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CultureTemtem Is A Pokémon Clone That Looks Pretty Cool
Temtem is an MMO out this week that, in many and very obvious ways, is trying to be the kind of Pokémon game people have wanted for years but have never actually gotten. I mean, just look at this: And this! So, yes, Pokémon. Only you fight with two monsters at once instead of one,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2020 -
UncategorizedKingpin, One Of The Dirtiest Shooters Of The ’90s, Is Coming Back
It’s all but forgotten now, but in 1999, Kingpin was kind of a big deal, pitched as an unashamedly adult first-person shooter that was going to be video gaming’s answer to Frank Miller’s Sin City That was the idea, anyway. And despite some notable press at the time—it even got a mention on the floor of…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2020 -
UncategorizedMore Games Need Loading Screens Like Dragon Quest Builders 2
Loading screens often suck. They are a necessary part of playing large and complex video games, but they often break the flow. Sometimes games find fun or interesting things to do with these waits. Dragon Quest Builders 2 uses these screens to showcase user creations and I love it so much. I’ve been playing a…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 20, 2020 -
UncategorizedHidden Inside Frogger On PlayStation Is An Unused Q*Bert Level
Frogger on the PlayStation 1 was a game I played a lot as a kid. But as I hopped around the various maps for hours and hours, I had no idea what was lurking just out of sight. Turns out a bunch of unused and random bits and bobs are hiding just out of bounds…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 20, 2020 -
CultureA Droid On A Mission
This week on (the first!) Snapshots, we have a Deathclaw chilling on a roof, a sad turtle, Batman going to heaven, a tiny little droid on a mission and more! I really love the Uncharted 4 screenshot. It doesn’t even look like it’s from Uncharted, instead, it looks like a screen from an indie horror…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 20, 2020 -
CultureDestiny 2‘s Wild Corridors Of Time Puzzle Ends With Lackluster Reward
Destiny 2 players have spent the last week trying to crack a complex maze and earlier this morning the final pieces fell into place. Unfortunately, the reward waiting for them, an exotic weapon already publicized by Bungie, wasn’t what many had been hoping for. It all began when Bungie dropped a mysterious new quest into…
By Ethan Gach Published January 20, 2020 -
CultureAnother Big Game, Dying Light 2, Has Been Delayed
Dying Light 2 has been delayed until…sometime in the future. Originally planned for a Spring 2020 release the game now has no release date. It is yet another big game that has been delayed in recent weeks. In a letter announcing the delay, Techland CEO Paweł Marchewka explained the game needed more development time and…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 20, 2020 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Here’s Your Re Mind(er) About Kingdom Hearts III DLC
This week one of the biggest releases is not actually a game, but instead some DLC for a game. The first big DLC is coming out this week for Kingdom Hearts 3. Recently, we showed a friend who has almost zero knowledge of Kingdom Hearts some footage and trailers of Kingdom Hearts III. Her reaction…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 20, 2020 -
UncategorizedTrack: The Woman That Loves You (Live) | Artist: Japanese Breakfast | Album: American Sound
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2020 -
UncategorizedThe Seven Deadly Sins Anime Is Looking Pretty Rough
Damn. The latest season of Seven Deadly Sins features some iffy animation. No doubt it will get cleaned up for the ultimate Blu-ray release, but in the meantime, fans have to contend with some jarring art. Via 2ch, here are some of the most egregious examples. Granted, animators are overworked and rushed, but it might…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2020 -
UncategorizedKoei Tecmo has filed a lawsuit against Chinese mobile game company Hangzhou Jedi Technology over copyright infringement. According to the lawsuit (via ANN), Koei Tecmo alleges that the Chinese company has repeatedly used its game images and music in online app ads.
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanIn Japan, It’s Now Easier For Tired Workers To Sleep At Work
Japanese company Bauhutte, which specializes in gaming chairs and desks, is selling this “under-desk bed.” Is the fact that this product exists a good thing or a very bad one? Apparently, it’s aimed at white-collar workers. Famitsu describes it as a way for office workers to take a quick power nap while at work. When…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2020 -
CultureNetflix Just Picked Up 21 Studio Ghibli Movies, But Not In North America Or Japan
The good news is that Netflix just got the rights to stream pretty much every major Studio Ghibli release, from Totoro to Princess Mononoke to Ponyo. The bad news is that, if you’re in North America or Japan, that news doesn’t apply to you. Ghibli’s homeland has its own rights deals, and in North America…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2020 -
UncategorizedThis is HyperSpace: Pirates of Atira, an upcoming co-op indie space game where players take control of different aspects of a starship and try to work together to keep everyone alive. This kind of thing has of course been tried before, but the division of labour here seems really cool!
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2020 -
CultureTotal RecallRemembering The Witcher’s Terrible Phone Game, For Some Reason
The Witcher series has produced some pretty good games! Let’s not kid ourselves, though, and pretend every Witcher game has been an all-time great. Because that would mean you, like me, had forgotten all about The Witcher: Crimson Trail, released all the way back in 2007. It was a phone game developed by a third-party…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 19, 2020