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UncategorizedSting Entertainment’s role-playing roguelike Baroque is coming to the eShop in Japan later this year Originally released on the Sega Saturn only in Japan in 1998, the game was remade and ported to PS2 and Wii a decade later. It’s an incredibly interesting but obtuse game with a lovely soundtrack.
By Ethan Gach Published May 21, 2020 -
CultureDoom Eternal Losing Controversial Anti-Cheat Software In Next Update
Doom Eternal has only had Denuvo anti-cheat software for a week, and already Id Software has agreed to take it out following the backlash from some PC players. “Despite our best intentions, feedback from players has made it clear that we must re-evaluate our approach to anti-cheat integration,” Marty Stratton, the game’s executive producer, wrote…
By Ethan Gach Published May 21, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanYouTuber Drinks Really Old Final Fantasy Potion Drink
Back in 2005, Square Enix launched a Final Fantasy Potion energy drink in Japan to promote Final Fantasy XII. The beverage was made by Suntory, and I remember having it and thinking it tasted like a Japanese energy drink. But that was then and not 2020. What exactly did it taste like? If you’ve had…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 21, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJunji Ito Manga Continues To Inspire Freaky Cosplay
Junji Ito has created some of the most striking horror manga ever made. His style is instantly recognizable and keeps inspiring cosplayers who aim to bring his nightmares to life. As Kotaku previously posted (here and here), cosplayer Ikura is a master of Ito horror cosplay. But she’s not alone. Twitter user Suksuk_z is the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 21, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Bubblegum | Artist: Cookii
By Luke Plunkett Published May 20, 2020 -
CultureWind Waker Speedrunners Conquer Its Terrible Battleship Minigame
Randomness can be a problem in even the best-planned speedruns. No matter how good a runner gets at memorizing patterns and performing intricate maneuvers, an unlucky bit of RNG can ruin a run in no time flat. This was frequently the case with the “Sinking Ships” minigame in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker,…
By Ian Walker Published May 20, 2020 -
CultureCustoms Seizes 86,000 Fake Pokémon Toys For Very Weird Reasons
US Customs has seized 86,000 bootleg Pokémon figures, worth an estimated $600,000, hidden inside a shipment arriving from Hong Kong earlier this week. Which is fine, that happens all the time, and fake Chinese stuff is violating trademarks, so this is literally Customs’ job. But instead of just saying that the figures are fake and…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 20, 2020 -
CultureEA Is Releasing Command & Conquer And Red Alert’s Source Code
We’re all very used to seeing modern games ignore or even remove mod support, so it’s nice to see that EA of all publishers is going the extra mile for the modding community with the upcoming re-releases of the original Command & Conquer and Red Alert In a post on the project’s Reddit page, producer…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 20, 2020 -
CultureShady Key Reseller G2A Fucks Up Spectacularly
Last year, G2A—a supremely suspect grey market seller of PC games—offered to pay studios 10x the cost of their games if it was found to be selling stolen keys. Only one company took them up on the offer, and whaddya know, it turns out G2A was selling a bunch of stolen keys. Factorio creators Wube…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 20, 2020 - Uncategorized
The A.V. Club 22 TV opening-credit sequences that fit their shows perfectly | Gizmodo HBO Max Just Got a Lot More Compelling for Nerds | The Takeout Now there’s a face mask with a mouth hole for eating. What could go wrong? | Lifehacker What to Watch Tonight, May 20, 2020 | The Root Nancy…
By G/O Media Published May 20, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Refuse To Regret Spending $450 On A Bright Pink Gamer Chair
Gamer chairs have always struck me as an incredibly funny concept. In 2006, a desperate luxury car seat company called DXRacer decided to roll the dice on pivoting to video games, laying down the racing car-esque blueprint for gamer chairs as we know them. So now professional players and streamers achieve maximum performance in disembodied…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 20, 2020 -
CultureThe body of former WWE wrestler, martial artist, and actor Shad Gaspard was found Wednesday morning on California’s Venice Beach, after being carried away by a riptide over the weekend while saving his 10-year-old son’s life. Gaspard was the body model and a motion-capture artist for Kratos in 2018’s God of War.
By Mike Fahey Published May 20, 2020 -
CultureSystem Shock 3 Now In The Hands Of Tencent [UPDATE]
OtherSide Entertainment announced this morning that the long-awaited System Shock 3 will now be handled by Chinese conglomerate Tencent. “We are happy to announce that Tencent will be taking the System Shock franchise forward,” an official statement reads on both OtherSide’s website and Twitter. “As a smaller Indie studio, it had been challenging for us…
By Ian Walker Published May 20, 2020 -
CultureStadia Exclusivity Will Keep Serious Sam 4 Off PS4 And Xbox Until 2021
Serious Sam 4 is coming to PC and Stadia in August 2020. Yes, you read that right… Stadia. While previous previews of the game indicated it would also appear on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, Google’s cloud gaming service will get Serious Sam 4 long before any traditional consoles. “The game is still coming to…
By Ian Walker Published May 20, 2020 -
UncategorizedOverwatch League tokens are back. Today, Blizzard announced viewers can now earn tokens when they view live matches either in the Overwatch League app or on Overwatchleague.com. Token drops have been absent ever since the League made the jump from Twitch to YouTube, forcing fans to spend real currency to obtain them.
By Ash Parrish Published May 20, 2020 -
UncategorizedAutomatic Weapons Are Taking The Fun Out Of Warzone’s Gulag
Call of Duty: Warzone’s Gulag is a special place: a small arena in the middle of a prison where two people fight so one of them can respawn. It helps set Warzone apart from every other battle royale out there. And now it’s being ruined by all manner of bullet hoses. Thanks to Warzone’s latest…
By Ethan Gach Published May 20, 2020
