Here’s a terrifying fact: Sega has been out of the console business longer than they were in it. And while it was the Dreamcast that finally did the struggling giant in, for a platform that was only around for a couple of years it certainly left one hell of a legacy behind. You’d think a …
Photo: Fayez Nureldine (Getty Images) Electronic Gaming Development Company (EGDC), a subsidiary of a foundation run by Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, now owns 96.18 percent of Japanese developer SNK following a massive investment. According to an announcement sent to SNK investors in February, EGDC recently acquired a majority of SNK’s shares on the …
Image: Sony / Ubisoft / Sega/ Bethesda / Kotaku If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately, you’ve most likely noticed that there are a lot of video game TV shows in the works. In fact, it can sometimes feel like we can’t go more than a week or two without another story or …
DMC everywhere you look!Image: SANZA CORPORATION/Capcom Capsule rooms might be small, but Devil May Cry fandom is huge. Next month, Anshin Oyado Premier Nagoya Sakae in Nagoya will cover one of its capsules with the silver-haired heroes of DMC. Capsule rooms are tiny, coffin-like rooms with small televisions. The first capsule hotel, the Capsule Inn …
Hello, Fighters around the world! With Capcom Pro Tour concluding another epic season just last month, we continue our tradition of opening the season by taking a fresh pass at Street Fighter V’s battle balance, further fine-tuning each character in the roster… But wait, there’s more! We’re also releasing a couple of extra fun features, …
Image: Capcom Sony held one of its State Of Play presentations earlier today, and if you weren’t around to catch it live—or were and just want a recap—we’ve got you covered. It was a fairly short event, running at around 20 minutes, but without interviews or presentations in-between games it was a pretty solid wall-to-wall …
Never thought I’d get eaten by a dinosaur in the year 2043.Screenshot: Capcom / Kotaku During today’s State of Play, Capcom came through with a surprising reveal for a brand-new IP about exosuit-wearing marines fighting hordes of dinosaurs. It’s called Exoprimal, which is the most video-game name I’ve heard in a long while. More than …
So…which do you like better?Screenshot: 東森新聞 CH51/YouTube/Kotaku Not only does Street Fighter 6’s logo look like $80 clip art, but it also looks like the old logo of a Taiwanese company. With locations all across Taiwan, Sunfar 3C is a major electronics chain, selling gaming computers, peripherals, video games, and gadgets. According to Yahoo! News …
Screenshot: Capcom / Kotaku Apart from the game’s crappy, minimalistic logo, some of the most consistent chatter surrounding the recent Street Fighter 6 reveal has to do with series protagonist Ryu. He’s wide, folks, sporting sandals and that much-beloved “Hot Ryu” facial hair, but what seems to have folks most intrigued about his updated design …