Oct 21
2
When I first wrote about Spellbreak, the battle royale whose battles royale evoke Avatar…
Nathan Grayson
nathangrayson
Kotaku senior reporter. Beats: Twitch, streaming, PC gaming. Writing a book about streamers tentatively titled "STREAMERS" to be published by Atria/Simon & Schuster in the future.
Oct 20
7
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Streams On Twitch With Hasan Piker And Pokimane, Draws Over 430,000 Viewers
It began on Monday with a simple question: “Anyone want to play Among Us with me on Twitch to get out the vote?”…
Oct 20
4
It’s finally happening: Twitch is taking action against copyrighted music—long a norm among streamers—in response to…
Oct 20
1
When I first met Genshin Impact’s mascot character, Paimon, I had serious second thoughts about playing any more of…
Oct 16
1
Only two episodes in, the new Kotaku Splitscreen has already gone to hell. It was bound to happen, but I never…
Oct 15
1
According to Baldur’s Gate 3's Steam page, the long-awaited RPG’s early access version consists of “approximately 25…
Oct 14
1
It’s not uncommon for horror games to take off on Twitch. Usually they’re flashes in the pan: The janky P.T.-alike…
Oct 8
1
Baldur’s Gate 3 is out in early access this week. While noted Divinity: Original Sin II enthusiast Nathan Grayson…
Oct 6
2
My time with Baldur’s Gate 3 can best be summed up by what it made me do: After spending all of Saturday playing it,…
Oct 2
2
The past few years have made us all pretty numb to the depths of human depravity, but large swathes of people still…
Oct 2
3
When you’re playing a game whose layout is randomized, you might not immediately think all that much about level…
Oct 1
2
Mods come in all shapes and sizes. Some turn you into Shrek. Others turn your enemies into Shrek. A few add Donkey,…
Oct 1
2
Fact: No chat user in the history of Twitch has ever believed they were justly banned. But generally speaking, a…
Sep 30
5
Hades is my game of the year. It’s also the game of the year. I don’t mean to say that Hades is objectively the…
Sep 30
3
Twitch is introducing a new feature that gives streamers access to rights-cleared music. “Soundtrack by Twitch” will circumvent the DMCA takedown issues that have plagued streamers for years (and especially recently) by giving them access to Twitch-curated songs that the company actually has the rights to include in…
Sep 28
1
If you’ve ever harbored a quiet fear that all your friends are deceiving you, well, bad news: They are. Among Us,…
Sep 25
4
Earlier this month, Twitch temporarily suspended a channel called Patriots’ Soapbox. The channel is not enormous,…
Sep 22
1
In most games, roadside villages are respites—hard-earned rests for weary travelers. In Pendragon, a…
Sep 18
1
Among games in which you can pet the dog, Hades faces a unique challenge: The dog—Cerberus, the eternally fearsome ho…
Sep 17
2
Remember how Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre developer Supergiant promised that its Greek mythology-themed roguelike…