Street Fighter V pro and Florida resident Du “NuckleDu” Dang announced that he will be donating his DreamHack Montreal winnings to Hurricane Irma relief efforts in his state. His first place finish over Justin Wong net the young competitor $4,700.
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11 Sep 12:37
Street Fighter V pro and Florida resident Du “NuckleDu” Dang announced that he will be donating his
by Ian Walker on Compete, shared by Eric Van Allen to Kotaku
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11 Sep 12:36
Publisher Of God Fighting Game Says Malaysian Government Is Trying To Ban It [Updated]
by Heather Alexandra
A fighting game about world religions on Steam is causing trouble in Malaysia. PQube Games, publisher of the recently released PC game Fight Of Gods, says that the Malaysian government is taking steps to ban the game including blocking access to Steam within the country.
08 Sep 14:02
Uno Releases New Card Design For Color Blind Players
by Luke Plunkett
Uno is testing out a slight redesign of the classic family/hate game. And it’s a practical one, making some changes so that colour blind players aren’t stuck staring at a hand full of red and green cards and going “oh, great”.
08 Sep 13:50
DreamHack Unbans CS:GO Players Who Cheated And Fixed Matches
by Maddy Myers on Compete, shared by Maddy Myers to Kotaku
DsiderThere truly is no justice in this world, not even for crap like this.
Last July, esports organization ESL lifted the lifetime ban on tournament participation from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players who had been caught cheating or participating in match-fixing schemes. The new sanctions now call for a two-year ban on cheaters and a five-year ban on match fixers, with the potential…
07 Sep 19:32
New South Park Game Gets Harder If You Play A Black Character
by Heather Alexandra
South Park: The Fractured But Wholes’ difficulty slider will change players’ skin color. As reported by Eurogamer, the game’s character creator will have an effect on gameplay, altering how NPCs respond and affecting how much money characters will make.
07 Sep 16:45
How To Spot Fake Japanese Figures
by Brian Ashcraft
Fakes are a problem in the world of collectibles. That’s why Japanese figure company Good Smile has a customer support page dedicated entirely to spotting pirated goods.
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07 Sep 15:24
Apple Pie Oreos Don't Taste Quite Like Apple Pie, But Yum
by Mike Fahey
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Due to a rapid-fire barrage of novel new flavors, Snacktaku has instituted a temporary moratorium on Oreo videos. But then they had to go and drag apple pie into this. Fine, Nabisco, but you’re not getting a video. Let’s talk Apple Pie Oreos.
07 Sep 14:30
How Knack Became The Internet's Favorite Punchline
by Gita Jackson
Knack was a Playstation 4 launch game and it wasn’t great. If you don’t get why Knack 2 is a persistent internet joke, that’s it. The entire joke is that Knack wasn’t much fun, and somehow there’s a Knack II. Turns out the sequel is actually pretty okay, and maybe even kind of fun. All that means for internet denizens…
07 Sep 14:23
Nintendo Designer Explains Why Salmon Run Isn't Always Available
by Gita Jackson
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It’s super annoying that Splatoon 2's maps rotate, or that you can’t play Salmon Run all the time. One of the two Western designers at Nintendo says it comes down to the vastly different ways the Japanese developers approach game design.
07 Sep 14:18
One Piece Spoiler Websites Lead To Arrests
by Brian Ashcraft
In what’s being called a “first” for Japan, several individuals have been arrested for allegedly uploading One Piece spoilers before the manga officially went on sale.
07 Sep 14:00
Destiny 2 Players Fume Over One-Time-Use Shaders (And Microtransactions)
by Jason Schreier
DsiderOff to a good start, idiots
Destiny 2, a video game apology for all the time we wasted in Destiny 1, is excellent in many ways. But the game has one new quirk that’s infuriated players across the world: Shaders can now only be used once.
07 Sep 13:57
Engineers Are Trying To Save The Miiverse
by Luke Plunkett
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With the impending demise of Nintendo’s Miiverse, some users are resorting to manually saving their images. Others, though, are looking for a solution that’s a little more comprehensive.
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01 Sep 13:04
Angry Birds collapses upon itself.
by Mike Fahey
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Angry Birds collapses upon itself. One of the most creative games spawned from the mobile gaming boom begets a match-three game featuring characters from the animated film. Angry Birds Match is out today for Android and iOS devices.
31 Aug 16:38
Fans Crowdfund a Hatsune Miku Shrine For Over $40,000
by Brian Ashcraft
Last year, a group of South Korean Hatsune Miku fans crowdfunded a billboard dedicated to the digital diva. This year, they’re back, and this time they’ve crowdfunded what looks like a shrine to the virtual idol.
29 Aug 13:28
Robots Want All Our Ice Cream Jobs
by Brian Ashcraft
It’s not just the factory jobs that robots are taking, but the ice cream ones. For example, look at Yaskawa-kun, a robot that serves soft serve ice cream in a cone. The bastard.
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29 Aug 13:28
Nintendo Is Officially Killing Miiverse In Japan
by Brian Ashcraft
DsiderNow they just need to kill Miis.
Nintendo’s Miiverse social network launched on the Wii U in Japan when the console went on sale in the region on December 8, 2012. This November, Nintendo is ending its service in Japan.
28 Aug 16:33
Fist of the North Star Game By Yakuza Studio “Hokuto ga Gotoku” Announced For PS4
by Sato
Sega had a surprising reveal of Hokuto ga Gotoku, a new collaboration title set in the world of Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken) and with gameplay from the Yakuza (Ryu ga Gotoku) series.
Read Fist of the North Star Game By Yakuza Studio “Hokuto ga Gotoku” Announced For PS4 on Siliconera!
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28 Aug 16:28
Fire Emblem Heroes Adds Alternate Lucina, Roy, Lyn, Ike, And New Voting Gauntlet On August 31
by Sato
During a recent Feh Channel broadcast, Nintendo revealed the latest on Fire Emblem Heroes with the “Brave Heroes” versions of Lucina, Roy, Lyn, and Ike coming August 31 alongside a new Voting Gauntlet.
Read Fire Emblem Heroes Adds Alternate Lucina, Roy, Lyn, Ike, And New Voting Gauntlet On August 31 on Siliconera!
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25 Aug 14:25
Japan's YouTuber Academy Teaches Kids How To Be Better YouTubers
by Brian Ashcraft
Earlier this year, insurance company Sony Life conducted a poll, asking junior high schoolers what they wanted to be when they grew up. For boys, the third most popular choice was YouTuber.
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25 Aug 12:40
Clear Cases For The Nintendo Switch Look Very Nice
by Luke Plunkett
Remember when Nintendo used to make everything, from the N64 to the Game Boy Advance, in a clear case? They don’t really do it anymore, but you can pretend they do with these replacement Nintendo Switch cases.
25 Aug 12:33
Secret of Mana Remake Announced For PS4, Vita And Steam
by Brian Ashcraft
Square Enix is remaking Secret of Mana 2. The beloved role-playing game will be released in North America on February 15, 2018.
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24 Aug 12:52
Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki is stepping down as Representative Director and Chief Technic
by Brian Ashcraft
Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki is stepping down as Representative Director and Chief Technical Officer at Valhalla Game Studios. Instead, he will become the studio’s Prime Advisor and also work with other studios. Most recently, Itagaki directed Devil’s Third.
22 Aug 18:09
Lego's 2017 Holiday Set Is Just Waiting For A Train
by Mike Fahey
It’s that time of the year again, when adult Lego fans with children old enough not to destroy everything they touch find out what they’ll be adding to their Lego holiday display this season. Last year we got an amazing train. This year we get a place for it to stop.
22 Aug 18:08
HAL Laboratory Launches “HAL Egg” Brand For Developing Smartphone Games
by Sato
HAL Laboratory, best known as the developers of the Kirby series and earlier Smash Bros. games, announced that they’ll be making smartphone games under a new brand called “HAL Egg.”
Read HAL Laboratory Launches “HAL Egg” Brand For Developing Smartphone Games on Siliconera!
22 Aug 14:19
SNES Classic Pre-Orders Go Up In The Middle Of The Night, Sell Out Immediately
by Jason Schreier
DsiderAKA Why Shad is angry for the rest of the month
Nintendo’s new retro console, the SNES Classic, will come with a Rewind feature that allows you to go back in time when you screw up. It’s too bad you can’t use it to jump back to 4am and pre-order an SNES Classic.
22 Aug 13:00
The Undertale Drama
by Chloe Spencer
DsiderThis is a good writeup of how this fandom painted a bad picture of the game that it didn't deserve.
Undertale’s stigma as a toxic fandom arose after incidents involving harassed YouTubers, pornography, and fans who plastered the internet with in-game jokes. Over time, a game that started out as heartwarming and lovable gained infamy for supposedly having one of the worst fandoms on the internet. Undertale’s descent…
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22 Aug 12:31
Persona 3 And Persona 5 Dancing Get A Batch Of Dazzling New Screenshots
by Sato
Atlus shared a big batch of new screenshots for Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night and Persona 5: Dancing Star Night with a look at more from the protagonists, Aegis, Junpei, Ann, Makoto, and more.
Read Persona 3 And Persona 5 Dancing Get A Batch Of Dazzling New Screenshots on Siliconera!
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21 Aug 18:15
Microsoft Again Stretches Definition Of 'Exclusive'
by Jason Schreier
One of the most annoying trends in video games is the word “exclusive,” which perhaps once meant “limited” or “restricted” but now, thanks to Microsoft and Sony, means absolutely nothing. Today’s big exclusive is PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Which probably isn’t an exclusive.
18 Aug 21:20
A Device That Turns Almost Any Camera Into A Webcam
by Mike Fahey
Game capture hardware maker Elgato made streaming a little bit fancier this week with the release of Cam Link, a $129 USB device that allows users to use any camera with an HDMI output as a webcam. Plus it also does game capture. It’s pretty nifty.