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Binding Of Isaac Mod Team Is Moving On Due To Lack Of Support
Team Alpha are the makers of Alphabirth, one of many mod packs for The Binding Of Isaac. Despite releasing their third pack just this week, the team’s head coordinator took to their blog to say that, for now, work on more Isaac content has been put on indefinite hiatus. Since the release of Afterbirth+, the…
By Eric Van Allen Published September 9, 2017 -
Windjammers Is Still Just As Good 23 Years Later
This week, I booted up Windjammers for the first time on a PlayStation 4. A Neo Geo cult classic, I never had the chance to play it when I was young. I suspect many picking it up now didn’t either. As Neo Geo games find new life on platforms like the Nintendo Switch and the…
By Eric Van Allen Published September 9, 2017 -
Overwatch’s Mercy Problem
A big controversy within the Overwatch community this year revolved around the healer Mercy. Top players experienced hostility and harassment just for picking the character, and major Overwatch personalities derided the hero for supposedly having a low skill ceiling. Mercy players, the argument went, weren’t actually good. They were just “one trick ponies” who hid…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 9, 2017 -
We’re going live with a playthrough of Link: Faces Of Evil right now on our Twitch channel, Mah Boi!
By Heather Alexandra Published September 9, 2017 -
World Of Warcraft‘s Latest Would Have Made A Great Expansion
This is it. After fleeing from their home world thousands, hundreds or dozens of years ago (depending on lore revisions), World of Warcraft’s Draenei are ready to take back Argus from the Burning Legion, with the heroes of Azeroth by their side. Kind of beefy for a post-Legion expansion update, isn’t it? Update 7.3, Shadows…
By Mike Fahey Published September 8, 2017 -
Final Fantasy XV‘s Director Wants You To Know He Can’t Find A Switch
Last month, Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata teased a version of his game for the Nintendo Switch. But when I asked him about that port to Nintendo’s hot new console, he wanted me to share a different message: He can’t actually find one. “I want you to make the headline, ‘Tabata has not been…
By Jason Schreier Published September 8, 2017 -
When He Picked The Name ‘RabbidLuigi’ Seven Years Ago, YouTuber Had No Idea What Was Coming
Seven years ago, a 15-year-old started a YouTube channel called rabbidluigi. He had no way of knowing that in 2017 that would be a real character in a real video game. Rabbidluigi is a gaming channel that does top ten videos and Let’s Plays. “In anticipation of making my YouTube I planned everything out,” rabbidluigi…
By Gita Jackson Published September 8, 2017 -
Eight Fun Stardew Valley Mods To Try
When I first got Stardew Valley last December, I spent days playing it. To date, I have 70 hours on record. I swapped study time with hours of slashing monsters, caring for crops and livestock, and doting on my husband, Harvey. But lately, I’ve been bored with Stardew Valley. So I turned to the Stardew…
By Chloe Spencer Published September 8, 2017 -
Breath Of The Wild Gives Players Free Eggs, Promptly Smashes Them
Nintendo has been giving Breath of the Wild players free items for reading the Switch’s news feed. It’s a little broken. On August 9th, Nintendo started giving Breath of the Wild players free items for reading tips posts in the news feed. If you opened the game through a link in a post about boomerangs,…
By Gita Jackson Published September 8, 2017 -
Publisher Of God Fighting Game Says Malaysian Government Is Trying To Ban It [Updated]
A fighting game about world religions on Steam is causing trouble in Malaysia. PQube Games, publisher of the recently released PC game Fight Of Gods, says that the Malaysian government is taking steps to ban the game including blocking access to Steam within the country. Update #2—Sep 9, 12:35 p.m.: Steam is now unblocked in…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 8, 2017 -
Arena Is Magic: The Gathering’s Answer To Hearthstone
Revealed yesterday via live stream, Magic: The Gathering Arena is a new way to play Wizards of the Coast’s trading card game online. Built with streaming and spectating in mind, it’s much prettier than tired old Magic Online, which it’s totally not replacing. Magic Online is an excellent way to play Magic online, but it’s…
By Mike Fahey Published September 8, 2017 -
Anime-Style Illustrations Created In Microsoft Excel
Game scenario director Hiroo Otsubo has an interesting work process: he creates anime-style art in Excel. According to Otsubo, he can do a drawingin about four to five hours. If that sounds incredibly difficult, just look at how they’re put together in Excel. (This clip from another artist should shed light on how drawing in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 8, 2017 -
In Japan, You Can Hire Fake Friends For Facebook And Instagram Photos
For those hoping to impress others online, there are rent-a-friend services in Japan aimed specifically at social media users. Earlier this year, Jiji reported on these services, which are seeing a growing number of rent-a-friend requests for social media. This is still uncommon, but recently, the service has been introduced on mainstream Japanese television. “An…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 8, 2017 -
My Neighbor (The Mechanized Death Machine) Totoro
Model builder and Kotaku reader Kevin Derken is backwith a new original creation: some Totoro figures made from spare parts leftover from Maschinen Krieger model kits. He made four different versions, each based on a classic Maschinen Krieger paint scheme. If you like what you see, Kevin made a cast of his creation and is…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 7, 2017 -
Uno Releases New Card Design For Color Blind Players
Uno is testing out a slight redesign of the classic family/hate game. And it’s a practical one, making some changes so that colour blind players aren’t stuck staring at a hand full of red and green cards and going “oh, great”. As Fast Company report, the redesign is being trialled with copies being sold directly…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 7, 2017 -
Powerful Women Rule The New Rainbow Six DLC
New, powerful women characters are at the heart of the latest update to Rainbow Six Siege The new “Operation Blood Orchid” DLC released on September 6 makes a ton of tweaks to improve Ubisoft’s tactical shooter, but the main draw is the three new Operators. All three characters are currently available for Year 2 Season…
By S.E. Doster Published September 7, 2017