The European Speedrunner Assembly’s charity marathon is happening from now until July 29. Featuring a wide variety of games and runners, the event benefits Save The Children. You can find more information and the schedule on their official site.
Re-Up Your Xbox Live Gold Membership For $40, Which Is as Cheap As You Can Ever Hope For
Remember back in the day, when you could get a year of Xbox Live Gold for $40 pretty much any time you wanted? Well, Microsoft’s kicking it old school right now, so re-up your membership at this price while you can, even if it won’t expire for awhile, because it’s almost definitely not going to get cheaper than this…
Godzilla: King of the Monsters' First Trailer Is an All-Out Kaiju Epic
If Godzilla is truly the King of the Monsters, then surely he needs a few monsters to fight to earn his title, right?
Fortnite Summer Skirmish Winner Accused Of Cheating, Defended By Epic
Fortnite’s Summer Skirmish is an invite-only esports event that boasts over $8 million in total prize payout across the summer. A winner from Friday’s tournament has been accused of cheating, and developer Epic has come to the player’s defense.
'Shop Contest: Palpatine Deserves To Be Everywhere, Winners!
Emperor Palpatine isn’t getting the respect he deserves, so last week I asked you to put the evil-ass Sith Lord in basically everything that you could. I was not [evil voice] disappointed.
All the Fantastic Cosplay We Saw at San Diego Comic-Con, Day 2
Things just keep getting better at San Diego Comic-Con—especially with the cosplay! io9 is on the con floor and scouting all of San Diego in search of the coolest cosplay we can find, and the Friday crowd definitely raised the bar. We’ve got Black Panther, Star Trek: Discovery, Disco Darth Vader, and many, many, many…
Saturday's Best Deals: OLED TVs, No Man's Sky, UE MEGABOOM, and More
Kick off the weekend with an affordable basketball hoop, a fantastic vacuum, OLED TVs, and a whole lot more.
This Week In The Business: Development Challenges, Big and Small
QUOTE | “If a player sees our game, [and] intuitively he or she is not able to compare it immediately with another game, then we have succeeded.” – Remedy Entertainment CEO Tero Virtala wants to make Control a true ‘Remedy’ game, apart from its past Microsoft-owned IPs Quantum Break and Alan Wake.
Score the Best Price of the Year On the HyperX Cloud Gaming Headset
The HyperX Cloud II is one of your favorite gaming headsets, but the original model is still great (though only stereo, rather than 7.1 surround), and only $65 today on Amazon, about $10 less than usual, and the best price of the year. It’ll will work on PC, Xbox One, PS4, or even Switch, and features full 7.1…
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Ranking Monster Hunter Weapons • The Witcher 3's “Paperchase” Quest Is Painfully Accurate • Overlord S3.1 Review: B+ & S3.2 Review • The First Arc of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Has The Most Killer Theme • The First Few Screens of Broken Age Are Right On
Enter The Gungeon's Big New Update Completely Revitalizes The Game
Yesterday, Enter the Gungeon finally received its long-awaited Advanced Gungeons & Draguns update, a free second major expansion that completely revitalizes the 2016 game. It feels like Dodge Rolls’ roguelike shoot’em up came out forever ago, but playing it again this week it feels completely new again.
Blizzard Accidentally Gives Fans Access To Treasure Trove Of Overwatch League Stats
For as long as the Overwatch League has been around, its most diehard contingent of fans has clamored for in-depth, match-by-match stats. Earlier this week, they got what they wanted. By mistake.
Destiny 2 Players Find Wild Secret Quest, With A Familiar Reward [UPDATE]
Today, intrepid Destiny players uncovered a hidden mission that appeared during an otherwise ordinary patrol event. After a few hours of widespread experimentation and failure, a group completed the challenge, unlocking a powerful weapon that’ll be familiar to anyone who played the first Destiny.
30 years ago, Bionic Commando proved video game grappling hooks are awesome
Bionic Commando was a game that flew in the face of its own era. When it reached Nintendo’s Famicom on this day in 1988—first released in Japan as Hitler’s Resurrection: Top Secret, the heavily altered home version of a 1987 arcade oddity—jumping had already become the definitive verb of the time, the thing most…
The One Thing Windows Vista Did Right
Vista was bad. Coming five years after XP, it was heavily anticipated by Windows users who were impatiently awaiting something interesting from Microsoft as Apple’s star was on the rise. Yet when the OS dropped publicly in January 2007, it was immediately reviled by, well, everyone (except our expert reviewers). It…
YouTuber Keemstar Makes A Fuss After Epic Muscles In On His Fortnite Tournament Turf
For millions of Fortnite fans, Friday Fortnite—a YouTuber- and streamer-focused tournament series hosted by shameless drama profiteer Keemstar—has become a weekly ritual. This week was supposed to be its swan song, but the party’s been called off because Epic decided to host an even bigger shindig just down the block.
How to Safely Transport All Your Geeky Comic-Con Gear
San Diego Comic-Con is upon us. And if you’re flying to this, or planning a trip to another geeky convention, you probably already know what you should and shouldn’t try to pack in your luggage. (It’s not in your best interest to surprise the Transportation Security Administration with a thermal detonator, Gom Jabbar,…
