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The Legend of Bum-bo is heading to PC via Steam on November 12. This prequel to the oft-updated The Binding of Isaac is a puzzle-based deck-building rogue-like adventure that tasks players with finding the titular Bum-bo’s stolen coin. If it’s anything like Isaac, I’ll be playing it for the next decade.
By Ian Walker Published September 4, 2019 -
League of Geeks’ Armello isn’t just for furry animals anymore. The Dragon Clan expansion adds four scaly playable heroes to the fantasy board/card game, along with a fresh story and new quests. The $10 expansion is out today for Steam, with the Switch, PS4, and Xbox One version coming with the game’s 2.0 update in 2020.
By Mike Fahey Published September 4, 2019 -
Overwatch Comes To Switch Next Month
One of tonight’s Nintendo Direct announcements has leaked early: Blizzard’s popular hero shooter Overwatch is coming to the Switch. It’ll be out next month. Word on this one comes from a couple of retail leaks, and we’ve confirmed its veracity with two of our own sources. Last month, Amazon accidentally spilled the beans on an…
By Jason Schreier Published September 4, 2019 -
Playing World Of Warcraft For The First Time Ever Is Wonderful
World of Warcraft Classic is allowing tons of dedicated and longtime fans to relive the early days of their favorite game. For someone like me who never had any experience with World of Warcraft, it’s a different sort of time capsule. It’s strange to be a total newbie to one of the biggest games in history,…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 4, 2019 -
Apex Legends’ New Event Turns Everyone Into Glass Cannons
Apex Legends got a big update today, called “Voidwalker” due to its focus on resident goth character Wraith. It adds updated challenges, limited edition items, changes to the map, and a limited-time mode featuring powerful weapons and minimal armor. Much like the previous Apex Legends event, which let playersplay solo, the biggest draw of Voidwalker…
By Ian Walker Published September 3, 2019 -
Carole & Tuesday Is A Must-Watch Anime With The Catchiest Music
Early on in Carole & Tuesday, runaway rich girl Tuesday and orphan Carole drag bloated bags of laundry to a laundromat on a terraformed Mars. Inside, watching the machines spin, the broke aspiring musicians begin tapping on the ground and drumming on their plastic stools. Round and round, the dancing laundry / Let’s lose our…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published September 3, 2019 -
Pokémon Masters received its first big event today. “Reach for the Top” gives players the opportunity to team up with Blue and his Pidgeot in a handful of new story chapters while also making the original Pokémon rival more likely to drop in the random trainer pull. Good luck!
By Ian Walker Published September 3, 2019 -
We (Tim Rogers & Jason Schreier) are playing Final Fantasy VIII Remastered on the Nintendo Switch over on Kotaku’s Twitch channel. In direct contrast to our glacial Chrono Trigger playthrough, we’re starting in medias res and playing super-fast. Come on over and hang out.
By Tim Rogers Published September 3, 2019 -
Following in the footsteps of other fighting game devs, SNK recently announced an official competition for both Samurai Shodown and King of Fighters XIV The SNK World Championship is scheduled for March 2020, and the entire shebang will feature a prize pool of over 10 million yen, or around $95,000.
By Ian Walker Published September 3, 2019 -
We have once again updated our story about the Genesis Mini’s inclusion of a fan-made port of the game Darius. Although Sega told Kotaku at the time that the Mini’s version was unrelated to the fan version and that developer M2 did the port, it has since revealed that it is based on the fan’s…
By Chris Kohler Published September 3, 2019 -
Announced today and coming in 2020 to iOS and Android, Lego Star Wars Battles is an action-strategy game that has players build decks of light or dark side characters and vehicles from across all nine movies in the Skywalker Saga, pitting them against other players in online battles. Why Lego? Why not?
By Mike Fahey Published September 3, 2019 -
Samurai Gourmet Is The Best Food Show On Netflix
Lately I’ve been watching a bit too much TV, which has led to the seemingly impossible problem of running out of TV to watch. Between all the different streaming services, there’s no dearth of stuff I haven’t seen before, but sometimes I just want something familiar. I know this is hard to believe, but there’s…
By Riley MacLeod Published September 2, 2019 -
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered Is The Best Way Ever To Play Final Fantasy VIII
After years of its suspicious absence from Square Enix’s unstoppable barrage of ports and re-releases, Final Fantasy VIII has emerged remastered for all consoles (and PC). This is the best version of the game that has ever existed. Watch me play it for 47 minutes, while discussing 20 years’ worth of crystallized thoughts about the…
By Tim Rogers Published September 2, 2019 -
Reigns,a very good video game, has now been turned into a board game. You can check out the Kickstarter here
By Luke Plunkett Published September 1, 2019 -
18 Years Later, We’ve Got The Perfect Halo Action Figure
There have been a lot of Halo figures over the years, but this new one by 1000toys is easily my favourite. Based on Master Chief’s original Halo 1 design, but also tweaked by Japanese mech designer Izmojuki, it’s 1/12 scale and costs….USD$125. That’s a lot for a figure, but then, it’s a very nice figure.…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 1, 2019
