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Speedrunner Gets Sabatoged By His Own Twitch Chat During Super Mario 64 World Record Attempt

This weekend a speedrunner who goes by Cheese broke the existing record for beating Mario 64 with all 120 stars with a time1:40:05. But his goal was to come in under 1:39, something he might have achieved if not for one of his spectators spamming a text-to-speech bot. Despite forgoing the LBLJ exploit, a backyards…

Track: Terminally Chill | Artist: Neon Indian | Album: Psychic Chasms  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Blind Player Racks Up A Win At His First Street Fighter V Tournament

Competing in a Street Fighter tournament is hard, especially if you’re blind. But that didn’t stop a Dutch player by the name of “Sven” from managing to take a few sets off his opponents in the early rounds of Spain’s Sonic Boom tournament for Street Fighter V. Playing as Ken, Sven faced Musashi’s Akuma in…

Sunday Comics: Deathly God Parents

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 March 28. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published March 27. Read more…

The Earthbound Vibes Get Even Stronger In Knuckle Sandwich‘s Latest Trailer

Knuckle Sandwich is an RPG about day jobs and cults caught somewhere between Earthbound and Undertale. Need I say more? It’s never clear whether fever dreams like these will pan out. I also had high hopes for Citizens of Earth, another Earthbound-inspired RPG from not too long ago that ended up feeling more than a…

Dark Souls Trolling Hits New Peak With Giant Door Deaths

This is what it looks like when a Dark Souls 3 gangsquad double-doors you to death. The troop was led by Iron Pineapple, well known for his antics trolling players in Dark Souls games. Their weapon of choice? The Great Door Shield, a bizarre new artifact available in the game’s latest DLC, The Ringed City…

The first episode of Attack on Titan’s second season is finally available to stream. While season one was made available back in 2013, the second has been plagued with delays. But no more! You can now find the latest episode on Crunchyroll, Funimation, or Anime Lab (for Australia and New Zealand).

The Best (And Worst) April Fools’ Day Jokes For 2017

Today is April 1. Every year we forget it exists, until March comes to an end and every brand on the planet prepares to remind you for twenty four hours straight just how difficult it is to be truly funny. Here’s a roundup of the mostly best (and worst) April Fool’s gags for 2017. (If…

The Weekend In Esports: Gears Of War Goes To The Beach

Dota 2 returns this weekend with the Asia Championships, while big things are also happening across League of Legends and elsewhere. A little game called Gears of War 4 is also returns with a major tournament down at the Jersey shore. If you woke up early enough this morning you might have even caught Evil…

Mass Effect: Andromeda’s First Big Sidequest Is A Let-Down

One of Mass Effect: Andromeda’s earliest sidequests is called “First Murderer,” and it is a total flop. Not long after boarding the Nexus, which is your base of operations, a Turian standing near a plaza will get your attention. She tells you that her husband has been accused of a terrible crime he didn’t commit.…

Loot Rascals Helps Take The Edge Off Of Punishing Roguelikes

I die. A lot. In all types of games, but especially in Loot Rascals. Thanks to its precious art style and bubbling colors though, I can never stay away for long. In the game you play as an astronaut looking for a lost piece of robotic terraforming equipment. What was supposed to be a routine mission…

The Week In Games: Remixed For Your Enjoyment

Some places are worth returning to as often as possible on each new console. It seemed ridiculous at the time that Square Enix would team up with Disney to produce an action-RPG. The creators of a psycho-environmental thriller combining buster swords and blizzara with Daffy and Donald? Somehow, over a decade later, that pairing feels…

Some Of The Witcher 3‘s Character Animations Are Still Blowing People Away

CD Projekt Red’s RPG masterpiece came out nearly two years ago, but damn does it still hold up. And recently, a handful of people’s favorite character animations from the game have been making the rounds Unsurprisingly, the renewed interest in the game’s storytelling and animation nuances comes in light of Mass Effect: Andromeda’s lackluster achievement…

Track: Like the Moon | Artist: Future Islands | Album: Singles Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Radiant Historia Remake Gets Its First Trailer 

Here’s our first look at Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology in action, complete with refreshed character art, anime cinematic, and a slew of ultra-vibrant looking little sprites. Revealed late last week in the pages of Famitsu, some further details on the 3DS remake poured out of this morning’s Atlus live stream in Japan. In addition to…

Sunday Comics: A Tight Squeeze

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 March 22. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published March 20. Read more…

Blizzard Announces StarCraft: Remastered, Due Out This Summer

Everyone’s favorite real-time strategy game is getting a face-lift. As Blizzard president Mike Morhaime announced at this weekend’s I

Newcomer Shocked After Taking Down Smash Bros. Legend

This what it feels like when somehow you beat the best Smash 4 player in the world with a miraculous, last minute combo. The kid who can’t believe his eyes as he slides off his headset is Luhtie, a relatively unknown player who mains Zero Suit Samus and has never won a major Smash tournament.…

Fans Are Ripping The Halo World Championship For Its Shabby Venue

Competitive Halo’s biggest event of the year is going on right now but some fans are arguing about the venue and how many people are in attendance. The tournament has a prize pool of $1,000,000, but pictures on the ground tell the story of a more deflated event. Nothing screams esports quite like some deflated…

Splatoon 2 Lobby ‘Easter Egg’ Lets You DJ While You Wait

If you’re playing one of the “global testfire” demos for Splatoon 2 this weekend, don’t forget to take a few moments and jam and create some tunes while on the match-making screen. As many people have discovered on Youtube, the game has an easter egg that lets players mess with the pitch of the lobby…