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The Internet Reacts To Piranha Plant In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

So, Piranha Plant is coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Ready yourself for a barrage of jokes. I’ve already been told I’m on the wrong side of history for not really getting Piranha Plant as a character in Smash, and you know what? It’s fine. Go enjoy your plant, weirdos. I cried literal, real tears…

PSVR Platformer Astro Bot Is More Fun If You Don’t Try To 100% It

Ever since I played the first demo of Lucky’s Tale, I’ve been convinced that third-person platform games are a surprisingly perfect fit for virtual reality. It’s fun to play a platformer when you’re enveloped in the world itself. It’s more thrilling to make your character jump off a high cliff when you yourself can feel…

Track: Werewolf Bar Mitzvah | Artist: Apparently Donald Glover Doing An Impression Of Tracy Morgan | Album: An Evening With Tracy Jordan (Fictional) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

We Meet Again

Tam Nguyen is a freelance concept artist from Vietnam. You can see more of Tam’s work at his ArtStation page

The Internet Reacts To The First Look At Henry Cavill As Geralt Of Rivia

In my opinion, Henry Cavill is out here looking like a straight up snack in the first peek as him as The Witcher’s Geralt of Rivia. Other people on the internet do not agree. Fans have been eager for a look at anything from Netflix’s upcoming The Witcher series since it was announced, especially given…

I Refuse To Stop Playing Assassin’s Creed Origins

I have Assassin’s Creed Odyssey installed and updated on my PS4, but every time I boot up my console, I select the game right next to it: Assassins Creed Origins. I want to beat the older game and move on to the newest one, but I can’t, because I keep accepting new side quests. For…

Track: While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Acoustic Version / Take 2 / Audio) | Artist: The Beatles | Album: White Album’ Anniversary Edition Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

This is Yukeshiro with some League of Legends/K-Pop cosplay. All photos by Sarenka z Aparatem

What We Absolutely Loved About Castlevania Season Two

The first season of Netflix’s Castlevania animated series was pretty good, if a bit rushed due to a four-episode length. The second season expands with more episodes, more characters, and some amazing fight scenes. Staff writer Heather Alexandra and senior reporter Mike Fahey sat down to talk about how much they loved the new season.…

You’re Just Not Scary Anymore, Cthulhu 

I wanted to be frightened of Cyanide Studio’s new Lovecraftian horror game, but the scariest thing about Call of Cthulhu is the sloppy stealth action segments that try to add tension to an otherwise casual adventure game. Back in 1981, when Chaosium first published the tabletop role-playing game on which Call of Cthulhu is based,…

Track: Yokogao Shika Shiranai | Track: Humbert Humbert | Album: Folk Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Overwatch Cosplay From Another Universe

This is Keltonfx, a cosplayer and makeup artist, with one of the most incredible pieces of Overwatch cosplay I’ve ever seen. This male Symmetra costume takes three of the character’s skins (Oasis, Dragon and Devi) and combines them with other elements of Hindu mythology and classical Indian dance to form this fantastically elaborate piece of…

Our Favorite Cosplay From Anime Fest @ NYCC x Anime Expo 2018

The inaugural Anime Fest@NYCC x Anime Expo was a fairly controversial show as far as these things go! Seen as an intruder on the existing Anime NYC, and with ticketing and scheduling issues with the main NYCC show, it didn’t exactly set the world on fire. But some cosplayers still braved the mess to turn…

Until Dawn Is Much Different When You Play With Friends

Neither of my roommates play games, but they’re both fans of Halloween. To help get us in the spirit I introduced them to Until Dawn, a horror game with lots of branching narrative paths depending on what you choose. One of my roommates isn’t that into spooky stuff but is definitely down to watch scary…

The Week In Games: Cosmic Kingdom Wizard Kid

This week brings Lovecraftian nightmares, demonic entities on the Switch, and some hearty kingdoms. In the immediate wake of Red Dead Redemption 2, we’ve got a real mix of different games to check out. It’s a week of compilations, as the omnibus Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far is releasing alongside the LEGO Harry Potter…

Track: The Emergency (Radio Edit) | Artist: BT | Album: These Hopeful Machines Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Mint In Box

Artur Mukhametov is a Russian concept artist who has been working in the games business since 2013. You can see more of Artur’s work at his ArtStation page

Track: Ringleader | Artist: Public Memory | Album: Wuthering Drum  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

‘Shop Contest: Fallout 76 Exploration Committee 

Fallout 76 is Bethesda’s upcoming multiplayer wasteland domination experience, and there’s going to be a number of great things to discover in it. Your task is to depict those things. We all have memories of great experiences in games. I have nearly perfect sense memory of where I was when I crested the first hill…

We All Sometimes Struggle With Work-Life Balance

Today on Kotaku Splitscreen we’re talking about crunch, a complicated issue that affects us all in a lot of ways. Work-life balance can be a tricky thing for many people working in all sorts of fields, including video games. Kirk has spent the past week doing nothing but playing Red Dead Redemption 2 for his…