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CultureSamurai Shodown Competitor Shows Off By Dropping His Character’s Sword, Gets Wrecked
Samurai Shodown is a brutal fighting game, where matches often hinge on landing one good attack. That said, Samurai Shodown also gives players a few cheap ways to mercilessly style on an unsuspecting foe, one example of which blew up spectacularly in a competitor’s face during a major United Kingdom tournament last weekend. VSFighting is…
By Ian Walker Published July 23, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsOninaki‘s World Might Be Enough To Get Me Past The Repetitive Gameplay
Oninaki, an action role-playing game from the developers of I Am Setsuna and Lost Sphear, now has a free demo on Nintendo Switch, Steam, and Playstation 4. I entered into the play experience expecting something generic, and while the combat is a bit mindless, Oninaki’s world is a fascinating place. This short tease has left…
By Heather Alexandra Published July 23, 2019 -
CultureVideo Game Characters Are Terrible At Archery
Video game characters love their bows and arrows, but I hate to be the bearer of bad news—almost all of them are terrible at archery. As an archer myself, I’ve had to spend a lot of time teaching and observing the sport, so I thought it might be appropriate to explain why, in real life,…
Calypso Mellor Published July 23, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Brought My Switch To A House Full Of Kids And All Hell Broke Loose
I’m visiting my twin sister in Texas this week, where she has a lot of cool stuff: a swimming pool, the world’s most perfect dog, two horses, and my four nieces and nephews, aged 5 to 11. I have one very cool thing that I could offer to them: a Nintendo Switch. I thought it…
By Riley MacLeod Published July 23, 2019 -
ReviewsHardwareGraphics cardsNvidia Geforce RTX 2080 Super Review: Just A Bit Of A Boost
Following the recent release of the GeForce RTX 2060 Super and 2070 Super, we have the final piece in Nvidia’s Super puzzle. Coming in at the same $700 price point as its predecessor, the new RTX 2080 Super version will offer some performance increases, though we suspect we won’t see anything too dramatic considering the…
Steven Walton | Techspot Published July 23, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Wind Waker is seeing faster speedruns thanks to the discovery of a way to perform the infamous “Barrier Skip” trick on the Gamecube version. The current Any% record is now a 1:48:38 by gymnast86, a time hours faster than runs which don’t use tricks to “unload” the impassable barrier in Hyrule.
By Heather Alexandra Published July 23, 2019 -
UncategorizedFortnite’s 9.41 patch adds a new weapon, the Storm Scout Sniper Rifle, which lets you see where the storm is moving. Birthday presents, which give items, and birthday cakes, which give health and shields, can be found around the map. There’s also a new picture-in-picture mode that will let you watch the World Cup while…
By Riley MacLeod Published July 23, 2019 -
CultureThe Inevitable Dead Or Alive 6 Swimsuit DLC Is Here
It’s been nearly five months since the release of Dead or Alive 6. Five months full of solid fighting with few distractions outside of some crossover characters and pirate and wedding costumes. Enough of that. Bring on the swimsuits. The first installment of Dead or Alive 6‘s second season of downloadable content is called Seaside…
By Mike Fahey Published July 23, 2019 -
ReviewsToysThe New Lego Ideas Treehouse Has Leaves Made Of Real Plants
Last year, the Lego Group started making flowers, trees, and shrubs out of plant-based polyethylene using sustainably sourced sugarcane. I can’t imagine a better use for all of those plant plastic parts than this beautiful, 14-inch-tall Lego Ideas Treehouse set. Lego Ideas is a program that allows fan designers to submit their own unique Lego…
By Mike Fahey Published July 23, 2019 -
CultureCheck Out The First Switch Controller With A Headphone Jack
Is it weird that I hadn’t noticed before now that no existing controller for the Nintendo Switch included an audio jack so I could plug in a pair of headphones? Not counting the Switch itself, of course. Weird. Well, either way, now there is a Switch controller with a headphone jack in PDP’s Faceoff Deluxe+…
By Mike Fahey Published July 23, 2019 -
UncategorizedJapanese And Taiwanese Flags Removed From Maverick’s Jacket In New Top Gun
Top Gun: Maverick takes place decades after the original film, but in the trailer (and promotional poster), Maverick dons his old leather jacket. It might look like it’s the same as the one in the original film, but it’s not. As pointed out on Taiwan News and Toychan, a patch on Maverick’s leather jacket has…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 23, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJunichi Masuda Reminds People: Game Freak Makes The Pokémon Games
Quick! Who has made the mainline Pokémon games? That’s right, Game Freak. But some people think the answer is Nintendo. According to Junichi Masuda, lots of people do. In a recent clip on Game Freak’s official YouTube Channel, Masuda recalled how when Pokémon first came out, it was called a Nintendo game. While the game…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 23, 2019 -
UncategorizedTencent is teaming up with The Pokémon Company to make a new Pokémon game with Tencent’s TiMi Studio Group developing. As Kotaku previously reported, Tencent got the rights to distribute the Nintendo Switch in China. There were no details about what kind of game it will be or on which platform it will be released.
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 23, 2019 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: You And I
If there was an award for “Song That Would Be Perfect For An Anime Opening”, Dreamcatcher’s You And I would be an immediate contender. Dreamcatcher is one of those groups that are currently treading water in that grey zone between unqualified success and abject failure; their releases never blow it out of the park, but…
By Seung Park Published July 23, 2019 -
CultureLet Us All Celebrate NBA 2K’s Terrible Voice Acting
Things have mostly improved in recent years, but there was a while there 3-5 years back where the developers of NBA2K were more interested in getting NBA players into the recording studio than in checking whether they were actually any good at voice acting first. As an example, here’s how excited everyone was at getting…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2019
