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UncategorizedPlants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 Headlines March’s Xbox Live Games With Gold
If you have an Xbox One and haven’t given Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 a try, you no longer have an excuse. It’s one of the more imaginative online shooters in recent years. Don’t let the Plants vs. Zombies wrapping fool you, there’s lots of tactical and strategic depth here and also it’s just…
Riley MacLeod & Ethan Gach Published February 27, 2019 -
UncategorizedUbisoft Slightly Changes Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s Controversial DLC Relationship
The surprise at the end of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s second downloadable episode still happens, but the developers have tweaked the path to getting there. As best we can tell, Ubisoft has trimmed one cutscene and changed two dialogue choices. The changes are relatively minor but may become a major case study in the ongoing debate…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 27, 2019 -
UncategorizedNintendo Announces Pokémon Sword And Shield For Switch
Generation eight of Pokémon is officially here, as this morning Nintendo announced Pokémon Sword and Shield, to release this fall on the Switch. The pair of games are three-dimensional and cel-shaded, looking better than any Pokémon we’ve seen before. You can watch the first trailer here: Pokémon Sword and Shield will be the first mainline…
By Jason Schreier Published February 27, 2019 - Uncategorized
Iconic Anime Character Gets His Own Japanese Train Station
Doraemon, a robotic cat from the future, is one of Japan’s most beloved anime characters. He now has his own train station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. Doraemon debuted as a manga in 1969, ending publication in 1996. Its long-running anime series still airs. The character has been called “the Mickey Mouse of Japan,” alluding to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 27, 2019 - Uncategorized
The World’s Biggest Detective Conan Fan
Twitter user Katamari really like the Japanese manga and anime Detective Conan (aka Case Closed) a lot. Maybe more than anyone else on Earth. Just check out her collection of Conan goods: She has been a fan for the past 24 years. And has been interviewed on Japanese TV for her Conan love (above) and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 27, 2019 - Kotaku EastJapan
Today, Pokémon Was Born 23 Years Ago
On February 27, 1996, Pokémon Red and Blue were released, giving birth to one of the most popular franchises in history. Card games, sequels and anime followed, all of which have been enormously popular. Pokémon director took to Twitter to celebrate the series’s birth, adding, “Today is a day that’s been supported by numerous people.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 27, 2019 - Uncategorized
Super Smash Bros. Melee Won’t Be At Evo 2019
The Super Smash Bros. Melee community is reeling after organizers for the world’s biggest fighting game tournament, EVO, announced tonight that the game would not feature at EVO 2019. The 17-year-old game has been a mainstay at fighting game tournaments for over a decade, pulling in hundreds of thousands of live viewers in its prime.…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published February 26, 2019 - Uncategorized
Anyone For Sonic The Hedgehog LEGO?
LEGO Ideas—the community program where fans can get their dream sets made—currently has a Sonic submission up for voting, and it looks great. Based on 2017’s Sonic Mania, it would include Sonic & Eggman minifigs, a giant Eggman mech, a bunch of enemies, a Phantom Ruby, rings and some Green Hill Zone terrain modules that…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 26, 2019 -
CultureCosplayOverwatch Cosplay Is Also A Music Video
Look, I love cosplay photos, but this recent thing of making cosplay music videos instead is something I can very much get behind. Here’s ohmysophii as Overwatch’s McCree, and a one-minute video (shot by eugenephotovideo) is the perfect amount of time: long enough to let us actually see her cosplay in action, but not too long.
By Luke Plunkett Published February 26, 2019 -
UncategorizedHalf-Life Is Now A Top-Down Shooter
If you’ve ever wanted to experience Valve’s classic shooter as more of Hotline Miami-type of affair, this mod by Sockman111 might be something you should be downloading. It turns Half-Life into a top-down shooter by replacing the game’s first-person camera with one of two options: one tracks the player but will show ugly “voids” where…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 26, 2019 - Uncategorized
Red Dead Online’s New Update Is A Good Start
After weeks of teasing and hyping, the latest and biggest Red Dead Online update went live today. The update adds new fashion items, changes how bounties work, rebalances gameplay and fixes numerous bugs. It’s a good update with some great improvements, but it might not be enough for fans looking to come back. One of…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 26, 2019 - Uncategorized
Trials Rising Switch eShop Screenshots Look Way Better Than The Real Thing [Update]
Video games rarely look as beautifully composed as promotional screenshots, but the Switch version of Trials Rising does not look anything like the screenshots on its Nintendo store page. In fact, it seems like those screens are from another version of the game entirely. Trials Rising came out today on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC,…
By Ethan Gach Published February 26, 2019 - Uncategorized
Video Game Publisher Apologizes After Hosting AMA On 8Chan
Edgy marketing decisions have a way of blowing up in companies’ faces, but rarely do they so immediately and spectacularly detonate like this: THQ Nordic, publisher of games like Darksiders III, decided to host an AMA on 8chan, an image board notorious for everything from Gamergate ties to stalking and harassment to child porn. Bafflingly,…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 26, 2019 - Uncategorized
Not Everything About The Open-World Lego Movie 2 Game Is Awesome
Anyone who’s played a movie-based Lego video game is familiar with the formula. A film’s tale is retold in a series of story missions, packed with bricks to break and characters to collect. At first, I was disappointed that The Lego Movie 2 Video Game did not follow that formula. But eventually, I came around…
By Mike Fahey Published February 26, 2019 - Uncategorized
Overwatch’s newest hero, combat medic Baptiste, is now on the PC public test server. He’s officially classified as a support, with a biotic launcher that fires powerful three-round bursts, a grenade alt fire that heals allies, a regenerative healing field, and an immortality field that stops allies from dying altogether. That, powerful as it sounds,…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 26, 2019 -
CultureEastshade Has So Much Personality That You Forget You’re Just Painting and Talking
Sometimes, when I’m feeling stressed, my mind instinctively hearkens back to peaceful, idyllic days and just lingers there for a little while: a perfect Sunday brunch. An hours-long walk along the beach. A concert so good that, for just a moment, the outside world vanished. Eastshade is a game that feels like those memories. In…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 26, 2019
