Ethan Gach

The Weekend In Esports: Dota 2 Returns To Boston

As the year draws to a close, most of the bigger competitive gaming events of the year are behind us. All except for one: Dota 2‘s Boston Major. After a number of roster shuffles and evolutions to the game’s meta following the summer’s International 2016, the Boston Major is a chance for new teams to…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Ellie And Garfunkel

Poor Ellie. Six years after The Last of Us’s ominous ending, she’s set out to become a budding folk musician but can’t seem to find anybody to jam with. And those dead bodies littered throughout the cabin aren’t helping. So this week I want you to help Ellie find some band mates, or an audience…

The Week In Games: Hello Bird-Dog My Old Friend

First Final Fantasy XV arrived and now The Last Guardian. Within the span of just one week, two games that spent nearly a combined twenty years in development will have finally been released into the wild. In fact, I’ve spent so many years staring at the strangely feathered creature born of Fumito Ueda’s dreams that…

Hearthstone’s Latest Expansion Is Full Of Personality

Mean Streets of Gadgetzan came out last Thursday and I’ve been playing around with it for a few days trying to tease out some of its secrets. While it’s chaos in the world of Blizzard’s collectible card game at the moment, the distinct style and mood of the latest expansion has me enjoying this brief…

Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance first appeared on the PS2 fifteen years ago today! Celebrate by watching Tony Jay voice a giant eyeball with tentacles and reliving the glory of one of the best Diablo clones available on console of all time.

Rocket League Team Survives Lower Bracket To Become New World Champions

FlipSid3 Tactics just won the Rocket League World Championship in Amsterdam after beating grand final opponents Mockit Aces in two best-of-seven-series. After losing to Mockit Aces during the semifinals, FlipSid3 was sent down to the lower bracket where they managed to work their way back up to the top and earning a rematch. Since Mockit…

The Last of Us Part II Will Be A Game ‘About Hate’

During a panel discussion for The Last of Us Part II at this year’s PSX, the game’s director, Neil Druckmann revealed the whereas the first game was about love, the follow-up would be about “hate.” The game’s bleakness came through in its announcement trailer, which included a sobering conversation about the people she needed to…

Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite Gameplay Trailer Shows Us The Power Of The Infinity Gems

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite was revealed during yesterday’s Keynote address at this year’s PSX, but now there’s also a gameplay trailer that shows how the game looks and feels in action. The new trailer dropped during last night’s Capcom Cup tournament for Street Fighter V and is all centered around the Infinity Stones, the powerful…

Sunday Comics: We All Lick Blood

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published November 29. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published November 28. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Final Postcard, Winners!

Too soon? What can I say, there were a lot of great entries for this week’s ‘Shop Contest, but I’ve had Final Fantasy VII on the mind and Lionheart227‘s entry hit me just right. It’s been a long journey for Noctis, Ignis, Gladiolus, and Prompto; one that’s taken them to many strange places, including the…

Kojima Is Using The Horizon Zero Dawn Engine To Do Creepy Stuff In Death Stranding

Kojima Productions is using the same engine as Horizon Zero Dawn to make Death Stranding. Guerrilla Games’ new Decima Engine is apparently a perfect fit for the designer’s intense attention to detail. Kojima revealed the news during a panel discussion of the upcoming game at PSX. He was joined on stage by Mark Cerny and…

Cool Games You May Have Missed From The PSX Keynote

Today’s PlayStation Experience showcase was packed full of people talking and images flickering by so quickly you could be forgiven for missing half of the games that got some love on the big stage. Some of them, like Pyre, we already knew a fair amount about, but others, like Nex Machina, are completely new. Below…

Watch The 2016 PSX Keynote Right Here [UPDATE: Over]

Today in Anaheim, California is the third annual PlayStation Experience, an event for all things PlayStation, including panel discussions, news about upcoming games, and even a Street Fighter V world championship tournament. Sony’s keynote showcase will kick things off today at 1:00PM EST, which you can watch live in the YouTube stream below. Since last…

New Details On The Crash Bandicoot Trilogy Remaster

Everyone suspected that a Crash Bandicoot revival might be in the works, but when the N. Sane Trilogy was announced at this past E3, people weren’t sure what to make of it. Were the old games only getting remastered for the PS4 or was there something more to the trilogy? According to the latest info…

Knack 2 Announced For PS4

I know you were all worried it might not, but rest easy: Knack 2 exists. Sony just revealed that a sequel to the origianl launch title for the PS4 is in the works and groovier than ever. Mark Cerny, lead architect and producer on the PS4 and Vita, but perhaps best known for the arcade…

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite Is Coming in 2017 

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is real and coming out late next year, Capcom announced today during the PlayStation Experience keynote. Rumors began circulating earlier this week that Capcom would reveal the latest game in its cross-over fighting series at this weekend’s PlayStation Experience. This is the trailer: It’s been just over five years since the…

The Weekend In Esports: We Have Lift Off

This weekend, whether you love strategy or twitch reflexes, fighting games or sports, there’s something going on in the world of competitive gaming for you. So let’s get right to it, and as always, let me know what you’ll be watching in the comments or if there’s something I’ve missed. Rocket League After several weeks…

The Week In Games: Get Ready To Bro

Time to hit the open road with ya’boys, fight some monsters, cry some tears, and maybe in the process find out a little something more about what makes the world tick. Final Fantasy XV is finally here. Can you believe it? More than two decades and over fifteen games later Square Enix is ready to…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Final Postcard 

Final Fantasy XV is nearly here, so it’s time to start imaging all the places the boys might go. Noctis and the crew no doubt have time to do a little sight seeing in-between all the bad dialogue and loot farming, so where would you like to see them end up on their quest to…

Watch A Dishonored 2 Villain Die In 80 Different Ways

Cosmic Contrarian knows how to kill people in Dishonored 2. The evidence is well documented by this point and fun to watch. But the latest murder clinic put on by the YouTuber shows just how filled to the brim with possibilities Bethesda’s gothic stealth game is. The player crosses paths with Kirin Jindosh toward the…