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If NBA Teams Had Pokémon In Their Logos

Like very few of us, deezlobs wondered what the NBA would look like if every team had a Pokémon for a mascot instead of bridges and wolves and tiny little Irish men. Then he went and drew it The full collection is here. Some are a bit of a stretch, but others—like Milwaukee and Orlando—are…

Engineers Are Trying To Save The Miiverse Before It’s Gone Forever

With the impending demise of Nintendo’s Miiverse, some users are resorting to manually saving their images. Others, though, are looking for a solution that’s a little more comprehensive. Drastic Actions (aka Tim Miller), an engineer, began work the other day on an archiver designed to trawl the Miiverse and save it before it’s lost forever.…

Hearthstone’s All-Powerful Druid Class Is Finally Getting Nerfed

Since the launch of the Knights of the Frozen Throne expansion, competitive Hearthstone play has been in a bit of a turbulent state, mostly thanks to the overwhelming (and often rage-inducing) dominance of the game’s Druid class. Well, Blizzard has heard the community’s complaints, and Druid nerfs are finally on their way. But they’ll come…

Fine Print Raises Questions About Shadow Of War Memorial DLC

Last week’s feel-good news that Shadow Of War developer Monolith is commemorating the game’s late executive producer Michael Forgey with a piece of charitable DLC has taken a turn amid concerns of where some of the proceeds are going. Forgey died of cancer on March 3, and in advance of the release of the new…

Nintendo Designer Explains Why Salmon Run Isn’t Always Available

It’s super annoying that Splatoon 2‘s maps rotate, or that you can’t play Salmon Run all the time. One of the two Western designers at Nintendo says it comes down to the vastly different ways the Japanese developers approach game design. Jordan Amaro is a game designer at Nintendo’s Kyoto studio, and, “one of only…

Kotaku Staff Writer Heather Alexandra and Editor In Chief Stephen Totilo sat down to play the greatest game of all time: Knack 2 You can watch the archived livestreamhere.

EA Says It Will Try To Help Its Dreamer Employees

On Tuesday, President Trump and his administration announced that they would end the DACA program which allows undocumented youth brought to the United States as children to work and receive protection from deportation. Some major tech and gaming corporations have spoken out about DACA, including Madden and Sims studio Electronic Arts. A spokesperson for EA…

Destiny 2‘s Tribute To Veteran Players Is Just Lovely

Destiny 2 doesn’t let players carry over any of the gear or progress they earned in the first game. It’s a bitter pill, perhaps, but it goes down smoother thanks to the lovely way Bungie acknowledges those of us who’ve been there from the start. Spoilers! When you start up Destiny 2 after having played…

Despite My Skepticism, Before The Storm Is A Great Life Is Strange Game

Within minutes of starting Life Is Strange: Before The Storm, Chloe Price smoked a cigarette, stood in front of a moving train, tagged some graffiti, used a fake ID, insulted a burly man, drank beer, and nearly got into a fight. It seemed like she was trying too hard to be edgy. By the end…

Everybody’s Golf Is Even Fun When You’re Not Golfing

Traditional golf video games rush players from hole to hole, giving them little time to take in the scenery. With free-roaming online courses packed with places to run, drive carts, swim and fish, PS4 exclusive Everybody’s Golf is definitely not a traditional golf game. While normal single and multiplayer tournaments ferry players between holes to keep…

How Knack Became The Internet’s Favorite Punchline

Knack was a Playstation 4 launch game and it wasn’t great. If you don’t get why Knack 2 is a persistent internet joke, that’s it. The entire joke is that Knack wasn’t much fun, and somehow there’s a Knack II. Turns out the sequel is actually pretty okay, and maybe even kind of fun. All…

Battlefield 1’s Newest DLC Is Cold And Bloody

Battlefield 1’s latest expansion In The Name Of The Tsar adds the Russian Civil War to the game’s multiplayer with snow-swept maps and dangerous mounted cavalry. With a bleak atmosphere and expansive battlefield, it doesn’t just expand the game—it highlights what made it so compelling to begin with. One of Battlefield 1’s greatest strengths is…

10 Hours With Destiny 2: So Far, So Good

Over the past two days I’ve played roughly 10 hours of Destiny 2, a video game in which players travel through space, marveling at how things can feel so familiar and yet so new. In some ways it’s just more Destiny. Here we are again, shooting aliens and watching the numbers go up. Yet Destiny…

Video Games Gave Him The Chance To Prove He Is American

Video games aren’t what kept José Muñoz in his parents’ basement for much of the past seven years, slipping into depression. They aren’t why the former honor roll student dropped out of college, and they aren’t why he couldn’t get a job. Video games aren’t what sent him to a therapist’s couch, and video games…

Grand Theft Auto And Lego Always Go Great Together

The playful simplicity of Lego and the senseless violence of Grand Theft Auto will never officially collide, but YouTube movie makerslove bringing the two togetherNukazooka’s latest short brings the winning combination into the real world. Our little Lego anti-hero experiences many of the guilty pleasures GTA has to offer in just under three minutes, from…

Pokémon Boss Thought The Switch Was Going To Be A Failure

The Nintendo Switch is a hit, especially in Japan. But before the hardware was released, Pokémon Company CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara told Nintendo it wasn’t going to be successful. When speaking with Bloomberg (via Nintendo Everything), Ishihara recalled what he initially thought about the Switch. “I told Nintendo that Switch wouldn’t be a success before it…

Thank Japan For Destiny 2‘s Live-Action Dance Trailer

If Destiny or its sequel are ever adapted into a live-action film, the movie better have dance battles like this. As a rule, pre-launch trailers generally suck. This one does not. As 4Gamer points out, Destiny 2’s recently released live-action trailer features a slew of well-known dancers, with the routines produced by famed Japanese choreographers…

People Can Win Crane Game Prizes Without Going To Japanese Arcades 

Taito has unveiled a service called “Taito Online Crane” that allows people to play crane games via their smartphones or computers. Winners get their prizes delivered straight to their homes, free of charge. Players control actual crane games, and, thanks to high speed internet connections, the experience should be lag free. Those who log in…

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Pokémon Fashion, As Reviewed By People Who Know Fashion

We’ve doneregular video games, then we did Overwatch. Now we’re bringing back Video Game Fashion, As Reviewed By People Who Know Fashion. This time we’re focusing exclusively on Pokemon The experts: the world class team of beauty and fashion editors who make up POPSUGAR Australia and Who What Wear Australia Let’s meet them. OKAY, LET’S…