Cecilia D'Anastasio

Everything We Know About Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Super Smash Bros. has traditionally cast a wide net across a divided audience who demand contradictory things from the blockbuster platform fighter. For its party-game fan contingent, Smash rains down Bob-ombs and Party Balls. For its fiercely competitive fan contingent, it flattens stages and removes platforms. In the past, Smash has catered to its split…

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Will Star Every Character From Every Smash

The upcoming Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo Switch will be called Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and, miraculously, include “absolutely every Super Smash Bros. fighter ever… whether they were original, DLC or only appeared once in the past,” said game director Masahiro Sakurai today. It will be out December 7, 2018. The roster will include:…

Dark Souls Streamer Did A No-Hit Run To Inspire Other Women

1,200 hours, eight months, and innumerable vape hits after Dark Souls III streamer Suzie first attempted a no-hit run of the infamously difficult game, she lit her final bonfire last week. Suzie says she’s the first woman to record herself playing through Dark Souls III without getting hit. She pulled off the feat to demonstrate…

Control is a new action-adventure game from Remedy Entertainment for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. In it, the player becomes the director of a secretive, New York-based agency after a supernatural threat invades. It will be out in 2019.

Just Cause 4 Announced—Officially This Time

Sure, a Steam ad already leaked it, but Microsoft today officially announced Just Cause 4. This iteration of the open world action game features in-air helicopter collisions, a powerful private army and a huge, man-eating tornado. It will be out on Xbox One, PS4 and PC December 4, 2018. Here’s the trailer:

Sadistic boss fight game Cuphead is getting DLC in 2019, Microsoft announced today. It’s called “The Delicious Last Course” and in it, a new character named Ms. Chalice will be playable.

I Hope They Don’t Bring Back Smash 4‘s Stupidest Mode

On the eve of a new Super Smash Bros. game, it’s time to reflect on the sins of past Smashes. We can quibble over whether Bayonetta should have been in Smash 4. We can beef about Super Smash Bros. Brawl’s infuriating tripping mechanic. Or we could explore some less-trod Smash territory, something so idiosyncratic and…

Fantasy Flight Games Announces Android: Netrunner Is Ending

After six years, publisher Fantasy Flight Games announced today that Android: Netrunner, one of the all-time best card games, is ending. In a blog post today, Fantasy Flight Games wrote that as of October 22 2018, they will stop selling all Android: Netrunner products and hosting organized play events. To explain why Android: Netrunner is…

It’s Hard To Look Away From The Overwatch League’s 0-37 Team

After last night, the Shanghai Dragons are 0-37 in the Overwatch League. That’s longer than any losing streak in the history of the big four North American pro sports—worse than the 1976-77 Bucs and Process Sixers losing 26 and 28 games over two seasons. Worse than the Louisville Colonels losing 26 straight in 1889. They…

Hero shooter Paladins will be landing on the Switch June 12th. Maybe this is what will finally convince me to put down Overwatch and give it a whirl….

Team Kotaku will be taking new Symmetra for a spin on Overwatch’s test server at 8:30 p.m. ET tonight! Say hello and namaste on our Twitch channel

Fortnite Will Nerf Shotguns, Remove Jetpack

If you’ve ever gotten one-shotted by a shotgun in Fortnite from out of nowhere and immediately buried your head in your hands to sob salty tears, today is a good day for you. Epic Games announcedthey’re nerfing Fortnite’s shotguns today. For months, shotguns have been a problem in Fortnite. Players have long complained these weapons…

Here’s What Symmetra’s Rework Looks Like Right Now In Overwatch

The much-anticipated rework for Overwatch’s Symmetra is on the game’s test server, and it’s already clear that Overwatch will look pretty different when it’s released in full. As one of the most exhaustive hero reworks yet, Symmetra’s new toolkit is significantly more tactical. And, finally, developer Blizzard reclassified Symmetra as a defense hero, not a…

Every Game I’m Trying To Play Is Patching

Last Saturday, I expected to finally, finally, get through God of War. That was my first mistake. Games aren’t just finite, complete objects anymore. They’re not something I can play whenever I want simply because I can hold them in my hand. Sometimes, developers have other plans. God of War exists on a disc inside…

FLCL: Progressive‘s Premiere Is Good, But Tame

“There is no amount of weed that will make this make sense,” said a college boyfriend a few minutes into the iconic 2000 anime FLCL. After 18 years, demented and amazing teen angst anime FLCL is getting two sequels, the first of which airs June 2. Its premiere episode is easy to watch and, disappointingly,…

Sword Art Online‘s Gun Gale Online Is A Meh Anime, But A Cool (Fake) Game

Here we are, in 2018, with a new Sword Art Online anime series, this time about a woman playing as a loli avatar in a VR battle royale game. It’s not wholly bad, but like its predecessor, it fails to live up to its intriguing premise so far. Definitely not plucked out of a trash…

Stick Fight Is A Perfect Game To Play With Non-Gamers

Most of the time, I want to be gaming. If you’re here, probably, you can relate. In the grand scheme of personality traits, that one isn’t so bad; just not 100% satisfiable in every circumstance. Sometimes I find myself in an unfortunate situation involving me, chilling, and several other people who don’t play games, also…

New Leak Suggests That Fortnite Is Coming To Switch

Fortnite is coming to Switch, according to a leaked E3 document that we believe is real, as well as sources speaking to Kotaku. It’s not clear whether this apparent port will include Fortnite’s free Battle Royale mode, its players-vs-zombies Save The World mode, or both. The document, posted on 4chan this afternoon by someone who…

Console Repairmen Explain Why Cockroaches Love PS4s

First, there were snakes on a plane. Then, we had sharks in tornadoes. Now, there is a darker and more prevalent combination of pests and unlikely places they exist: cockroaches in your PS4. This piece originally appeared 4/17/17. I heard about the PS4’s roach problem at an independent console repair shop on the Lower East…

You Will Suck At Fortnite A Lot Less If You Remap Your Key Bindings

Do you suck at Fortnite on PC? Are you baffled by other players’ ability to magic together amazing forts while you’ve accidentally locked yourself into a brick box prison? Here’s a trick: Remap your damn key bindings. Fortnite’s default key bindings are awful. To build anything, you need to reach all the way up to…