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Your Spring 2018 Anime Guide [Updated]
It’s spring. Can you believe it? We could go outside and look at blooming flowers. Or…we could stay inside and watch anime. You decide! Update April 10 – 8:03 am: This guide has been updated with new simulcast announcements. Below are the shows that will air during the spring 2018 anime season. Which ones are…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 6, 2018 -
Poll: The Most Beloved Japanese Games According To People From Around The World
The most recent issue of Weekly Famitsu polled 6,678 non-Japanese people, asking their opinions about Japanese video games. Which twenty did they say they liked most? Let’s find out! Here is the breakdown by age: Under 9 years old: 2 people In their teens: 717 people In their 20s: 4,429 people In their 30s: 1,378…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 6, 2018 -
Some PUBG Clones Are Actually Being Sued
App stores are currently overrun with battle royale games that I will generously say are heavily inspired by PUBG and Fortnite. It’s a wild west out there, but amidst all the copy-catting, two games plucked from the masses are being taken to court by PUBG Corp., the company running PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds As TorrentFreak report, PUBG…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 5, 2018 -
Adorable Animals Star In A Time-Travel Murder Mystery
On paper, Omensight sounds like a long list of elements that don’t seem to fit together. But it works. It’s a murder mystery that requires you to read every line of dialogue and keep track of subtle clues. It’s a time travel story, with the hero reliving the same day over and over, each evening…
By Maddy Myers Published April 5, 2018 -
Overwatch Players Want To Queue For Roles, Blizzard Says It’s Complicated
Imagine, for a moment, a world in which Overwatch allowed you to select a role—tank, support, DPS, etc—and hop into a match expressly for the purpose of playing that role. No more squabbling over who does what. Peace. Quiet. Serenity. People have asked, but Blizzard hasn’t delivered. Here’s why. During an interview with Jeff Kaplan…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 5, 2018 -
Studio Ghibli Co-Founder Isao Takahata Dies At 82
Isao Takahata, co-founder of Studio Ghibli and director of such animated films as Grave of the Fireflies, passed away today in a Tokyo hospital at the age of 82, according to various Japanese news sources. Takahata’s distinguished career as a producer, director, and animator began in 1959 when he joined Toei Animation as an assistant.…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published April 5, 2018 -
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds stations dominate the Xbox booth at PAX East. Behind that, the PlayStation booth opted to front-load Detroit: Become Human, with a couple of setups for upcoming titles like Soulcalibur VI and Yakuza 6 buried in the middle rows. Nintendo’s big draw is the Wolfenstein II Switch port demo.
By Maddy Myers Published April 5, 2018 -
Farmer Uses Stardew Valley As An Escape
Tim is a farmer in Northern California who spends a lot of time on tractors. Thanks to auto-steering, that means he also has plenty of time to check in on his other farm, the one on his Switch port of Stardew Valley Tim posted the picture of his setup to the Stardew Valley subreddit yesterday…
By Ethan Gach Published April 5, 2018 -
Mirror Is Equal Parts Match-3, Bizarre Porn Plots, And BDSM
Mirror has been out on Steam since November of last year and, in that time, has amassed over 6,000 reviews with an average of “Overwhelmingly Positive”—which gave me the distinct impression that, unlike many cheaply-made erotic games on Steam or any flavor of console you might prefer, Mirror might actually be good. NSFW Warning: This…
By Kate Gray Published April 5, 2018 -
Why I Play
In the first years of my career as a games writer, I got used to a certain reaction from my parents’ friends when they were told about what I was doing for a living. It was usually along the lines of “what a waste”. I imagined them shaking their heads as if they’d just been…
Keza MacDonald Published April 5, 2018 -
Women Earn Significantly Less Money Than Men At Rockstar North, Among Other Gaming Companies
A number of gaming companies in the UK employ women in roles which, on average, pay less than the ones their male colleagues are in according to a new UK government database. At Grand Theft Auto makers Rockstar North, the gap is particularly large. At the studio based in Edinburgh, Scotland, the average hourly rate…
By Ethan Gach Published April 5, 2018 -
The Problems With Illegible Text In Video Games And Some Solutions To Fix Them
Joe Humfrey, art and code director at game development studio Inkle, believes that the primary goal in designing text for video games is “making sure every word is effortless to read.” It turns out that making sure players can read and understand on-screen text is a more complicated task than you might think. You might…
By Gita Jackson Published April 5, 2018 -
Fortnite‘s Map Is Annoying
After playing PUBG’s genuinely awesome new map earlier this week, I decided to embrace my battle royale fever and play some Fortnite as well. Relearning that game’s particular rhythm and playstyle has been fun but there’s one problem: I hate the in-game map. I consider myself a cautious battle royale player, at least in solos.…
By Heather Alexandra Published April 5, 2018 -
Amazon Leaks Spyro Remastered Trilogy [UPDATE: Official]
A remastered Spyro trilogy is coming this September, we now know thanks to an early Amazon leak. It’s called Spyro: Reignited Trilogy, and publisher Activision will surely give it a proper announcement soon. UPDATE (11am): And now it’s official: September 21 for PS4 and Xbox One. Original article follows: First reported by our friends at…
By Jason Schreier Published April 5, 2018
