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‘Shop Contest: Put It On The Switch

Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze made the jump from WiiU to Switch this week, and it’s got me thinking about games that should be on that portable console that everyone seems to love. So let’s get those games on there. The port is always a complicated topic. Why do certain games make it from console to…

Sunday Comics: Bad Trade

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 May 7. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published May 10. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…

Mario Odyssey‘s Meat Skip Is A Tale Of Failing To Fool A Ruthless Game

A skip that could save up to twenty minutes in the Super Mario Odyssey speedrun has finally been proven to exist. It requires switching into two-player mode, using a Goomba stack to climb up a sheer cliff, and clipping through a pot. The problem is that it doesn’t really work. Glitch hunters and speedrunners have…

PUBG Player Takes A Gamble With A Car And Wins

In the first game of today’s PUBG Showdown North American qualifiers for Dreamhack Austin, a player solved a tense situation using the ultimate galaxy brain maneuver. If you pay attention to the PUBG professional play circuit, you’re going to hear a lot about rotations and weapon selection and tactical play. It’s a tense game that…

World Record Celeste Speedrun Is Beautifully Executed

Celeste seems almost built for speedrunners. With its tight controls and constant dashing, it demands that you play it as quickly as possible. Speedrunner TGH has played it so fast that he’s broken the world record at 31:25 for an Any% run As I’ve written before, what I find so astounding about speedruns is how…

‘Shop Contest: Headed West, Winners!

In the spirit of something red and redemptive, all of our favorite characters went West in last week’s ‘Shop Contest. They rustled and wrangled their way into the frontier spirit, and some amazing ‘shops came out of their struggles to homestead their way into their new lives. I asked our intrepid ‘shop experts to send…

The Week In Games: Zombies and Tactical Opportunities

I hope you like zombies, because there’s a lot of opportunities for attacking zombies in the next week. On the road, in a dungeon, and in a war! You could also choose to get tactical or become a space detective. This is a jam-packed week depending on what kind of games you enjoy. Death Road…

Mariners Go Retro To Showcase Starting Lineup

The Seattle Mariners announced their lineup for a game yesterday using the respectable pixelated mode of Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball for the Super Nintendo yesterday, and it was actually really cool. I, for one, am incredibly proud of a brand who tries to engage with this millennial obsession with video games and…

World Record Dark Souls 2 Run Is Extremely Watchable

Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin is the lesser-loved of the games in the Dark Souls lineage, but that didn’t stop speedrunner Distortion2 from breaking the world record in the All Bosses category last night in 2:23:43 Speedruns are always a complicated act of plate spinning. On one hand, a runner has to…

‘Shop Contest: Headed West

In honor of the Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer from earlier this week, I think it’s high time we take the ‘Shop Contest to the uh, wickey wild wild, wicky wicky wild, wicky wild, wicky wicky wild wild wild west. The Western genre is one that we don’t get too much of in video games.…

Sunday Comics: Loot Box Timeline

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 April 30. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published May 3. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…

I Hate God of War‘s Trolls

God of War is an interesting, complicated game that’s drawn a lot of attention over the past couple weeks. I didn’t enjoy it as much as some did, and that’s all because of one thing: those damned trolls. The first time we see a troll in God of War, it’s the payoff to an emotional…

Frostpunk Keeps Kicking My Ass

Frostpunk is an oppressive game where the world has been covered by snow and humans have to rely on ingenuity and sacrifice to survive. It’s difficult, and it’s kicking my ass so hard that I don’t want to play it anymore. But like the frostpunks themselves, I persevere. I’m not a strategy game quitter. I…

Battlefield 1‘s Best Expansion Is Currently Free

Battlefield 1‘s developers are giving away its They Shall Not Pass expansion, originally released back in March of 2017, for all owners of the game on consoles and PC until May 14. I took this opportunity to go back and play the maps, and I still think they’re some of the best ones released for…

‘Shop Contest: Gaming Grows Up, Winners!

All of the video game characters have taken a hint from Kratos and learned a little bit about growing the heck up, and this week we get to check out what they’re doing with their brand new retirement funds, mowed lawns, and hats with fish on them. I asked you to make video games grow…

The Week In Games: Big Robots and Frostpunks

Giant robots and snow-covered landscapes are great science fiction, and we’re getting both of those in this week’s jam-packed lineup of games. I love a good tactical experience, so Battletech seems like it’s going to be right up my alley. It looks like it’s the exact right level of fiddly interaction and number crunching to…

The Battlefield 1 developers announced this week that they will be adding a mode called Shock Operations to the game in June. Focused on a single map instead of several, Shock Operations will offer the same attack and defense gameplay without the longer time commitment of a full Operation.

Eight Person Squads Highlight PUBG‘s Strengths

This week’s PUBG event, Metal Rain, has been an excuse to summon armored vehicles from the sky. But it was also my first real foray into eight-player teams in the game, and I wish I could play the game this way all the time. The Metal Rain event takes the skeleton of the game and…

A Doom Mod Where You Make Friends With Demons

Mr. Friendly is a new mod for Doom that asks you to talk to the monsters instead of killing them, fish for fun, and steal textures from the walls. It’s light-hearted and interesting, and opens up the world of Doom in a complicated, fun-loving way. Since its original release in 1993, Doom has been lauded…

‘Shop Contest: Gaming Grows Up

The release of God of War has opened up the possibility that the icons of gaming can grow up to take responsibility for the world around them. Kratos is trying to raise his son, but what does growing up look like for other famous protagonists? Mario has to mow the lawn for his friend Peach.…