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New York’s Overwatch League Team Finally Came Home To Meet Its Fans

At Overwatch League team New York Excelsior’s first-ever New York fan meet-and-greet, a preteen girl in braces broke out sobbing after coming face-to-face with player Joong-hwa “Janus” Song, a sub. Janus doesn’t play much. When he’s called in, he almost exclusively operates the ape hero Winston, and only on specific maps. In front of Janus,…

A Call of Duty: WWII ‘Memory Error’ Is Booting Players From Games

Call of Duty: WWII players say a widespread error has been mucking up their online play for weeks. Some say the error, which kicks them out of games, occurs for them daily and makes the game very difficult to play online. Since mid-March, players say, the so-called “memory error” has been removingplayers on all platformsfrom…

Hacked Fortnite Players Say Epic’s Response Is Too Slow

A torrent of hackershave been breaking into Fortnite player accounts and stealing hundreds of dollars at a time. After weeks trying to contact Epic Games about the security threat, many of them say they’re being left high and dry. Over the last few months, hackers discovered vulnerabilities in Epic Games’ client. In interviews, these Fortnite…

A Place Further Than The Universe Is A Wholesome Look At Female Friendship

In anime A Place Further than the Universe, a girl with long black hair drops an envelope containing 1,000,000 yen on a train platform. Unremarkable high schooler Mari Tamaki picks it up and, recognizing the girl’s uniform, tracks her down in the bathroom of her local high school. Shirase Kobuchizawa, the envelope’s owner, has a…

Lindsay Lohan Loses Yet Again In Grand Theft Auto V Lawsuit

Actress-slash-burnout Lindsay Lohan’s drawn-outsuit against Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive fizzled out yesterday after a New York court rejected her appeal. Lohan brought thelawsuit four years ago, taking issue with GTA V featuring a young woman named Lacey Jonas whom, I’ll admit, does look the tiniest bit like Lohan. Jonas is a white woman…

Fortnite Players Are Rocket-Riding New Guided Missiles For Absurd Kills

Fortnite Battle Royale’s new guided missile is absolute mayhem. Thank God it’s so rare, or Fortnite’s sky would be a buzzing death hive. Introduced this morning, the new Fortnite hotness is a drivable missile that does a whopping 105 damage to whomever’s on the other end of it. It stays alive for 18 seconds, just…

I’m Still Looking For An MMO That Reminds Me Of The Good Old Days

“When will MMOs return to their glory days?,” I’d ask whenever the genre of /whispers and warlocks came up in conversation. “Just look at these MMO youngsters fast-traveling across an entire world when, back in 2005, I had to run across five zones for two hours to get where I wanted—and if I died along…

A Five-Year Collection Of Anime Women Going ‘Ohoho’

Somebody has been meticulously collecting anime clips of women saying “ohoho” for five years. Why? This is the internet. Don’t ask questions. Also known as the “noblewoman’s laugh,” “ohoho” in anime is an expression of amusement and condescension. In practice, it’s a shrill, “oh ho ho oh ho.” Didn’t know some basic shit? Ohoho. Let…

Switch Owners Say Third-Party Docks Are Bricking Their Consoles

Sean G. says his 80-hour Zelda: Breath of the Wild save file no longer exists, along with the other contents of his Nintendo Switch, after the system’s recent 5.0 firmware update met his Nyko portable docking kit. Sean had been using the popular third-party hardware for months before the update, which went live on March…

Turns Out My Most Hot-Headed Overwatch Teammate Is A Therapist IRL

I recently found out that the most hot-headed guy in my Overwatch crew—who throws the biggest fits whenever we lose—is actually a professional therapist. Hearing him divulge this over Overwatch voice chat after only knowing him through his in-game persona, I couldn’t help but laugh. We’ve shared in some jubilant win streaks, yes, but on…

Game Warns Players It Includes ‘Sexism,’ But Developer Says ‘No Actual Sexism Inside’

An upcoming game listed on the Nintendo Switch’s online store boasts some surprising features along with its four different endings and “amazing soundtrack”: “Obscenity and sexism.” Metropolis: Lux Obscura is already on Steam, but on April 4, Metropolis, which is rated “Mature 17+,” arrives on the Nintendo Switch. It’s film noir-styled interactive comic book game…

Overwatch League Star’s Long Break Is Well Deserved

Most everyone who watches professional Overwatch remembers the January night when “Big Boss” Kim “Pine” Do-hyeon casually laid waste to an entire enemy team like he was a grown adult at a county fair popping balloons with darts. Pine’s celebrity grew as his wild, risky plays became even wilder and riskier. Then, without much warning,…

FFXV‘s Noctis Perfectly Fits In Tekken 7

Final Fantasy’s Noctis is in Tekken 7 and, somehow, it works great. He’s a flashy, strong sword fighter who is totally true-to-form in the fighting game. When publisher Bandai Namco announced that prince Noctis would appear in Tekken 7, fans were psyched but not entirely surprised. Tekken’s World Tour was sponsored by Cup Noodles, which…

Nintendo Will Hold Smash Bros. Switch Tournament In June

The debut of Super Smash Bros. on the Nintendo Switch is finally within spitting distance. On June 11-12, Nintendo will host a Smash Switch tournament at E3 where invited players will compete at the recently-announced title. At the same time, Nintendo’s Splatoon 2 World Championships will take place, featuring top teams from Canada, Europe, Australia…

What’s Really Going On With All Those Hacked Fortnite Accounts

In small fits and spurts, a Fortnite hacker recently typed out some sentence fragments over Discord: “maybe tomorrow / i get a letter / from epic games / holy fuck / paying 25k for fraud.” What if, after a month of lucrative work, Epic Games shut him down with a firm letter from their lawyers?…

Five Kotaku staffers are teaming up to stream Overwatch tonight at 8:30! Tune into our Twitch channel to join in the fun, kills and boops.

ACTION RPG HYPER LIGHT DRIFTER IS COMING TO THE NINTENDO SWITCH THIS SUMMER.

An Overwatch Pro Is Turning The Game’s Zen Monk Into A Vicious Killer

Overwatch’s healer-monk Zenyatta floats cross-legged while delivering voice lines like “embrace tranquility” and “be one with the universe.” He was a frail, peace-loving healer, it seemed—until Sung-hyeon “JJonak” Bang’s January debut in the Overwatch League. Four days after the League launched, JJonak’s Zenyatta exacted an absolutely bonkers 10,764 damage, 24% of his entire team’s output…

Adult Swim just announced the debut date of beloved, raucus coming-of-age anime Fooly Cooly’s second iteration, or FLCL: Progressive. On June 2nd at 11:30 PM, fans can watch 14-year-old protagonist Hidomi and her classmate Ide come up against some chaos-loving alien beings (with very, very good music, too). FLCL 3 is coming shortly after in…

Fortnite‘s New Blitz Mode Is Fast, Furious

Fortnite Battle Royale’s new Blitz mode makes the fast-paced survival shooter even faster and harder to survive in. It’s riotously fun for players who enjoy confrontation, but players who prefer more roundabout strategies might feel a little stressed out. The limited-time mode makes slight alterations to Fortnite Battle Royale’s theme that pick up the pace…