justice. It’s…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 21, 2016 - Culture
TK-421, Why Are You Posting Stupid Cat Videos?
Thelast time we featured Grafit Studio on Fine Art, I said “you may not have heard of many of the game’s they’ve worked on”. How time changes things. In the five years since they’ve worked with companies like Capcom, Square Enix, Guerilla Games, Ubisoft, Microsoft, CD Projekt and Paradox. You can see more of Grafit’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2016 -
Kotaku EastHamburgers Plus Zombies Make For Delicious VR
I’m not quite a VR convert. I get sick easily. Yet, if one game has made an extremely compelling case that VR can work brilliantly, it’s Dead Hungry. The game appeared earlier this month at BitSummit in Kyoto, but the line was too damn long, and I wasn’t able to check it out until I…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 21, 2016 - Kotaku East
Japanese Government Issues Pokémon Go Safety Warnings
While Pokémon Go isn’t yet out in Japan, the country’s bureaucrats are already warning people about necessary safety precautions. As reported by The Japan Times, where I am a columnist, the National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC) under the Cabinet Office put out a nine-point bulletin warning people of possible problems…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 21, 2016
