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CultureOnce Again, EA Cancels Its NBA Game
EA Sports’ NBA Live 20, which had the honour of being officially delayed before it was even officially announced, has now been cancelled. It’s the fourth time in ten years that EA has not released an annual entry in its flagship basketball game on a home console. As Polygon reports, the break will allow EA…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2019 -
CultureBlizzard Loses Sponsor Over Hong Kong Actions
When Blizzard decided to take action against a pro Hearthstone player for speaking out over the ongoing protests in Hong Kong, they ate a lot of shit from fans. They also, it turns out, lost a commercial sponsor in the form of Mitsubishi Motors. The Taiwanese branch of the Japanese auto giant had been a…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2019 -
UncategorizedCall of Duty: Modern Warfare‘s Giant, Chaotic Maps Are Frustrating
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare launched on October 25, bringing changes to the multiplayer that the community once only dreamed about, like free maps for all. But the design of those maps isn’t playing out very well. For the first time ever, this year’s Call of Duty features cross-play functionality to bring players together across…
By S.E. Doster Published October 29, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Division 2’s Newest Update Makes It A Much Better Loot Game
The Division 2 is, among other things, a math problem. Sure, it’s a cover-based shooter and a guns-and-ammo fantasy about post-disaster America. But it’s also a game about stats and figuring out how to tweak them, improve them, and ensure that your character’s numbers are better than your enemy’s. It may sound as exciting as…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 29, 2019 -
UncategorizedI’m playing some Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz HD on Switch LIVE on our Twitch! Come join me.
By Paul Tamayo Published October 29, 2019 -
UncategorizedVampyr Would Be Great If Not For The Combat
Vampyr is a brilliant roleplaying game married to a mediocre action game, and their contentious relationship turns what could be a good time into a memorable but uncomfortable experience. This piece was first published on June 5, 2018. We’re bumping it today for the game’s release on the Nintendo Switch. Vampyr is a new action…
By Riley MacLeod Published October 29, 2019 -
CultureEA Returns To Steam With Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
For the first time since 2013, PC gamers won’t have to open up Origin to purchase a big new EA release. The publisher returns to Steam on November 15 with the release of Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. This is the first step in EA’s return to Steam, with more games and the EA…
By Mike Fahey Published October 29, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsLonely Mountains Goes From Good To Great Once You Bike Off The Beaten Path
There are trails to follow in Lonely Mountains: Downhill, thethrilling mountain biking game from developer Megagon Industries, clear paths indicating the safest route from start to finish. Learning these trails is step one. Ignoring them is step awesome. Successfully funded on Kickstarter and available now on Steam, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, Lonely Mountains: Downhill…
By Mike Fahey Published October 29, 2019 -
UncategorizedSuper Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz Is A Lot More Fun Now That It’s Not On The Wii
Released for the Wii in 2006, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz got flack for its unwieldy motion controls. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD, due out October 29 for the PC, PlayStation 4, Switch, and Xbox One, has no motion controls, and it’s much better for it. Who doesn’t love steering monkeys encased in transparent…
By Mike Fahey Published October 29, 2019 -
CultureIt’s A Good Day For Persona Art Lovers
The work of Shigenori Soejima, the Japanese video game artist responsible for most of the characters in the Persona series, makes me happy. His characters are so bursting with personality and life I can’t help wanting to get to know them. Every page of Udon Publishing’s newly released English version of Shigenori Soejima & P-Studio…
By Mike Fahey Published October 29, 2019 -
CultureTrack: Orphans | Artist: Coldplay | Album: Everyday Life
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2019 -
CultureCosplayAnd Now, Some Excellent Gundam Model Cosplay
This isn’t just a Gundam cosplay. Oh no, this isn’t just a Gundam cosplay, but it actually looks like it’s a plastic Gundam model. Here is a close-up of the Zgokzogok’s Sinanju costume: According to IT Media, Zgokzogok started the costume this January and finished it in September. As the site points out, the cosplay…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2019 -
UncategorizedIn South Korea, Netmarble announced it’s developing a Ni no Kuni smartphone game. Players will build up their own kingdoms and will compete with and face off against other players. The game has been announced for South Korea, and it has yet to be announced whether or not it will be released internationally.
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanJapanese Government Honors Shigeru Miyamoto As Person of Cultural Merit
Each year, the Japanese government honors people for their important cultural contributions. Included in this year’s Person of Cultural Merit honorees is Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto. Congrats! Those awarded the merit come from a variety of fields including the arts, music, science, and academia. Twenty individuals were named as Person of Cultural Merit recipients, including Miyamoto.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2019 -
UncategorizedResident Evil 5 And 6 Run Just Fine On Switch
Resident Evil 5 and 6 are not as fondly remembered as other games in the series, but I’ve always been a bit of an apologist for them. I was intrigued when Capcom announced they were coming to the Switch. Would the console be a good place to play these less loved Resident Evil games? The…
By Zack Zwiezen Published October 29, 2019 -
CultureDeath Trash is a post-apocalyptic action-RPG set in an intriguing world. And by intriguing, I mean kinda gross. There are fleshworms, fleshkraken, and locations with names like the Puke Bar. But the game seems intent on marrying gross-out pulp appeal with smart design and player freedom; you can exit dialogue whenever you want, and you…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 28, 2019
