Fire Emblem Heroes Update Makes It Harder To Keep Leaning On Takumi

Fire Emblem Heroes added weapon mastery quests recently, which are challenges for characters that wield axes, swords and lances. I quickly found out that these quests highlight weak spots on your team. For me, that’s everyone but Takumi and Ryoma. Dammit. There are three new quest options with the most recent Fire Emblem Heroes update,…

For Honor Gets Female Armor Right

In For Honor, it’s hard to tell you’re fighting a lady until one of you is dead. Helmets and armor are so thick and so full that pausing mid-battle long enough to discern gender clues will probably get you stabbed. Padded leather, full plate, head gear, masks and mud-soaked boots, in the style of medieval…

Which ‘World-Famous Hollywood Actor’ Is Ocarina of Time‘s Link Based On?

A guessing game: Which ‘90s heartthrob actor does this picture most remind you of? Leonardo DiCaprio? Tom Cruise? Keanu Reeves??? In The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts, a new art book based on Nintendo’s iconic franchise that comes out today, there’s an interesting series of interviews with artists Yusuke Nakano, Satoru Takizawa, and Yoshiki…

After Months Of Investigation, Battlefield 1 Easter Egg Only Turns Up A Dog Tag

Battlefield 1 players looking to solve the depths of the game’s most elusive puzzlehave hit pay-dirt. Translated morse code and a hunt to find hidden symbols yielded an underwhelming reward: a measly dog tag. The key to the puzzle was time. When a series of morse code messages appeared in Battlefield 1 in October, attempts…

Homeworld: Deserts Of Kharak’s Creators Worked With NASA On A Cool Mars Project

Blackbird Interactive, developers of the excellent Deserts of Kharak, have teamed up with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to create an interactive tour of a concept Mars base. Not the most obvious thing to reading about, I grant you, but they’re a good fit, with Blackbird’s sleek designs helping create a colony that looks real, but…

The Nier: Automata Commercial That Square Enix Censored For Japan

There are two versions of a new Nier: Automata ad. One can be played on TV in Japan, while the other probably cannot. Here is the commercial that can be shown on Japanese TV. The narrator says, “We were born to be destroyed. Action RPG Nier: Automata. Even though we’re inanimate, we kill each other.”…

Bringing Video Game And Anime Hair To Life 

Tokyo-based hair stylistShotac has an interesting forte: turning game and anime hair into reality. Shotac specializes in doing wig hairdos for cosplayers, but he’s also able to style those game and anime locks on real heads of hair. Have a look at his work: This one, of course, is probably the hardest. Of course. Kotaku…

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This gif by Simon Bachmann, currently working on Pathway, marriesthe sci-fi art of Simon Stålenhag with a Lucasarts adventure game. There’s an alternate timeline out there where this is one of the best games of the 90s.

Sorry Dude, Just Trying To Show Off These Rick & Morty Games, Bro

Because Rick & Morty’s third season won’t be here until the sun explodes, Cryptozoic are releasing a couple of games based on the series to tide people over. One is a board game set in Anatomy Park, the other a deck-building card game about Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind. A CTRL + F on…

Half-Life 2 On Super-Low Settings Looks Like Minecraft

LowSpecGamer, who we’ve previously seen destroying games like The Witcher 3, has done something very special to Half-Life 2, taking what it still a fairly decent-looking shooter and turning it into something that looks it came out of a 12-hour game jam. He’s gone well beyond just moving every setting to low, of course, digging…

Many people have pinged me asking what Hasbro is showing for Yo-Kai Watch at Toy Fair. We’ll have to wait until we’re closer to season three to see new toys, but they did have connectable Wibble Wobble figures, as mimicked here by the best demo guy ever, Eric. Eric Von Demoguy.

Claim Your Nintendo Switch Account ID

You can now claim your uniqueNintendo Account User IDforthe Switch. Users who already have Nintendo Accounts may not yet have Nintendo Account User IDs, which explains to rush to claim one. So far, there are a few Nintendo account types you can make: A Nintendo Account: The e-mail and password combination through which you access…

Watch Dogs 2 Players Discover A New Mystery Quest

After last week’s Watch Dogs 2 patch, players have unearthed a mystery quest hidden in the game. Players’ investigations have led them to turn over every rock, and even mine the game’s code, to hunt for more information on “The Shuffler.” Ubisoft added Patch 1.11 to prepare players for Watch Dogs 2‘s upcoming DLC, released…