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Gengar and Mimikyu on one card? Either it’s a sign of the apocalypse, or it’s the Pokémon Trading Card Game Sun & Moon Tag Team expansion. Announced at the 2018 World Championships and launching February 1, the expansion features high risk, high reward Tag Team cards, which also serve as shipping fodder.
By Mike Fahey Published December 7, 2018 -
UncategorizedMagic: The Gathering is getting a pro league, publisher Wizards of the Coast announced yesterday. 32 top players will get the change to win a combined $10 million in prizes. Their contracts, Wizards says, will be for $75,000, directly addressing concerns Magic pros had about earning sub-par money. Some top players might even come out…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published December 7, 2018 - CultureGame Awards
The Russo Brothers Have Mastered Avengers 4 Trolling
Earlier this evening, the Russo brothers appeared on stage at the Game Awards to make a Thanos joke and give an award to Fortnite Their appearance at the Game Awards was promoted. Repeatedly. Nobody forgot! When Joe and Anthony Russo appeared on stage, people got excited. People thought it meant an Avengers 4 trailer or…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate And The Pokémon Card Game Draw Lines In Japan
Today is Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s big release day. People in Japan are definitely keen to get the game. Interestingly, there were also lines were for the newest Pokémon card expansion set. At the Akiba Yodobashi Camera in Tokyo, one of the biggest electronics shops in the country, there were around 20 people at 6:00…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 7, 2018 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Monsieur
I’ve been on an indie kick recently if you haven’t noticed. I personally blame Haruna Stella Jang, who officially debuted in 2014, is an interesting study. Her musical style is greatly influenced by 90s artists like Yoon Jong Shin and Jung Jae Hyung, by her own admission, and yet, her latest track is an eighties-city-pop…
By Seung Park Published December 7, 2018 -
CultureGame AwardsAll The Big Announcements At The 2018 Game Awards
The 2018 Game Awards have come and gone. You can see a list of all the winners here, but if you missed anything, here’s what happened during this night of very pretty music from Red Dead Redemption 2, and also Rivers Cuomo in an aviator jacket. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: Black Order Is A Switch…
By Riley MacLeod Published December 7, 2018 -
CultureGame AwardsSonicFox Steals The Show At The Game Awards
Dominique “SonicFox” McLean took home the award for Best Esports Player tonight at The Game Awards in Los Angeles. The 20-year-old full-time student and fighting game ace gave a candid acceptance speech that was one of the night’s more heartfelt moments. “I just really really enjoy playing video games competitively,” he said. “I’ve never really…
By Heather Alexandra Published December 7, 2018 - CultureGame Awards
God of War Wins Game Of The Year At The 2018 Game Awards
God of War is the 2018 Game Awards’ Game of the Year, beating out stiff competition from games both big and small including Red Dead Redemption 2 and Celeste. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Spider-Man, and Monster Hunter: World also came up short in the category, though a few of them picked up honors elsewhere during the…
By Ethan Gach Published December 6, 2018 -
CultureGame AwardsSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate Is Getting A Persona 5 DLC
PERSONA 5‘S MAIN CHARACTER, JOKER, IS COMING TO SUPER SMASH BROTHERS ULTIMATE AS A DLC CHARACTER. JESUS FUCK. I thought they’d given me enough gifts with Animal Crossing’s Isabelle, but somehow, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the gift that keeps on giving. This is the first of five DLC characters, which Nintendo are calling “Character…
By Gita Jackson Published December 6, 2018 -
CultureGame AwardsRage 2 is coming May 14th. I expect Andrew WK to be there.
By Gita Jackson Published December 6, 2018 -
CultureGame AwardsMortal Kombat 11 Announced, Launching Globally April 23
Tonight at the 2018 Game Awards, Netherrealm Studios head Ed Boon took the stage to announce the winner of the best sports or racing game award, but sgave us a trailer for Mortal Kombat XI instead—complete with an April 23 global launch date. Not a lot of details were given during the clever twist reveal,…
By Mike Fahey Published December 6, 2018 - CultureGame Awards
Stranger Things Season 3 Is Getting A Retro-Style Game
Need more Stranger Things? Good news: a game is coming. Details are scant, but all your faves are here. It appears to be an adventure game featuring the pint-sized Scooby Gang and their gruff lumberdad: This is a follow up to the previous Stranger Things games, also developed by Bonus XP. I guess they’re not…
By Gita Jackson Published December 6, 2018 - CultureGame Awards
Bioware Teases Dragon Age 4
BioWare’s Dragon Age series, which has been quiet since 2014, is back with a brand new game and a very short trailer to go with it. Though as we’ve already reported, we shouldn’t expect it any time soon. Having recently been rebooted, Dragon Age 4 is still very early in development, but the trailer shown…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 6, 2018 - CultureGame Awards
Coming to Steam on December 13 from Studio Wildcard, makers of ARK: Survival Evolved, Atlas is a massively multiplayer survival game set in a fantasy world filled with magical creatures. Look for it to hit Xbox One next year as part of that whole hitting Xbox One first program. You know the one.
By Mike Fahey Published December 6, 2018 -
CultureGame AwardsThe Developers Of No Man’s Sky Have A Surprise New Game
In case you think Hello Games hasn’t been working hard enough, given their multiple, massive and free updates to No Man’s Sky, tonight they’ve announced a new game, called The Last Campfire “The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost Ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way…
By Gita Jackson Published December 6, 2018 -
CultureGame AwardsObsidian’s Next Game, The Outer Worlds, Is Basically Fallout: New Vegas In Space
As Bethesda takes Fallout multiplayer, the original creators of Fallout are making a brand new single-player shooter-RPG along with the studio that made Fallout: New Vegas. It’s called The Outer Worlds, it’ll be out next year, and it’s basically New Vegas in space. Game studio Obsidian announced The Outer Worlds at The Game Awards tonight,…
By Jason Schreier Published December 6, 2018 -
CultureGame AwardsBioWare Wants You To Know That Story Is A Priority For Anthem
One of the biggest ongoing questions surrounding BioWare’s upcoming online shooter Anthem is whether it will be able to hit the narrative bar that the studio has set for itself through series like Dragon Age and Mass Effect. With a new trailer tonight—and a presentation to press this morning in Los Angeles—BioWare is trying to…
By Jason Schreier Published December 6, 2018