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Somehow, There Hasn’t Been a Crappy Game of Thrones Mobile Strategy Game Until Now

If ever there was an entertainment property ripe to be transformed into a Game of War-style mobile multiplayer strategy game, it’s Game of Thrones. It looks like Warner Bros. and Turbine have finally gathered enough clip art to make Game of Thrones: Conquest happen. In testing in select markets and now accepting pre-registration at its…

Overwatch Fans Are Losing It Over A Character Who Has Barely Appeared

The Overwatch fandom’s favorite new character has only appeared within an in game poster, but that hasn’t stopped players from drawing fanart of her, cosplaying her, or declaring her as their wife. A week ago, Bizzard previewed a new map for Overwatch, Junkertown, and dropped a new short featuring Junkrat and Roadhog. In the short,…

50 Weeks Later, Major Update Improves Flawed Xbox Exclusive ReCore

It’s been a summer of major updates to disappointing games from last year. No Man’s Sky is finally delivering on its promises to PC and PlayStation players a year since it came out. Over on Xbox, ReCore has done penance for its flawed launch with a six gigabyte update that makes the game better, though…

Capcom Is Making a Mobile Puzzle Fighter 

Street Fighter’s awesome tile-matching spin-off is getting a sequel, and everybody’s invited. Capcom’s announced an all-new Puzzle Fighter game coming to Android and iOS devices later this year. In the new mobile Puzzle Fighter players collect fighters from all corners of Capcom’s pantheon—Street Fighter, Mega Man, Dead Rising, Resident Evil, Darkstalkers and more—and use their…

Sonic Forces will release November 7 The 3D Sonic game will be out for PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and PC.

Players Dislike GTA Online’s Expensive New Planes, But They’re Actually Not That Bad

GTA Online’s newest update, Smuggler’s Run, is all about planes and over-the-top action. After months and months of car updates, Smuggler’s Run makes GTA feel fresh again. Even so, the price tags on some additions are making people wince—but fortunately, you can still have fun with this content without having to be a billionare. In…

Pokémon Go’s Next Legendaries, Raikou, Entei, and Suicune, Start Appearing Today

Pokémon Go’s roster of legendary beasts gets a little bigger today, Niantic announced. Except this time, you might have to travel a little. Here’s the breakdown: Raikou, an Electric-type Legendary Pokémon, can be battled throughout the Americas. Entei, a Fire-type Legendary Pokémon, can be battled throughout Europe and Africa. Suicune, a Water-type Legendary Pokémon, can…

Read The Japanese Horror Manga That’s Been Retweeted Over 94,000 Times

One of the most common horror tropes in Japanese horror involve taxis, with stories of scary passengers or terrifying drivers. Comic magazine Bunch tweeted out several pages from a manga called Yokai Hayashi, with the word “hayashi” (囃子) meaning a traditional type of Japanese orchestra. Here are all four pages in the original Japanese. Below…

Fans Crowdfund a Hatsune Miku Shrine For Over $40,000 

Last year, a group of South Korean Hatsune Miku fans crowdfunded a billboarddedicated to the digital diva. This year, they’re back, and this time they’ve crowdfunded what looks like a shrine to the virtual idol.  According to tipster Sang, fans raised about $4,000 on Kickstarter and another $37,000 (yes, $37,000!) on crowdfunding site Tumblbug for…

The Inevitable Has Happened: Manga Hunter X Hunter Is Going Back On Hiatus

Manga artist Yoshihiro Togashi is well known for taking breaks. And it appears that’s exactly what he’s doing once again. That’s right, Hunter x Hunter is going back on hiatus. Via the Hunter x Hunter Hiatus Chart, here is how the manga’s publication run has looked: As Kotaku previously reported, Togashi’s longest Hunter x Hunter…

A special Hatsune Miku PS4 bundle is coming out for Hatsune Miku Diva Future Tone DX’s release. The game isn’t included, but the hardware, available in either 500GB or 1TB, comes with a special console cover and a downloadable wallpaper. It’ll be out in Japan on November 22. No word about an international release. 

Sakurajima. Kyushu, Japan. By Martin Steigele. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!   

Overwatch‘s New Map, Junkertown, Winds Like A Damn Snake

Overwatch’s new escort map, Junkertown, has a precarious, hacked-together feeling to it—a greasy, grimy look that stands in stark contrast to the game’s usual utopian beauty. It never lets you get comfortable, either, mostly because it never stops winding. Junkertown, which is now live on Overwatch’s PC public test realm, doesn’t reinvent the exploding death…

Anyone who’s a fan of Fantasy Flight’s Game of Thrones board game will be right at home with thecompany’s new Battle for Rokugan, which…looks almost identical to GoT, only it swaps out Westeros for FF’s Rokugan universe.

Bomber Crew Is A (Cute) WW2 Bomber Sim

The Allied bombing campaigns during the Second World War were devastatingly serious business, but Bomber Crew is trying to chip that grimness away in favour of a more Cannon Fodder-y approach to destroying cities. It’s a “strategic survival sim” that puts you in command of a very cute little Lancaster bomber and its crew, as…

25 Years Of Street Fighter Toys, Starting With The Worst

The Street Fighter series’ unique cast of world warriors have made for some amazing action figures over the years, once Hasbro got done screwing things up. Celebrating the series’ 30th anniversary, here’s a look at the history of North American Street Fighter toys with 10 pages from the upcoming Undisputed Street Fighter: The Art and…

Ark: Survival Evolved Launch Brings Serious Server Overcrowding

Yesterday, Wildcard’s dinosaur extravaganza Ark: Survival Evolved finally launched after two years in early access development. Things didn’t get off to the smoothest of starts, however, with several unforeseen technical issues leading to the game’s official servers coming online later than expected. Eventually, that issue was resolved, but players almost immediately ran into another:there simply…

Capcom Is Re-Releasing Street Fighter II On A SNES Cartridge

Super Nintendo nostalgia is reaching fever pitch, and now even Capcom is getting into the act with a re-release of Street Fighter II on a Super NES cartridge. Produced in conjunction with iam8bit, this $100 collector’s edition is available to order now and will ship in November. The $100 package will include a working SNES…

Splatoon 2‘s Post-Release Guns Are Keeping My Playstyle Fresh

Since Nintendo released the Switch’s cephalopod third-person shooter Splatoon 2 in late July, they’ve been injecting the game with a continuous stream of excellent weapons. After finding my cozy comfort zone of Splatoon 2 weapons immediately after launch, Nintendo’s dedication to varying the game’s weapon arsenal is now inspiring me to try out different playstyles…

A Cyberpunk Game That Uses Friendship As A Mechanic

Imagine a world where everything is controlled and monitored by computer programs. Every citizen has a unique ID given to them at birth. Bitphones process your brainwaves. This is the world of 1bitHeart, a new side-scrolling adventure game. You play as Nanashi, an agoraphobic middle schooler who spends every day sleeping and playing video games.…