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You Can’t Gift Counter-Strike During Valve’s Steam Summer Sale
We’ve got a twofer for you in the Unexpected Happenings department today: 1) You can’t buy Counter-Strike: Global Offensive as a gift during the Steam Summer Sale, and 2) Valve actually explained their actions. Quickly! Earlier today, confused CSGO players began reporting that they couldn’t buy the game as a gift for friends. Valve’s Ido…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 23, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Oculus Store Still Needs A Lot Of Work
Oculus didn’t just launch their Rift VR headset back in March—they also launched a software interface and an online store. The software functions similarly to Steam or GOG, working as a store, a social network, a game library and launching pad. It desperately needs an upgrade. Oculus’ software interface can be accessed either on your…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 23, 2016 -
UncategorizedCivilization VI‘s Cities Are Like Nothing Civ Has Done Before
Say goodbye to one-tile cities. The newest Civilization game is totally overhauling the city system from previous games, transforming cities into sprawling horizontal territories that take up multiple hexes on the map. It’s a totally new approach that should drastically change how Civ is played. The developers at Firaxis are calling this new mechanic the…
By Jason Schreier Published June 23, 2016 -
UncategorizedA Wicked Overwatch Strategy For Dealing With Turrets
Turrets. They’re the bane of many Overwatch players’ existence. While a solid Genji, D.Va, or Widowmaker (or two) can negate them, there’s also something to be said for more vengeful tactics. Fallout Plays put together a team configuration that tears through turrets on levels like Hanamura. It’s damn satisfying to watch, in a way where,…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 23, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Makers of Zelda On Why Their Games Are Usually Late
“First of all, it would be great if I didn’t have to put a release date out at all,” Nintendo’s longtime chief game designer Shigeru Miyamoto recently told me when I asked him about the tendency for Zelda games to be late. “But I have to.” We both laughed. Nearly every major Zelda console game…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 23, 2016 -
UncategorizedCrafty Designer Builds Soccer Game Using Mario Maker
Just when it seems like Mario Maker creators shouldn’t be able to surprise me anymore, along comes a clever level like Get the Ball into the Goal likandooTV on YouTube recently played through the whole stage, which he appropriately dubbed “Super Fifa maker” in his video. To recreate soccer within the limitations of Mario Maker,…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 23, 2016 - Culture
The Witcher 3 And Nintendo Games Are Just Pulp Fiction
For a game that features giant monsters and lawless bandits, you sure do spend a lot of time in The Witcher 3 playing medieval detective. Which is an idea freelance illustrator Ástor Alexander takes and runs with in these incredible images. It’s not the first time he’s done something like this—you might remember his Nintendo…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 23, 2016 - Uncategorized
Why You Need To Play The Zero Escape Series
On Tuesday, publisher Aksys Games will release Zero Time Dilemma, the third and perhaps final entry in the Zero Escape series. You probably fall into one of two camps: Either you’re breathlessly counting down the days until then, or you’ve never played Zero Escape If you’re in the former group, know this: I beat Zero…
By Jason Schreier Published June 23, 2016 - Uncategorized
Bungie has issued a Destiny hotfix that they say should fix the bug in the “Players In Activity” feature that forced them to cancel multiplayer events like the Trials of Osiris and this week’s Iron Banner. Both events “may” return this weekend (Trials) and next week (Iron Banner), provided everything checks out post-hotfix. More info…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 23, 2016 -
UncategorizedMighty No. 9‘s End Credits Are Nearly Four Hours Long
Every single one of Mighty No. 9‘s backers on Kickstarter are listed in the credits, and a whopping 67,226 different people helped fund the game. In order to watch the whole credits scroll by—I feel bad for anyone whose name is towards the bottom—you’ll need almost four hours take it all in. If you don’t…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 23, 2016 - Uncategorized
Teenager Sentenced To 40 Years In Prison For Killing Man Over PS4
A Georgia judge sentenced 18-year-old Kayla Dixon to 40 years jailtime this week after she pled guilty to shooting a man over his PlayStation 4. In September of 2014, 28-year-old Daniel Zeitz had put up a Craigslist post in hopes of selling his PS4. According to the police, Dixon and her boyfriend, Nathaniel Vivian, responded…
By Jason Schreier Published June 23, 2016 -
CultureThis Year’s Steam Summer Sale Has Started
If you’ve got a piggy bank, kiss it goodbye. If you don’t, I guess stare deeply and lovingly into the imagined eyes of the Apple wallet icon on your phone or something. It’s summer, which means It Is Time: the Steam Summer Sale is here. This year’s sale is called the Summer Picnic Sale. It…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 23, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Super Mario 64 Goomba Nobody Has Ever Killed
Goombas are pretty much at the bottom of the food chain in the Mushroom Kingdom—it never takes much to kill them in a Mario game. But there’s one particular Goomba in Super Mario 64 that can’t be defeated, no matter how good your platforming skills are. This post originally appeared 8/8/14. Fun fact: Super Mario…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 23, 2016 -
UncategorizedMeet The YouTube Gamers Who Want To Make Your Brain Tingle
The video that led me to Nick, known on YouTube as the ASMRnerd, was “Soft-Spoken ASMR: Elder Scrolls Maps.” I have no idea how I found it–probably late at night in a semi-conscious YouTube trance. “Join me for a relaxing cartographic journey across Tamriel and its provinces,” the description reads. “Triggers include paper sounds, pointing…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 23, 2016 -
UncategorizedAfter Outcry, Nintendo Says Paper Mario: Color Splash Doesn’t Reference ‘Hate Campaign’
Nintendo has publicly denied that joke from an E3 demo for the upcoming Wii U game Paper Mario: Color Splash is a reference to a harassment campaign that targeted game designer Zoe Quinn. The company says it’s a nod to the Watergate scandal from the 1970s. The jokes drew scrutiny yesterday as they were passed…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 23, 2016 -
Kotaku EastSplatoon VR Hack Straps A Wii U GamePad To Your Back
Seems like good a place as any to strap a GamePad, no? Over on Kougaku Navi (via Engadget), they’ve got a Splatoon VR hack that uses the PlayStation VR Sony HMD headset, a modded water gun controller, and the previously mentioned Wii U GamePad. Right now, they’re on version 3.0. It’s rough, ramshackle and a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 23, 2016 - Kotaku East
The multiplayer online for Wii U title Devil’s Third will end in Japan on December 29, Inside reports. In-game microtransactions are also shutting down, and the game will be marked down to 3,618 yen (US$35) from June 24 in Japan. No word on similar changes to the game internationally.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 23, 2016
