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This Japanese Cat Cafe Also Has Hedgehogs
For years, there have been cat cafes in Japan. Hedgehog cafes are not new, either. But now, starting this spring, it has a cat and a hedgehog cafe. Cat and Hedgehog Cafe Cherish opened this past May in Takatsuki, Osaka. If you don’t have to visit a cat cafe and a hedgehog one, it looks…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 11, 2018 -
K-pop Superstar Dresses Up As Squirtle To Check Out Fans’ Birthday Wishes
JR from the Korean boy group Nu’est recently had a birthday. According to SBS, fans rented out subway billboards with birthday wishes. JR wanted to go see the ads for himself and dressed up as Squirtle as he ventured out in public. Below are images of JR, apparently dressed as Squirtle, checking out the birthday…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 11, 2018 -
Wait, Skyrim: Very Special Edition For Amazon’s Alexa Is Kinda Real?
During Bethesda’s E3 show earlier tonight, there was a cute video starring Keegan-Michael Key about Skyrim coming to Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant. We all chuckled and got on with our lives, because Key is a comedian and that would be a stupid game. And yet here we are, a few hours later, and you can…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 11, 2018 -
When JRPG Dreams Come True
In 99% of instances, Twitter is a waking hellscape. But sometimes there is room for joy, even if it comes in the form of video game localisation announcements. 2008’s Tales of Vesperia was released worldwide on the Xbox 360. One year later, it was also ported to the PS3, but that version—enhanced with more voice-acting…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 11, 2018 -
Metal Wolf Chaos, A Game About Presidential Robot Battles, Is Finally Getting Released In America
Devolver Digital is bringing FromSoftware’s cult-classic mech action game Metal Wolf Chaos to modern platforms. During their E3 livestream tonight, the publisher announced Metal Wolf Chaos XD, a remastered version of one of the Xbox’s wildest games. Metal Wolf Chaos was released on the Xbox in 2004 but only in Japan. FromSoftware, now best known for…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 10, 2018 -
Metro Exodus looks pretty badass in a new trailer set to Massive Attack’s “Angel.” Deep Silver showed off gameplay in the post-apocalyptic survival FPS at Microsoft’s E3 Media Briefing and also revealed it now has a release date of February 22, 2018, a day that’s already stacked with both Days Gone and Anthem.
By Ethan Gach Published June 10, 2018 -
Square Enix announced that Nier: Automata is coming to the Xbox One on June 26th, 2018, then they removed the announcement page. According to the now-removed page, it will be released in a “Become As Gods” edition that includes the “3C3C1D119440927″ DLC and some cosmetic items.
By Cameron Kunzelman Published June 10, 2018 -
New Command & Conquer Mobile Game Is Getting Mauled Online
Can you tell what kind of message is being sent to Electronic Arts with the YouTube voting on the gameplay trailer for the newly-announced Command & Conquer Rivals mobile game? 244 upvotes. 7,900 downvotes. The strategy game’s “reveal” trailer isn’t doing much better. A thousand up. Nineteen thousand down. It’s about as easy to point…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 10, 2018 -
Kingdom Hearts III Will Be Out In January
It’s 1:30am Eastern on a Sunday morning and Square Enix just announced Kingdom Hearts III’s release date, because why not? The long-awaited action-roleplaying game will be out on January 29, 2019, the publisher says. Technically this is a delay—Square had previously said Kingdom Hearts III would be out in 2018—but at least there’s a firm…
By Jason Schreier Published June 10, 2018 -
Collection Of Rare Japanese Games Leaks Online Without Owner’s Permission
Earlier this week, a group of game archivists revealed that a trove of over 70 lost Japanese video games has surfaced, including the third game in the obscure Horror Tour trilogy of point-and-click horror games. The release of these games, from the personal stash of a Japanese collector, has touched off a debate about how…
By Ethan Gach Published June 8, 2018 -
The Sims 3 Sucks
One of the favorite pastimes of The Sims’ community is to talk about how good the older games are. While there are things about The Sims 4 that I don’t love, I’m not as nostalgic as other fans. Every time I think about The Sims 3, for instance, all I can remember is how much…
By Gita Jackson Published June 8, 2018 -
Nintendo’s New Sushi Game Is Wonderful, If You Don’t Mind The Controls
Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido, a new Nintendo puzzle game, is an excellent, challenging adventure set in a silly anime world where sushi is illegal. But it’s a shame that players who are intrigued by that will have to decide between a 3DS version that controls better or a Switch version that looks better.…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 8, 2018 -
Hitman‘s Sniper Assassin Mode is a Deadly Puzzlebox
Hitman 2 is coming in November, but eager assassins can test their skills on an entirely new level. A mode called Sniper Assassin is available to people who pre-orders the game, offering a little puzzle box of trick shots and stealth. Just like anything in Hitman, it’s often at its best when things go wrong.…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 8, 2018 -
There Are Finally New PixelJunk Games, And They’re Both Terrific
For a lovely few years during the heyday of the Playstation 3 we got a steady drip of new PixelJunk games. They were usually really good. Now, after a seven-year (mostly) dry spell, we’ve got two more. In the last couple of weeks, the Kyoto-based Q-Games has released PixelJunk Eden Obscura for cell phones and…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 8, 2018 -
I Hope They Don’t Bring Back Smash 4‘s Stupidest Mode
On the eve of a new Super Smash Bros. game, it’s time to reflect on the sins of past Smashes. We can quibble over whether Bayonetta should have been in Smash 4. We can beef about Super Smash Bros. Brawl’s infuriating tripping mechanic. Or we could explore some less-trod Smash territory, something so idiosyncratic and…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 8, 2018
