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Look At This Monster Hunter Statue
Kinetiquettes will soon be releasing a few Monster Hunter pieces, including this huge statue featuring Zinogre getting stabbed at by both a male and female hunter. Both the hunters will be available as their own individual statues, but if you buy the whole set you get a Palico thrown in as well. Preorder information will…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 19, 2018 -
Studio Accused Of Installing Malware On Customers’ PCs
FlightSimLabs, a studio that specialises in custom add-ons for other company’s flight sims, has been found to be secretly installing a program onto user’s computers designed to check whether they’re playing a pirated copy of their software. The code—basically a Chrome password dumping tool— was discovered by Reddit user crankyrecursion on February 18, and as…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 19, 2018 -
Developer Warhorse Studios published an explanation clarifying the patching process for Kingdom Come: Deliverance across all three platforms today. The Xbox One version is currently one update behind both PC and PS4, with a hotfix to resolve issues with the R2 button on PS4 currently going through certification.
By Ethan Gach Published February 19, 2018 -
The Coolest Trick In Steep Is Hopping Uphill
I can’t get enough of the Winter Olympics, so I’ve been looking for video games that recreate the feeling of watching people risk their lives in the cold. I recently picked up Steep for its Road to the Olympics DLC. Steep nails the rush of speeding down a hill, but it’s better at capturing how…
By Riley MacLeod Published February 19, 2018 -
A Gorgeous Game About A Monster-Slaying Family
In Children of Morta, I did not save a puppy. My family will never live it down. Children of Morta is a hack-and-slash game for PCs and consoles currently in development by indie studio Dead Mage and published by 11-bit, the folks behind This War of Mine. It focuses on the Bergsons, a family of…
By Riley MacLeod Published February 19, 2018 -
Mario Is Getting His Own Fancy Encyclopedia
Having had tremendous success withits trio of The Legend of Zelda reference books, Dark Horse Publishing sets its sights on the Mushroom Kingdom, chronicling three decades of Nintendo gaming in the Super Mario Encyclopedia. The Super Mario Encyclopedia is an exhaustive look at nearly every Super Mario game Nintendo’s made, from Super Mario Bros. in…
By Mike Fahey Published February 19, 2018 -
Yuzuru Hanyu Would Be A Good Final Fantasy Character [Update]
This weekend, Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu won Olympic gold. In Japan, people were excited and online, they quickly pointed out that Hanyu’s dramatic poses and intense stares look like something straight from Final Fantasy Update February 20 – 2:00am: An earlier version of this story included clips of Hanyu apparently skating to Final Fantasy…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 19, 2018 -
In Dragon Ball Super, Goku Is Getting More Powerful Than Ever
Goku and Jiren are battling it out in the Tournament of Power, and just when you think things could get more intense, the preview for next week’s episode shows that, yes, they can. Note: This article has spoilers. As seen in the top image, the words “Limits Super Surpassed! Ultra Instinct Mastered!!” appears during the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 19, 2018 -
An Official Mega Man Bicycle
To mark the 30th anniversary of Mega Man (née Rockman), Japanese bicycle maker KhodaaBloom is releasing a special set of wheels. According Cyclist, it went on sale February 17 and is priced at 290,000 yen ($2,720). Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 19, 2018 -
Nintendo Labo Packaging In The Wild
Nintendo Labo display kits are starting to appear in Japanese retail shops. The boxes themselves are good sized, which isn’t that surprising if you’ve seen the cardboard Nintendo Labo sheets. It’s up to you to fold the cardboard, not Nintendo! While the boxes are a decent size, they are not that thick. Kotaku East is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 19, 2018 -
A Game Exhibition Where Everything Is Destroyed
Every year, BarSK in Melbourne holds a special event. It’s a game jam that runs for over half a day, from the morning to just past midnight. And when the clock hits 12.30am, something special happens. Everything that everyone has worked on, images, assets, source code: it all gets deleted, never to return. This story…
David Rayfield Published February 18, 2018 -
When Air Jordan Met Xbox
It’s been a poor generation for custom console designs, but I am very in for this official Xbox x Jordan collaboration. Only catch is that they’re for a competition, not a general release The three consoles are each based on an Air Jordan 3 colourway (“Black Cement“, “Free Throw Line“ and “Tinker Hatfield”), and each…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2018 -
There Is Now A Tomb Raider Barbie
Barbie has had many jobs over the years. Raiding tombs and shanking dudes with axes are now being added to the list. IGN reportsthat Mattel is releasing a new doll in the line based on Alicia Vikander’s upcoming movie role, and while her clothes are bit cleaner and more stylised than we’ll see in the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2018 -
Dynasty Warriors Was Very Different When It First Started
Dynasty Warriors 1 didn’t involve large-scale battles or endlessly chained combos. In fact, it wasn’t anything like the modern series. Years before Dynasty Warriors would become known as the quintessential hack and slash games, players first experience with the name was in the form of a 2.5D fighting game. Omega Force developed the series for…
By Ethan Gach Published February 18, 2018 -
Witcher References Make Everything Better, Including Kingdom Come: Deliverance
The Witcher 3 is by far my favorite game of the past decade and perhaps even beyond. As such, anytime another game wants to dip back into that well I’m incredibly there for it. Even if that game happens to be Kingdom Come: Deliverance The open world medieval period piece has prided itself on its…
By Ethan Gach Published February 18, 2018 -
Biomutant Shows Off Its Character Creator
Biomutant is Experiment 101’s upcoming open world, anthropomorphic animal action RPG. Originally revealed at last year’s Gamescom, studio head Stefan Ljungqvist recently went a little more in-depth on some of what’s in the game, including its character creator, at a PC Gamer event. At the center of Biomutant’s world is a giant tree with five…
By Ethan Gach Published February 18, 2018