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It’s 2019 And I’m Starting Final Fantasy XI
When Final Fantasy XI was released for PlayStation 2 in 2002, it was part of the first wave of massive online experiences for consoles. Alongside games like Phantasy Star Online, it helped bring the MMO experience to the living room and pushed the Final Fantasy series to explore new frontiers. While the PS2 and Xbox…
By Heather Alexandra Published January 23, 2019 - Uncategorized
Red Dead Online Starts Better Than GTA Online Did
Red Dead Online’s opening sequence is a great way to get players into the online wild west. The intro is made up of cutscenes, missions and tutorials. It feels more focused than GTA Online’s introduction, and overall it seems like Rockstar has learned from GTA Online’s introduction. I took a look at both games’ opening…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 23, 2019 - Esports
Competitive Virtual Farming Is Getting Its Own Esports League
After making the Farming Simulator games for over a decade now, the Swiss game studio Giants Software announced today it’s decided to make the series into a full blown esport by committing 250,000€, or approximately $284,803 in prize money to the establishment of a Farming Simulator League wherein teams of three will compete to see…
By Ethan Gach Published January 23, 2019 - CultureKotaku Game Diary
There Are So Many PC Games To Play, I Can’t Choose One To Start
I measured out a space in my incredibly small apartment and bought a desk. After rearranging my room, I finally have a space to actually hook up and use my PC. Now what do I do? I live in New York, where people will live in any space they can get, no matter how tiny.…
By Gita Jackson Published January 23, 2019 -
UncategorizedUpcoming No Man’s Sky Fan Film Stars A Five-Year-Old and A Pro Wrestler
People make incredible things in No Man’s Sky: civilizations, bases, and even the face of developer Sean Murray. One fan has now made a fan film set in the universe of the game, with a little help from his daughter, Kinda Funny’s Greg Miller, and Austin Creed, which is the stage name of professional wrestler…
By Gita Jackson Published January 23, 2019 -
UncategorizedA Bunch Of New Indies We’ve Been Eager For Are Coming To Switch Soon (Like CrossCode)
CrossCode is coming to Switch this year, so soon you’ll all be able to see what we’ve been raving about. Also in Nintendo indie news: the strategy game Wargroove is out next week, Goat Simulator hits Switch right now, and the people behind SteamWorld Dig are making a new card role-playing game called SteamWorld Quest…
By Jason Schreier Published January 23, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe SNK Themed Stores and Cafes The World Deserves
For a limited time only, there are four SNK official shops in Tokyo, filled with themed merch, food and drink. There is NeoGeo Land in Akihabara, which runs until February 20, the SNK Limited Store in Ikebukuro, which runs until January 31, the SNK Limited Store in Tokyo Skytree Tower, which will be open until…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2019 - Uncategorized
Magic the Gathering’s Japanese event MagicFest Kitakyushu has been canceled due to a Wizards of the Coast scheduling mistake. Originally slated for May 17–20, the event was to be held in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka and it might be rescheduled for later this year.
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanWe Didn’t Intend To Whitewash Tennis Star, Says Noodle Maker [Update]
Last year, US Open champ Naomi Osaka signed a deal to appear in Nissin Cup Noodle commercials. The latest one, an anime version, has been criticized for whitewashing the biracial tennis star. Prince of Tennis manga artist Takeshi Konomi drew the ad, which also features fellow Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori. Update January 25 –…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2019 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Q&A
When a major agency debuts a new girl group and said group’s first music video is a love letter to video games, that makes my job a little easier. Cherry Bullet is the new girl group from FNC Entertainment, and as far as girl group names go, we’ve seen worse (remember these poor ladies?). It…
By Seung Park Published January 23, 2019 - Uncategorized
A Game About The Nightmare That Is Being Stuck In An Airport
I’m one of those weird people that actually enjoys the liminal spaces of travel—hotels, train stations, and yes, airports—but even I have my limits. I might be having a chill time reading a book in a food court that only smells a little like a one-thousand-year-old Panda Express, but if I hear that my flight’s…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 22, 2019 - Uncategorized
There’s A (Fan-Made) Persona 5 Board Game, And It’s Great
Last year I wrote about Brother Ming, an amateur designer who came up with his own Fire Emblem board game. He’s now made one for Persona 5, and it’s fantastic The Unofficial Persona 5 Phan-Game (UP5P) is a short game, taking around 30 minutes to complete. It’s pretty small in scale; you can play solo…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 22, 2019 - CultureTotal Recall
A Catalogue Of Some Of The Rarest Consoles Ever Made
I’ve always had a weird thing for collections of video game hardware. Rare colourways, odd promotional designs, Japanese-only releases with crazy hardware features, I live for it. So I’ve just spent the last 24 hours clicking throughthis website, whose goal is to catalogue every console variant there is and ever has been, from fancy PS2s…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 22, 2019 - Uncategorized
Dragon Ball Super: Broly Makes Broly The Hero And Goku More Selfish Than Ever
Dragon Ball Super: Broly, released in theaters last week, perfects the modern Dragon Ball formula in almost every way. I couldn’t take my eyes off it at any point during its 101-minute run time, even though everything that flashed on screen during that time was incredibly dumb and nothing I hadn’t seen before. Who will…
By Ethan Gach Published January 22, 2019 - Uncategorized
Pillars Of Eternity II Is Getting A Turn-Based Mode
Today, Pillars of Eternity II developer Obsidian said that, nine months after its release, Pillars II is getting a turn-based combat mode as part of a free update on Januay 24. Previously, the fantasy RPG’s default mode of combat was real-time, but with the option for players to pause and issue commands to their party…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 22, 2019
