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Man Stabbed Seven Times During Magic: The Gathering Game
31-year-old Elijia Dale Creech has been arrested by police in Minnesota following a fight over a game of Magic: The Gathering, in which his 20 year-0ld opponent was stabbed seven times in the face and neck. As the local Fox outlet reports, a disagreement that began during the late-night game last Friday quickly escalated “and…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2017 -
Reinhardts Have Been Putting A Lot Of Overwatch Players Through Walls Recently
Don’t you hate it when the other team’s tank uses glitch magic to shove you into a sealed off area? That’s what happened to Reddit user TeaKei while playing on Temple of Anubis. Spotting an easy kill, the opposing Reinhardt player tried to charge TeaKei into the nearby wall only to see them disappear behind…
By Ethan Gach Published July 30, 2017 -
Hacker Reflects On 20 Years Of Exploiting MMO Security Flaws For Money
A hacker going by the name Manfred spent much of the last two decades finding ways to make money by manipulating the economies inside MMOs. This weekend he shared his story with a crowd at Def Con 2017 in Las Vegas and argued for better security in online games. According to Motherboard, who spoke directly…
By Ethan Gach Published July 30, 2017 -
Atlus Announces Persona 5 Anime Coming To Japan In 2018
There’s a Persona 5 anime coming. Atlus announced it earlier today. It’s called Persona 5 the Animation and there’s already a short trailer. Atlus appears to be producing the show with A-1 Pictures and plans for it to begin airing in 2018, two years after the game was originally released in Japan. Here’s the teaser…
By Ethan Gach Published July 30, 2017 -
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age‘s Remastered Look Comes At A Cost
In my first few minutes with the PS4 HD remaster of Final Fantasy XII I was awestruck by how fresh it looked. As a recent blog post by designer Robert Yang explains, however, the new game’s new coat of paint seems to have come at the expense of its soul Remasters are getting more and…
By Ethan Gach Published July 29, 2017 -
Nidhogg 2‘s Level Select Screen Is A Nifty Callback To Yoshi’s Island
The fencing game sequel arrives next month with a bigger, more detailed art style, including a beautiful recreation of the start screen from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island, prompting the question: why are so many level select screens usually so boring? Although revealed earlier last month during a gameplay demo, Nidhogg 2‘s level select…
By Ethan Gach Published July 29, 2017 -
A Zelda-Themed Nintendo Switch Case To Rule Them All
If a modified Pelican case was the mother of Switch protectors, then this ornate, leather bag is the mother of all Zelda-inspired Nintendo Switch cases. Created by Etsy user Ian Finch-Field for his SkinzNhydez storefront, the made to order carrying case is large enough to fit a Switch with both Joy-Con still attached and comes…
By Ethan Gach Published July 29, 2017 -
Nioh Just Added A Feature That Should Be In All Loot Games
The excellent PS4 samurai action game Nioh is overloaded with loot, but its developers may have solved one of their game’s few problems with a clever tweak in the game’s new 1.14 patch. Like many things in Nioh, the tweak is initially inscrutable. The patch notes describe it this way: -Added the option “display take”…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 28, 2017 -
An In-Depth Look At Overwatch‘s Eichenwalde Map
Strong multiplayer maps in video games create stories. Their construction and design generate emotional reactions from frustrated defeat to jubilant victory. It is not enough to put players in a space and do battle; strong maps shift and contort in unexpected ways. They are not always fair and they are rarely symmetrical, but they’ll create…
By Heather Alexandra Published July 28, 2017 -
Collectible Video Game Albums Elbow Into A Crowded Vinyl Industry
The music industry is having a vinyl boom. While vinyl was once relegated to thrift stores and specialty shops, more and more popular musicians are releasing collector’s editions of their albums on vinyl. This boom includes big artists like Taylor Swift, and also video games soundtracks like Contra. While being able to pick up a…
By Gita Jackson Published July 28, 2017 -
I’m Finally Coming Around On Multiplayer Games
I’m a multiplayer game skeptic. The idea of playing against another human both online and in real life usually doesn’t appeal to me at all. Overwatch, Splatoon 2 and Pyre are making me come around on this, kinda. My reactions to these games are all wildly different. I’ve started to categorize it like a game…
By Gita Jackson Published July 28, 2017 -
Altspace, which billed itself as “the leading social platform” for VR, is shuttering on August 3rd. Investors like Comcast poured over$15 million into the project, which attracted 35,000 users per month. In a blog post, Altspace’s developers explain that funding fell through and VR market growth has been slow.
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published July 28, 2017 -
Battlegrounds Player Banned For Allegedly Looking At Another Player’s Stream [UPDATE]
Moderators for the popular shooter Battlegrounds banned a player this week for what they said was “stream sniping,” or watching another player’s stream to identify his location. The banned player denies any wrongdoing, which raises a fascinating question: How do you prove that someone is watching someone else’s stream? Yesterday on Reddit, a user named…
By Jason Schreier Published July 28, 2017 -
Revisiting The Intro Scene Of Half-Life
Last night, we started a playthrough of Half-Life on Kotaku’s Twitch channel. Punchy shotguns and nasty aliens make for a fantastic shooter experience, but the game begins less dramatically, with a long train ride. It’s one of the most memorable openings in gaming history, but it’s the least Half-Life thing about Half-Life When Half-Life released…
By Heather Alexandra Published July 28, 2017
