Ethan Gach

Don’t Forget To Save Your Game, Especially If You’re Speedrunning Dark Cloud 2

“Uh oh, I haven’t saved yet.” That’s what Closetowar muttered nearly five hours into a multi-day attempt to beat the world record for speedrunning Dark Cloud 2 by collecting every medal in the game. The best time so far is 42:11:37. In fact, it’s the only time. The “All Medals%” category for the game is…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: A Little Mario In All Of Us

Super Mario Odyssey this week showed no one’s consciousness is safe from the little plumber. Thanks to Cappy, he can become a dinosaur or even a Goomba. The possibilities are endless( unlike my ‘shop talents). This latest ‘Shop Contest isn’t just about exploring the boundaries of Odyssey’s premise, it’s about searching for answers to the…

Help Hot Dads Find True Love In Dream Daddy

Dream Daddy is a dating sim headed to Steam on July 13. In it, you’ll help sexy dads hookup with other dads. Naturally, the game announced itself to the world on Father’s Day. While the dads themselves look varied enough—beard dad, dad bod dad, alcoholic dad—it’s the things they say that are really selling me…

ARMS‘ Helix Is Even More Unnerving In Clay Form

People love the characters from ARMS. For the most part. One Flubber-wannabe in particular hasn’t gotten much love: Helix. A lovingly crafted clay tribute to the DNA molecule might help change that (but probably not). This is the character’s origin story accoridng to the ARMS wiki: “Helix is an anthropomorphic being made of a slimy…

LUCAH Looks Like An Action RPG Set Inside A Lite-Brite From Hell 

After working on the game for some time, the creators of LUCAH have taken to Kickstarter to fund the rest of horror-inspired light-show’s development. It also has a new trailer that plays like a commercial for glow in the dark magic markers on acid. Clearly there’s something special going on here. Described as a nightmare…

Sunday Comics: Samus Gets The Call 

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 June 13. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published June 12. Read more…

In Super Mario Odyssey Gaming’s Original Damsel In Distress Might Finally Get Her Due

Over three decades ago she was stuck sitting atop steel beams waiting for “the plumber” to rescue her, but in 2017, Pauline has risen to the highest public office of New Donk City, the fictional urban backdrop for Super Mario Odyssey Looking back at the Donkey Kong arcade game from 1981, it’s hard not to…

Portal Looks Great As A Lego Diorama

Look at that orange hole in the wall! adBrickBuilder, who goes by Anthony Wilson on Flickr (where you can see other Lego creations), posted their latest project to Reddit. One commenter pointed out that this wasn’t the “correct solve” solve for the puzzle at hand, but it looks sleek and rad nonetheless. Just look at…

Tekken Pros Face WWE Star And The Game’s Producer In Royal Rumble Tournament

CEO’s Royal Rumble is always a good time and this year’s was no exception. The Royal Rumble features 30 contestants selected from the fighting game community battling for the title in an event full of pomp and circumstance that’s as much about showy entrances as deadly combos. Focusing on Tekken 7 in light of its…

Neuro Voider is coming to the Nintendo Switch later this year it’s co-creator confirmed on Twitter today. The colorful twin-stick shooter you probably missed when it came to Xbox One, PS4, and PC in March features four player coop and will have auto-aim for the Switch version.

The Weekend In Esports: Call Of Duty Anaheim Open, DreamHack Summer, And CEO 2017

Watch all the weekend’s best pro gaming until your eyes bleed. Below you’ll find where and when you can catch all the weekend’s biggest events in competitive gaming. Let us know what you’ll be watching in the comments or if you think there’s something we might have missed. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare It’s a…

The Week In Games: Armed And Dangerous

This week is E3, which means tons of games are getting announced and none of them are actually coming out, at least not right now. Except apparently Nintendo didn’t get the memo. It’s first new IP to debut on the Switch arrives this Friday after a week of bad t-shirts, memes, and undiluted hype. What…

Dishonored: Death Of The Outsider Announced, Stars Billie Lurk

Dishonored: Death Of The Outsider is the next story in the Dishonored universe and it’s coming September 15. The standalone adventure (meaning you won’t need to own Dishonored 2 to play it) will see Daud, Empress Jessamine Kaldwin’s murder, and his former second in command from the first game’s The Knife of Dunwall DLC, Billie…

Cuphead Is Finally Coming Out In September 

Cuphead, the long awaited indie game beautifully animated in the vein of classic cartoons, will finally get released September 29 on Xbox One and PC. Originally revealed at E3 2014, Studio MDHR’s boss-centric platformer focuses on tough combat rendered in the style of old animation studios like Disney, Van Beuren, and Fleischer. The game was…

Minecraft Gets An Official High-End Graphic Makeover

Minecraft is getting a major graphics overhaul according to an announcement made by Mojang at Microsoft’s E3 press briefing today. These improvements, including 4K treatment, will be part of the “Super Duper Graphics Pack,” available this fall. The new texture pack will also come alongside a “Better Together” update which will introduce cross-play among the…

Assassin’s Creed Origins Finally Announced For Real, Set In Egypt

Assassin’s Creed Origins, set in ancient Egypt, is indeed the next entry in the series, coming to PS4, Xbox One and PC on October 27th. The game we’ve all known has existed for some time finally got officially acknowledged at today’s Microsoft press briefing, and it looks great. In it, you play as Bayek, an…

Project Scorpio Hasn’t Even Been Unveiled Yet And It’s Already Become A Meme

Speaking of t-shirts, Microsoft is handing out its own ahead of the press briefing later this afternoon. They read “I witnessed the most powerful console ever” and naturally the Internet is having a field day. Here are just a few of the best entries already swirling around Twitter:

Here Are Some Bad E3 T-Shirts 

These appear to be just a few of the T-shirts being sold near the Los Angeles Convention Center where E3 is being held this week. Unlike in previous years, the event is open to the public this time, so naturally vendors are looking to make a buck by sellinglazy merch Game Informer’s Ben Hanson spotted…

Screwball Comedy Game Jazzpunk Is Getting DLC Three Years Later

Jazzpunk is weird and funny and absurd. An adventure game in the mold of Stanley Parable, it shoves genres, jokes, and cultural references into a blender and offers the result with a nonplussed grin. Luis Hernandez started working on Jazzpunk with Jess Brouse as part of Necrophone Games a while back, first bringing it to…

When Things Get Lit Aboard The Starship Enterprise

“Look at the hands bruh, look at the hands bruh.” That’s what inVINCEable77 started shouting at one point while sitting in an online lobby for the Star Trek: Bridge Crew VR game released last month. YouTuber Raymond Tennent recorded the entire conversation between Starfleet’s best and brightest which ran almost fifteen minutes. One obvious take-away…