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Valve is overhauling Steam broadcasting After accidentally launching Steam TV on Friday, Valve has officially rolled out the platform for DOTA 2 and plans to do so for all games in the near future. Features include Steam chat integration, live event rewind, and annotations for moments like first blood in a DOTA match.

Mario Kart Victory Would Piss Me Off Too

Today on Highlight Reel we have Rocket League victories, Tony Hawk’s Pro God, and much more. Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! Catch up on all…

Valve’s Card Game Artifact Was Booed Last Year, Cheered This Year

At Valve, everything happens in Valve Time—even fans learning to appreciate new games, apparently. During last year’s DOTA 2 International tournament, Valve debuted one of history’s greatest rollercoasters when it teased a project called Artifact. Swelling music and a cool logo had people on the edge of their seats. The title appeared. Artifact. How intriguing!…

The Week In Games: Vampires, Spies, and Wrestlers

It’s another week of interesting new game releases, ports of classics, and sequels. We’ve even got Night Trap! It’s a good week for people who like adventure games of all shapes and sizes. Night Trap, the famous game that helped kick off Senate hearings in the 1990s, is coming to the Nintendo Switch in a…

Track: Once in a Lifetime | Artist: Talking Heads | Album: Remain in Light Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Life On The Wall

Ulysse Verhasselt is a freelance concept artist and illustrator from Finland. You can see more of Ulysse’s work at his ArtStation page Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their professional and personal portfolios. If you’re in the business and have some concept, environment, promotional…

An Italian Cosplay Showcase

Romics is a big cosplay show that takes place twice a year in Italy; there’s a main show in October, and a Spring edition that’s held in April. This is a look back at the Spring show, with a video shot by Muffin Geek

Time For Some RWBY Cosplay

This is 1337Mandoas Blake Belladonna from RWBY All photos by Elite Cosplay

‘Shop Contest: Snake? Snake! Snaaaaake!

There’s nothing like going home again, and seeing our friend Solid Snake in the codec screen with David Hayter’s voice coming out of his mouth has got me feeling all nostalgic. And that means Metal Gear ‘shops. I’m missing Solid Snake these days. It seems like just yesterday that I was infiltrating Shadow Moses and…

Prey‘s Director On The Polarizing Final Act: ‘There Was Definitely Too Much’

The problem with developing a video game is: Sometimes you need to stop. Even when you’re not totally happy with your final act. This week on Kotaku Splitscreen, we discuss all that and more. First, Kirk and I talk about the appeal of Dead Cells, the problems with video game grind, and Diablo III coming…

Sunday Comics: Plenty Of Room

Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published August 13. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published August 16. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by M.S.…

Track: Ghosts | Artist: Japan| Album: Tin Drum Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

GTA V World Record Speedrun Is A Grueling, Fascinating Ten Hours

Speedruns are all about completing a game quickly, and the world record for 100%ing Grand Theft Auto V is a breezy ten hours of skydiving, helicopter flying, bike racing, and story missions. It’s a wonder to behold. Clocking in at 10:15:44, ToriksLV’s world record 100% speedrun is about completing all of the tasks of GTA…

‘Shop Contest: Cowboys Go Everywhere, Winners!

Do you wonder where the cowboys go when they wander off the map? Well our devoted community ‘Shop Experts are here to show you. Last week I asked everyone to help me out with some speculation. If the map for Red Dead Redemption 2 is so big, then there must be some weird places to…

This Week In The Business: The Waiting Is The Hardest Part

QUOTE | “Assume months at this point.” – Valve representative SeanJ, in response to a developer’s question of when the Steam storefront’s new features for filtering adult content would be released. The representative said games with adult content are not being allowed to debut on Steam until those tools are ready. QUOTE | “Due to…

Helping Hand Is A Clever Idea That Falls Flat

Helping Hand begins with your character getting into a car accident and smashing almost every bone in their body. In the game, you can only communicate with your left hand. It’s more interesting than actually being in a full-body cast, but not by much. The main conceit of Helping Hand is pretty brilliant: you’re in…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for finally making that pasta dish you spent all week planning to make but then kept ordering delicious takeout instead. Also, video games. I don’t have a lot of free time this weekend, but my friends have been bugging me to play some Overwatch with them. I have, in return, been bugging…

Track: Everlong (Live) | Artist: Foo Fighters | Album: The Color and the Shape Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Track: Fall In A River (Live) | Artist: Badly Drawn Boy | Album: The Hour of Bewilderbeast Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Hit A Rock, Get To The Top Of Hyrule Castle, Easy

18 months on and people are still finding crazy stuff to do in Breath of the Wild: here’s Zantssmacking a rock a few times and ending up on top of Hyrule Castle To save you asking “how the hell did he do that”, here’s an explanation on how the hell he did that: