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You Don’t Hunt in This Monster Hunter
It’s Monster Hunter, but cute and without any of the skill-based action… And you’re not a hunter. From Capcom, creators of the series where you kill the crap out of creatures that outweigh you 50 to 1 (if you’re lucky), comes Monster Hunter Stories, an RPG that focuses on a different side of the Monster…
By Toshi Nakamura Published September 3, 2015 - Kotaku East
Why Japanese Splatoon Players Are Feared
From the sound of it, some English-speaking Splatoon players are either afraid of or annoyed with their Japanese counterparts. A few even hate playing against them. Earlier today, several popular Japanese game sites and blogs (here, here, and here) reported that some (not all!) international players do not enjoy online multiplayer with Japanese folks. The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 3, 2015 - Kotaku East
Ace Attorney 6 Sounds Rather Unusual
Announced by Capcom, the newest numbered chapter to the Ace Attorney series takes our favorite lawyer, Phoenix Wright, to a land where there are no defense attorneys and the courtrooms have magic mirrors. After the prequel story featuring Phoenix’s ancestor battling wits with the world’s greatest sleuth, the stage of Ace Attorney returns to the…
By Toshi Nakamura Published September 3, 2015 -
Kotaku EastAnd Now, for Some Chinese War Pornography
Today, China marked the end of World War II with a massive military parade. But prior to the event, Chinese gaming and tech giant Tencent released a five minute CG clip showing off the country’s military might. Tencent owns one of China’s largest websites as well as popular social networking services and online games. The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 3, 2015 - Kotaku East
Hideo Kojima Sneaks Out, Signs Autographs
While Konami is giving out Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain posters signed by… somebody, series creator Hideo Kojima spent the game’s launch putting his name on anything he could. It’s not uncommon for game developers to stealthily visit stores when their games are released. After all that work, many enjoy seeing first hand…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 3, 2015 - Culture
I Don’t Remember These Cute Moth Guys In Destiny…
Daniel Chavez is an artist who has worked at companies like Bungie, Blizzard and Kojima Productions. He’s currently at Halo developers 343 Industries. You can see more of Daniel’s work at his Tumblrand ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 2, 2015 -
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By Luke Plunkett Published September 2, 2015 -
UncategorizedCheck Metal Gear Solid V On Your Birthday For A Cool Surprise
When you start a new game of Metal Gear Solid V, it asks you for your birthday. There’s a reason for that—the game actually uses it in a pretty sweet way. Obviously, if you don’t want to be spoiled on this, you should stop reading now! If you happen to play Metal Gear Solid V…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 2, 2015 -
UncategorizedThat Pokémon Slowpoke Song Is Kind of Messed Up
Remember the official Pokémon reggae song that wasreleased last year in Japanese? Today, it was translated/tweaked so that it’s in English—which means we can take a closer look at the lyrics. And, well…they’re kind of uncomfortable! Let me preface this by saying that we all know that people eat Pokemon. That’s just a fact. In…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 2, 2015 - Uncategorized
A Metal Gear Solid Primer in Podcast Form
I just played the first 30 minutes or so of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, and I’m hooked. I’m also slightly—emphasis on slightly—less confused than I otherwise would have been, because I asked Jason Schreier of Kotaku and Ashly Burch of Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin’? to talk about why they like the Metal…
By Chris Suellentrop Published September 2, 2015 - Uncategorized
Arkham Knight PC Patch Briefly Appears, And Early Reports Are Promising
Warner Bros. has been cagey about Batman: Arkham Knight’s long-promised PC patch, but a beta version accidentally went live for some folks today—and they’re reporting good news. This is a pretty confusing saga, so bear with me. When players cried foul at the game’s technical incompetence on PC, Warner Bros. stopped selling the game. They…
By Patrick Klepek Published September 2, 2015 -
UncategorizedLeague Of Legends’ Most Annoying Samurai Gets Some Hot New Dance Moves
Buried in League of Legends’ characteristically dense patch notes last night, developer Riot Games revealed a seemingly small, but ultimately very important detail: they were going to make Master Yi’s dance scale with his movement speed. Yi is a famously quick-footed assassin in League who’s probably best known for the way he can blink into…
By Yannick LeJacq Published September 2, 2015 - Uncategorized
Heroes of the Storm is changing its ranked structure, Blizzard announced today. Players will only be able to queue up for ranked games with one other person instead of two or three like they can now. Hopefully this will lead to improved (read: more fair) matchmaking, though I’m certainly not bitter about that. Contact the…
By Yannick LeJacq Published September 2, 2015 -
UncategorizedStasis Shows How Spooky A Point-And-Click Adventure Can Be
Who knew 2015 would be delivering some of the best horror games in years? You can now add Stasis to the growing stack of games proving crowdfunding can, for all its problems, produce some seriously excellent video games. It was only a year late, too! (It was promised for August 2014, but went live on…
By Patrick Klepek Published September 2, 2015 -
UncategorizedRocket League Is Better With Overly Excited Soccer Commentators
I know they’re not actually getting this excited about car soccer, but a man can dream. thumbstickathletes has put together a collection of great Rocket League moments paired with some decidedly enthusiastic soccer announcers doing commentary and the results are great. How many copies does Rocket League have to sell so that Psyonix can legitimately…
By Patrick Klepek Published September 2, 2015 -
UncategorizedHey, There’s A New Danganronpa Out This Week
Dear Kotaku: I have failed you. There’s a new Danganronpa out this week, and I’ve barely even touched it. Blame Steins;Gate and then Metal Gear Solid V because for some reason I volunteered to review Kojima’s latest epic and I haven’t had time for anything else. So for the past few weeks I’ve had an…
By Jason Schreier Published September 2, 2015 -
UncategorizedBatman Arkham Knight DLC Still At A Drip-Feed, Still Needs Something Great
We’ve been hard on the six-month downloadable content roll-out for Batman Arkham Knight, because, so far, it just hasn’t been that good. The newest morsel, released yesterday, isn’t much of an improvement, but this month does bring promise of a potential turnaround. Yesterday’s addition was a $1.99, 76.2MB bundle of extra battle maps called the…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 2, 2015 -
UncategorizedDestiny‘s New Public Events Look Sick
Bungie just showed off some of the public events that’ll be playable in the next version of Destiny, a video game about delayed gratification. I’m not gonna lie: they look fantastic. When The Taken King comes out on September 15, Destiny players will be able to go to a zone called the Court of Oryx,…
By Jason Schreier Published September 2, 2015