Ethan Gach

New THQ Nordic Game Biomutant Leaks In German Magazine

THQ Nordic has a new post-apocalyptic game staring world-weary animal with a sword and bad-ass grasshopper sidekick. The game, suspected to be revealed at this week’s Gamescom, was leaked this weekend thanks to an ad in the German gaming magazine GamesMarkt Called Biomutant, the leak surfaced via a screenshot posted to Twitter by Tino Hahn…

Sunday Comics: Wanna Play Overwatch Tonight?

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 August 20. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published August 14. Read more…

A Quick Look Back At The Super Mario Bros. Episode Of Halt And Catch Fire

AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire returns tonight for its fourth and final season. It’s become one of the best prestige television shows still left standing, and while there’s a lot of stuff it gets right and does well, few things show off the series’ charm like the episode it dedicated to Super Mario Bros. With…

BioWare Confirms No DLC For Mass Effect Andromeda

An update today from BioWare confirmed that Mass Effect: Andromeda will indeed not be getting any new content. Kotaku reported as much back in late June, when sources familiar with BioWare’s plans said that Andromeda would receive no single-player DLC, a huge departure from every previous game in the series. In today’s announcement, BioWare confirmed…

Artist Gives PS1 Jewel Case Art A Modern Makeover

Ben Nicholas worked for various companies, including Ubisoft and 343 Studios, and you’ve probably see us feature his work before. Well the man never rests, and some of his latest work includes modern redesigns of the jewel case art for some classic PS1 games. The halls of great video game box art are filled with…

If Counter-Strike Had An Anime Opening It Might Look Something Like This

The anime Counter-Strike: Global Offensive opening you never knew you wanted. The anime opening is an art all its own. Often plucky, upbeat, and set to some great tunes that are on occasion completely at odds with the actual content of the show in question, they can live on long after the stories they introduced…

Track: Glass Hillside | Artist: Grizzly Bear | Album: Painted Ruins Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

New Star Wars Battlefront 2 Trailer Shows Off Dazzling Space Battles

The first look at the game’s Starfighter Assault mode has the Millennium Falcon, bright lens flares, and yes, Yoda manning a laser turret. The mode also appears to include Darth Vader and plenty of evil Sith, because what better way to use your super powered warriors than by putting them inside fragile space cans that…

The Weekend In Esports: Overwatch Contenders Starts For Real

It’s a quieter weekend in the world of pro gaming compared to earlier in the month, but there’s still plenty going on, especially if you’re an Overwatch fan. While lots of money changes hands as the ground work gets laid for Blizzard’s premier Overwatch League, the game’s lower tiers continue to grow into their own…

Children of Morta is coming next year and has a new trailer. Revealed back in 2015, the lush pixel art roguelike is a procedural game focusing on single family. Think FTL meets Bloodlines. We might be awash in these types of indie games at the moment, but I just can’t resist some damn good pixel…

The Week In Games: Rolling To The Club 

It’s time to settle the age old debate about whether Sonic was actually fun or just something we all pretended to like to piss off our friends. I honestly can’t ever remember every enjoying the games. What I do enjoy are my memories of playing the games which have little to do with actually trying…

The 2017 Call Of Duty Championship Ends In A Blowout 

After a stellar performance throughout this year’s $1.5 million prize pool tournament, OpTic Gaming can finally call themselves Call of Duty World League champions. Now in its fourth year and featuring Infinite Warfare, the esports event featured 32 teams, each of which garnered spots through competing in various other tournaments over the last year. But…

This Is Why You Should Never Give Up In Rocket League 

In Rocket League, as in life, it’s not over until it’s over. This epic end of the match clip proves it. So no matter what your best friend or that internet rando do or say, you owe it to yourself to see every match through. Matches don’t end in Rocket League until the first time…

Speedrunner Successfully Completes Deathmarch Through Pokémon Emerald‘s Battle Frontier In One Sitting

Pokémon games area all about players collecting small creatures and commanding them in battle, but in the end-game section of Pokémon Emerald called the Battle Frontier it’s the Pokémon who call the shots. Always up for a mind-bending challenge, one speedrunner decided to speedrun it. Mark “Werster” McKenzie is no stranger to the series and…

Sunday Comics: Silent Strike 

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 August 8. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published August 7. Read more…

The Tradition Of Terrible Esports Champagne Celebrations Continues 

The players on Team Liquid just won the most money for a single match in the history of esports, but at the staged champagne celebration they stumbled around like sleep deprived zombies. This is Ivan Borislavov “MinD_ContRoL” Ivanov, a truly inventive player who was nothing short of integral to the team’s success at this year’s…

Fan Video Recreates Old Character Intros In Street Fighter V

Capcom abandoned most of the Street Fighter series’ iconic character intros over time, so one fan decided to recreate them using the latest game. SigmaG19 makes a lot of Street Fighter V videos, including this one critiquing a lot of the Capcom’s choices with the game. The latest tries to recreate some of the series’…

Dota 2‘s Furion Will Wreck You

He’s the most bad-ass tree in video games and today’s lower bracket finals at this year’s International showed-off everything that makes the hero one of Dota’s best. Team Liquid has never made it to the top four at the game’s biggest annual tournament before, but today they made it all the way to the grand…

Canceled PS4 Game Would Have Let You Play Team Deathmatch As Gnomes

Did you know a game about gnomes killing each other almost made it to the PS4? In the latest Unseen64 video, Liam Robertson reports that a shooter with the working title “Gnomageddon” was in development at Sony San Diego up until late last year. Originally rumored to be a new game from Sucker Punch, the…

An AI Is Beating Some Of The Best Dota Players In The World 

OpenAI used the action at this year’s Dota 2 championships as an opportunity to show off its work by having top players lose repeatedly to its in-game bot. Dota’s normally a team game with a heavy emphasis on coordination and communication, but for players interested in beefing up their pure, technical ability, the game also…