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Kotaku EastJapanThe Slayers Saga Will Continue
Slayers was one of the most iconic light novels of the 1990s, spawning manga, anime and video games. Good news! Creator Hajime Kanzaka is doing a third arc. Slayers is back! The news was made official in the latest issue of Dragon Magazine As ANN and SG Cafe point out, the first new Slayers volume…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 17, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanReal-Life Pokémon Costume Inspires Leggy Fan Art
Iwate Prefecture in Japan recently selected Geodude as its official supporter, with the Rock Pokémon doing its best to promote the region. In the Pokémon games and anime, Geodude does not have legs, but its real-world cosplaying counterpart does. Unleash the fan art! Of course, we can see the cosplayer’s legs, but we’re supposed to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 17, 2019 -
UncategorizedPublishers Pull Their Games From Epic’s Store During Its Big Sale
Earlier today, Epic once again took a page from Steam’s book and announced a “mega sale” that includes both percentage discounts and an additional $10 off every game priced $14.99 or higher on the Epic Games Store. It seemed to be smooth sailing for the sale, but then two major games suddenly vanished from the…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedFlight Sim Developer Arrested For Selling F-16 Manuals [Update]
A Russian national is currently being held in Weber County, Utah, after being arrested and charged with “conspiring against the United States, smuggling and violating the Arms Export Control Act”. All over what he claims are some manuals he was using to make a flight sim. Asthe Standard-Examiner reports, from 2011-2015, Oleg Mikhaylovich Tishchenko was…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedMilitary Shooter Mod Introduces Civilian Deaths And Cover-Ups
ArmA 3 is a shooter that prides itself on its authenticity and attention to detail, but as far as the official experience goes that usually only extends to the Xs and Os of the battlefield itself. A new mod called Guilt & Remembrance is looking to make things a great deal more complex. Made by…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 16, 2019 -
CultureCosplayGalleryOur Favorite Cosplay From Fan Expo Dallas 2019
Between May 3-5 over 50,000 fans went through the doors of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas for the 2019 Dallas Fan Expo, and among the crowd was some fantastic cosplay. We’ve posted a selection below, with all pics and video taken by Mineralblu. You’ll find each cosplayer’s character, series and Instagram handle…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedDivision 2 Players Beat Game’s First Raid In Five Grueling Hours
It took a significant chunk of the day for any of the eight-player groups streaming The Division 2’s new Operation Dark hours raid on Twitch to finally clear it. The POG clan, led by Division streamer and YouTuber Marcostyle, managed to knock off the final boss at 5:10 p.m. In a lengthy stream of the…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedNew Weekly Events Add More Variety To Magic: The Gathering Arena
If you play Magic: The Gathering Arena and you’re anything like me, you probably burn through earning your weekly allotment of new card packs and gold on the first day. Fortunately for us, Wizards is adding a new set of free weekly events, each with a specific theme and unique rewards. Called War of the…
By Ethan Gach Published May 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedLo-Fi Tactics To Chill And Beat Up Baddies To
Lazy Raise the Earth is an upcoming PC tactics game by Jesse Burnett featuring lo-fi visuals and magic spells. An early demo with tons of character classes and a level editor offer plenty of chill strategy battles, and a chance to watch a creator with a distinct style try something new.I’ve featured Burnett’s work before on…
By Heather Alexandra Published May 16, 2019 -
CultureSplitscreenShould We Care About Video Game Companies Collecting Our Data?
Video games often ask us to share our data with the developers. Sometimes, games and other apps bury this question in a long privacy policy that you have to agree to in order to even load it up. And sometimes, that data gets sold or repurposed for mysterious ends. Kirk and I admitted how anxious…
By Maddy Myers Published May 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedArtist Reimagines Pokémon Starters As Different Pokémon Types
I’ve played through Pokémon Blue, Red, and Yellow dozens of times. Those games’ starters will always have a special place in my heart. But I’d love to still play with them while having the option to explore different elemental attacks. One artist’s renderings give an idea of what that might look like. Over on the…
By Ethan Gach Published May 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedMicrosoft And Sony Announce Vague Cloud Gaming Partnership
Microsoft said today that it will partner with Sony, its chief rival in the gaming console space, on “new cloud-based solutions for gaming experiences.” It’s unclear what exactly the new collaboration will ultimately lead to, but the move is still a surprising one given that the companies’ Xbox and PlayStation console lines are market competitors.…
By Ethan Gach Published May 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedMetro Exodus is getting two pieces of story-driven DLC in the coming months. Neither focus on series hero Artyom, but instead shift perspective to other familiar faces from the Metro universe. This summer’s The Two Colonels DLC follows Colonel Miller in a “new linear chapter,” while Sam’s Story, coming early 2020, is a more sandboxy…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedFortnite‘s New John Wick Mode Is Basically Just Fortnite With Nice Suits
Fortnite Battle Royale is having a tie-in event with the movie John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, offering a limited time mode and sleek new skins. The mode, called Wick’s Bounty, doesn’t feel like it has much to do with John Wick—who I once saw kill three men in a bar with a pencil—but it…
By Heather Alexandra Published May 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Internet Has Some Ideas For More Mario Maker 2 Game Styles
Leave an empty space on a promotional image, and the internet will fill it for you. This is as certain as the sun rising in the East and setting in the West and gravity keeping us all from spinning out into space. Last night’s Nintendo Direct aboutSuper Mario Maker 2 was a fun reminder of…
By Joshua Rivera Published May 16, 2019 -
CultureMega Man, Street Fighter II Coming To Genesis Mini
Sega has revealed the next batch of 10 games coming to its Genesis Mini console, including Capcom classics like Mega Man: The Wily Wars, Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition, and Ghouls ‘n Ghosts Of particular interest is Mega Man: The Wily Wars, an enhanced compilation of the first three games in the series that…
By Chris Kohler Published May 16, 2019 -
UncategorizedNew Switch Discount Program Is Unnecessarily Complicated
Rather than simply discount its digital games like every other video game platform, Nintendo is running a new Switch promotion where players can purchase special vouchers that can then be traded in for new games, turning the entire process into a convoluted mini-game of its own. They’re called Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers, and the way…
By Ethan Gach Published May 16, 2019