In the 2013 reboot of Tomb Raider, Lara Croft was a plucky young adventurer who wasn’t all that comfortable bashing peoples’ heads in. Not anymore! In an extended gameplay preview shown today at Microsoft’s Gamescom press conference, we got to see Lara Croft in action in Rise of the Tomb Raider, the upcoming sequel to…
The deliciously creepy looking indie game We Happy Few got a great new trailer today at Microsoft’s Gamescom presser, meaning the game is now coming to Xbox One. Watch it here, and check out Evan’s impressions from PAX East.
“It’s not just what you can do with a gun; it’s the opportunities you can create with destruction.” Woooooo! We got a tiny glimpse at Crackdown 3 this morning during Microsoft’s Gamescom presser. The narrator in the trailer mostly spoke in open-world jargon—talking about how much freedom you’ll have to blow stuff up, and so…
Track: Rock Bottom | Artist: Eminem | Album: The Slim Shady LP Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
This past Saturday, the popular League of Legends-focused Twitch streamer Trick2g was putting on an elaborate 24-hour live event to commemorate the fact that he’d amassed 800,000 followers. He decided to end the stream with a bang: staging his own mock swatting. Come Monday morning, his account was banned. Trick2g’s Twitch channel is now offline,…
The annual tournament for Valve’s popular online multiplayer game Dota 2 is just getting started, and this year the crowd-sourced prize pool is bigger than ever before. 16 teams will compete for prizes totaling $18 million over the next five days, with the first place team winning $6.4 million. Technically The International 5 (or TI5)…
Super Smash Bros. got a big update today, adding something that fans of Nintendo’s colorful mash-up fighting game have been eagerly awaiting: an online tournament mode. Once they started to get their hands on the update, though, many weren’t thrilled to see what had become of it. The new tournament modes all players from all…
Track: Sæglópur (“Lost At Sea”) | Artist: Sigur Rós | Album: Takk… (Thanks…) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
The League of Legends pro Chae “Piglet” Gwang-jin wrecked another player during one of his recentlive-streaming sessions. That’s not really anything remarkable to see, coming from a pro of Piglet’s stature. What is hilarious and awesome about the play is his little victory dance after he’s finished wrecking. Watch this video a YouTuber captured from…
Nintendo put out its version 1.1.0 update for the 3DS and Wii U Super Smash Bros. games today. Along with adding new stages, costumes for Mii players, and nifty-sounding features like tournament modes and YouTube replays, the patch came with a ton of balance tweaks. Specifically, a ton of buffs. In true Nintendo fashion, it…
This is Burgergot. He’s a fan-made alternate skin concept for the great but oft-under-appreciated League of Legends champion: the big fat crab king Urgot. Impressive and often hilarious champion skin concepts are frequently posted on the League of Legends forums by talented fans of the online multiplayer game. But this one by Necronolith has to…
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Something weird happened last night in League of Legends, something that’s never happened before in the ludicrously popular game’s 6-year history: a character died. Like, actually died. In the story. And at least for now, in the game too. Lore is OP. League of Legends development studio Riot Games has been putting on a calamitous…
Track: Where Ya At | Artist: Future, Drake | Album: Dirty Sprite 2 (DS2) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
Just when you thought you were done killing zombies, they give you…DUNE BUGGIES!! Today, Dying Light developer Techland finally confirmed that it’s working on a full-blown expansion pack for its surprisingly excellent zombie game. This comes after months of the developer teasing fans about how they were working on supporting Dying Light well into the…
Blizzard has benched the best assassin in its up-and-coming MOBA Heroes of the Storm, banning StarCraft star Zeratul from use in the game’s first real round of professional tournaments for the indefinite future. While Blizzard hasn’t exactly confirmed this, the Zeratul ban sure seems like it stems from a bug of some sort that was…
They’ve already added working hotels and K-12 schools to The Sims 4. But Sims modders still haven’t had enough. Will they ever? Let’s hope not. Prolific Sims 4 modder Simmythesim, who previously worked on the aforementioned hotels mod as well as a custom height-slider that let you adjust the physical make-up of your Sims in…
Just some League of Legends players, seeing if they can make Teemo appear. via Alex Hanly
Track: Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See | Artist: Busta Rhymes |Album: When Disaster Strikes Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
Rosalina: “What are you smiling about?” Mii: “Dude, I almost had you.” Rosalina: “You almost had me? You never had me. You never had your kart.” Awesome GIF via the Mario Kart subreddit
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