Ethan Gach

Mass Effect: Andromeda Works Way Better As A Management Sim

Mass Effect: Andromeda was met with disappointment, and, in the worst parts of the internet, harassment campaigns. The game had Mass Effect in the title but it didn’t quite feel one. But Mass Effect: Andromeda deserves to be remembered as more than just another hyped AAA game that failed to meet fan expectations and corporate…

The Week In Games: Port Season 

After the first week of 2018 it’s still slim pickings looking ahead. The Xbox One is getting some old PC games, a bunch of stuff I’ve never head of is hitting PS4, and the Nintendo Switch continues to build out its library with some of the best games of the last few years. You could…

Someone Fixed The Genesis Nomad’s Biggest Problem

You might remember the Genesis Nomad as Sega’s mammoth 1995 successor to the Game Gear. It was huge and heavy and ran on six AA batteries. Decades later one owner was fed up with subsidizing the Energizer Bunny and decided to add a rechargeable internal battery pack of their own. As a DIY modder by…

Showtime’s President Swears The Halo TV Show Is Still Happening

TV Guide recently spoke to Showtime’s President and CEO, David Nevins, and asked what was up with that Halo series that got announced forever ago. It’s “still in very active development,” he said. The executive also stressed that he’s seen scripts, something you’d hope might have happened in the four and a half years since…

Artist: Eric L. | Track: Beneath the Mask | Album: Persona 5 Original Soundtrack (Cover) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Hats off to the maker of this Mario Odyssey custom Nintendo Switch dock. Etsy creator Senpai3D has 3D printed a number of Nintendo-themed accessories and mods but this one, spotted by Tiny Cartridge, is especially charming. It even has room for a few Amiibo.

Skyrim Expansion Mod ‘Lordbound’ Shows Off Environments In New Trailer 

Started back in 2015, Lordbound is a mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim that adds new locations and quests to the already sprawling game. Scheduled to come out sometime in 2018, the team behind it released a new trailer this weekend showing off some of the new locations players will be able to visit.…

The market for loot boxes in Second Life has taken a hit as hackers use exploits to duplicate their contents and sell them at a discount according to a report by PC Gamer. The in-game makers of “gacha” gambling overlays say the cheating persists despite attempts by publisher Linden Lab to stop it.

Watch The First Day Of The Weeklong Awesome Games Done Quick Charity Marathon

The annual Awesome Games Done Quick speedrunning marathon kicks off today at the Hilton Washington Dulles Airport Hotel in Herndon, VA. Speedrunners from tons of different games will be talking spectators through all of their tricks while demoing their best runs in real time while donations are taken for the Prevent Cancer Foundation The event…

Sunday Comics: Machine Spirit

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 January 6. Read more of Nerf NOW!!  Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published January 1. Read more…

Artist: Gardens And Villa | Track: Black Hills | Album: Gardens And Villa Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

What Are Your Favorite Games To Lose In?

Nobody likes to lose. We hardly ever set out to intentionally fail. But just because it wasn’t the goal doesn’t mean losing is always bad. Often seeing the dreaded “Game Over” screen a number of times makes finally winning all that much better. And on rare occasions losing is what makes a game so much…

There’s no more playing Super Smash Bros. for the New Orleans Saints, at least while NFL play-offs are underway. The Times-Picayune reports that all distractions have been removed from the team’s locker room, including an N64 with Smash Bros., while they prepare for Sunday’s game against the Panthers.

Dragon Age‘s Varric Is Getting His Famous Book Published For Real 

Varric Tethras is Dragon Age’s wry but poetic dwarf. Making his first appearance in Dragon Age 2, he’s not just a resourceful hunter and trap layer but also a famous writer. His novel “Hard in Hightown” is a best seller in the continent of Thedas and, it turns out, soon to be published in the…

GOG’s Mysterious Curation Process Rejected Opus Magnum [UPDATE]

Zachtronics, the developer behind the elegant puzzle game Opus Magnum, recently stated on Twitter that the reason it wasn’t available to buy on Good Old Games (GOG) was because the digital distribution service had rejected it during the review process. [Update – 11:00am, 2/1/2018] GOG has now tweeted that it will accept Opus Magnum after…

The Weekend In Esports: Smite And Paladins Crown Champions 

The new year is off to a big start in the world of competitive gaming thanks to both the Smite and Paladins World Championships going on right now. In addition to both of those tournaments, there’s also some StarCraft II play in Europe and Korea as well as a descent Dota 2 tournament in Captain’s…

Creepy point-and-click adventure game Rusty Lake Paradise has a new teaser trailer ahead of its January 11 release. Coming to both Android and iOS, the game looks pretty unnerving. Definitely not something light to be played on the subway or in the checkout line.

One Of Steam’s Hottest Games Is A Zombie RTS

They Are Billions pits a steampunk village against a giant zombie horde. While it might look like a reskinned Age of Empires, that surface hides a strategy game that strikes all the right balances. Every time a wave of undead obliterated my encampment, the only thing I wanted to do was restart and try again.…

Mad Catz Is Coming Back, Sort Of

Gaming peripheral maker Mad Catz has come back to life but not as you remember it. The company declared bankruptcy in 2017, at which time many of its assets were purchased by an unnamed Chinese holding company that has now spun them off into a new entity called “Mad Catz Global Limited.” As part of…

Fans Have Finally Translated The Most Recent Tingle Game Into English 

Tingle’s a guy dressed in a green onesie who sells maps in The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. The offbeat cartographer we so well received, Nintendo embraced him and let him return in later games, even providing him with a stand-alone spin-off series. Just a few days ago, fans finally finished translating its fourth installment.…