Nathan Grayson

Track: System / Meltdown | Artist: Enter Shikari | Album: A Flash Flood Of Color Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Wake Up, Sheeple: Luigi Is Still Dead

I’m Nathan Grayson, host of Nint-Infowars, coming to you live from THE BOTTOM OF A HOLE from which I’m now forced to broadcast after having been banned from all social media and also the earth’s surface. During today’s Nintendo Direct, Nintendo showed us what APPEARED to be a living, breathing Luigi, even though THE VERY…

After Shooting At Dr Disrespect’s House, Streamers Are Concerned For Their Safety

Yesterday, one of Twitch’s best-known streamers, Dr Disrespect, was forced to abruptly shut down his stream after someone fired a gun at his house, shattering a window. Police have since said the shots likely came from a BB gun, but this and other recent incidents now have Twitch streamers concerned for their privacy and safety.…

Steam Approves ‘100 Percent Uncensored’ Adult Game

Things were looking dicey for a little while, but it seems like Valve is set to start allowing uncensored adult games onto Steam. Well, some of them, anyway—starting with Dharker Studio’s lingerie-centric visual novel, Negligee: Love Stories. Today Dharker announced that the game—previously stuck in limbo while Valve sorted out tools that’d allow users to…

Twitch Streamer Dr. Disrespect Abruptly Ends Stream, Saying His House Was Shot At [UPDATE]

While streaming on Twitch today, Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm suddenly got up and walked off camera for a minute. When he returned, he told viewers he was ending his stream for the day because someone had just shot at his house. The popular streamer, known for playing (and sometimes over-playing) the character of a hyper-competitive,…

Track: Plato’s Tripartite | Artist: Protest The Hero | Album: Volition Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment

In The Cage And Out, Tyron Woodley Refuses To Play The UFC’s Game

It took me a long time to come around to UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. And by that, I mean I was resolutely Not A Fan until about, uh, three weeks ago. Like many UFC fans, I’ve always found Woodley—who defended his belt over the weekend by clobbering English up-and-comer Darren Till and then pretzeling…

Overwatch Team Whose ‘FU’ Jersey Was Banned Is Back With More FUs

Back in May, Philadelphia Fusion’s Overwatch Contenders team, Fusion University, ran into some wardrobe difficulties when their team jersey—emblazoned with a giant, devil-may-care “FU”—got banned from the season one finals. Now, though, they’re back with a new jersey that tells “FU” haters to F off Later today, Fusion University will be playing in the Contenders…

Fortnite Streamer Myth Pushes Back Against Twitch Chat’s ‘Overwhelming’ Negativity

Ali “Myth” Kabbani is the second most-followed streamer on Twitch, but he’s also just a 19 year-old kid—one who, unlike most other 19 year-old kids, has to deal with boatloads of hate every day. Now he’s putting his foot down. Myth first rose to popularity thanks to his superhuman Fortnite building skills. He helped popularize…

Track: Trespasser | Artist: Red Handed Denial | Album: Wanderer EP Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment

Elite Dangerous Players Feel Misled After Developers Interfere With Big Expedition To Unexplored Space

The ambitious plan was guided by the collective curiosity of Elite Dangerous’ exploration-loving player base. A player-owned megaship would use its unique abilities to jump into a previously inaccessible portion of space. Thousands of players who had docked their ships on the megaship would hitch a ride. It was to be one of the biggest…

EA is hosting a tribute stream in support of those affected by the recent Jacksonville shooting. It runs from 5-6:30 PM ET and will feature remembrances of victims Elijah Clayton and Taylor Robertson as well as community fundraising spotlights, interviews, and conversations. You can watch on Twitch, YouTube, or other platforms.

Nope, Those Annoying Steam Age Gates Aren’t Going Away

Steam has some issues. Valve says it’s working on fixing them, and as part of a progress update today, it finally took aim at the biggest one of all: Naz—I mean, constant age gates that never stop popping up no matter how many times you assure Steam you’re not two years old. The good news…

After Four Years, A Just Dance Streamer Hits The Breaking Point

When Littlesiha’s Twitch viewers tune in to her Just Dance streams, they’re usually greeted by an infectious smile and wicked dance moves. But even brightening people’s days takes a toll when you’re doing it day in and day out. One day last month, Littlesiha fired up her stream not to dance, but to have a…

PUBG Is Getting A New Reward System

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has had a reward system for quite a while now, but fans don’t exactly love it. You can purchase randomized cosmetic crates with “Battle Points” that you earn in-game, but the system funnels you into spending real money too quickly for some people’s tastes. Enter the new “Supply” system. As part of the…

Artifact Seems Like A Very Valve Card Game

There are two things in this world that Valve evidently loves more than anything: hands-off approaches and the invisible hand of the market. And wouldn’t you know it: DOTA 2 card game Artifact is gonna have plenty of both. Artifact, a collaboration between Valve and Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield, is coming out in…

Overwatch League Fans Are Mourning The First Off-Season Roster Shakeups

Even in a league full of streamers and burgeoning personalities, teams are only as good as their players. Now that Overwatch League’s first season is over, some players have got to go. OWL is now in off-season, and that means team owners and players are weighing their options and preparing for the upcoming signing window…

Steam Survival Hit SCUM Removes Nazi Tattoo After Outcry

In the short time since its release, survival game SCUM has caught players’ eyes for its ludicrous attention to detail, its slapstick antics, and—in the grand tradition of survival games like Ark: Survival Evolved—diarrhea. It’s already sold over 250,000 copies. Yesterday, though, the game caught players off guard in a far less fun way when…

Blizzard says that Overwatch’s new Busan map was not inspired by a fan map. In an email, a rep told Kotaku that the team had been working on the map long before an impressive fan mock-up appeared online in June, noting that production can take “nearly six months for some maps.” Check out yesterday’s story…

Sword & Sworcery‘s Switch Port Won’t Support Twitter Because It’s A ‘Vat Of Toxic Waste’

Several eras ago—before algorithms came to dictate our every breath and Nazis re-infiltrated popular discourse via extremely uncreative and shitty memes—Twitter was alright. Now it’s a suckhole that eats negativity and barfs conflict. The developers of indie classic Sword & Sworcery don’t want anything to do with it anymore. Earlier this week, developer Capy announced…