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CultureThere’s A New Turok Game Coming Out This Month, And It’s Super Cute
Coming to Steam on July 25, Turok: Escape From Lost Valley looks very different from thefirst-person dinosaur-hunting games of old, but the idea is the same. Turok and his brother Andar are trapped in a valley full of dinosaurs. Hunting ensues. Adorable hunting. While it seems to have come out of nowhere, Turok: Escape From…
By Mike Fahey Published July 9, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanThe Boy Band Anime That’s Drawing Crowds In Tokyo
Originally based on a smartphone game, Idolish 7 follows the adventures of a young woman who manages a boy band. Last week, a series of posters and digital ads went up in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro Station and fans came out in droves. So many people wanted to snap photos of the ads that the official Idolish…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2019 -
CultureFans Can’t Get Enough Of Pokémon Shield‘s Spooky New Gym Leader
All of the new gym leader character designs for Pokémon Sword and Shield are great. One recently revealed trainer in particular has been racking up the fan art. Say hello to Allister. Here is the character’s official description: Allister is a talented Trainer of Ghost-type Pokémon who has taken on the mantle of the Ghost-type…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2019 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: On A Rainy Day
There are some artists who are inextricably linked to a state of mind, or some kind of inner voice. For me, Younha’s voice is rain. It is the pitter-patter of soft raindrops on umbrellas; the rhythmic gurgle of an impromptu brook as it flows down the cracks of the sidewalk; the melancholy that often accompanies…
By Seung Park Published July 9, 2019 -
CultureCosplayLook At This Spider-Man Cosplayer’s Mechanical Eyes
You see a lot of good Spider-Man cosplay, because it’s an easy one to do well. What’s not easy to do is get the character’s newer designs 1:1, since they’ve got fancy moving eyes, but Hong Kong cosplayer Cavin Creations has gone and done just that. What you’re seeing here is an incredible feat of…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2019 -
CultureMiyamoto Still Wants To Reinvent The Controller
While the standard buttons-and-joystick video game controller has made a fairly decisive return to Nintendo’s games on the Switch, that doesn’t mean Nintendo is done trying to reinvent the way we interact with video games. At the company’s annual meeting of shareholders late last month, one attendee asked the panel of Nintendo executives about the…
By Chris Kohler Published July 8, 2019 -
CultureHentai Sites Go To War, Leaving Animated Porn’s Future In Doubt
A transfer of power at the internet’s biggest free anime porn site was supposed to finally make its copyright-infringing operations more legit. Instead, the takeover of Hentai Haven has spurred a civil war within the hentai community. That conflict came to light yesterday after Hentai Haven’s anonymous founder, who goes by Papa HH, broke his…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published July 8, 2019 -
CultureIf Game Of Thrones Was An Anime
Carolina Oliveira is a freelance illustrator and concept artist working in the video game business. But tonight, we’re focusing on something outside of games: a two-year project to turn Game of Thrones into an anime. Since 2017, Carolina has been turning key lines/moments from the series into stills from an anime, with a style that’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 8, 2019 -
ReviewsBoard GamesStar Wars: Outer Rim: The Kotaku Review
When I was a kid, I had a dream video game. It was basically “Wing Commander: Privateer”, only bigger, and it was set in the Star Wars universe. I’m still waiting on the video game, but Fantasy Flight have this year delivered much the same experience, only in board game form. Outer Rim is the…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 8, 2019 -
UncategorizedThousands Of Elite: Dangerous Players Died Trying To Cross The Universe
Six months ago, over 13,000 Elite: Dangerous players set out on a massive expedition to cross the known galaxy. As testament to how long and gruelling a trip that was, less than 4,000 survived the trip. One of the participants (Qohen Leth) has, via RPS, helpfully broken down some of the statistics involved in the…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 8, 2019 -
UncategorizedNike Is Making Nintendo 64 Sneakers
An upcoming colourway of Nike’s Air Max 97 doesn’t make an official mention of the console—gotta keep those lawyers at arm’s length—but its inspiration is clear: this is a Nintendo 64 sneaker. The colourway (which appears to be drawing influence from the N64’s logo and controller) matched with the sneaker’s vintage might have been enough…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 8, 2019 -
CultureSmash Pro Retires After Admitting To Relationship With Teenage Competitor
Elliot “Ally” Carroza-Oyarce is one of the best Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players in the world, but his career came to an apparent end recently when the 28 year old confirmed allegations that he had been involved in a romantic relationship with a much younger fellow pro who may have been 16 at the time.…
By Ian Walker Published July 8, 2019 -
CultureTwitchDr Disrespect’s Return To Twitch Brings Big Numbers, Donations
Today, after a nearly month-long absence following his E3 bathroom stream suspension, Dr Disrespect returned to Twitch. His suspension lasted two weeks, during which he released a series of trailers for his return and tweeted an awkwardly worded apology “on behalf of the Dr Disrespect brand.” The result of all that hype? 80,000 concurrent viewers…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 8, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsStranger Things 3 Game Is A Boring Rehash Of The Show
In season three of Netflix’s Stranger Things, the idyllic small-town peace of Hawkins, Indiana is once again shattered by from another dimension. Only this time, there’s a licensed tie-in video game to document all of the show’s pop culture references and 80s nostalgia in pixelated detail. And document it the game does, performing the role…
By Ethan Gach Published July 8, 2019 -
CultureFortnite Developers Say They’ll Make The New Rubber Duck Challenge Easier [Updated]
Fortnite’s 14 Days of Summer event includes daily challenges for rewards. A recent challenge for day 13 of 14 involves searching for a tiny rubber duck in a corner of the game’s map. Yesterday, developer Epic announced they’ll be adjusting the challenge because it’s too hard. For the challenge, clues on a loading screen direct…
By Riley MacLeod Published July 8, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsFinal Fantasy XIV Lets You Run Dungeons With NPC Heroes Now, And It’s So Much Better Than Real People
Running through a brand-new dungeon in an online game with random strangers is nerve-wracking. I worry I will screw up and get us all killed. I fret about doing enough damage. I get grouped with jerks who know the run by heart and expect everyone else to as well. Final Fantasy XIV’s Shadowbringers expansion Iets…
By Mike Fahey Published July 8, 2019