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Teenage Fortnite Pro Swatted Live On Stream

Fortnite pro Cody “Clix” Conrod—who is only 14 years old—was in the middle of a Fortnite Championship Series game on the weekend when his home was swatted. As Dexerto report, Conrod announced to viewers watching mid-stream that he would have to be leaving the match. “Police are here…yo, I just got swatted…one second, I gotta…

By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2019

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After A Terrible 2019, Blizzard Is Going All-In At BlizzCon

The plan was always to wait for BlizzCon. In November of 2018, after a PR blow-up surrounding the ill-advised announcement of the mobile game Diablo Immortal, Blizzard’s staff knew that they just needed to make it through the next year without incident. If they could, they’d be able to win fans back with a suite…

By Jason Schreier Published October 28, 2019

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Fallout 1st Is Creating A Class Divide Among Fallout 76 Players

Last week, Bethesda revealed a premium subscription service for Fallout 76. Things started rough with glitches erasing player supplies and private servers that weren’t all that private after all. Now there’s another problem: growing tensions between regular and premium players splitting the community on economic lines, and creating a burgeoning class war in digital Appalachia.…

By Heather Alexandra Published October 28, 2019

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Twitch Streamer Explains Why Painting Her Body On Camera Isn’t Sexual

The equation underlying Sophia “Djarii” White’s Twitch stream is really pretty simple. She loves video games, art, and makeup, so she combines those things to express herself, resulting in intricate paintings where her body is the canvas. White’s talent is immediately clear, and yet, she has courted no small amount of controversy for simply doing…

By Nathan Grayson Published October 28, 2019

CultureKotaku Game Diary

I Can’t Bring Myself To Play Public Betas Anymore

Beta testing periods and public test realms give players the opportunity to test out new online multiplayer games and content before it goes live. Right now, on the World of Warcraft public test realm, players are poking and prodding at the Vulpera, the new Horde allied race coming in the game’s next major update. I…

By Mike Fahey Published October 28, 2019

OpinionImpressions

Downloading Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Was An Absolute Nightmare

It’s easy to feel nostalgic for the time when playing a new release meant cracking open a plastic box and slotting a cartridge into your console. It’s even easier when you’ve been watching the “download” bar crawl upwards for three hours. By hour four, you’re pulling your hair out. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is…

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 28, 2019

Culture

The Week In Games: Busting Makes Luigi Feel Good

Luigi we all love you and your funny antics. But we also love sending you into scary and haunted places and making you catch ghosts. I’m so sorry, but you have to do it all again in Luigi’s Mansion 3, releasing this week for Nintendo Switch. Spooky ghost stories! Do you folks have any? Personally,…

By Zack Zwiezen Published October 28, 2019

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Xbox All Access is coming back on November 18, Microsoft announced this morning. Players can spread out the cost of a console, a Game Pass Ultimate and Xbox Live with discounted monthly payments over two years. The base bundle starts at $19.99, and there will be the option to upgrade your Xbox All Access Xbox…

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 28, 2019

Culture

Death Stranding Is Coming To PC

Death Stranding is coming to PC early summer 2020, Kojima Productions announced on Twitter today. Right now, the game is arriving on PS4 November 8. Here’s the tweet: Sony is publishing Death Stranding, and it was announced as an exclusive for their PS4 console. Traditionally, Sony’s big games have stayed on the PS4, but lately,…

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 28, 2019

Culture

Track: Evolution | Artist: Ayumi Hamasaki | Album: I Am…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 28, 2019

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Bad Tourist Behavior Leads To Photography Crackdown In Kyoto’s Gion

The Gion is one of the most picturesque parts of Kyoto. Earlier this year, Kotaku reported that tourists had been making the lives of geisha and maiko, who work in the area, difficult. Now locals have had enough. As you can see in the footage below, a tourist mob stalks its photo prey. There have…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 28, 2019

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Japan’s Best Boring Halloween Costumes

Some people might try to outdo others with elaborate and showy costumes. But at this annual event in Japan, participants are trying to do something far simpler—boring, even. This event is called “Jimi Halloween” (地味ハロウィン), with jimi (地味) meaning “mundane,” “plain,” or “subdued.” As Spoon & Tamago points out, this regular event was started by…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 28, 2019

Culture

Outside London. The UK. By ShuYung Wu 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!

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 28, 2019

Culture

Princess Diana of Themyscira

Ruiz Burgos is a comic artist and illustrator from Spain who has worked for companies like IDW and Take-Two. You can see more of Ruiz’s stuff at his personal siteand ArtStation page

By Luke Plunkett Published October 27, 2019

Culture

Epic Suing Former Tester For Revealing Fortnite Spoilers

Epic Games is in the process suing a former tester for spoiling some of Fortnite’s big Chapter Two reveal secrets. As Polygon reports, Epic filed the suit last week in North Carolina, alleging that former tester Ronald Sykes, who had played loads of the Chapter Two content back in September, began tweeting at other Fortnite…

By Luke Plunkett Published October 27, 2019

Culture

The Most Expensive Pokémon Card On Earth Sold For $224,500 [Update]

One of the rarest Pokémon cards in existence went up for auction last week at New York-based Weiss and sold for $195,000. It is now officially the most expensive Pokémon card in existence. It’s a “Pikachu Illustrator” card, a promo given out to winners of a comic contest that was held in Japan in 1997-98.…

By Luke Plunkett Published October 27, 2019

Culture

Track: This is Halloween | Artist: Various | Album: The Nightmare Before Christmas: Offical Soundtrack #SpookySongs

By Zack Zwiezen Published October 27, 2019

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Halloween Events In Video Games Are Just The Best

Without a doubt, Halloween is my favorite time of the year. I can’t get enough of the creepy decorations, the spooky movies, the fall weather, and all that wonderful candy. And over the last few years, my excitement for Halloween has grown thanks to video games like Plants Vs. Zombies: Battle For Neighborville and Grand…

By Zack Zwiezen Published October 27, 2019

Culture

Another Popular Twitch Streamer, King Gothalion, Moves To Mixer

You can now add another popular Twitch streamer to the growling list of streamers making the switch to competing service Mixer. This time it’s Cory “King Gothalion” Michael making the move to stream on the Microsoft-owned Mixer. Over on Twitch, Michael has over one million followers. But he announced today on Twitter that he is…

By Zack Zwiezen Published October 27, 2019

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You Can Play Virtua Tennis On The Dreamcast Using A Fishing Rod Controller

Have you ever wondered if it is possible to play a tennis video game using a fishing rod controller? Probably not. But it turns out this is possible on a Dreamcast. You can even play fighting games with the same fishing rod accessory and use a mouse to play Mr. Driller. The Dreamcast was a…

By Zack Zwiezen Published October 27, 2019