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The Weekend In Esports: The Halo Pro League And More Go Out West

The Madden Classic is going on this weekend, along with a slew of big ticket tournaments at DreamHack Denver. Destiny marches on at Worlds 2017 meanwhile, with SKT and Samsung still in the mix after Longzhu Gaming fell late in the week. In addition, Dota 2‘s competitive scene will get a chance to sort itself…

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Is Getting A New Four Player Arcade Game 

Arcade cabinet maker Raw Thrills has confirmed it’s currently working on a new machine featuring the heroes in a half shell as depicted in the Nickelodeon cartoon currently in its fifth season. The new game is apparently being built from scratch with new assets to mirror the current TV show and with an eye toward…

The Week In Games: Going Down To South Park 

A new South Park game awaits just over the horizon, along with WWE 2K18 and another Gran Turismo-lite. But while these games will no doubt dominate most people’s conversations (except for the Nintendo kids who will once again see some of their favorite characters crammed into a hack’n slash blender), I’ve got my eyes on…

The Arcade Cabinet Bridging Four Seasons Of Halt And Catch Fire

Centipede was released for the arcade by Atari in 1980. It’s a game where you swerve back and forth as you fire at bugs and try not to get eaten. Halt and Catch Fire featured it in its very first episode and again in last night’s series finale, proving once and for all the show…

Rogue Flying Fish Cancels Super Mario Bros. World Record 

Darbian is one of the premier Super Mario Bros. speedrunners, and this is him getting wrecked by a Cheep Cheep. Currently tied with Kosmic for first place in the game with a shared world record of 4:56:878, Darbian was on his way to make history having already shaved off another .3 seconds during world 8-3.…

Street Fighter V‘s Next DLC Character Is Zeku 

Zeku, the final character to be added to the game’s roster as part of season two was revealed earlier today at the South East Asia Major fighting game event in Singapore. Street Fighter V players have long suspected the aging ninja would make an appearance in the game ever since players began combing through leaked…

Sunday Comics: Legendary Punchline 

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published October 14. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published October 9. Read more…

Contortionists Perform Dance Inspired By Mortal Kombat 

Admire the craftsmanship but try not to watch too closely. Appearing on Asia’s Got Talent, the Adem Dance crew out of Kyrgyz Republic took the stage recently in a gold buzzer audition to try and wow the judges with a performance where the Mortal Kombat costumes turned out not to even be the weirdest part.…

The side-scrolling, hack-and-slash, meta game Icey is headed to the Nintendo Switch. The Chinese indie was originally released on Steam last fall before getting ported to PS4. Its a lot weirder than it first appears, and definitely worth a second look. Icey’s also getting a physical release.

Which Dragon Ball Game Is Your Favorite?

One of the most prolific game series in existence despite being licensed, Dragon Ball has seen its fair share of the good, the bad, and the why did they even bother. Due out early next year, Dragon Ball FighterZ might well end up being one of the series’ best releases to-date. With everyone focused on…

The Best Minecraft Sculptures Continue To Impress

The piece above, called “The Perfect Marionette,” took first place in a recent Minecraft sculpture contest, reminding us that not only are games art, they can also be amazing platforms for creating it. Dr. Bond’s entry took about four days to complete and was based around the idea of human achievement. Rather than try to…

Track: Feels Like Heaven | Artist: Ariel Pink | Album: Dedicated to Bobby Jameson Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

The Weekend In Esports: Hearthstone Summer Championship And Rocket League Regional Playoffs 

Welcome back! While the Worlds 2017 Group Stage finishes up overnight, the top players in Hearthstone will be grinding their way through the HTC Summer Championship in California. Russian wunderkind Pavel Beltukov is already in the quarterfinals, and will be looking for revenge after a dismal showing in the Winter Championship. Also look out for…

The Week In Games: Where Every Orc Knows Your Name

Who’s ready to make some friends? I grew to like Shadow of Mordor despite my best efforts. It turns out slicing and dicing orcs, no matter how brutal and repetitive, is a hell of a lot of fun. Still, Shadow of War and The Evil Within 2 leaves this week feeling pretty bleak. I guess…

Overwatch Team Finishes First Season Back In North America Undefeated

Team Envyus managed to go the entire six weeks of Overwatch Contender’s first regular season undefeated, and proved it wasn’t a fluke during today’s Grand Finals at Blizzards new esports arena. First they swept FNRGFE in a best-of-five semifinals where the latter looked good but not good enough. Despite taking a point off the soon-to-be…

Glitch Upends Grand Theft Auto V World Record Attempt

The Big Score is the sixth and final heist mission in GTA V. If they player selects the “subtle” approach, they’ll need to drive their car onto a tractor trailer at a certain point or the mission ends in failure. Unfortunately, there’s a rare glitch that can make doing so impossible. DarkViperAU plays a lot…

Gwent‘s Latest Update Takes Inspiration From Chess 

The Mahakam Ale Festival went live in CD Projekt Red’s collectible card game just over a week ago. Intended to coincide with Oktoberfest, the holiday event brought with it not just some tweaks to old cards but also completely new game mode. In addition to the normal array of buffs and nerfs, the “Agile” updatereleased…

Atchafalaya Arcade Turns Old Nintendo Hardware Into A Miniature Electronic Orchestra 

Behold Atchafalaya Arcade. It’s an audio visual adventure that takes old technologies and scrambles them together in the present until something new and poetic arises out of the chaos. It’s the work of Tammy Duplantis who has been showing off the game at this weekend’s IndieCade Festival in LA. The game cartridge itself is the…

Sunday Comics: All Sold Out 

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published October 7. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published October 2. Read more…

The Blade Runner point-and-click adventure game still looks stunning. Westwood Studios’ 1997 adaptation was groundbreaking at the time for having multiple endings and a story that changed with each new choice you made. But it also had some dazzling, painstakingly crafted backgrounds.