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Twitch Streamer Under Fire By Genshin Impact Fans Over Anti-Chinese Tirade
9.9.2021
A Genshin Impact streamer recently drew public criticism after using anti-Chinese language against an ethnically Korean streamer in a disagreement about gameplay.Read more
Bitcoin tipping on Twitter: A game changer for crypto adoption?
9.9.2021
The fact that Jack Dorsey has time and again showcased his support for BTC suggests that a Bitcoin tipping jar may be in the works for Twitter
Football Manager 2022 vyjde hned první den v Game Passu
9.9.2021
Viral Steam Game Patched To Aid Cheating
9.9.2021
I’m still playing Cookie Clicker instead of writing about Cookie Clicker because I need a good screenshot. That’s what I’m telling myself. It’s a convincing argument—I’m going to use it if Patricia starts asking where this post is. What would really help would be some sort of auto-clicker cheat...
DeFi Land raises $4.1M to launch decentralized finance game on Solana
9.9.2021
Decentralized finance and gaming represent two of the biggest trends within the cryptocurrency and blockchain industries
The Latest Nintendo Lego Set Is Super Mario 64 Block
9.9.2021
Get ready to revisit Super Mario 64 with the Lego’s newly announced set. Say hello to Lego Super Mario 64 Block. On the outside, it’s a large Question Block, but inside, there are four different Super Mario 64 levels: Peach’s Castle, Bob-omb Battlefield, Cool, Cool Mountain and Lethal Lava Trouble....
Waluigi's Heart-Breaking Life As A Smash Absentee
9.9.2021
Waluigi being absent from Smash has gone from curiosity to meme and right on through to genuine curiosity the longer he waits to get that call.Read more
Holy Crap, Look At Spongebob Wavedash In The Nick Fighting Game
8.9.2021
The folks behind upcoming platform fighter Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl released a glut of gameplay footage today, including a breakdown video that shows the cartoon channel’s mascot, Spongebob Squarepants, performing one of the genre’s most important movement techniques, the wavedash. And, oh...
Some Of The Best Rocks In Video Games Are Actually Real
8.9.2021
I’ve spent years using free rock assets from the Unity Asset Store and the Unreal Engine Marketplace, but never thought too hard about where those assets came from. I just needed rocks in my games. Vox recently published a video about how game developers create photorealistic rocks, and I...
Pokémon Oreos Would Be Cooler If Nabisco Workers Weren’t Striking
8.9.2021
This morning, Oreo announced a new variation of its popular sandwich cookies decorated with Pokémon characters. But while I love me some cross-brand synergy, I’m also a little wary of scarfing down on a crunchy, chocolate recreation of Pikachu’s face when striking Nabisco workers have asked...
Isaiah Colbert To Kotaku Confirmed!
8.9.2021
It feels like yesterday. I was in a Columbia College Chicago classroom during the “before times” of Covid-19 showing off my now-boss Patricia Hernandez’s Life Is Strange 2 article to a room full of journalism students who no doubt will be future legacy media reporters. I chose that article because...
Minecraft Witch Does Impossible, Creates Perfect In-Game Circle
8.9.2021
Last week, Minecraft YouTuber Mysticat did the impossible. They actually built a circle in unmodded, vanilla Minecraft, like a real-ass circle. It has the round bits and everything! And it is incredibly wild to look at.Read more
Star Citizen Gets Slap On Wrist Over Selling Ships That May Never Exist
8.9.2021
Star Citizen, the Winds of Winter of video games, has recently come under fire for misleading advertising practices, at least in the eyes of one British regulatory body. Eurogamer reports that the United Kingdom’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has told developer Cloud Imperium Games...
Epic, Bless Its Heart, Is Trying To Sell An Unreal Demo Fortnite Skin
8.9.2021
Behold the Fortnite version of Echo Windwalker! Wait, sorry, Windwalker Echo. You know, the hero from last year’s Unreal Engine 5 demo? The one that was running on a PlayStation 5? Fortnite has been trying to convince me to add Windwalker Echo to my slowly growing collection of game skins since...
That Time Miyamoto Helped A Game By Crouching In It For 20 Mins
8.9.2021
A former Retro Studios developer’s anecdote about working with legendary Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto is too good not to share. It will surprise no one that the Mario creator knows exactly what he’s doing (most of the time) but hearing about how he works in practice adds a whole other layer...
Hundreds Of People Line Up For Pokémon Cards In Tokyo
8.9.2021
This weekend in Tokyo’s Akihabara, over five hundred people lined up for Pokémon cards. In past years there have been multiple examples of Pocket Monsters drawing long lines, especially in Japan. This would normally be a regular occurrence. In 2021, it’s anything but, with the nation’s Covid-19...
Skyrim x Chick-fil-A Is A Mod We Should All Be Playing
8.9.2021
There’s a whole genre of videos out there of people pretending to be playing Skyrim in real-life situations, but it’s been a minute since I’ve seen one this good.Read more
God of War Dev Who Helped Design Iconic Axe Passes
7.9.2021
With its thick, meaty impact and the satisfying smack of it returning after being thrown, the Leviathan Axe from 2018’s God of War is one of the most memorable weapons in all of gaming. This week, members of Sony’s Santa Monico Studio and gamers everywhere mourn the passing of George Mawle,...
Maybe Don’t Challenge Justin Wong To A $10,000 Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Match
7.9.2021
Talented Marvel vs. Capcom 2 player Butra “Roundhouse” Soinak recently challenged fighting game legend Justin Wong to a $10,000 money match. And while it may have been Labor Day in the United States, it didn’t take much work from Wong to quickly close out the set and walk away with thousands...
'It's OK' - the meh-ening of indie console game sales
7.9.2021
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