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CultureTwitchTwitch Star Shroud Moves To Mixer
While it’s possible to split hairs all day over which metrics definitively determine whether someone is the top streamer on Twitch, there’s no denying that Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek is one of the platform’s biggest stars. Or, he was. Now he’s moving to Mixer. Grzesiek has a Twitch follower count of over seven million and a…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 24, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsAn Adorable Robot-Themed Role-Playing Game Totally Disrupted My Best-Laid Gaming Plans
Into a crowded fall gaming season packed with games I had planned to cover weeks in advance comes Destiny Connect: Tick-Tock Travelers, which took me completely by surprise. It’s an incredibly charming and cartoonish turn-based role-playing game filled with cute kids and even cuter robots. Out this week for the PlayStation 4 and Switch, it’s…
By Mike Fahey Published October 24, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Deleted An Endless Service Game And I Am Finally Free, Like My Hard Drive
Earlier this week, I finally deleted Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 from my hard drive, a video game that I had spent the better part of a year lying to myself about getting into. I played several hours at launch, not really feeling it but not really hating it. I checked in every now and…
By Joshua Rivera Published October 24, 2019 -
CultureUbisoft Delays Watch Dogs Legion, Other Games
Ahead of an earnings call this morning, Ubisoft announced that Watch Dogs Legion, Rainbow Six Quarantine, and Gods & Monsters would be delayed from their initial early 2020 windows until the next fiscal year, which runs from spring 2020 until spring 2021. According to a press release, the changes are to “allow additional development time.” The…
By Joshua Rivera Published October 24, 2019 -
CultureUbisoft Sues Creators Of Popular Rainbow Six Siege Cheat Service
Rainbow Six Siege publisher Ubisoft is suing 12 operators behind big-business cheat-making service MizuSoft, which advertises its “near clean detection record.” Ubisoft is demanding that MizuSoft take its service offline and seeking restitution, which could total up to $25,000 for each violation. As first reported by Polygon, the cheating software, pitched to “cheaters who do…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 24, 2019 -
CultureSources: The Last of Us 2 Delayed To Spring [UPDATE: Confirmed]
The PS4 sequel to The Last of Us will no longer be out in February, sources tell Kotaku. Publisher Sony has delayed The Last Of Us Part II to this spring, just a month after announcing a release date of February 21, 2020. The news isn’t official yet, and Sony didn’t respond to a request…
By Jason Schreier Published October 24, 2019 -
UncategorizedCommand & Conquer Made Me A Strategy Cornball
On Wednesday, EA Games released the first gameplay footage of Command & Conquer: Remastered. It’s a brief 30-second clip that begins in the game’s original fuzzy resolution before transitioning to the crisp new reworked designs for modern screens. It’s bringing me back to the person I was when I first played C&C, and I’m scared…
By Joshua Rivera Published October 24, 2019 -
CulturePersona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers now has a Japanese release date and a brand new trailer. The musou take on Persona drops in Japan on February 20, 2020, for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. It also looks slick as heck, as you might expect from a Persona 5 spin-off.
By Joshua Rivera Published October 24, 2019 -
CultureTrack: Uneventful Days | Artist: Beck | Album: Hyperspace
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 24, 2019 -
CultureHideo Kojima Asked Conan O’Brien If He Wanted To Be In Death Stranding [Update]
Move over Geoff Keighley. When visiting Kojima Productions, Conan O’Brien had his face scanned for a Death Stranding cameo. After going through the game creator’s toy collection, watching a Death Stranding trailer, and wondering what was wrong with Hideo Kojima, Conan had his face scanned as he made a variety of typical expressions. The result…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 24, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanMom Draws Massive, Highly Detailed Zelda: Breath of the Wild Map
Twitter user Hajimerumeru’s mom has been really enjoying Breath of the Wild. She’s totally into the game—to the point where she’s even drawn her own massive, highly detailed Hyrule map. Just look at this! As Hajimerumeru (via Otakomu and SoraNews) points out, the map denotes all sorts of things, including where his mom found Korok…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 24, 2019 -
CultureTokyo Burger King Is Crawling With Zombies. Literally
The Burger King in Tokyo’s Shibuya is infested with zombies—or, at least, people paid to look like zombies. To celebrate Halloween, this Burger King has been turned into what the fast-food chain is calling the “Shibuya Ghost Store.” Inside, there are people dressed as zombies, a new “No Whopper After Life” slogan, and a white-bunned…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 24, 2019 -
UncategorizedZelda Fan Builds Enormous Wooden Map Of Hyrule
Photographer Mason Drumm is also pretty handy with a set of tools, and this Summer set out to build one hell of a tribute to Breath of the Wild Here’s how he describes it: Inspired by hundreds of hours spent playing “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild,” I set out to create a…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 23, 2019 -
CultureTwitchFacing Burnout, Stress, And Health Issues, Top Twitch Streamers Are Taking Extended Breaks
Last year during E3, streaming megastar Tyler “Ninja” Blevins took two days off from his regular schedule. A blip on the radar in the grand scheme of things. It cost him 40,000 paying subscribers. This seemed to issue a grim warning to other streamers: Take time off at your own peril. Recently, though, it’s begun…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 23, 2019 -
CultureBattlefield V Is Going Back To The Pacific
Next week, Battlefield V is heading to the Pacific with two new maps, two new factions and loads of new vehicles and weapons. It also, somehow, is going to be the first time you can play as the USA in this game. The Pacific is the focus of Battlefield V’s Chapter 5, and when it…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 23, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsDestiny 2’s Ongoing Story Has Potential, Even If The Vex Are A Little Boring
If you’ve logged on to Destiny 2 over the last couple of weeks, you might have noticed something different. The Tower, Destiny’s social space where players can collect quests from characters and store their gear, has a construction project underway. Two weeks ago, it was just scaffolding. As of this week, it’s starting to look…
By Joshua Rivera Published October 23, 2019
