Ethan Gach

Top Smash Player Saves Partner With Lightning-Quick Thinking

The Big House 6 tournament is utterly stacked, and the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 2 vs. 2 “doubles” bracket is no exception. With Phase I and II wrapped up, the winners bracket currently has Ally and Mew2King facing off against Ryuga and Rayquaza07, followed by ZeRo and Nairo taking on ANTi and Kamemushi.…

Miguel Caballero Rojo is the latest character announced to appear in Tekken 7. The Spanish fighter was revealed at the by Bandai Namco at the Barcelona Games World event, and will be entering the fray to avenge the death of his sister from the previous game. Check out his trailer below.

Tales of Symphonia and Sniper Elite 3 are both free on Steam this weekend. That means that for approximately the next 24-32 hours, you can download either game and try it out. Shooting Nazis in the face is always fun, and Symphonia on PC should be a less broken now after months of patches

Counter-Strike Pro Obliterates Other Team Without Using Crosshair

We all knew Spencer “Hiko” Martin had mad skills. Despite losing to his former brother in arms, Oleksandr “S1mple” Kostyliev, in last weekend’s semifinals where Team Liquid fell to the eventual ELS One New York champions, Natus Vincere, there are few people more terrifying to meet in a lonely CS:GO alleyway. Hiko did nothing to dispel…

The Weekend In Esports: More Worlds 2016 and Rocket League Mayhem 

There’s a ton going on in pro gaming this weekend, starting with the concluding matches of Worlds 2016’s first phase, followed by major tournaments across the fighting game community stretching from Dearborn Michigan to southern Malaysia. There’s also still plenty going on in the world of competitive Counter-Strike and Rocket League in both Europe and…

World Record For Super Mario Bros. Broken By A Single Frame [UPDATE]

UPDATE – 10/2 8:30pm: After Kosmic’s speed-run was reviewed further, it was discovered that his time was actually off by exactly one frame. His actual speed-run was 4:57.244, the same as Darbian’s, with whom Kosmic now shares the world record In a follow-up, Kosmic explained where the original recorded time was incorrect, “Basically we know…

The Week In Games: Don’t Drink The Paint

The Paper Mario series got started fifteen years ago on the N64. In light of the fact that Super Mario RPG never received a proper sequel, it was welcome compromise. Even if the series seemed to have lost its way during the Wii era and more recently with Paper Mario: Sticker Star for the 3DS,…

Valve’s Latest Dota 2 Patch Is Chock Full of Nerfs

It’s been more than a month since TI6, Dota 2‘s largest tournament of the year. After a number of team roster shake-ups and the conclusion of the MDL Autumn 2016 tournament in China this weekend, which saw the newly formed Evil Geniuses beat Team Newbee 3-1, Valve decided it was time to drop the latest…

Counter-Strike Pro Clutches Round By Throwing His Gun

In the ESL One New York 2016 semi-finals for CS:GO, European powerhouse Natus Vincere took a three game series against the previously unstoppable Team Liquid 2-1. Despite Ice-T telling everyone not to fuck with Team Liquid, NaVi dared to and came out the other side looking better than ever. Perhaps the match’s best moment came…

Russian Wildcard Pummels Opponent Into Submission In Another Worlds Upset

Counter Logic Gaming has a history of performing unevenly at big League of Legends tournaments, and Worlds is no exception. Founded back in 2010, the veteran LoL team exited the 2015 World Championship before the knockout phase, finish 2-4 during the group stage. After falling to Albus Nox Luna in last night’s match, they now…

Artist Yusuke Naora announced yesterday on Twitter that he has left Square Enix. Naora, who was art director on a number of Square Enix games, including Final Fantasy XV, got his start as a field graphic designer for Final Fantasy VI. According to Nova Crystallis, he will still work with Square Enix in the future.

Shaq Shows Up On Twitch, Kisses Pro Players

It’s not every day that a sports legend shows up to your hotel room to briefly chat about video games and then try to eat your head. While Shaq might not have actually eaten anyone, you could be forgiven for mistaking the above gesture as something other than a friendly kiss The former NBA player,…

Sunday Comics: Sacrifices Must Be Made

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 September 29. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published September 26. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

Tonight Show Takes Aim At Overwatch Pro’s Handshake Skills

Handshakes can be messy, awkward things. First, there’s the problem of whether or not to shake hands. Then, there’s the problem of what to do if the person whose hand you try to shake isn’t on your wavelength. Finally, there’s the fleshing fumbling that comes with actually trying to lock hands in anything resembling a…

Here’s How To Get Started Watching The League of Legends World Championships 

When it comes to competitive gaming, League of Legends is soccer and the month long championship tournament that kicked off earlier this week is its world cup. The event, referred to as “Worlds” for short, sees 14 teams from five different regions, as well as two wildcards, compete for a grand prize of over $1,000,000…

The Mini-NES Makes Classic Games Look Better Than Virtual Console

If you’re in the United States, you still can’t pre-order Nintendo’s upcoming Mini-NES, due to be released on November 11. But you can look at its emulation capabilities compared to the Wii U virtual console thanks to a new video by GameXplain The head-to-head match-up compares video capture from three games: Super Mario Bros. 2,…

The Weekend In Esports: League of Legends And More League of Legends

Can we talk about INTZ e-Sports? South American teams have always gotten the short end when it comes to esports. Uneven infrastructure and a lack of moneyed organizations means teams from the other side of the equator rarely get taken seriously. INTZ has shown itself to be a League of Legends powerhouse in its region,…

The Week In Games: Hit That Man

Can you believe it? Hundreds of ice-cold bodies later, the fifth episode of Hitman is upon us! What better way to greet the cool autumn air and crackling foliage then with the deadly silence of a flawless assassination. Other than that, uh, well, let’s call this a nice pale September reprieve from the glut of…

Smash Bros. Player Shuts Down Heckler, Goes On To Win Tournament 

On an autumn Sunday before a Patriots game, you won’t find Tom Brady coming through the front entrance to get onto the field. You won’t find him in any of Gillette Stadium’s public restrooms taking a leak at half time. In fact, unless you are part of a very small and select cadre of people,…

Remembering The Brutality Of Meridian 59 On Its 20th Anniversary

Before the recent wave of excitement around new virtual reality technology convinced everyone that the future was inside of a headset, people longing to escape the constraints of their everyday lives invested their hopes and dreams in ugly looking worlds housed on distant computer servers. Massively multiplayer online games offered a meaningful substitute to the…