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I’ve been playing the same fight in Thronebreaker, Gwent’s standalone story, for a few hours now. I still haven’t beaten it. In most games, that would make me frustrated with myself or furious at the designers. But thanks to Thronebreaker’s unique mechanics, I’m itching to keep trying. Thronebreaker is the single-player standalone accompaniment to CD…
Track: Yah Yah Yah | Artist: Chage and Aska | Album: Red Hill Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
I’m just gonna cut to the chase: The Hex is this year’s Frog Fractions, Undertale, or—perhaps most aptly, given that it’s from the same creator—Pony Island. It’s a game that makes confetti of genre conventions and reassembles the scraps into a surprising story about how we interact with games. To delve too far into the…
Rafael Amarante is a freelance concept artist and designer from Brazil who has worked on games like Halo 2: Anniversary You can see more of Rafael’s stuff at his personal site
Breath of the Wild players have always taken advantage of the game’s wonky physics, either in speedruns or for fun. It’s one thing to ride on stasis-launched trees, but it’s way more fun to shoot across Hyrule Field with a good head stomp. A new glitch allows just that, letting players gain tremendous speeds and…
Track: She’s Electric | Artist: Oasis | Album: What’s the Story Morning Glory Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
If Netflix ever wanted to branch out from live-action anime adaptations into live-action Powerpuff Girls adaptations, they could do worse than look to cosplayer jedibugs for inspiration. This realistic take on Mojo Jojo is as impressive as hell, looking at once like a terrifying real-life version of the villain, but also like the most fabulous…
Track: Utsurunai | Artist: Never Young Beach | Album: Utsurunai (Single) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
We’ve got a week of melee battles, Lego villains, and resonant fates ahead of us. This week offers a small amount of respite in the face of the relentless pace of autumnal releases. We’ve got a new Lego game in Lego DC Villains, which promises to have a similar amount of charm as the other…
Track: Kowashite (Live) | Artist: Drop’s | Album: (Studio Session) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
Tahir Tanis is an artist at DICE, where he’s worked on series like Battlefront and Battlefield. Indeed we’ve featured some of his work in roundups of those games, but tonight is just a personal showcase. You can see more of Tahir’s stuff at his ArtStation page
Around 200,000 people went through the doors of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center earlier this month, making the New York Comic-Con one of the biggest nerd shows on the planet. A big part of the con was of course cosplay, and below you’ll find photos and video (taken by Mineralblu) showcasing some of the…
Track: The Killing Moon | Artist: Echo and the Bunnymen | Album: Ocean Rain Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
Speedrunner “PootLoops” has defeated the bread simulator I Am Bread in a blistering six minutes and twelve seconds while pontificating about ABBA songs. As someone who doesn’t pay a lot of attention to I Am Bread speedruns, I was legitimately flabbergasted by this run. Apparently you can just flip a piece of bread through the…
We’re now living in the world of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, and I just think that the magical battle royale experience could be a bit more expansive. That’s where you come in. This week’s ‘Shop Contest is all about taking a game that is fundamentally concerned with zombies, hardcore PVP, and battle royale…
If you’re looking for a lengthy, complicated, nuanced conversation about microtransactions in video games—and why they trigger so much rage—then you sure have come to the right place. That’s what this week’s Kotaku Splitscreen is all about. First, Kirk and I briefly talk about our love for Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, a big, beautiful game…
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 October 8. Today’s entry is part of the 24 Hour Comics event. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published October 10.…
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey has been out for more than a week now, and people are discovering the wonders of Ancient Greece. Last week, I tasked our loyal ‘Shop Crew with the job of showing us some of the strangest stuff from the Classical Period. I was not disappointed. I’ve been having my own fun as…
STAT | 2 – The ranking of Red Dead Redemption 2 on Nielsen’s list of the Most Anticipated Holiday Games of 2018. The only title to beat it out was Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 QUOTE | “The future of gaming is a world where you are empowered to play the games you want,…
The weekend is for being pretty pumped about how it’s suddenly become fall in New York, and also regretting that I neglected to get my coat cleaned before it turned coat weather. The weekend is also for video games. I’ve been poking around The Light Keeps Us Safe this week, the new game from the…
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