Nintendo Fires Employee For Speaking On Podcast

Last week, Nintendo localization editor Chris Pranger made an appearance on a small podcast called Part-Time Gamers. This week, Nintendo fired him. “Hello friends and family,” Pranger wrote in a heartbreaking public Facebook message this morning. “As many of you have probably seen, I am no longer at Nintendo. I was terminated this week due…

Heroes Of The Storm Games Are Getting Longer

A defining characteristic of Heroes of the Storm the developer Blizzard loves to highlight is the fact that average match lengths are much shorter than those in Dota 2 and League of Legends. While that’s still the case, data compiled by dedicated fans suggests HOTS game times are gradually increasing. Using data drawn from the…

Nintendo’s Virtual Console Choices Sure Are Strange

Today, Nintendo released the fifth downloadable Wii game for Wii U in North America. It’s not what you might expect—the new release isn’t Mario, nor is it Zelda. It’s Pandora’s Tower, a niche action game published by XSEED and released here for the Wii in 2013, way toward the end of the console’s lifespan. Now,…

“Feel the hatred of TEN THOUSAND MRGLGRGLGLBRGRGL!” This new World of Warcraft pet turning Illidan into a Murloc is excellent. It would also—just saying—make a great Murky skin in Heroes of the Storm. via Reddit. Credit for that Murkidan quote goes to Evil_Laugh_Mwahaha CORRECTION: This post originally misidentified the character art as a skin concept…

Superman’s Old Boss Thinks He’s a Weasel

The whole world knows that Superman and Clark Kent are the same person now. And lots of people are angry at the Man of Steel, including the cops and Lois Lane. But his former editor-in-chief might be madder than anyone on the planet right now. The fallout from the revelation of Superman’s secret identity has…

If you’ve been waiting to play Fallout Shelter on Android, today’s the day you can finally get it. You can grab it on the Google Play store Contact the author at [email protected]

You’ll be able to sample some of NBA Live 16’s new gameplay modes for free next month. On September 15, a free demo will let players try out Live Run, where two teams of five play on famous street courts, and Summer Circuit, a co-op option where you’ll play against pros. Contact the author at…

Realistic/historical RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance discusses its first-person melee combat in its most recent video, also talking about the “thousands of hours” of research that went into developing it. Looks fun! The swordfighting, that is, not the research. Video’s embedded below, so make sure to give it a watch. Dayshot is an image-based feature that…

Koei Tecmo’s Attack on Titan Won’t be Another Dynasty Warriors Game

Announced last week, Koei Tecmo is making an Attack on Titan game. It’s being developed by Omega-Force, the developers of all the Dynasty Warriors games. But it won’t be a Warriors game. And they want you to know that. In an interview with Dengeki Online, producer Hisashi Koinuma talked about the conception of the game.…

Dude Tries Fixing Dragon Ball Super‘s Cruddy Animation

Animator Robson Menezes dos Santos, who created that touching Dragon Ball anime for his son’s birthday, is having a go at some of Dragon Ball Super’s not-so-super animation from a recent episode. In particular, some of the anime’s art was awkward and clumsy. According to Robson, he knocked out some keyframe animation from the episode…

Five Must-Watch Anime for Summer 2015

Having reached the halfway point of the Summer anime season, most series currently airing have settled into their groove. For those out there for whom forty-seven new shows are a bit too much to stomach, we at Kotaku East are here to offer our recommendations for what we feel are the cream of the crop.…

Senso-ji at Night. Asakusa, Tokyo. By Edward Dearberg. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

Korra Cosplayer Is Bending Water Like A Pro

There’s cosplaying as Korra, and then there’s “oh man look at this it looks like she’s actually waterbending while cosplaying as Korra”. I mean, wow. It’s spell-binding cosplay-meets-rhythmic-gymnastics work from baeloid It’s from the video below, which was shot by FDSedanoArts (via imgur)