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UncategorizedAfter Nine Years, Massive Space Game Might Finally Get Made
For almost ten years now, Flavien Brebion has been working on a space game that was so ambitious he couldn’t get it finished. That game, Infinity: The Quest For Earth, sounded too good to be true. Inspired by titles like Frontier: Elite II, it would have let you roam a seamless galaxy, able to fly…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 22, 2015 - Uncategorized
Korean Soldiers Find A Way To Play Hearthstone During Military Service
South Korea’s mandatory military service is a tough one. The length of service is around 21 months, applies to males between 18 and 35, and it’s not a place where games like Hearthstone are allowed. Except if you’re a dedicated fan like these soldiers who, unable to play the real game, made their own version.…
By Gergo Vas Published October 22, 2015 -
UncategorizedNo, It’s Not A Good Idea To Use Snake’s Abilities In Real Life
Mega64 is back with a new video, messing around with Metal Gear Solid V features, trying to rocket punch everyone on the street with Snake’s Bionic Arm. No one gets fultoned, it’s just a ton of disapproving reactions, as always. 27 of them to be exact. Enough for Rank S! To contact the author of…
By Gergo Vas Published October 22, 2015 - Uncategorized
Mario Faces The Final Boss
Better get to that super star real quick. Before that sneaky Thwomp gets there, preferably. Grosnez is a professional illustrator from France, and this is a fantastic piece of Mario fanart. Not much else to say there. There’s a few more gaming -related pieces from Grosnez below; his DeviantArt gallery has more pics, mostly in…
By András Neltz Published October 22, 2015 - Esports
Activision Hires Former ESPN Boss To Run New eSports Division
The company behind Call of Duty and World of Warcraft is starting a new eSports division. Activision Blizzard announced the move today, vowing in a press release to come up with “all-new ways to deliver the best-in-class fan experience across games, platforms and geographies.” The division will be headed by two industry veterans: Major League…
By András Neltz Published October 22, 2015 -
Kotaku EastTrack: Otonatic | Artist: Gesu no Kiwami Otome | Album: Otonatic/Muku na Kisetsu To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 22, 2015 - Kotaku East
Dragon Ball‘s Most Ridiculous Super Saiyan Form Gets a Name Change
In Dragon Ball Super, there is a Saiyan form called Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan or SSGSS. It’s a mouthful! Surely, there has to be an easier way to say this. Now, there is. A Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan is when a Saiyan gets the power of a Super Saiyan God and then becomes…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 22, 2015 - Kotaku East
First Look at the Resident Evil Stage Play
Today, the Resident Evil stage play, which is called… Resident Evil the Stage (blergh), debuted in Japan. Let’s see what it looked like! According to Inside Games, the play’s timeline is between Resident Evil 5 and Resident Evil 6. The setting is an Australian university, where BSAA descends after a bioterrorism incident and things get…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 22, 2015 - Kotaku East
Phantasy Star Online 2 Says Not to Build Nukes
Do you read the end user license agreements for software? No? You should. Sometimes they say important things. Like not to build nukes. Phantasy Star Online 2 is Sega’s MMORPG that is currently free to play. The game is available in both Japan and the West [Correction: Not officially in the West.], but players recently…
By Toshi Nakamura Published October 22, 2015 - Kotaku East
Japanese Vending Machines Now Lending Out Umbrellas
There’s nothing worse than being caught out in the rain without an umbrella. (There are worse things, but whatever.) If you happen upon a DyDo vending machine, however, you can borrow one for free! NariNari reports that Osaka-based drink maker DyDo is adding the free-loaners at sixty of its vending machines. This is based on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 22, 2015 - Kotaku East
Overlord is a Magnificent Power Fantasy
You’ve heard the story before: guy gets stuck inside fantasy world. Guy tries to get back to real world. But why even try to go back when you’re a skeletal badass with fanatical loyal minions at your command? This past season had a lot of strong series. Among our favorites was the fantasy series, Overlord,…
By Toshi Nakamura Published October 22, 2015 -
Kotaku EastIf You’re Visiting Japan, Check Out This Pokémon Gym
In Pokémon, the Gym is where you can go to train your Pocket Monsters. In Japan, the Pokémon Expo Gym is where you can shop and interact with Pokémon. Opening this November in Osaka, Pokémon Expo Gym is similar to Pokémon Center stores in that it offers a whole host of things to buy. One…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 22, 2015 - Culture
The Steam Stream Plays Murder, A Gorgeous Cyberpunk Adventure [Update: Finished]
Murder is a cyberpunk adventure with a great look and an interesting concept. Watch me play it right now. After a few months of hiatus (I moved, I didn’t have reliable Internet for a while, it was A Whole Thing), The Steam Stream is back! Today I’m gonna play Murder—probably all the way through, because…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
An Arcade Racer For The 21st Century
Arcade racing games were the shit in the 1990s. From Virtua Racer through to Daytona, a revolution in visuals and cabinet design made them the star attractions of arcades the world over. Until, that is, they got stale. Once everyone had got used to big vibrating cabinets and textured polygons, and developers like Sega and…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 21, 2015 -
CultureFan Creates Sequel To Undertale… In A Wrestling Game
Some games have fans. Undertale, the RPG in which you don’t have to hurt anyone, has a bonafide fandom. They make some weird, wonderful stuff. Case in point: Alfredo Dizon, prolific re-creator of other video games in WWE video games, made an entire Undertale saga in WWE 2K14. This isn’t just, like, “Oh hey, I…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 21, 2015 - Culture
The Taken King’s Art, Like Destiny’s, Is Killer
Yes, there’s a Destiny concept art mega-post, but this new Taken King stuff is so good I think it deserved its own feature. It’s by Ryan DeMita (via concept art world), and Destiny players will recognise some of it from the expansion’s cinematics, others as concepts for the Taken, the amazing black & white sketches…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 21, 2015 -
CultureSteam’s Latest Hit Is Basically Firefly: The Video Game
Spaceships? Weird characters? Endless amounts of cheesy cowboy music? Alright, Rebel Galaxy, let’s do this. Rebel Galaxy is Steam’s latest surprise top seller, and its start screen might be the most bluntly apt summation of a game I’ve encountered all year: “COWBOY MUSIC. SPACESHIPS. LASERS. FUCK YOU, YOU’RE GOING TO PLAY NOW BECAUSE THERE IS…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 21, 2015