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Pokémon Go’s Three-Step Glitch Makes Tracking Pokémon Even Harder
The entire point of Pokémon Go is to get out there and find monsters, but a new glitch has made that prospect difficult for many players. If you’ve logged in recently and noticed that every single critter around you is three steps away, you are not alone. Countless number of trainers around the web are…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 18, 2016 - Uncategorized
Top Smash Bros. Player Loses Sponsorship After Allegedly Groping Woman While She Slept
High-profile Super Smash Bros. player Cristian “Hyuga” Medina lost his team and sponsorship Sunday at Evo 2016 after allegedly touching another player’s body while she slept. “VikkiKitty,” who asked that we redact her real name and who streams and commentates on several games including Smash, said Sunday that Medina groped her several times while she…
By Jason Schreier Published July 18, 2016 - Culture
Kick Ass, Take Names, Lose An Arm
Richard Lyons is a concept artist at Naughty Dog, developers of The Last Of Us and the Uncharted series. We actually featured some of Lyons’ work on UC4 in our big round-up of the game’s concept art, but you can see more of his stuff below and at his ArtStation page To see the images…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 18, 2016 -
CultureToy Time Transforms MakeToys’ Pandinus, $400 Worth Of Third-Party Scorponok
In 1987 Hasbro released a stocky green and purple robot that transformed into a mechanical scorpion and a Decepticon Fortress. Nearly 30 years later, third-party Transformers crafters MakeToys releases a much cooler take on Scorponok. First off I must thank my friends over at Toy Dojo for lending me their production sample of MakeToys CityBot…
By Mike Fahey Published July 18, 2016 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Everything Must Go: The Winners!
Last week-ish I asked our readers to use the power of Photoshop to beat the inevitable flood of Pokémon Go-alike games to the punch. Together they’ve created an array of imaginary AR games ranging from compelling to mildly murderous. Though I graciously gave everyone an extra day or two to get their entries in and…
By Mike Fahey Published July 18, 2016 - Kotaku East
Here’s Why Pokémon Go Isn’t Out In Japan
Pokémon was born in Japan. However, the game isn’t out yet in the country. While people might be getting impatient, Niantic CEO John Hanke has explained the hold up. The servers can’t yet handle the game in Japan. Speaking to Forbes (via Siliconera) Hanke said, “At present, the server capacity in Japan is not powerful…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 18, 2016 - Kotaku East
All You Know About Ninja Is Probably “Wrong”
Those black suits. Those weapons. Martial arts. The image of the ninja is rooted more in fiction than fact. Everything you think you know is probably more “wrong” than “right”. This article was originally published on August 7, 2012. Ninja most certainly did exist in Japan, but they were more about information—and disinformation—than just assassination.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 18, 2016 - Kotaku East
Let’s Turn Tokyo Into Anime Land, Says Politician
Former Japanese Defense Ministry Yuriko Koike is currently running for Tokyo governor. Among her ideas to is to leverage anime. Because anime is real. While in Tokyo’s geek district Akihabara, Koike talked about how last Halloween she dressed as Sally from Sally the Witch, an early magical girl anime. Kioke added that she wants the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 18, 2016 -
UncategorizedTwo new characters have been revealed for Tekken 7: Bob and Master Raven. Bob debuted in Tekken 6, while new character Master Raven is master of Raven, who debuted in Tekken 5. Check out the Master Raven trailer below. Note: This post originally indicated that Master Raven was the same character as just-plain Raven. It…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 18, 2016 -
EsportsInfiltration Takes Out EVO’s First Ever Street Fighter V Tournament
Well, that’s EVO 2016 in the books. Infiltrationjust took out the biggest (and final) event, the tournament’s first ever Street Fighter V showdown. He was the last fighter standing from a field of 5000 entrants. Here’s a cool video from DopeDojo, who was in the crowd, showing the moment he took the title over his…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 18, 2016 - CultureCosplay
All These Witcher 3 Monsters Are By The Same Cosplayer
Elena Samko, specialist in gross creature cosplay (who we’ve featured a few times before), has done a ton of Witcher 3 stuff recently, dressing up as all kinds of monsters and enemies from the game. Look at all this stuff! Spoon-collecting Wights, Noonwraiths, a Botchling, Skellige Succubi, the Dark Souls-y Caretaker from Heart of Stone,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2016 - Uncategorized
Hungrybox Wins EVO 2016’s Smash Tournament
Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma has finally taken out top prize at EVO, winning 2016’s Smash tournament after beating Sweden’s Adam “Armada” Lindgren in the Grand Final. (Clip via The Score) Hungrybox, a killer Jigglypuff player, has often fallen short at EVO, coming 3rd, 2nd and 2nd in the past three years. In an interview with PVPLIVE…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2016 - CultureCosplay
Here Comes The Pokémon Go Cosplay
Pokémon Go’s roster of pocket monsters is old. Its trainer outfits, however, are brand new, and cosplayers have started bringing them (especially, their own trainer’s choices) to life. Here are two of the better efforts we’ve seen so far, from Ginny D and Lyz Brickley. The girls get such better outfits. Meanwhile, my trainer is…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Great Fallout 4 Rube Goldberg Machine
Using Fallout 4’s Contraption Workshop DLC, UpIsNotJump has gone and made about the most Rube Goldbergy machine imaginable within the confines of the game’s engine. Sticking with the Boston theme and kicking off with a Family Guy gag, the machine uses cannonballs, slides, lights, teddy bears and nuclear weapons to…well, to come back around to…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2016 - Uncategorized
Man Threatens Pokémon Go Players, Arrested For “Terroristic Threat”
Nathan Cerda, from Palmview, Texas, thought it’d be funny to threaten Pokémon Go players in his town with a “purge”. He is not laughing now. Cerda made the following post to his Facebook page last week, in which he says he’s going to take some “modified paintball guns” out with some friends: The post was…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2016
