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UncategorizedKonami’s New Arcade Collection Could Have Been A Lot Better
Konami’s Arcade Classics Anniversary Edition is out this week, collecting eight of its classic coin-op games like Haunted Castle, Gradius, and Twinbee. While the games and the emulation are solid, Konami has taken a strangely bare-bones, region-locked approach to the collection that makes it a lot less exciting than it could have been. Here are…
By Chris Kohler Published April 19, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsGod’s Trigger Is A Hotline Miami-Style Shooter That’s Better With A Buddy
A demon and an angel need to kill lots of people to stop Armageddon. That’s the premise of God’s Trigger, a gory top-down shooter whose slick combat and interesting levels help make it more than just another Hotline Miami wannabe. Out this week on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, God’s Trigger sees you play…
By Ethan Gach Published April 19, 2019 -
UncategorizedEpic Has Caught Over 1000 Fortnite World Cup Cheaters So Far
Epic Games revealed some statistics about cheating in last weekend’s Fortnite World Cup opens today, including actions taken against over 1,200 accounts for various forms of cheating. Cheating has been a hot topic in competitive Fortnite this week. The esports team Kaliber released one player, Johnathan Kosmala, for cheating during the World Cup qualifiers; Kosmala…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 19, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe No Man’s Sky Community That Feels Like A Car Show
Although No Man’s Sky has true multiplayer now, there are still only a few ways to interact with other players. In order to show off your cool stuff or help other players find the tools or ships they want, you have to exchange coordinates with them offline. The Reddit community NMS Coordinate Exchange helps facilitate…
By Gita Jackson Published April 19, 2019 -
EsportsArcade Setups Keep The Dream Of Competitive Darkstalkers 3 Alive
The fighting game extravaganza MIXUP returns for its third year this weekend in Lyon, France. While it’ll showcase tournaments in all the current major games like Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, and Dragon Ball FighterZ, it’ll also be home to a number of more niche side events, including one for the beloved Capcom arcade classic,…
By Ethan Gach Published April 19, 2019 -
UncategorizedWe Have Concerns About An All-Digital Future
In November of 2013, Microsoft faced blowback after revealing that their new console would require an “always online” internet connection and that game ownership would be tied to players’ Xbox Live accounts, making it harder to trade in games and even lend them to friends. Sony capitalized on that blowback with their infamous E3 dunk.…
Paul Tamayo & Heather Alexandra Published April 19, 2019 -
CultureSteam Users Flood Assassin’s Creed Unity With Positive Reviews Following Ubisoft’s Notre-Dame Efforts
Typically, when thumbs-down ratings pour in and Steam’s chart-based review-bomb-detection alarms start ringing, it means a developer’s done something to earn users’ ire on a massive scale. Assassin’s Creed Unity, however, is experiencing the opposite: a positive review bomb. Earlier this week, Ubisoft contributed €500,000, or about $564,775, to the Notre-Dame restoration effort in the…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 19, 2019 -
UncategorizedIt Took 7 Years, But Now You Can Play Super Mario Bros. On The Commodore 64
A tireless developer, working for nearly seven years, has created a perfect recreation of Super Mario Bros. for the Commodore 64. This would have been huge in 1985. Today, it’s still pretty darn cool. This week, a developer called ZeroPaige released Super Mario Bros. 64, which he bills as a 1:1 recreation of Super Mario…
By Heather Alexandra Published April 19, 2019 -
CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for repotting and trying to trim down my very leggy houseplant, which once looked lovely and is now a gangly monster. We’ll see how that goes. It’s also for playing video games! Keza’s impressions of Katana Zero got me really excited to check the game out. Also, watching the Fortnite World Cup Open…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 19, 2019 -
UncategorizedA Pokémon-Inspired Retro Game Is Bringing Monster Collecting To PC
In Disc Creatures, you play as a licensed Disc Ranger canvasing the world for monsters who will fight on your behalf and be content to spend their downtime stored inside CD-ROMS that get uploaded to the DiscRnet. It’s set to release on Steam later this year and everything about it feels retro and looks freaking…
By Ethan Gach Published April 19, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Coolest and Silliest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Stage Builder Creations So Far
In addition to adding a new playable character, the latest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate update also included a creative mode that gives players the ability to make their own elaborate stages. While many have used this new mode to craft all sorts ofphallic fighting arenas, a few have lifted their minds out of the gutter…
By Ian Walker Published April 19, 2019 -
UncategorizedI Want To Play As The Characters Designed In Project Runway‘s Video Game Episode
In last night’s video game themed episode of Project Runway, the designers were tasked with creating video game characters. Not only did I find it to be a compelling piece of reality TV, I also now want to play games starring all the characters they created. Project Runway is my favorite competition-based reality television show…
By Gita Jackson Published April 19, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI’m Cramming Old BoxBoy Games Before The Sequel Comes Out
About a year ago, I came to grips with my failure to keep up with some of my favorite game series. I’m about two Fire Emblems behind and still about a half-game short of being caught up on Mario & Luigi. I’ve learned that I should just skip and reset with the new one, but…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 19, 2019 -
UncategorizedTake-Two Boss Gets Big Bonuses If The Company Sells Enough Microtransactions and DLC
On Monday, April 15—tax day in America—Take-Two Interactive Software shared with its investors a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register 315,315 new shares of company stock. The filing (Form S-3) is a pretty run-of-the-mill document, used whenever companies go public or, through various circumstances, may have more shares available to put on…
By Joshua Rivera Published April 19, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanManga Suffers Second Great Loss This Month, Kazuo Koike Is Dead
Earlier this month, Lupin III creator Kazuhiko Kato passed away. This week, Kazuo Koike, who created such landmark manga as Lone Wolf and Club and Lady Snowblood, has died. The Lone Wolf and Club manga was adapted into movies that made a cinematic superstar of Tomisaburo Wakayama and the film version of the Lady Snowblood…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 19, 2019 -
UncategorizedTom And Jerry Brought To Life In Tokyo
This week in Tokyo, a Tom And Jerry exhibition opened to celebrate the upcoming 80th anniversary of the cartoon cat and mouse. As MoshiMoshi reports, the series debuted in 1940 and was created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Running until May 6, the exhibit is being held on the 8th floor of Matsuya Ginza…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 19, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Emulator In Capcom’s Home Arcade Is Stirring Controversy
The Capcom Home Arcade, a plug-and-play fight stick that comes with classic arcade games pre-installed on it, was announced earlier this week, causing a backlash in the homebrew community who take issue with the device’s use of open-source emulation software. Its website markets the Capcom Home Arcade as an “authentic gaming” experience, in part because…
By Ethan Gach Published April 18, 2019
