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UncategorizedParagon Introduces Its Latest Hero, Skull-Face McMoonhead
Epic Games probably wants you to call him Khaimera. That’s fine. Skull-Face McMoonhead launches today in Paragon’s paid-beta, dual-wielding axes and rocking that hoodie-covered skinless monster head look all the kids are into these days. A cursory viewing of Skull-Face’s introduction video indicates that I am going get very annoyed with him. The game’s first…
By Mike Fahey Published June 21, 2016 - Culture
X-Men For The 90s Kids
Carlos Fabián Villa is a concept artist from Mexico who has worked in both video games and animation. You can see more of Carlos’ work at his personal site and 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…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Unity Engine Sure Has Come A Long Way
Once was a time people would make fun of the crummy little web games that were made using the Unity Engine. That time is long gone. The multi-platform engine is now used on a ton of big games (the gorgeous Deserts of Kharak and Satellite Reign are recent examples), but not even they look as…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2016 -
Kotaku EastKorean Woman Kicks Ass At Overwatch, Gets Accused Of Cheating [Update]
Meet Geguri. She’s 17 and very, very talented at Overwatch. She’s so good that after beating rivals during Nexus Cup qualifiers, other players accused her of cheating. Update – June 22 6:30am: More details added blow. Check out her stats. As PC Games N notes, playing as Zarya, she has a win rate of eighty…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 21, 2016 - Kotaku East
China’s Tencent has bought Finnish game studio Supercell for US$8.6 billion. The studio, best known for Clash of Titans, was previously owned by Japan’s Softbank. Tencent already has a majority stake in Riot Games and a minority stake in Epic Games.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Overwatch And League of Legends Battle It Out In South Korea
Overwatch and League of Legends are running neck and neck in the rankings for the most played game at South Korea’s internet cafes. Last week, Overwatch starting making a move to overtake League of Legends, the reigning PC bang (net cafe) king. As tipster Sang points out, Overwatch edged out LoL late last week by…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi recently revealed that he’s creating a new studio. It’ll be located in Tokyo and will apparently begin recruiting. Sakaguchi, who already runs Mistwalker, is considering naming the studio “Dawnwalker,” which isn’t nearly as good as calling it “Stache.”
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Mighty No. 9 Kickstarter Release Got Messy
Mighty No. 9 is finally out. Yet, it looks like some of the people who made it all happen are having difficulty getting their download codes or simply figuring out what exactly is going on. Over 67,000 backers contributed a total of $3.8 million to fund this project. After numerous delays, as the clock rolled…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 21, 2016 -
UncategorizedCivilization VI Makes America Great Again
As America faces an uncertain future, there’s comfort to be found in looking to the past with Civ VI’s choice for the game’s US leader: Teddy Roosevelt. America has long been a Civ mainstay, but its leaders have always been drawn from a small pool: Lincoln and Washington for the most part, with one-off appearances…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 20, 2016 - Culture
That’s One Way To Land A Spaceship
Ivan Tantsiura is a concept artist at Crytek, the developers of the Crysis series, where he’s most recently worked on their VR game The Climb You can see more of Ivan’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 20, 2016 -
UncategorizedGame That Promised To Map The World With Drones Has Been Cancelled
ReRoll, an open world survival RPG from ex-Ubisoft devs, had a lofty pitch: they were going to map the entire planet with drones to generate its world. Sound too good to be true? It was! The project has been cancelled. “We had high hopes to secure the necessary funds to achieve our final goal,” the…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 20, 2016 - Culture
A Third Of Valve Is Now Working On VR
Valve? More like VRlve. Hm, that doesn’t really work. Valve isn’t super big into dishing on whether they still make games these days, but they’ll talk your ear off about VR. Despite an overt effort to usher in The VR Age, it’s still kinda shocking to hear just how much of a concerted push Valve…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 20, 2016 - Culture
Sonic The Hedgehog 25th Anniversary Plushies Celebrate The Good Old Days
This week marks the 25th anniversary of the release of the first Sonic the Hedgehog game, and Tomy is celebrating with a group of plushies that recall a time when Sonic was pudgy, Dr. Robotnik was round and secondary characters were exciting additions. Back then they didn’t care about separating Sonic’s eyes with an edgy…
By Mike Fahey Published June 20, 2016 -
UncategorizedWatch The Evolution Of Destiny’s User Interface
At the Game Developers Conference in March, Bungie’s David Candland gave a really cool talk about the evolution of Destiny’s UI. Among other things, he showed a bunch of prototype menu screens, and also explained the complicated process of fine-tuning a video game interface. GDC has posted a full video of Candland’s talk to YouTube.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 20, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Games Stephen Played At E3
Between interviews, video shoots and encounters with mascots, I played a bunch of games at and around E3 last week. Let me tell you about them. At EA Play Titanfall 2 (Xbox One, PS4, PC, October 28 2016) – I had no luck getting hands on time with Battlefield 1, but I did manage to…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 20, 2016