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Blizzard has announced that Overwatch’s competitive mode is launching on PC today. Due to the launch’s timing, the first competitive season will only be 1.5 months long. The mode will undergo some big changes before the fall season. Competitive mode’s console launch will happen sometime next week.
By Nathan Grayson Published June 28, 2016 - Culture
My, What Big Tanks You Have
Nenad Gojkovic is a freelance artist from Serbia. You can see more of Nenad’s work at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 28, 2016 -
UncategorizedUmbrella Corps Is An Interesting Experiment That’s Not Much Fun To Play
Resident Evil 7‘s first-person take on the franchise is a bold experiment that holds tons of promise. The same could be said for Umbrella Corps, a new attempt by Capcom to graft multiplayer onto Resident Evil. Sadly, it doesn’t really work. Umbrella Corps sports mercenary groups of three facing off in constrained maps, both fighting…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 28, 2016 -
UncategorizedGet A Load Of This Official Game Of Thones Xbox One Console
Xbox could have gone so many ways with this limited edition giveaway. Model it on a castle, or a sigil, or a city. Perhaps just a custom colour scheme with some nice graphics on them. But no, they had to do more So here we have one of a handful of limited edition Game of…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 28, 2016 -
UncategorizedCall of Duty: Black Ops III’s next zombies map has a dragon. Not a wall dragon, but an actual flying dragon. It also looks like the Ray Gun Mark 3 will finally make an appearance. The “Descent” DLC hits PS4 first on July 12. Might be time to dust off my zombie-killing boots and give…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 28, 2016 -
UncategorizedWhy The Resident Evil 7 Demo Is So Scary
Dark hallways, bloody murder, cockroaches, and creeps. Resident Evil 7‘s new demo Beginning Hour is eager to return the horror franchise back to something subtler and terrifying. It is slow. It is quiet. And yeah, it’s also pretty dang scary! How does it all work? What are the design tricks at play? In this video,…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 28, 2016 - Culture
Watch Us Play The Last Leviathan, An Open World Pirate Ship Building Game
The Last Leviathan is a new Steam game about physics-based ship building. If you can dream it, you can make it and then use it to sail an open ocean. Even if it’s Mega Man or a giant floating dick. I mean, you had to have seen that coming. The Last Leviathan is currently in…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 28, 2016 - Uncategorized
How To Access The Division‘s Underground DLC
If you have The Division for Xbox One or PC, you can access the game’s first paid expansion, Underground, today. But how to find it? First, you need to have own it, of course. It costs $15 (and won’t be out for PS4 for about a month, such are the ways of platform exclusivity deals).…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 28, 2016 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Altering Its Shady Windows 10 Forced Upgrade System
It’s telling that most of my stories about Windows 10, a genuinely decent operating system, have been about how crappy Microsoft has made the upgrade experience. Microsoft seems to be getting the hint, though. For more than a year, upgrading to Windows 10 hasn’t cost anything. Rather than let people organically upgrade, the company began…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 28, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Secretive Creator Of Yandere Simulator, A Game About Murdering High School Girls
Yandere Simulator would be less messed up if it was just about murdering high schoolers. In the game, which is still in development but available for PC, you play as the psychotic Japanese schoolgirl Ayano Aishi, who will do anything to be with her senpai — including torturing and killing her competition. A bland older…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 28, 2016 -
ReviewsLego Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Kotaku Review
After two Lego Star Wars games covering a movie trilogy each, can Star Wars: The Force Awakens carry an entire Lego game by itself? Not without a lot of help. For example, I launched the game halfway through downloading to my PlayStation 4. While most of the game was waiting for more data, I was…
By Mike Fahey Published June 28, 2016 - Uncategorized
Surprise: Adventures of Mana Appears On Vita
Here’s a nice little surprise for RPG fans who don’t like touch controls: Adventures of Mana, the Final Fantasy Adventure remake that came out earlier this year for smartphones, is now on Vita. Square Enix decided to surprise-release the port this morning with no fanfare or advance warning. It’ll cost you $14. I haven’t played…
By Jason Schreier Published June 28, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Banner Saga 2 Headlines Xbox’s Games With Gold For July
Microsoft’s announced their lineup for Games With Gold next month, with an excellent strategy game leading the charge. Remember, though Microsoft advertises these games as “free,” an active subscription to Xbox Live Gold is required to play them. If you own an Xbox One, the Xbox 360 games will also be playable on your machine.…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 28, 2016 -
UncategorizedTakashi Murakami’s New Godzilla Vs. Evangelion Promo Art Is A Wonderful Fever Dream
Famed Japanese artist Takashi Murakami justlent his signature psychedelic visuals to the latest Godzilla film, Godzilla Resurgence, according to Crunchyroll. Co-directed by Hideaki Anno (Neon Genesis Evangelion) and Shinji Hugichi (Attack on Titan), the 29th Godzilla movie has been promoted with Evangelion vs. Godzilla merch since April 1st as a nod to Anno’s role in…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 28, 2016 -
UncategorizedStar Ocean V‘s Camera Is So Bad, I Can’t Play It Without Getting Sick
The fifth Star Ocean comes out today, and if you get motion sickness easily, you probably shouldn’t play it. Here’s a video I shot walking around a field in Star Ocean V: Integrity and Faithlessness without touching the right joystick. I didn’t manually move the camera at all. Just for kicks, I also set all…
By Jason Schreier Published June 28, 2016 - Culture
The Adventure Time Folks Make A Lovely Hatsune Miku
Making it’s U.S. debut at Anime Expo this weekend, 1000toys’ 35 Mechatro WeGo & Hatsune Miku figure is Frederator Studios’ take on Japan’s popular virtual idol. So of course, celery stick-wielding mech. Frederator’s signature blend of sweet and innocent with a side of lurking crazy shines through in this design. On one hand, aww she’s…
By Mike Fahey Published June 28, 2016 - Uncategorized
Remastered Batman Arkham Games Have Been Delayed
Batman: Return to Arkham, the two-pack that features current-gen versions of Batman Arkham Asylum and Batman Arkham City, won’t make its previously announced July 26 release date. As reported earlier, Warners promised that the remastered games have “improved graphics, as well as upgraded models, environments, lighting, effects and shaders” as well as all of the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 28, 2016 - Kotaku East
You Can Buy Warcraft Branded Beer In China
Of course you can. Sadly, the beer does not taste like Orc. Tsingtao Beer has teamed up with Legendary Pictures to release Warcraft emblazoned beer to help promote the film. Over on the Collectors Society, forum member Revat was apparently in China recently and snapped a photo (above) of this special Warcraft beer set. Here’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 28, 2016
