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Call of Duty: WWII‘s Tiny New Map Makes Killing Faster

If you’ve been on Call of Duty: WWII recently, you’ve probably realized the hot spot to rack up kills is the Shipment 1944 playlist. The classic-style map is a love-it-or-hate-it experience, as you’re either adding lots of kills to your ratio or just getting blown to pieces on the regular. Based on the fan-favorite Shipment…

It Used To Be Perilous To Write Fanfiction

Fanfiction is hardly a new phenomenon, but that doesn’t always mean it was safe to write. For a time, in certain fandoms, writing fanfiction could get you a letter from a lawyer. Now, however, the internet has given fandom enough leverage to allow the dubiously legal practice of writing about other people’s characters continues to…

Things Are Finally Looking Up For The Witcher 3 On PS4 Pro After Its Latest Patch 

The Witcher 3 got a PS4 pro patch today. People can finally play in 4K with High Dynamic Range (HDR) support without having to navigate seas of vegetation magically popping in as they travel. CD Projekt Red’s attempts to update The Witcher 3 to take advantage of the PS4 Pro have been troubled. The game…

Fans Are Buzzing About A Possible Pokémon Switch Leak 

Seemingly every big Pokémon game leaks ahead of time, and a new generation of entries may follow suit. Over the last few days, a series of online posts purporting knowledge of the next major pocket monsters game have caught fire within the Pokémon community. If real, these leaks promise Pokémon games that are simultaneously familiar…

Okami will come to the Nintendo Switch August 9, according to the game’s official Twitter account. The port was announced at a Nintendo Direct in March.

Fortnite’s Map Is Constantly Evolving Now, And It’s Great 

Fortnite’s recent, big comet event was the start of something new for the cheery battle royale game. Nowadays, you don’t need to wait around for a special occasion to see the map change. Every update is an opportunity to see something different. Case in point: there was once a small crater at Tilted Towers, but…

Google Backtracks On Chrome Update That Broke Browser Games

Google has rolled back the Chrome update that broke the sound on many browser games, at least temporarily. Google removed the update until October to give developers a chance to patch their games. Earlier this month, Google Chrome implemented a change in its policies for autoplaying videos that prevented them from playing with sound. This…

The first part of Minecraft’s Update Aquatic is out today on Xbox One, PC, mobile, and various VR platforms. Announced at last year’s MineCon, the update overhauls the game’s water sections and will release in two phases. Today’s portion adds swimming, shipwrecks and buried treasure.

Fortnite‘s Latest Patch Adds Small But Needed Quality Of Life Updates

After a delay, Epic Games released its latest Fortnite patch today, and although it’s not the most action-packed update, it’s got some great quality of life improvements. I’m excited about the game’s new auto-pickup option for weapons and consumables because, when I land in a new area and encounter someone who already has a gun,…

Two of publisher Deep Silver’s planned 2018 releases, Metro Exodus and Shenmue III, have been delayed until 2019. In both cases, Deep Silver cited the need for more time to polish each game. It’s another reminder that nebulous, year-long release windows almost never end up being accurate.

This summer, Super Smash Bros. for Switch will be playable in Japan at several different events, like the World Hobby Fair and the Jump Victory Carnival in Osaka and Chiba. Check here for more details.

Hayao Miyazaki Remembers His Friend Isao Takahata 

Last month, Isao Takahata passed away at the 82. Known for Grave of the Fireflies and The Tale of Princess Kaguya, among others, Takahata co-founded Studio Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki, who recently gave a eulogy for his deceased colleague and friend. As Mainichi reports, a farewell ceremony was held at the Studio Ghibli Museum yesterday…

Turn Your Kei-Car Into A Virtual Idol Mobile 

This isn’t a first. Daihatsu has already released a “Snow Miku” Cocoa kei-car a while back. Here is the latest Daihatsu to get a Miku makeover. Daihatsu’s Move Canbus has special Miku accessories that give the vehicles all sorts of Miku-theme accents that are based on the virtual idol’s character design. The Canbus with Miku…

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Sony Ends Production Of Physical Vita Games

Sony is ending physical production of Vita games, Kotaku has learned. Although the hardware manufacturer says digital distribution will continue, this move will mark the end of physical cards for the maligned portable game system. Sony’s American and European branches “plan to end all Vita GameCard production by close of fiscal year 2018,” the company…

Cliff Bleszinski Shares Some Scrapped Game Ideas

Boss Key Productions (Lawbreakers, Radical Heights) co-founder Cliff Bleszinski has been sharing some unfinished game ideas on Twitter today. We don’t normally get to see unrealised game pitches, but with Boss Key now out of business, I guess there was no point sitting on these any longer. Part of the pleasure of running our Fine…

LEGO’s Architecture Series Is Still So Good

I get it, there are lots of adults out there buying lots of LEGO, but for me, the best adult LEGO has always been the company’s fancy architecture series, which now has two very slick new additions. I’ve always loved them because, as much as I adored LEGO growing up, I feel like most of…

STALKER 2 Is Back, Now Aiming For A 2021 Release

STALKER 2 was first announced in 2010. It was practically cancelled in 2012. Now, in 2018, GSC Game World is trying all over again. GSC boss Sergiy Grygorovych has left a small note on his Facebook page saying “Today 15.05.2018 I officially declare: ‘GSC GAME WORLD DEVELOPS S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2’”. There’s also a link to a…

Nintendo Hacker Is Trying To Make A Virtual Console For His Switch

Nintendo might not have plans to bring Virtual Console to Switch, but that doesn’t mean somebody else won’t. In light of new details about how Nintendo Switch Online will work and the company’s plans to bring NES games to the handheld via a subscription service, at least one hacker and longtime Nintendo fan is trying…

Omensight Is A Clever But Repetitive Murder Mystery

Like many time travel stories, Omensight relies on repetition. In the spiritual successor to the studio’s previous game, Stories: The Path of Destinies, you replay the same day’s events over and over from different perspectives and with new information. These loops eventually yield answers to a murder mystery, a lost relic, and a possible means…