Ethan Gach

The Week In Games: Going In Blindfolded 

Sunglasses are out, protective leather coverings are in. Only after the launch of a new console and two gigantic open-world games could a week that includes both Nier: Automata and the latest Ghost Recon feel like a break. Tuesday, March 7 Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey — PS4, Vita, PC Lego Worlds…

Speedrunners Compete To See Who Can Beat Samurai Pizza Cats And Other NES Games The Fastest

Speedrunner Coolkid, aka DaBiGBoOi, won this weekend’s sixth ever Best of NES Big 20 Race, a competition in which players see who can finish a bunch of old NES games the fastest. His time? 2:44:11. It was over ten minutes ahead of the second place finisher, Jaguar King, and better than anything the players had…

Fans Are Still Trying To Recreate An Expansion For Ocarina Of Time That Probably Never Existed

Ura Zelda was originally supposed to be an expansion for the The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time that would add new new dungeons to the base game. It was never completed though, so naturally there’s an entire community of fans based around trying to revive it. Intended as disk for the 64DD peripheral that…

Halo 5 Skee Ball Games Keep Getting Better

People have made all kinds of things inside Halo 5 using the game’s Forge mode, but Skee Ball seems to have a special place in the hearts and minds of the game’s players. The latest mod to recreate the analog arcade game comes from user Spartan 106473. Called Arcade Tokens, the mini-game allows up to…

Sunday Comics: Camping Out

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 3. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published February 27. Read more…

She Remembered Caterpillars Is Perfectly Precious

In a world filled with information overload and digital noise from every direction, She Remembered Caterpillars is a tranquil puzzle game that will test your brainpower while still soothing the soul. In the game, released earlier this year on PC, you control different little fungal dudes, trying to get them onto white landing pads where…

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Nintendo Confirms Switch Save Data Can’t Be Transferred

Sometimes shit happens, like accidentally deleting a save file you’ve invested lots of blood, sweat, and tears into. Unfortunately, there’s no way to backup the save files for Nintendo Switch games. It seems hard to believe but Nintendo has confirmed that’s the case. An FAQ on the company’s site explains Nintendo says on its own…

The Weekend In Esports: Counter-Strike Pros Light Up Poland

The final weekend of the Intel Extreme Masters in Katowice, Poland is upon us. Don’t miss as Astralis look to continue as the best team in Counter-Strike and the best teams clash from across the world in Heroes of the Storm and StarCraft II Below you’ll find where and when you can catch all the…

Zelda: Breath Of The Wild‘s Switch And Wii U Versions, Compared

By now everyone knows that Zelda: Breath of the Wild on the Nintendo Switch is a unique achievement, but how does the Wii U version of the game measure up? The latest video from Digital Foundry explains. While Zelda: Breath of the Wild on both the Wii U and the Nintendo Switch appear to be…

Japan’s Comeback In Smash Bros. Crew Battle Leads To Trash Talk

America’s team in the Smash Bros. Wii U Crew Battle at Frostbite 2017 had a big lead going into the second half and things looked to be coming up roses until Japan replied with a slew of brutal matches that left many of the game’s top pros bruised and bloodied. It all began with Kirihara…

The Week In Games: Breath Of The Horizon

Who will wear the fighting lizard-like, arthropodic creatures better: Link or Aloy? It’s hard to remember what life was like back before we had big, beautiful fields in which to fight giant monsters and loot their corpses for crafting materials. There was a time when it was enough simply to move a few blocks into…

The Switch’s Neon Joy-Con Point Toward Nintendo’s Colorful Past

With just under a week left until the release of the Nintendo Switch, it’s time to talk about the system’s beautiful, neon-colored Joy-Con. The name might be silly and the way they have a knack for losing sync with the system is no small thing, but the mini-controllers mounted to the side of the Switch…

PlayStation VR Is Doing Better Than Expected, Sony Says

PlayStation chief Andrew House told The New York Times late last week that PlayStation VR has sold 915,000 units as of February 19. That puts the device on a path to exceed the company’s goal of one million sold in the first six months. It’s not difficult to meet expectations when they’re set low, and…

After Three Years Speedrunner Finally Beats All 714 NES Games

Piotr Delgado “The Mexican Runner” Kusielczuk has been trying to beat every NES game ever since 2014, and earlier today he finally succeeded His journey ended after completing the final world of Super Mario Bros. 3, three years since he originally took up the challenge after a friend jokingly suggested he try it. To celebrate…

A King’s Tale: Final Fantasy XV will be free to download on PS4 and Xbox One March 1 according to a report by DualShockers. The side-scrolling beat-em-up was originally a pre-order bonus for buying Final Fantasy XV from Gamestop. The art looks better than the gameplay, but at least it’ll be available to everyone now.

Sunday Comics: A Wild Yungoos Appeared!

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

This is what it looks like when the Ghost Recon Wildlands open beta launches you across a ravine into a pond. It sounds like the game still has some kinks to work out, but ridiculous rag doll physics are half the fun of any open world game. The beta is available for the rest of…

Dota 2 Pro’s Best Just Isn’t Good Enough

Team Secret’s Clement “Puppey” Ivanov made a great play call only to have the enemy team do him one better. Sometimes, despite a team’s best efforts to win, the esports gods have other ideas. It was that kind of day for Team Secret during the StarLadder Season 3 group stage when, even after outplaying opponents…

Talking To The Composer Behind Night In The Woods

In development for over three and a half years, Night in the Woods came out last week and has been making waves with its unique art style and intimate take on daily life in a small, stagnant town. The game’s soundtrack, which Riley MacLeod called “intensely beautiful” in Kotaku’s review, is a big part of…