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Track: Isabellae | Artist: Higher Brothers | Album: Black Cab Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Dark Souls Player Experiences Minor Miracle, Dies

The Bed of Chaos is a notorious enemy in Dark Souls because she doesn’t quite work like any other boss. Twitch streamer Jerma985 had the best possible experience with the fight. Immediately after, he had the worst. Bed of Chaos is a large, stationary enemy with two orbs of power to either side of her.…

The demo for Yakuza Kiwami 2 is now available for PS4. There’s also a new story trailer. The full game will release later this year on August 28. You can find the demo here. 

Now There’s A Mysterious Anchor In Fortnite

Objects are warping in and out of Fortnite in the lead up to the game’s next season. The sky has split open, things are warping into our world, and the universe of Fortnite is in disarray. And now there’s an anchor of mysterious origin. In a Reddit post about the anchor, players have floated many…

‘Shop Contest: Video Game Independence Day, Winners!

Video game characters are patriotic, probably, so I asked you to create some images that depicted what your favorite characters were up to for the most American of holidays. July 4th rolled around. I saw a firework. It rained. But while I was literally listening to the screams of a thousand teens whose outfits were…

The Week In Games: Smash The Entirety Of Mars

This week is the Fourth of July, which means outdoor activities, but if you’re stuck inside you might want to smash Mars apart with a big hammer or play some Switch games. This week is looking a little lean, and it might has something to do with a holiday that asks you to spend 40%…

Track: The Rain | Artist: Harrison Lemke | Album: More Postcards From Purgatory Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Log Flume Of Death Brings Joy To My Heart

The Rollercoaster Tycoon franchise still has an active, creative community, and nothing screams “I love the thrill of ‘coaster action” more than an 80 foot drop into standing water. Back in 2017, YouTube user Funzinnu did the delicate work of creating a fanciful log flume ride with one awesome drop in it. As you can…

Star Fox‘s Development Was Weird

Star Fox was made by a bunch of teens, and Shigeru Miyamoto used to smoke cigarettes. I don’t know anything about the development of the game Star Fox, so the most recent episode ofPeople Make Games was a real eye-opening when it comes to how the game came together. In the video, Chris Bratt walks…

Watching The Final Boss Of Dark Souls Die In One Hit Is Very Satisfying

It’s a hard game, with a hard final boss, and watching video of people defeating it is so, so sweet. I’m gonna talk about Dark Souls lore here. I’m gonna talk about the final boss battle. If you don’t want to know more than you already know, then stop reading. I’m serious. Throughout Dark Souls,…

‘Shop Contest: Video Game Independence Day

Independence Day is this week for Americans, and that means barbecues, American flags plastered on everything, and lots of people (who are also plastered) lighting fireworks and shooting them into the sky, into the ground, and at each other. Let’s put that in video games. Your task this week is this: how would your favorite…

Sunday Comics: Monster Pup

Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published June 25. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published June 28. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…

I Love This Quaint British Retail Park Built In Cities: Skylines

Making spectacular or larger-than-life places in Cities: Skylines is fun, but there’s something special about creating everyday locations with the game’s worldbuilding toolkit. YouTuber Greenbeak has created the ultimate quotidian location with Skylines: a small British village with a shopping district. While I’m not from Britain, I do spend most of my time wandering through…

Track: Undoing A Luciferian Towers | Artist: Godspeed You! Black Emperor | Album: Undoing A Luciferian Towers Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

PUBG‘s New Map Has A Game-Ruining Exploit

The newest map in the PC version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is awesome in a lot of ways. However, there is a location in the southwest portion of the islands where you can hide under the map and ambush unsuspecting players. There is a single spot right outside a building in the village of Na Kham…

Fortnite Rocket Launches, Cracks The Sky

The rocket that has been counting down in Fortnite finally launched at 1:30 EDT today, and what happened afterward was a little weirder than anyone was expecting. When I logged into the game, I could hear a klaxon blaring every few seconds, and before long the ground started to shake with only what I can…

‘Shop Contest: Summer Sports, Winners!

It’s time to go outdoors and get sweaty in pursuit of fun, but we don’t want to leave our favorite video game characters out of the action. I asked you to make summer sports happen, and you delivered. Look, I’ll be honest with you. I don’t know anything about organized outdoor sports. The last time…

The Week In Games: Child Superhero and Flailing Bandicoot

The game release cycle is back in the swing of things post-E3, and that means we’ve got Captain Spirit’s debut, a Ys game, and some excellent Switch ports. As a longtime fan of Dontnod, I’m more than a little bit curious about The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit. I’ll admit to finding the trailer a…

Track: Hanging On (White Sea Remix) | Artist: Active Child | Album: You Are All I See Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment. 

Fan Creates Fallout Scene In Cities: Skylines

Cities: Skylines is an excellent tool for doing basically anything at this point, and intrepid YouTuber Crumbs McGee has used it to create a small diorama of post-apocalyptic action inspired by Fallout 76 While Skylines is mostly known for being a city building game, the advent of the Steam Workshop on PC and its thousands…