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Amazon Japan Is Selling A Box With 63 Amiibo In It
And to think, it used to be hard to get your hands on some of these With the release of Smash Ultimate coming up, Amazon Japan has decided to round up every Amiibo available for characters in the game and put them all in the one box. Then throw in a poster as well The…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 20, 2018 - Culture
Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan has acknowledged that new hero Ashe has aim issues Players have been complaining that it feels harder to aim with Ashe than heroes like McCree and Soldier 76, and Kaplan explained that it’s because of an issue with her aim-down-sight animation. It can feel “a bit off” if you’re playing at…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 20, 2018 - Culture
The Art Of Insomniac’s Spider-Man
Insomniac’s Spider-Man for the PS4 is out, it’s good and it looks good. Because of that, let’s take a look at a range of concept and promotional art that went into the game’s creation. Most of the images you’ll see below are also available in Marvel’s Spider-Man: The Art of the Game, a new book…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 20, 2018 -
UncategorizedGuy Is Role-Playing As Preston Garvey In Fallout 76
Things have been a little grim for Fallout 76 since (and even before) launch, so some fans are trying to make their own fun with the game. Like RpTheHotrod, who is running around the wastelands of West Virginia pretending to be Fallout 4’s Preston Garvey, defender of Settlements. It’s achieved by combining “several audio clips…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 20, 2018 - Culture
Valve Says Steam Link Hardware Is ‘Almost Gone’
It seems like only yesterday that Valve declared it was making hardware. In reality, Steam controllers, Steam machines, and an odd little gadget called the Steam Link came out back in 2015. Now, three years later, the most useful of those devices is about to enter retirement. While Steam machines and Steam controllers didn’t exactly…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 20, 2018 - Uncategorized
New Card Game Keyforge’s Decks Contain “Unfortunate” Words
Keyforge is a big new card game where every $40 starter set contains randomised cards, meaning no two players will have the same experience. Publishers Fantasy Flight say this results in “104 septillion possible deck combinations”, which might explain why some of the first batch contained some words they maybe shouldn’t have. See, the reason…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 20, 2018 - Uncategorized
One EVE Online Player Is Dominating Its New PvP Mode
EVE Online’s new “Abyssal Deadspace” areas let players engage in true one-on-one combat for big rewards. Just pray you don’t run into BoRn2ReIgN. Abyssal Deadspace pockets, introduced in the latest EVE expansion Onslaught, are a new way for players to engage in high-stakes combat. At the end of the hazard-filled Abyssal Deadspace pockets, new stargates…
By Lee Yancy Published November 20, 2018 -
UncategorizedHearthstone‘s Most Entertaining Card Turns Every Game Into Chaos
Hearthstone games rarely go according to plan. Sometimes you draw the wrong cards and have to make the most of the situation. Sometimes your opponent discards your most important combo piece and you have to find a new way to win the game. Once you play the game enough, you start to get familiar with…
By Joshua Calixto Published November 20, 2018 - Uncategorized
Punk Shows Off By Winning Street Fighter V Tournament With His Opponent’s Character
Red Bull Conquest wrapped up its team-based fighting game competition in Washington, D.C., this past weekend, bringing Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, and Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 competitors together to decide which American city is the strongest. Victor “Punk” Woodley, who famously placed second at Evo 2017, ending up winning the Street Fighter V…
By Ian Walker Published November 20, 2018 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft announced in a blog post today that it will be “reverting all aesthetic changes” to Rainbow 6 Siege’s Year 3, Season 4 update. The company previously planned to remove references to sex, gambling, and violence from the game in preparation for its “expansion into Asian territories.” We’ve updated our original story accordingly.
By Riley MacLeod Published November 20, 2018 -
CultureTwitchThe Singular Life Of Twitch’s Most Foul-Mouthed Streamer
To hear her tell the story, Twitch streamer Sweet_Anita has lived a fascinating and unusual life. Here’s what you might learn watching her stream the first-person shooter Overwatch: Anita takes care of 35 animals, including rabbits, rats, and chinchillas, although in the past, that number has swelled to 200. Her mother contracted an illness from…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published November 20, 2018 - OpinionImpressions
Spider-Man’s Turf Wars DLC Is Short And Uneven
I didn’t know how much I liked Felicia Hardy until she was missing from Turf Wars, the second chapter in Spider-Man’s The City Never Sleeps DLC, released today. The cat burglar’s duplicity and romantic chemistry with Peter Parker, the highlight of chapter one, are replaced in this latest outing by the sociopathic antics of old-school…
By Ethan Gach Published November 20, 2018 -
UncategorizedGathering Storm Expansion Brings Climate Change To Civilization VI February 14
After spending the past day or so teasing fans witha stream that eventually resolved into a countdown clock, Sid Meier appeared on the Civilization YouTube channel to announce Civilization VI: Gathering Storm, a second expansion coming to PC on February 14, adding forces of nature to the popular strategy game. The Gathering Storm expansion adds…
By Mike Fahey Published November 20, 2018 - Uncategorized
Dota 2‘s massive 7.20 update recently went live, completely changing the game yet again. The map has been reworked with new paths, there’s a dedicated item spot for Town Portal Scrolls, and a ton of heroes have had abilities reworked or changed altogether. Meanwhile, the Dota 2 card game Artifact releases next week.
By Ethan Gach Published November 20, 2018 - Culture
What We Liked And Didn’t Like About Pokémon Let’s Go
Mike Fahey and I have been battling all up and down Kanto in Pokémon Let’s Go. Now that our respective quests are at an end, we sat down to talk about Master Trainers, playing with kids, and how weird Pokémon type weaknesses are. Gita Jackson: Hey Fahey! It’s amazing to be in the presence of…
By Gita Jackson Published November 20, 2018 - Uncategorized
Enter The Gungeon’s planned paid expansion has been canceled. The developers at Dodge Roll announced the news on Reddit, explaining that they’d been working on the game for five years now and needed to move on. Instead, it’ll get a smaller, free final update adding new items, features, and bug fixes.
By Ethan Gach Published November 20, 2018 - CultureKotaku Game Diary
Pokémon Let’s Go‘s Leveling System Raises Some Morbid Questions
If Pokémon Let’s Go is banking on my nostalgia, it’s working, but it’s also bringing to mind some disturbing questions about the nature of Pokémon. ’90s kids’ idle fantasies of weed-whacking our way through forests alongside some loyal, sweet Pokémon companion are realized in the latest Pokémon game, which even lets you pet and play…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published November 20, 2018
