Mario Kart 8’s second batch of DLC finally came out today. Just like the first round that added Zelda and F-Zero stuff into the mix, this one looks pretty rad. Perhaps more importantly, it also looks ridiculously, disgustingly cute. What’s in the new DLC, exactly? 8 new tracks (divided into two cups), three new characters,…
Yes, there is a high school history teacher who moonlights as a popular League of Legends player. He’s known by his very apt in-game handle “HISTORY TEACHER.” Now, like so many of people his students’ age, the guy has bigger dreams of going pro in his favorite video game. History Teacher posted a YouTube video…
“Is this guy gonna rage at me the whole game?” the unfortunate soul asks. Yes. Yes he is. League of Legends player and YouTuber Taha Iftikhar uploaded a short clip from one of his recent games that shot to the top of the hugely popular game’s influential subreddit, likely due to the nerve it struck…
Track: With That | Artist: Young Thug, Duke | Album: Barter 6 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
Sometimes you feel like you’re so friggin’ close to securing a kill in a game like Heroes of the Storm that you start to act a little…reckless. Other times, you’re not actually that close to the kill at all; you just think you are. These are also known as the most embarrassing MOBA moments imaginable.…
It took me a minute to realize what the Twitch streamer and frighteningly good Mario Kart 8 player xLunairex was doing with his banana peel. But once I did, I was very impressed. See for yourself: via Reddit You might have to watch it more than once if you’ve let your Mario Kart 8 skills…
Fans of the original Alan Wake have long wondered why their hunger for creeptacular suspense-filled third-person action game goodness hasn’t been fed with a sequel. This week, they got more of a proper answer. And a new hope. Polygon published a meaty article yesterday about the undoing and potential redoing of Alan Wake 2, as…
I imagine that parents get struck with a revelation in the process of rearing a child that helps them appreciate the enormity of the task before them. I say “imagine” because I’ve never had a child. At least, a real one. But I was struck by that revelation recently thanks to a small, weird Nintendo…
Heroes of the Storm is officially launching on June 2nd, following an open beta period beginning May 19th, Blizzard just announced. If you haven’t been able to check the newfangled MOBA out yet, you really should! It’s a lot of fun. Also I’m betting that there will be lots of boosts and other goodies during…
Hate, yes. But in a loving way. Teemo is the latest League of Legends champion to receive a snazzy “legendary skin.” These are among the most expensive features that ever show up in the super popular game—they cost 1820 Riot Points, which is more than ten bucks in real-world money. Riot puts a lot of…
League of Legends changes in big ways with alarming frequency. The game’s tens of millions of players have learned to never be shy about letting Riot know they don’t like something, therefore—usually by writing a strongly-worded forum post. This week, angry fans are doing something much more elaborate. And awesome. The whole dramatic episode was…
Killing Baron Nashor in League of Legends grants a number of highly valuable rewards that’ll help carry a team to victory. But doing so is risky. Players often have to group together to attack the big scary monster, meaning a clever opponent can easily ambush them. Or worse: steal the kill. An agile Fizz player…
League of Legends has been such a popular online game for so long that its developer has had to treat updating it the way New York City handles its subway system: bits and pieces might be altered in tiny increments, but the overarching system never truly stops moving. So much for console generations. Ever since…
Kirby inhales so many things with reckless abandon that it was only a matter of time before one such thing came back to haunt him. And so Smash players discovered an exploit this week that turns him into an raging fireball. Fire Kirby doesn’t change much, gameplay-wise. But it’d make a hell of an anti-smoking…
In its ongoing attempts to repair the current contentious state of the jungle in League of Legends, Riot has taken a stab at an oft-criticized champion associated with the role: Nidalee. Nidalee is one of those League characters who’s hard to look away from at the moment simply because she’s become so notorious. She’s frequently…
Yes, people have been making jokes about combining League of Legends with Pokémon for eons. And yes, a League of Pokémon crossover is even less likely to happen than a League-ified Smash Bros. mod. But when the joke’s as well done as YouTuber Tay’s, you can’t blame people for still dreaming: Bonus points to Tay’s…
Diamond isn’t the highest level one can achieve when playing League of Legends’ fiercely competitive ranked mode. But it’s one of the highest. Anyone who climbs that high has to put in some serious work into League. More than 3 years and 3 million mouse-clicks’ worth, according to one player’s recent measurement. Reddit user and…
The seventh Fast & the Furious movie is upon us. This is an exciting time. Lest we forget how this cinematic opus got started, let’s take a quick look at some of its defining moments. Brian And Mia’s First Date Remember how things got started, back in the very beginning? Paul Walker plays an undercover…
Whether or not having a surrender option in a MOBA is a good thing is an open debate, largely because the two biggest games in the genre disagree. League of Legends lets you surrender after 20 minutes. Dota 2 has no such option. Heroes of the Storm has sided with team Dota, and that’s not…
A single balance update or new feature isn’t usually enough to rev up the whole League of Legends community. This week, though, the entirety of the vocal League-playing internet collectively lost its shit. Why? Because the game made a joke too funny for its own good. “Ultra Rapid Fire” mode, better known as “URF,” was…
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