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CultureThe 2020 Tokyo Game Show Has Been Cancelled
The Tokyo Game Show, one of the biggest video game events on the planet—last year’s drew over 260,000 people—has been cancelled for 2020 amidst the covid-19 pandemic, and will now be replaced with an online showcase. A statement released by the show’s organisers sent to Kotaku reads: Due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19)…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 7, 2020 -
CultureA Cute Lil’ Akira Prequel Sounds Weirdly Tempting
Nilberto Tawata is a 3D artist from Brazil, and this is his lil’ Kaneda, who as a kid was learning all the important skills he would go on to need as a…bigger kid. I love how, since the whole model is including iconic Kaneda imagery like his bike (and stickers), jacket and hair, the brake…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 7, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsRadio Commander, A Strategy Game Where You Just Talk On A Radio And Get Very Upset
The entire point of strategy games, and a lot of the appeal, is that you’re given direct control over entire units or even armies, even if historically you’d have only a fraction of that influence. Radio Commander realises that, and it’s a fascinating game because of it. It puts you in the position of an…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 7, 2020 -
CultureBungie Is Fixing Fashion In Destiny‘s Fourth Year
Destiny 2 is a game about grinding for loot, and one of the biggest motivators is how cool that loot looks. In recent seasons, a lot of these cosmetics have been locked behind the game’s microtransaction shop. Bungie says that will change come September. “In today’s Destiny 2, the balance of the game’s rewards is…
By Ethan Gach Published May 7, 2020 - Uncategorized
The A.V. Club Extra terror, hold the gore: 8 truly scary PG-13 horror movies | Deadspin These Teams Will Be In The Hunt For The Lombardi Trophy, If We Have A Season | The Onion 7 Most Unbelievable Autocorrect WINS | Lifehacker How to Cook a ‘Murder Hornet’ | The Takeout How to make instant…
By G/O Media Published May 7, 2020 -
CultureTonight We Riot Devs Wanted To Make An ‘Unapologetically Leftist’ Game
“Politics” has become a dirty word in gaming, especially when angrily screamed—or, as is usually the case, frantically typed—by a vocal minority of reactionary video game fans. But for more progressive players, games often aren’t political enough. Or, when they do take a position, they push objectionable conservative concepts like capitalism, imperialism, and militarism. Tonight…
By Ian Walker Published May 7, 2020 -
CultureVideo Games Are Full Of Weird Birds
Outside my current place of residence, there is a nest full of freshly hatched baby birds. They’re shapeless little blobs, embryonic amalgams of beaks and fluff. They do not look like birds. They are, in that sense, perhaps the closest living relatives of the polygonal mutant birds that appear in video game backgrounds, as highlighted…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 7, 2020 -
OpinionGameplay Trailers Should Have Gameplay In Them
During today’s Inside Xbox presentation, Ubisoft showed off what they described as “the first look” at gameplay from the recently announced Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla. But for many watching, myself included, it wasn’t really what we expected when I heard the term gameplay. The day before the Xbox event, Ubisoft was quick to point out that…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 7, 2020 -
CultureValorant Players Say Anti-Cheat Is Making Their PCs Overheat
There’s anti-cheat software, and then there’s the program Valorant’s got under its hood. When the game’s closed beta first launched, the clandestine anti-cheat was always running in the background. Now players can disable it when they’re not playing Riot’s 60 percent more wizard-y version of Counter-Strike, but it’s started to cause other issues. That is…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 7, 2020 -
OpinionGames Criticism Is A Kindness
Writing about games invites accusations of taking things too seriously. Criticism, it sometimes seems, is a dirty word. I don’t think that’s true. I think that whether you are praising something or condemning it, criticism is an act of love. I suspect that the word “criticism,” when read in isolation, evokes a negative connotation in…
By Heather Alexandra Published May 7, 2020 -
CultureDestiny 2 is coming to next-gen consoles, Bungie announced today following Microsoft’s Xbox Series X event. The studio didn’t given any specifics about when, but said more details would be coming in the future. The game’s fourth year and annual expansion get underway this fall.
By Ethan Gach Published May 7, 2020 -
CultureEverything Microsoft Showed During Today’s Xbox Series X Event
Microsoft finally showed its next-gen Xbox Series X in action today during a special edition of Inside Xbox featuring a slew of trailers for upcoming games, including Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Dirt 5, and Yakuza: Like a Dragon Over a dozen games were shown during the roughly hour-long event and while many of them were from…
By Ethan Gach Published May 7, 2020 -
CultureAll These Studios Are Making Xbox Series X Games
During today’s Inside Xbox broadcast, Microsoft revealed a whole host of studios making games for Xbox Series X. Some of the bigger names featured include Crystal Dynamics, Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Bethesda, Capcom, Epic, From Software, Sega, Square Enix, and WB Games. Sarah Bond, head of Xbox partnerships, said that players can look forward to “hundreds”…
By Ian Walker Published May 7, 2020 -
CultureThis Is What Xbox Series X Graphics Look Like
Here’s what Playism’s Bright Memory: Infinite looks like running on the Xbox Series X, or at least in-game footage representative of Xbox Series X performance. Not too shabby. The first game shown during Microsoft’s Xbox Series X gameplay reveal event was this first-person shooter from developer FYQD-Studio. Note that the official stream version carried a…
By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2020 -
CultureWatch The Xbox Series X Gameplay Reveal Live Right Here
This morning Microsoft is giving us our first look at next-generation gameplay on the Xbox Series X, including Assassin’s Creed Valhalla in action. Let’s watch. It should be an interesting show, full of footage from games looking slightly to significantly better than they would on standard Xbox One hardware. Many of the games coming to…
By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Family Edition
It’s Thursday! Time for an Xbox briefing, as well as our daily open thread. Last night, my sister told me my oldest niece wants to become a vegetarian. I stopped eating meat around her age and stuck with it for about 16 years, eventually giving it up when some folks I was staying with out…
By Riley MacLeod Published May 7, 2020 -
CultureHyperX And Ducky Made A Keyboard Baby Together
Taiwanese keyboard maker Ducky and Kingston gaming division HyperX have joined forces to create the HyperX x Ducky One 2 Mini mechanical gaming keyboard, a limited-edition version of one of the most popular mechs on the market. Ducky’s 60 percent One 2 Mini is a ridiculously popular keyboard. Online keyboard shops in the U.S. were…
By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2020 -
CultureIn Nintendo’s most recent financial statement, the company listed “TBA” for the release of Bayonetta 3, Metroid Prime 4 and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel. This shouldn’t be too surprising, but just in case you were wondering, now you know!
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 7, 2020 -
UncategorizedHow Coronavirus Might Impact Nintendo’s Game Development
As the world deals with the coronavirus pandemic, Nintendo released its most recent financial statement. In it, the Kyoto-based game maker discussed how the virus has impacted the company, as well as possible forecasts for the future. According to Nintendo, covid-19 caused delays in production and shipments of the Switch, Ring Fit Adventure, Joy-Cons and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 7, 2020 -
CultureOver 11 Million Units Of Animal Crossing: New Horizons Sold In Just 11 Days
On March 20, Animal Crossing: New Horizons went on sale. The game moved 1.88 million copies in Japan at launch, surpassing the country’s previous biggest-selling Switch hit at launch, Pokémon Sword and Shield. Worldwide, the game was also a smash—a massive one. According to Nintendo, there have been 11.77 million units of Animal Crossing: New…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 7, 2020