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UncategorizedLong-running Japanese game magazine Dengeki PlayStation is ceasing publication It debuted in 1994. The Dengeki website dengekionline.com, which isn’t focused exclusively on PlayStation, remains a popular source for gaming news in Japan and the broadcast show “Dengeki PS Live” will continue on its Youtube channel.
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 26, 2020 -
CultureCosplayGalleryOur Favorite Photos From Katsucon 2020, One Of The Biggest Cosplay Shows On The Planet
Katsucon, held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, may not be as big as shows like Comic-Con, PAX or Anime Expo for the general attendee, but for cosplayers this is one of the absolute highlights of the year. Around 20,000 people went through the gates earlier this month, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 26, 2020 -
UncategorizedGameStop’s Concept Stores Of The Future Are Very Sad
GameStop, once the center of the video game retail universe, is in serious trouble. As physical game sales decline (and with them, trade-ins, the company’s bread and butter), they’re desperate to find new ways to get people in the door and spend money. A little too desperate, maybe. While GameStop’s efforts over the last few…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 25, 2020 -
CultureYouTuber Etika’s Memorial Is Now A PokéStop
Last year, following the passing of YouTube star Desmond “Etika” Amofah, fans got together and painted a 40-foot mural in Brooklyn in his honour. And now, after lobbying Niantic, the mural is a bonafide PokéStop in Pokémon Go As upstart young Vice reporter Gita Jackson writes, the idea was first raised back in November by…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 25, 2020 -
CultureHorror Game That Was Pulled From Steam Revived In A Harvard Library, Of All Places
Devotion, the first-person horror game from Taiwanese developers Red Candle Games, was recently added to the Harvard-Yenching Library archives. This makes Harvard University the only place to play a legitimate copy of Devotion since it was removed from Steam a year ago after the discovery of an image mocking China’s leader. Earlier this week, Red…
By Ian Walker Published February 25, 2020 -
UncategorizedDragon Ball Xenoverse Gave Us The Fan-Fiction We Always Wanted
Dragon Ball Xenoverse released in North America five years ago yesterday. It’s far from the best Dragon Ball fighting game, but it had a secret weapon: the ability to create original characters. This one key feature gave fans something they’d been craving since the early days of forum art and fan-fiction, and it resulted in…
By Heather Alexandra Published February 25, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesYou Shouldn’t Play Video Games To Fall Asleep (But Here’s How Anyway)
We’ve all done it. One minute, you’re watching Jim say something mean to Dwight; the next, you’re waking up to a screen that asks “Are you still watching The Office (U.S.)?” While you might feel a bit sheepish when Netflix scolds you for falling asleep to its offerings, the use of media as a sleep…
By Ari Notis Published February 25, 2020 -
CultureYou Can Easily Play Stadia Games Using Your Phone’s Touchscreen Now
Stadia is still missing a lot of common sense features following its launch late last year, including a built-in touch control option. But now, a fan-made Chrome extension called TouchStadia lets you bypass Stadia’s controller requirement and use touch controls on smartphones. Released over the weekend on Reddit where it was first spotted by Android…
By Ethan Gach Published February 25, 2020 -
UncategorizedSearching games on Steam got some much needed improvements today as part Valve’s Steam Labs initiative to make the platform better. You can now search games by specific pricing, using multiple tags, and exclude ones you already own from the results. At long last there’s also infinite scrolling now.
By Ethan Gach Published February 25, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsThe Latest Lego Game Is A Star Wars: Galaxy Of Heroes Clone, And That’s Fine
Released on iOS and Android in 2015, EA’s Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes is a role-playing game in which players collect Star Wars characters, form teams, and fight in short but satisfying turn-based battles. Lego Legacy: Heroes Unboxed, launching this Thursday for iOS, Android, and Windows, is the same thing, only we’re collecting Lego minifigures.…
By Mike Fahey Published February 25, 2020 -
CultureSamurai Jack Gets Its First Video Game In Over A Decade
Samurai Jack, the popular Cartoon Network series that recently received a much-needed conclusion on Adult Swim, gets its first new video game adaptation since 2004 this summer. Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time is being made by developer Soleil, whose previous work includes Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker, No More Heroes: Travis Strikes Again, and, uh,…
By Ian Walker Published February 25, 2020 -
CultureThe New Xbox One Home Screen Is A Lot Cleaner
Microsoft released a new update for the Xbox One home screen yesterday that makes recently played games easier to find and removes a lot of the extra junk that had previously been taking up real estate. The three rows that used to make up the home screen have been condensed and moved. Now, in the…
By Ethan Gach Published February 25, 2020 -
ReviewsPS4Space Channel 5 VR: The Kotaku Review
How badly do you want to play another Space Channel 5 game? Your personal level of yearning to see Sega’s long-dormant rhythm game series make a comeback is likely to be proportional to the amount of fun you have with this week’s Space Channel 5 VR Kinda Funky News Flash for PlayStation VR. At its…
By Chris Kohler Published February 25, 2020 -
UncategorizedThe SNK World Championship in Japan has been postponed indefinitely over coronavirus concerns. This event, which would have capped off months of Samurai Shodown and King of Fighters XIV competition, was originally scheduled for late March. The CDC recently placed Japan on ’Alert’ in response to the disease’s spread.
By Ian Walker Published February 25, 2020 -
UncategorizedPanzer Paladin is coming to Switch and PC this summer. Tribute Games, who you might remember from Mercenary Kings and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game, announced the released window ahead of the game’s return to PAX East this year. I loved it when I played it at last year’s show.
By Ethan Gach Published February 25, 2020 -
UncategorizedTemtem’s short-term roadmap includes quite a few oft-requested features. Spring, for instance, will hopefully bring in-game chat, ranked matchmaking, and club management, while summer is the tentative date for player housing, and fall will herald the arrival of in-game tournaments, the first mythical Temtem, and achievements. There will also be other features and new Temtem…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 25, 2020 -
UncategorizedHere’s March 2020’s Xbox Live Games With Gold
March’s Xbox Live Games with Gold are a nice mix. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Gold subscription. March’s Games with Gold are: Xbox One Batman: The Enemy Within—The Complete Season (March 1-31) Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (March 16-April 15) Xbox 360 (compatible with Xbox One) Castlevania: Lords…
By Riley MacLeod Published February 25, 2020 -
UncategorizedMobile Dragon Quest game Dragon Quest For The Stars is finally out in North America today after releasing first in Japan back in 2015. The free-to-play spin-off revolves around turn-based battles against slimes and the like just like the main series but with the addition of stamina meters and microtransactions.
By Ethan Gach Published February 25, 2020
