Let’s Play Stars Now Have A Talent Agency In Japan

Further proof that Let’s Play stars can go mainstream, even in Japan. Game Impress Watch reports that Watanabe Entertainment, one of Japan’s biggest talent agencies, is teaming up with Dwango, the company that owns NicoNico, to set up a new talent that specializes in Let’s Play streamers called “Watanabe Amaduction.” “Amaduction” is a combination of…

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If Attack on Titan Took Place in a Middle School  

Like many of you, I’m a big fan of Attack on Titan, be that the anime, the games, or the original manga. But even I got little in the way of enjoyment from last season’s Attack on Titan parody, Attack on Titan: Junior High Attack on Titan: Junior High is exactly what the title implies:…

Killzone’s New Art Book Is A Real Treat

Regardless of its reputation as an OK shooter (though I quite liked KZ3), the Killzone series has always looked fantastic, and a new artbook out that celebrates this is a very good read. I got a copy of Killzone Visual Design yesterday, and while it ticks all the boxes of what makes a good video…

In Beacon, Death Is A Small Victory

This is Beacon, a roguelike top-down shooter with a very interesting twist on death (and rebirth). You’re expected to die in a roguelike, but Beacon is trying something neat: When you inevitably die, the DNA of the enemies you’ve killed can be used to grant you different stats and potentially gameplay-altering physical mutations for your…

Amazon Japan Now Sells Games Internationally

Well, here’s a pleasant and unexpected surprise. Via some brave testers at NeoGAF, Amazon Japan has quietly begun allowing customers from outside the country to buy its video games. What does this mean for most of you? Not much! But it’s big news for importers and fans of games that haven’t seen a Western release…

It Took Players Five Months To Find Out A 2D Game Can Be Played In 3D

Prison Architect is a top-down prison management game that’s got some visual flair, but it’s definitely 2D. Tiny two-dimensional prisoners wander two-dimensional corridors, dreaming of two-dimensional freedom. Turns out, it doesn’t have to be that way. Recently, a handful of Prison Architect players posted videos about a secret button in the game’s extras menu. There’s…

The Division‘s Toughest Moral Challenge Yet

THIS CIVILIAN IS IN NEED… of a tasty beverage. What should I do? On the one hand, I do have a soda. I found it somewhere on the street, and I’m pretty sure it’s cool to drink. On the other hand, soda is pretty bad for you. It’s also not clear what kind of soda…

Star Wars: Rebellion: The Kotaku Review

Most Star Wars games put you in command of a few brave heroes of the galactic struggle. Star Wars: Rebellion, a new board game from Fantasy Flight, puts you in command of the whole damn war. Veteran PC gamers may remember that in 1998 Lucasarts released a strategy game called Star Wars: Rebellion, which let…

Just Cause 3’s New Jetpack Kicks Ass

Just Cause 3 had some issues, but it also hadsome of the best video game flying I’ve experienced in a long time. The game’s fun, brief new jetpack-centric “Sky Fortress” DLC manages to improve that flying, with a twist. The DLC is the first of the three-part “Air, Land, Sea” series that’ll be coming to…

Dragonborn, You Done Good. Have An Ale. 

Kitnip, who is very good at crafting her own sets of armour, made this excellent Skyrim outfit last year. Beyond the overall quality of the design and build, there’s some great detail going on, with nicks and cuts all over the place and some subtle wear-and-tear on both the fabrics and armour. You can see…

Steam’s Latest Hit Is Basically A Hunger Games Video Game

My hands shook. My heart pulsated like someone was ramming it through with a jackhammer. A weird light crept into the edges of my vision. I’d just gotten my first kill in The Culling, and I might have been freaking out a bit. The Culling is the latest out-of-nowhere Steam chart-topper, and it’s got quite…

A Few Helpful Tweaks For The Division On PC

If you’re playing The Division on PC, there are a few tweaks you can make to get the game running more smoothly. Or, if you’re getting a black screen at startup, to get the game running at all. Alt+Enter Your Way To Freedom First of all, that black startup screen: If that’s happening to you,…

New PS4 Game Everything Lets You Play As… Everything

“In Everything, every single thing is a playable character,” writes artist David O’Reillyon the PlayStation Blog today. “If you can see it, you can be it.” Well. Alright then. In this newly announced, insane-sounding PS4 game by O’Reilly—who also designed Mountain—the pitch is simple: You can be everything. Rather than bother with typical video game…

Not Even The PS4 Can Save Heavy Rain’s Terrible Sex Scene

Heavy Rain remastered is out for the PS4 this month, and boy, some aspects of the game have not aged well. Back when Heavy Rain came out in 2010, it marketed itself as a video game for adults. So, there was nudity. And sex. Now that it is 2016, however, everything about this sex scene…

The Division‘s Weather Makes The Viral Apocalypse Look Pretty

It was difficult to stand still long enough in The Division to record an hour of weather and lighting changes, but the lovely two and a half minute time-lapse of a day in virtual New York City was worth it. I didn’t expect to play The Division last night. I certainly didn’t expect to be…