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CultureLatest Pokémon Sword And Shield Trailer Reveals Villain Team And New Galarian Forms
Fresh information about Pokémon Sword and Shield, shown this morning on the official Pokémon YouTube channel, tells more about the game’s cast. Alongside new monsters—including new Pikachu-adjacent creatures—there’s a quick look at some of the game’s rivals and villains. The trailer outlines a handful of monsters and characters coming to Sword and Shield. Among these…
By Heather Alexandra Published August 7, 2019 -
Kotaku EastSamurai Slices A 100 Mph Baseball in Half
Master swordsman Isao Machii is back! This time he’s here to cut a fastball in two. This latest clip is done in one continuous take so you can see that Machii doesn’t need camera trickery. He only needs a sword. In the clip, they show how the radar clocks the ball’s speed at 161 km/h…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 7, 2019 -
UncategorizedSex Toy Maker Proves You Can Buy Nearly Anything From A Japanese Vending Machine
While the vast majority of vending machines in Japan sell drinks, there have been examples of a wide variety of goods offered ranging from bananas to books. Now there is a new vending machine selling masturbatory aids. Sex toy maker Tenga has been clever about how it brands itself. Last year, for example, it released…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 7, 2019 -
CultureCosplayShowcaseOh Man Look At This Enormous God Of War Cosplay
German cosplayer Kes von Puch and her boyfriend Marcel are to thank for this incredible piece of God of War cosplay, which didn’t just require the creation of a costume, but the transformation of a man. While Kes was spending over 1000 hours crafting Kratos’ outfit, making everything from his belt to his pouches to…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 6, 2019 -
CultureEpic Store Rage Has Gotten Out Of Hand
The developers of cutesy Animal Crossing–Pokemon mashup Ooblets just had a weekend from hell. After trying to preempt a tidal wave of rage over their newly announced Epic Games Store exclusivity, they got hit with a swirling tsunami of foaming-at-the-mouth anger, up to and including death threats and anti-Semitic hoaxes. This is the worst overreaction…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 6, 2019 -
UncategorizedSmash Event Bans Competitor Who Got In Fight At Previous Tournament
Super Smash Con, a Super Smash Bros. tournament and convention, has announced they will no longer be permitting a controversial competitor to attend the event in Chantilly, Virginia this weekend due to his alleged history of causing trouble in the community, which includes a recent incident at a tournament in Florida. Super Smash Con has…
By Ian Walker Published August 6, 2019 -
CultureTwitchWhat Mixer Has That Twitch Doesn’t (Besides Ninja)
Microsoft recently put their streaming service Mixer back in the spotlight by securing exclusive rights to Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, who had been one of the top streamers on Twitch. Exclusive streamers aside, there are several compelling reasons to stream and watch streams on Microsoft’s platform instead of Amazon-owned Twitch. Mixer started life as Beam, an…
By Mike Fahey Published August 6, 2019 -
UncategorizedRocket League Is Ditching Loot Boxes
Psyonix announced in a blog today that its car soccer game Rocket League will be leaving loot boxes behind in a move aimed at “creating the best possible experience for our players all over the world.” The change will happen sometime before the end of the year with a new system coming in to replace…
By Ethan Gach Published August 6, 2019 -
CultureRemastering Resident Evil Games Kept This Indie Developer From Giving Up
Resident Evil is one of the biggest and most important names in video game horror. The first three games in Capcom’s survival horror series defined a genre and influenced generations of developers and players. So it’s strange how hard it is to play the original trilogy on modern hardware. It’s a problem that would largely…
By Joshua Rivera Published August 6, 2019 -
CulturePUBG Is Steadily Improving And Winning Back Players
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds officially released a year and a half ago. In that time, competitors like Fortnite Battle Royale and Apex Legends have arguably surpassed it for popularity. But PUBG has quietly persisted, and the developers continue to address player concerns. In the last month, it’s drawn back popular streamers and breathed fresh life into the…
By Heather Alexandra Published August 6, 2019 -
UncategorizedMortal Kombat 11 Devs Are Looking Into Ongoing Threat Of DDoS Attacks
It’s become clear to Mortal Kombat 11 players over the last few weeks that the game’s online modes have some critical vulnerabilities. Netplay competitors have been subjected to numerous attacks, including distributed denial of service (DDoS) targeting that makes matches unplayable and has apparently even exposed IP addresses, a particularly heinous problem that has led…
By Ian Walker Published August 6, 2019 -
CultureAfter Months Of Delay, Anthem’s Cataclysm Event Is Finally Live
Without any fanfare, today BioWare dropped Anthem’s biggest update since the game was released in February. Update 1.3 adds a bunch of new loot, a guild system, and the game’s long-awaited Cataclysm event, which was originally due out in May After a rough launch, BioWare announced a series of updates that would be coming to…
By Ethan Gach Published August 6, 2019 -
UncategorizedPokémon Card Requiring Players To Speak Banned To Prevent Linguistic Confusion
The Pokémon Company announced late yesterday that it’s banning one of the Pokémon trading card game’s newest cards at this year’s World Championship. That’s because this card introduces some potential language barrier issues between international players that would, overall, make it a huge pain in the ass if anyone decided to actually try and use…
By Ethan Gach Published August 6, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Love When A Book Feels Like A Good Role-Playing Game
Role-playing games are one of my favorite genres. They’re also the genre I came latest to. I didn’t play video games for most of my teenage years, the time when I would have lost entire weekends and nights to them. Coming to love them as an adult has been a minor tragedy, because the amount…
By Joshua Rivera Published August 6, 2019
