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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 - Culture
Destiny Players, Did You Buy Any Emotes?
A week ago, Bungie made it possible for Destiny players to buy in-game emotes for their character. The emotes are the first cosmetic microtransactions to be added to the game. I’m curious how successful the whole thing has been so far. I put together a couple of polls. I’m very interested to see the numbers…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 21, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Fantastic Metal Gear Solid V Cosplay Has A Real Diamond Dog
Look, I’m not trying to take anything away from Maul Cosplay and Maja Felicitas’ incredible work as Snake and Quiet respectively, but having actual live wolves in the shoot steals the show. We never actually find out what breed of hound the game’s D-Dog is, but when grown up he looks pretty wolfish, so these…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
For whatever reason, I’ve made it a habit to play Super Mario Maker stages designed to troll me. The latest? Hypercube by Polygon’s Griffin McElroy, which you can “play” for yourself at B2A3-0000-00AB-C911 or watch me scream here. Contact the author at [email protected]
By Patrick Klepek Published October 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
Dr. Doom Is Very Different Now
At the end of the last version of the Marvel Universe, Dr. Doom became something like a hero. He snatched enough power from near-omnipotent beings to stop the end of the multiverse and saved portions of various multiple realities. Now that things are back to normal, he’s evil again. Or is he? Two weeks ago,…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 21, 2015 -
UncategorizedHere’s Zero, commenting on the end of his amazing Smash Bros. streak. He sounds pretty happy, actually: his dream was always to make Smash 4 grow bigger. He helps build the scene even by losing, because it makes for a great storyline! Contact the author at [email protected]
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 21, 2015 -
UncategorizedBask In The Wonderful Badness Of A Cheap Coast Guard Game
Feeling seasick? Don’t worry, Finn Asdair and the brave men and women of generic country’s Coast Guard are here to help. This bold new $19.99 simulation adventure on Steam is bold, new, $19.99 and on Steam. For more than that, watch me play. Launched this week on that digital distribution platform I mentioned previously, Coast…
By Mike Fahey Published October 21, 2015