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Japan Polled Over Nintendo Switch Lite Interest

Are folks in Japan interested in buying a Nintendo Switch Lite? Let’s see what a new poll on Japanese site Inside reveals. The poll asked Switch owners and non-owners whether or not they planned to purchase a Nintendo Switch Lite. There were over 3,000 replies (3,780 to be exact). Update: July 16 – 8 pm:…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 16, 2019

Culture

The Underpass. Osaka, Japan. By Brian Ashcraft | Twitter 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!

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 16, 2019

Culture

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Emilis Emka is an artist from Lithuania who has worked in video games, movies, books and card games. You can see more of Emka’s stuff at his ArtStation page

By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2019

Esports

2018’s Worst Overwatch League Team Just Won A Championship

Around this time last year, the professional Overwatch team Shanghai Dragons had just finished up a history-making 0-40 season. At the time, nobody would have expected that just one year later they’d be leaving the league’s top three teams in a heap of black-and-blue bodies on the ground. Maybe they should change their name to…

By Nathan Grayson Published July 15, 2019

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World Heroes, my favourite SNK fighting game, is getting some big expensive action figures. First up is this 1/12 Hanzou Hattori, which costs $85.

By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2019

Culture

Call of Duty Pros Agree To Ditch Their Cosmetics To Avoid A Major Bug

Days before a major Black Ops 4 event, Call of Duty pro players are agreeing to ditch their cosmetic items in order to avoid a bug that could affect the outcome of matches. As originally reported on Dexerto, pro players have been using social media to spread word of a recently discovered Black Ops 4…

By S.E. Doster Published July 15, 2019

Culture

Kylo Ren Was Made For Devil May Cry 5

Sometimes a mod is worth looking at because it’s funny, or challenges your ideas about a game. In this case, a Kylo Ren mod for Devil May Cry 5 is about finding two things that were made for each other. If Capcom’s dark, moody and flamboyant game had announced Ren as DLC, ala Vader in…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2019

Culture

Overwatch Cheaters Are About To Get Games Automatically Shut Down

Blizzard is currently testing a new and interesting way of dealing with cheaters in an Overwatch match: whenever cheating is detected, they’ll just automatically shut the game down, no questions asked. They call it the “next evolution of cheat detection” in the game. Normally that would suck, because everyone else would be punished for one…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2019

CultureTwitch

Some Streamers Are Boycotting Twitch In Support Of The Amazon Prime Day Strike

Unless you’ve got the world’s most powerful ad blocker, you’re probably painfully aware that it’s Prime Day, a holiday that Amazon made up because it could. Deals parade naked in the streets and the company hosts glitzy concerts, all to encourage Amazon Prime subscribers to stick around. For the second year in a row, however,…

By Nathan Grayson Published July 15, 2019

OpinionImpressions

Even A Motorcycle Stunt Race Can’t Make Days Gone Feel Less Gloomy

Every week this summer, Days Gone developer Bend Studios has rolled out a new challenge for its single-player zombie survival game. The latest challenge, added over the weekend, tests how well you can drive your motorcycle. As a single update, it’s not much. As the third of 12 planned free challenges? It’s still a little…

By Joshua Rivera Published July 15, 2019

OpinionImpressions

In My Sims World Of Only Women, Marge Simpson Is Married To Taylor Swift

I’ll let you in on a secret: I only work in the games industry to bring it down from the inside, like the insidious woman-spy I am! Bwahaha! Mine is an evil laugh! Turns out that all those threads about me on various terrible corners of the internet had it right all along, and I’m…

By Kate Gray Published July 15, 2019

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Ubisoft Invites Fans To Make Music For Watch Dogs: Legion, Sparking Exploitation Debate

Last week, actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt ‏announced on Twitter that his music production company, HitRecord, would once again partner with Ubisoft, this time to help the publisher create 10 songs for its upcoming open world hacker game, Watch Dogs: Legion. This immediately re-ignited an old debate about the ethics of soliciting work for big budget games…

By Ethan Gach Published July 15, 2019

ReviewsToys

Hasbro Wants To Make A 2-Foot-Tall, $575 Transformers Unicron Toy

The biggest threat in the Transformers multiverse is Unicron, the planet-sized world eater who debuted in 1986’s animated Transformers: The Movie. Despite his popularity among fans, Unicron has never gotten a toy befitting his stature. The 27-inch-tall Transformers: War for Cybertron Unicron being crowdfunded via Hasbro’s HasLab could change that. Hasbro has attempted to make…

By Mike Fahey Published July 15, 2019

OpinionImpressions

The Fire Emblem: Three Houses Battle System Is Elegant In Its Complexity

At its best, combat in Fire Emblem games is like an elegant game of chess. At its worst, it’s a morass of numbers that don’t feel like they mean anything. Three Houses leans more closely to the former than the latter, though it’s also easy to get lost in statistics and variables. Allow me to…

By Gita Jackson Published July 15, 2019

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A recent Samurai Shodown tournament in Japan was won by a cosplayer dressed as his main character, Ukyo. The player, Shingo “K2″ Kito, has also been known to dress as combat butler Hein during King of Fighters XIV events. Must be quite the power-up!

By Ian Walker Published July 15, 2019

ReviewsKeyboards

My Favorite Split Gaming Keyboard Is More Colorful And Comfortable Now

In 2017, Ergonomic keyboard maker Kinesis launched its KinesisGaming label with the Freestyle Edge, a split keyboard with tons of customization and a pleasant no-frills aesthetic. This week, Kinesis launches the Freestyle Edge RGB, an updated version with flashing colored lights and comfy padded wrist rests. This one’s for the frill-seekers. Split keyboards are great…

By Mike Fahey Published July 15, 2019

Culture

Four-Year Effort To Beat Ocarina Of Time In Under 17 Minutes Finally Succeeds

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is well-known for impressive speedruns, even among casual players. Every time it seems there are no improvements left to make, a new glitch or intense session of play shaves seconds off the best time. Last week, the fastest completion time slipped under 17 minutes, marking the culmination of…

By Heather Alexandra Published July 15, 2019

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Fans Are Remastering Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis is one of the more difficult Resident Evil games to get a hold of on current consoles. If you wanted to play it today, your only real option—short of tracking down a hard copy of the original game —is dusting off a PlayStation 3 or Vita to download the PlayStation Classic…

By Joshua Rivera Published July 15, 2019

CultureYouTube

Four Videos For Phoenix Wright Fans Who Can’t Get Enough

Lately, I’ve been going back and enjoying some games in the Phoenix Wright series, which I personally like to call Perjury Gaiden. Because it is a good series of games, there are lots of videos about it, and I’ve picked some of my favorites here, which will be best enjoyed by people who’ve played Phoenix…

By Natalie Degraffinried Published July 15, 2019

CultureKotaku Game Diary

After Years Of Confusion, I Finally Understand How To Play Bridge

This weekend I faced my oldest nemesis: the card game Bridge. I don’t remember the first time my mom tried to make me play Bridge with her. In my memory, this cursed card game has been the bane of my existence since I was old enough to hold cards in my hand. I’ve never been…

By Gita Jackson Published July 15, 2019