Ethan Gach

An In-Depth Look At Mario Kart 8‘s Detailed Maps

If you’ve played Mario Kart 8 you were probably so focused on trying to finish in the top four that you never had time to look around and take in the view. Fortunately, the latest Boundary Break video will give you a chance to do just that. YouTuber Shesez has an ongoing series where he…

Sunday Comics: Suspend Your Disbelief 

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 6. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published July 31. Read more…

Square Enix Announces Dragon Quest Builders 2, Shows Off Hang Gliding 

The company revealed the game at the Dragon Quest Summer Festival 2017 going on in Japan this weekend and even teased some early gameplay footage. The first Dragon Quest Builders took the Minecraft formula and applied it to a beloved RPG series with a surprising balance between a guided story and open-ended simulation. Apparently, the…

Alright Valve It’s Time To Buy Some New Furniture

This is the panel for the Group Stage of the biggest Dota 2 tournament of the year. The one that’s sponsored by Valve and has a prize pool of nearly $24 million. I think it’s time the multi-billion dollar company splurged on some upgrades. Video games have never been known for their style, and among…

Everything’s Better With An N64, Including Ridesharing 

Scott Malsin was headed home after work last Wednesday when he got into car that had an N64 in it. He then shared a picture of his journey on Reddit to make everyone else jealous. His Juno driver was a apparently a big fan of 3D Mario. Big enough, at least, to go through all…

There’s A Guy Doing Classical Piano Covers Of All The Levels In Super Smash Bros. Melee

He goes by the name BearKeys and the self-proclaimed “child prodigy” has recently decide to dive into the world of video game music. Specifically, the GameCube version of Smash Bros. His most recent entry is a classical piano rendition of music from the game’s Break The Targets challenge. Before that he took stabs at Corneria,…

You can now battle Takashi Tokita’s party in the Switch version of I Am Setsuna’s Temporal Battle Arena. Tokita, a Square Enix veteran, was one of the directors on Chrono Trigger and until August 10 you can actually snag I Am Setsuna for 33% off on the eShop.

The Weekend In Esports: Dota 2 Bloodbath

The International, one of pro gaming’s biggest events of the year, started in earnest this week as an around-the-clock group stage has left teams scrambling to lock down top seeding for next week’s Main Event. Fnatic and HellRaisers already sit at the bottoms of Groups A and B respectively with elimination from the tournament potentially…

The Week In Games: There’s No Place Like Tacoma 

The Fullbright Company’s long awaited follow-up to Gone Home arrives this week. In it you explore the mysterious interiors of a space vessel haunted by the extras from Tron. I’m sure it won’t be scary at all. There’s also some other stuff coming out this week though, including The Long Dark and, more importantly, Patapon…

Reinhardts Have Been Putting A Lot Of Overwatch Players Through Walls Recently 

Don’t you hate it when the other team’s tank uses glitch magic to shove you into a sealed off area? That’s what happened to Reddit user TeaKei while playing on Temple of Anubis. Spotting an easy kill, the opposing Reinhardt player tried to charge TeaKei into the nearby wall only to see them disappear behind…

The gorgeous looking The Gardens Between isn’t due out until 2018, but the game has three more trailers to keep you pining away meanwhile. Feeling stressed? Need to unwind? Voxel Agents has just the thing

What’s Your Favorite Rick And Morty Moment?

It’s been two years since Rick and Morty season two premiered and tonight the show finally returns for its third season. Are you ready to get riggity riggity wrecked? You might remember that I F-ing love this show. In a post-Peep Show world where both Archer and It’s Always Sunny are winding down, I wasn’t…

Hacker Reflects On 20 Years Of Exploiting MMO Security Flaws For Money

A hacker going by the name Manfred spent much of the last two decades finding ways to make money by manipulating the economies inside MMOs. This weekend he shared his story with a crowd at Def Con 2017 in Las Vegas and argued for better security in online games. According to Motherboard, who spoke directly…

Atlus Announces Persona 5 Anime Coming To Japan In 2018

There’s a Persona 5 anime coming. Atlus announced it earlier today. It’s called Persona 5 the Animation and there’s already a short trailer. Atlus appears to be producing the show with A-1 Pictures and plans for it to begin airing in 2018, two years after the game was originally released in Japan. Here’s the teaser…

Sunday Comics: Fragile As Eggs

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 July 28. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published July 24. Read more…

Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age‘s Remastered Look Comes At A Cost 

In my first few minutes with the PS4 HD remaster of Final Fantasy XII I was awestruck by how fresh it looked. As a recent blog post by designer Robert Yang explains, however, the new game’s new coat of paint seems to have come at the expense of its soul Remasters are getting more and…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Sonic Crossover, Winners!

IDW has it’s work cut out for it if it’s going to ever realize even a fifth of the licensed Sonic and friends get togethers you’ve all dreamed up. Which is probably a good thing, because a lot of these are too hot for the page. While comic book Sonic has gone to a lot…

Nidhogg 2‘s Level Select Screen Is A Nifty Callback To Yoshi’s Island 

The fencing game sequel arrives next month with a bigger, more detailed art style, including a beautiful recreation of the start screen from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island, prompting the question: why are so many level select screens usually so boring? Although revealed earlier last month during a gameplay demo, Nidhogg 2‘s level select…

A Zelda-Themed Nintendo Switch Case To Rule Them All 

If a modified Pelican case was the mother of Switch protectors, then this ornate, leather bag is the mother of all Zelda-inspired Nintendo Switch cases. Created by Etsy user Ian Finch-Field for his SkinzNhydez storefront, the made to order carrying case is large enough to fit a Switch with both Joy-Con still attached and comes…

The Weekend In Esports: StarCraft 2 IEM XII And The Rocket League World Cup

With some of the summer’s biggest tournaments behind us, things slow down this weekend. But not too much. Blessed with an SC2 tournament and another esports World Cup, as well as a tone of fighting game tournaments, there’s still plenty to watch. Below you’ll find where and when you can catch all the weekend’s biggest…