Ethan Gach

The first episode of Batman: The Telltale Series is free on the Windows Store this weekend. After that, it goes back to its normal price of $5.00. While the most recent episode stalled out a bit, the series up to that point has been full of twists and turns and is definitely worth checking out.

The Weekend In Esports: Unleash The Gears Of War

It’s almost as if the gods of competitive gaming knew we’d all be sitting around this weekend and so made sure it was jam packed with tournaments to check out. DreamHack Winter 2016 is of course going on over in Sweden at the moment, featuring competitions in almost every game under the sun. There’s also…

Roadhog Player Destroys Mei In The Most Cathartic Way Possible

Sometimes it’s worth unloading an entire Roadhog ultimate to make sure Mei is 100% dead. That’s what Reddit user xTheManOfSteelx did in an Overwatch clip he posted earlier today. “This Mei had been annoying me the entire game and we almost had the point capped anyway, so it was worth it,” he wrote. Usually Mei’s…

Happy Birthday To The Original Xbox’s First Unofficial Mascot 

Azurik: Rise of Perathia came out within two weeks of the first Xbox’s launch back in November of 2001. It was supposed to be Microsoft’s interpretation of Mario meets Zelda, showing off what the new system could do and creating a iconic dynasty in the process. Instead, the blue-skinned stud rocking Goku hair and goggles…

Track: Kame House | Album: Dragonball Wave | Artist: MAITRO Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Watch Pokémon

What will happen when Pokémon discover how to hack our Roombas, our security systems, or the means of production? Why would these adorable little pocket monsters even try to? Perhaps this week’s Photoshop contest can shed some light on the matter. Update 11/25/16 — We’ve got just inside of 24 hours to see how much…

No Man’s Sky Developers Break Long Silence, Promise Update This Week

Nine weeks after No Man’s Sky’s 1.09 patch, Hello Games has announced that it will be releasing an update to the game “this week,” with “detailed patch notes” to follow “soon.” The post on the game’s website states, “Hello, This week Hello Games will be releasing an update to No Man’s Sky. We’re calling it…

Playdead’s Inside now has a demo you can download and try for free on Steam. It popped up yesterday with little fanfare and is about 1.2GB in size. As the studio’s follow up to Limbo and one of the year’s most superb games, you owe it to yourself to see what makes Inside’s haunting, industrial…

Watch Smash Bros. Melee Players Compete For One Of The Biggest Cash Prizes In The Game’s 15 Year History

This is what it looks like when one incredible Melee player shows no mercy. DreamHack Winter 2016 is going on right now at the Elmia Convention Center in Jönköping, Sweden, meaning that in addition to tournaments for everything ranging from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to Hearthstone, you can also catch some of the best Smash Bros.…

The Week In Games: Lend Us Your Energy 

In this week of being thankful, let me just say what I am thankful for: 30 years of Dragon Ball video game adaptations. Some of them have been great, most have not. But just like no amount of being pummeled could ever truly finish Goku off, no amount of duds or weak annualizations could ever…

Unicorns Of Love Show Why Competitive Gaming Needs Mascots 

Unicorns of Love are a European League of Legends team. They also just defeated North American’s Team Solo Mid in the semifinals at the Intel Extreme Masters XI season tournament going on right now in Oakland, California. As a result, the team known for its quirks and unpredictability will go on to the finals to…

The Latest Chapter In Jimmy Fallon’s Ongoing Love Affair With Mario Kart

This weekend, the Tonight Show posted a video on YouTube in which host Jimmy Fallon challenged some of NASCAR’s best drivers to a game of Mario Kart. Ahead of today’s final Sprint Cup race of the season, Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch and Joey Logano went head-to-head to see who would face the Fallon…

University Rivalry Grows Beyond Football To League Of Legends 

Last night, Stanford came out on top in its “Big Game” against California rivals Berkeley. They finished two touchdowns ahead of the Golden Bears at 45-31. But that wasn’t the only game Berkeley lost to Stanford last night. Before kick-off at Memorial Stadium, the two schools’ collegiate League of Legends teams met in Oakland at…

Video game composer Saki Kaskas passed away earlier this week at the age of 44. Kaskas’ work appeared in games including the Need for Speed series, Sim City 4, and Mass Effect 2. The news was made public by friend and collaborator, Rom Di Prisco in a Facebook post. “His guitar work, synth work, audio…

One-Man Wrecking Crew Wins Titanfall 2 Match Without Help From Team

We’ve all been there: you’re sitting there with your friends in an online match against some random person getting completely demolished no matter what you do. It’s painful. Every fiber of your being is raging. You’re not just losing. You’re not just getting humiliated. You’re getting completely shutdown no matter what you do or how…

Nintendo registered a trademark for “Wave Race” in Europe on November 17. That’s according to a document filed with the European Union Intellectual Property Office. The request is class 9, meaning it’s related to computer software. The series has been dormant since Wave Race: Blue Storm was released in 2001.

Sunday Comics: Just Crouch Down

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 16. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published November 14. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

Kotaku Shop Contest: Mask-uerading, Winners! 

Week two after the Photoshop contest was resurrected from an Internet black hole, everyone has contributed some of their best (and worst) ideas in an effort to rediscover the contest’s former glory. I asked for you to share some alternate masks for Corvo and Emily on their campaign for blood thirsty revenge. We got some…

Modder Destroys Zombies With Water Gun In The Last Of Us

Most people have fond memories of the water gun fight from The Last of Us: Left Behind. A nice break from the grim, apocalyptic weight of the rest of the game, that section of the DLC lets Ellie and her newfound friend, Riley, get to pretend for a just a few moments that they’re just…

Pro Counter-Strike Bobbleheads Look As Creepy As You’d Imagine

Bobblehead figurines have been a staple of professional sports ever since they were first introduced in to the world of baseball fandom in the early 1960s. So naturally, esports are attempting to emulate big brother once again by borrowing the idea for this weekend’s Intel Extreme Masters Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament in Oakland, California. The…