People Have Already Cleared Final Fantasy XV In Japan

Today, Final Fantasy XV went on sale in Japan. Lots of people bought it, and now, there are already players who have cleared the game’s main story rather quickly. Note: This article contains some spoilers. One Twitter user named Kyosuke claims to have already finish the game in 13 hours and 57 minutes, adding that…

Taco Bell Has Cheetos Quesadillas In The Philippines 

This should come as no surprise. You should expect this. Because Taco Bell did put Cheetos in a burrito. Kotaku reader Wedge points out that Cheetos Quesadillas are now available in the Philippines for a limited only. Below are some photos of the actual quesadillas and some impressions: Of course, you can always make your…

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What You Need To Know About Pokémon  Sun and Moon’s First Global Event

Game Freak have issued a challenge to all Pokémon  Sun and Moon players: catch 100,000,000 critters before December 13th. If you pitch in, there’s something good in it for you. Sun and Moon make use of a mechanic known as “global events,” which are limited-time festivities where players try to meet a collective goal. Here’s…

Ultimate General Is A Very Good Strategy Game

Back in 2014 I played Ultimate General: Gettysburg, a short but innovative strategy game set during the Civil War’s most famous battle. Two years later and the same game is back, only now it’s a full singleplayer campaign experience. Ultimate General: Civil War is basically an overblown sequel to the first game, using its success…

No Man’s Sky Update Is Bringing Thousands Of Curious Players Back

Before the big “Foundation” update that surprise-launched this weekend, No Man’s Sky wasn’t in a great place. On Steam, the game’s concurrent player count hovered mostly between 200 and 500. It wasn’t even within spitting distance of Steam’s top 100 most-played games. What a difference a solid update (after months of silence, which drummed up…

Fancy Board Game Will Probably Smash Kickstarter Records

A few years ago, there was a very successful Kickstarter campaign for a board game called Kingdom Death: Monster. This week, a new, improved version of the game hit the crowdfunding service, and in only a few days has raised over five million dollars The original game had two key appeals: it had a neat…

Civilization V Fans Are Playing A Single Game Like An Actual Democracy

A group of Civilization players have banded together and formed something called Democraciv, where a whole bunch of humans work together to operate a single Civilization, some of them actually playing, the rest arguing and giving advice. Just like a real democracy, then. Or at least the old-fashioned ideal of one. Democraciv—currently playing Civilization V…

Overwatch Player Reaches ‘Max’ Level After Six Months Of Non-Stop Play

Overwatch has a max level! Kinda. A Chinese account reached it a little while back, but they made judicious use of account-sharing, allowing a single account to level up for ungodly amounts of time each day. Now, finally, one player has done it all on his own. Per PVP Live, French player TaZzeRK just hit…

The King Of Fighters XIV Update Makes The Game Less Ugly

On the top left we have a screenshot from the release version of The King of Fighters XIV, a game that transformed beautiful 2D characters into lifeless 3D husks. On the bottom right, a shot from the game’s 1.10 update, which is looking to add a little life back into the game. This is good.…

Craftsmen Forge Genji’s Glowing Sword From Overwatch

Overwatch’s Genji is the annoying buzz in your ear when you know a fly is in the room and can’t damn find it. But you have to admit—his weapon design is awesome. In a video posted today, weapon craftsmen Man At Arms hand-made Genji’s glowing, green katana sword and Shuriken. They’re the same guys who…

Unconscious Dishonored 2 Enemies Who Look Like They Just Had A Sick Party

Ever since I played Metal Gear Solid 2 nearly half my life ago (shudders), my goal in stealth games has been the same: to knock people unconscious and then position their bodies so that they’ll wake up thinking, “What the shit was I even doing?” In Metal Gear Solid 2, that mainly consisted of me…

Pokémon Go’s New Tracking System Still Bad For Rural Players

Pokémon Go will not stop fumbling its tracking system. With each new update has come a slew of problems so damning that it’s a wonder people are still out there, tracking the little beasts with their phones. Last week, Niantic expanded Pokémon Go’s newly-updated “Nearby” feature to areas outside of San Francisco, where the company…

Pokémon Sun And Moon Player Beats Elite Four With Just A Magikarp

It’s an accepted fact that Magikarp is a useless Pokémon until you evolve them into Gyrados. But one player managed to beat Sun and Moon Elite Four with nothing but the flailing fish. How did Japanese twitter user Nanako_Official accomplish this feat? Patience, grinding and a deep knowledge of Pokémon mechanics. While the Magikarp was…

No Man’s Sky‘s New Update Makes The Game Much More Grounded

No Man’s Sky is getting better. The game that left so many people feeling burned back in August may still not live up to the prior months of hype, but yesterday’s patch makes big changes that anchor the game by finally allowing players to build a home among the cosmos. When No Man’s Sky came…

Hearthstone‘s Mean Streets Of Gadgetzan Out Thursday

In a live stream today, Blizzard revealed the release date for Hearthstone’s fourth expansion, Mean Streets of Gadgetzan. The new expansion will arrive on Thursday, December 1st. Mean Streets of Gadgetzan will add 132 new cards to the game as players explore the seedy port city of Gadgetzan. Excited fans and collectors can pre-purchase packs…

Changing Weather Puts New Spin On Classic Counter-Strike Maps 

Counter-Strike’s best maps are finely tuned staging grounds for battles of tactics, will, and hair-trigger reflexes. A slight change can have a tremendous impact on how they play. Even something as seemingly insignificant as the weather, as this mod demonstrates. Lewis Palfrey and Luke Millanta’s Changing Weather Collection (via Eurogamer) adds a slew of weather…

Final Fantasy VI Once Had A Character Named Angela (And Other Little-Known Facts)

It’s Final Fantasy XV week, which means that it’s the perfect time to talk about Final Fantasy VI—especially in the wake of a bunch of fun trivia that’s been unearthed thanks to old interviews. Did you know, for example, that Cyan was meant to have an older “sister”-type role model named Angela? Over the weekend, the…

A Closer Look At Dishonored 2’s Best Level

Dishonored 2 lives and dies by its level design. Tricky guard patrols and magical abilities don’t mean much without a good playground to sneak around in. Luckily, the game has one of the best levels in recent memory: the transforming Clockwork Mansion. Playing as either Corvo or Emily, the player is tasked with disposing of…