The 2018 Steam Summer Sale Is Now Live
Do you love video games and hate having money? Are you ambivalent on the idea of ever getting around to actually playing those video games? Well, GOOD NEWS: it’s Steam summer sale time.
How The Designer Of An Excellent Arcade Game Wound Up At Nintendo's E3 Booth
Killer Queen is one of the best games I have ever played. It’s a five-on-five electronic sport that happens on one screen and encourages deep communication and coordination. It can instantly turn anyone into an e-athlete. You can be easily forgiven, however, for not having played it: until Killer Queen Black arrives…
How Pro Gamers Live Now: Curfews, Personal Chefs, And All Of It On Camera
Every day is Christmas at the Philadelphia Fusion esports mansion. The team’s marketing and content director Hung Tran gestured to the towering decorated pine tree to the right of the front door by way of explaining the joke: the pro gamers who live here get whatever they want and do whatever they want. But Christmas…
I Don't Know If Nintendo Won E3, But They Are Winning June
The traditional way to view game companies when it’s E3 season is to look at what they announce for the future. In that regard, Nintendo had a so-so E3.
Thursday's Best Deals: Office Furniture, 75" TV, Sperry Sale, and More
Office furniture, one of the cheapest 75" 4K TVs we’ve ever seen, Sperry’s semi-annual sale, and more start off today’s best deals.
All The Games Jason Played At E3
I’m back from E3, and I’ve brought a truckload of video game impressions with me. You can hear them all on this week’s Kotaku Splitscreen, or read some of them right here.
Watch Us Play Mario Tennis Aces
With Mario Tennis Aces coming to the Switch this Friday, I asked our resident tennis aficionado Tim Rogers to play me in a “best of three” series.
“We need to see more”: 5 queer TV creators discuss the present and future of LBGTQIA+ representation
On a recent Sunday night (June 10, to be exact), primetime viewers found themselves with multiple options for LGBTQIA+ stories: Pose, Vida, and Claws. And not only are all three on major cable networks, but they were all created by queer people.
My Most Embarrassing E3 Encounter With A Gaming Celebrity
I would like to tell you about a mortifying encounter I recently had with a very well known figure in video games. It’s a better story if you don’t know who it is until the end.
Step Up to a 75" 4K TV For Just $900
If size trumps features in your hierarchy of new TV needs, Walmart’s running a pretty fantastic deal for you today.
This Kaiju Short Film Is Beautiful, Creepy, and Stars Puppets
Monster movies, especially Japanese ones, have had a long love affair with practical effects work. But short film Kaiju Bunraku, which made its debut at Sundance last year (and is now finally online), takes that relationship and runs with it, in a beautifully stylized story told entirely with puppets.
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Finding Joy In The Mundane • Developer Journal: Day 4, Day 5 & Day 6 • Caligula Ep 11 Review: C+ • Impressions: Splatoon 2's Octo Expansion • Living Under A Rock Is Kind Of Peaceful • Ubisoft Committed Much Music In Their Conference And I’m Here For it
Upgrade Your Lightning Cables to Anker PowerLine+ For Just $8 Each
These Anker PowerLine+ Lightning cables are wrapped in nylon, are rated for 6,000 bends, and come with an 18 month warranty, all of which are improvements over Apple’s own Lightning cable, and that’s not even accounting for how much nicer they feel to use. Right now, you can get a pair of 3' cables, plus one…
Model Japanese Arcade Cabinets Are Gloriously Cute
Look at these! Japan’s Wave Corporation has been releasing several different miniature arcade cabinets (here and here, for example). These Astro City cabinets, however, are my favorite.
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5 Anime Revealed
Earlier today, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure creator Hirohiko Araki announced that the manga’s fifth story arch is getting an anime.
K-Pop Picks Of The Day: Wonder Boy & Into The Night Sky
After School Red and After School Blue were two short-lived and ill-fated experimental sub-groups of After School. The idea was to divide the group into two units on the opposite sides of the cute-sexy spectrum and have them promote at the same time to drum up some friendly competition.
Hello, Yes, This Appears Out Of The Ordinary
Roanna Peroz is a concept artist and illustrator currently based in Singapore.
