Super Baseball 2020, one of the greatest sports games ever made, is coming back to the PS4 and Xbox One on June 29.
Team Fortress 2 Looks Worse Now Than It Did In 2007
Team Fortress 2 has been out for ten years, and is still around—and very popular—today. In that time you’d think that Valve would have managed to make it prettier, but as this video shows, some of TF2's visuals have actually gone backwards over the last decade.
Oh, Hey Major
Leandro Franci is a concept artist and illustrator from Brazil, who for the past decade has been working across both entertainment and advertising.
When You Accidentally Murder Your Friends In Battlegrounds
The other night, I jumped into a game of Battlegrounds with some friends. We hopped into the same Discord server so we could all chat to each other, even though we had eight players and PUBG squads have a limit of four.
The hilarious Prop Hunt mode is returning to Modern Warfare Remastered on June 30 as part of the Call of Duty “Days of Summer.” Disguise yourself as trash or inflatable toys while an enemy team seeks you out on a beach-themed map. Full of paranoid, wacky shenanigans, Prop Hunt offers some of the most unexpected fun…
Rust Designer Explains The Game's $4 Million In Refunds
Steam refunds have been around for a couple years now, but many developers keep the particulars of them under their hats. Today, Rust’s Garry Newman published his survival sandbox’s refund data. It’s been refunded 329,970 times.
For Frequent Travelers, The Chase Sapphire Reserve Is A Core Holding
The Chase Sapphire Reserve is the step up version of our readers’ favorite travel rewards credit card, the Chase Sapphire Preferred. If you’re a frequent traveler, the Reserve is essential.
Blizzard Finally Nerfed Hearthstone's Quest Rogue Deck
After stirring up loads of controversy, Hearthstone’s much-maligned “Quest Rogue” deck is finally getting nerfed. Instead of triggering the quest by playing four minions with the same name, now players will have to find a way to summon five, which might seem like a small change but is actually a significantly harder…
EVE Online Developer Gets Sent A Bag Of 'Dicks' In The Mail
When people got mad, they used to sent a letter. In the internet era, if somebody’s going to use non-electronic mail—which, as I understand it, is powered by snails and horses—it has to be elaborate. Case in point: an EVE Online player who tried to mail one of CCP’s designers a bag full of candy shaped like dicks and…
Bikes Are Making A Comeback In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
In my search for the best kart in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, I paid almost no attention to the bikes. Neither did any of the build recommendation websites that I cited. That’s because a lot of the bikes in Mario Kart 8 didn’t used to be viable in competitive play. Turns out, I shouldn’t have been so quick to write them off.…
Today's Best Deals: ECCO Shoes, Echo Shows, Unlocked LG G5, and More
ECCO shoes, Echo Shows, and Hillbilly Elegy lead off Wednesday’s best deals from around the web.
We Asked E3 Attendees Which Consoles They'd Hug, Marry, And Kill
I love asking questions almost as much as I love listening to answers. Two weeks ago at the 2017 Electronic Entertainment Expo (“E3"), I got to do both!
The Surge's Claustrophobic World Is Disappointing
For the last month, I’ve been livestreaming my playthrough of The Surge on Kotaku’s Twitch channel, defeating one boss a week. Last night, I completed the game. While it was exciting at first, I can now officially confirm that The Surge is not very good.
A Stealth Game Where You Can Control The Elements
I had a chance to check out an early alpha build of 2D stealth game Wildfire. It may not have a release date yet, but from what I’ve played it’s looking promising.
Battlegrounds Cracks Down On Thousands Of Cheaters
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ battle royale is typically a test of skill, but that is sometimes ruined by players who can see through walls and score headshots across the map. Over 25,000 players have reportedly been banned already, but cheaters don’t seem worried.
Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite Aims To Prevent Endless Combos
As the latest installment of the quirky Versus series, Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite wouldn’t live up to tradition if it didn’t have some silly tactics lurking within its code. Capcom’s team-based fighting franchise is as chaotic as it is beloved. Past games have had infinite combos and assist-heavy setups that make…
Female Esports Pros Hope To Close The Gender Gap
Women remain a minority in the esports industry, but they have always been a presence in competitive gaming scenes. Compete’s video team interviewed four female esports experts about their successes, their struggles, and their different takes on competitive gaming’s gender disparity.
Over at Rock Paper Shotgun, there’s an interesting interview about the design of Prey’s Typhon with lead visual designer Emmanuel Petit and lead visual effects artist Jason Timmons. Among the cool tidbits: they used a shader meant for foliage to give the Typhon their creepy look.
