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A Simple Option That Can Help Stop Streaming Takedowns

The battle between video game streaming and copyright law is a nightmare, starring heartless YouTube robots, takedown notices and threatened livelihoods. If only there was a quick and easy way around this. Oh wait. There might be. One of the biggest—and most incidental—problems facing streamers is the use of game music in their clips. If…

Legendary Dota 2 Team Na’vi Disbands

The longstanding Dota 2 pro team Na’vi announcedthis morning that their current team roster is officially calling it quits and saying “GG” for the last time. And so ends the storied career of one of the longest-standing and most beloved teams in Dota 2’s eSports history. Na’vi’s decision to jettison their current roster and start…

Prison Architect Devs Wonder if Their Game Should Have Looked Less Like America

People are interested in Introversion’s very good sim Prison Architect because it tries to model the complexities of life inside a penal institution. People also seem to be tougher on Prison Architect than they are on more frivolous games, for the very same reason: it attempts to simulate the complexities of prison life. How do…

Yoshi’s Woolly World: The Kotaku Review

Yoshi’s Woolly World has three big things in its favour: it feels fabulous to play, it looks sumptuous and it sometimes makes you feel like a genius. Even amongst the generous array of mega-cute platformers on Wii U, it stands out as especially beautiful, especially sweet and especially eager to please. But it isn’t especially…

Cool Custom Counter-Strike Map, Inspired By Quake

Map design that resembles classic deathmatch maps? Check. Lava? Check. Red-clouded skies? Check. Grey stone walls? Check. Zool’s custom CS:GO map, F4ST Castle, is a pretty good attempt to recreate everything that made Quake good. Looks like a fun place to mess around where even enabling auto bunny hop would be acceptable. To contact the…

Report: Nintendo’s Next Platform NX Combines Console And Handheld In Some Way

Nintendo’s new gaming platform will encompass a console and a handheld according to a report in today’s Wall Street Journal According to the paper: The exact shape of the NX hardware isn’t yet clear. People familiar with the development plans said Nintendo would likely include both a console and at least one mobile unit that…

A Dark Souls Poster with Some Familiar Faces

See if you can spot your favorite character. Or least favorite. Since, y’know. Dark Souls. The poster, called “Prepare to Die,” can be seen in its full glory here: It was drawn by Shane Hillman, an illustrator from Canada, who wanted to do a poster featuring his own favorite Dark Souls characters—or at least some…

The most imbalanced StarCraft unit isn’t in StarCraft. It’s this Colossus, recreated in Besiege, by TheAmazingTwist. It’s imbalanced… in a different way: Pumped up the power of the balloon in the middle to about 60, otherwise it would crumble under its own weight. The downside is that it makes everything bouncy. I started off wanting…

Japan Has a My Little Pony Cafe

And it’s the first My Little Pony Cafe… in the world. How magical! According to Model Press, PR Times, and Omotesando Info, the My Little Pony Cafe is serving up special Pony-themed meals and selling limited edition goodies. [Photo: My Little Pony Japan] [Photo: My Little Pony Japan] [Photo: My Little Pony Japan] The Harajuku…

Nintendo Is Nerfing a Bunch of Splatoon Weapons

For those who didn’t like how some of the Rollers and Blasters were balanced, good news. Nintendo will fix that in an update. For those who did like the way they are now, well, sorry! The 2.2.0 Splatoon update hits on October 20 and recalibrates weapons that do seem overpowered, such as the Carbon Roller…

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