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‘Shop Contest: Mortal Kombat Guest Characters

Mortal Kombat 11 was released earlier this week and it doesn’t have any guest characters in it, at least not yet. It will almost certainly get DLC guest characters in the future. So, let’s share some ideas and concepts for future guest fighters. Your challenge this week: Add any video game character you want into…

Sunday Comics: Deep Jungle

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 April 22. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published April 25. Read more of Corpse Run  Clueless Hero by Luis…

‘Shop Contest: Easter Sunday 2019, Winners!

Last week I asked you, my awesome readers, to help video game characters get a bit more into Easter spirit. You all did a wonderful job adding ears, eggs and pastel colors into various gaming worlds. Our winning image this week comes from sciteach who tried to add a bit of Easter fun into the…

Cascoon Never Forgets Who Hurt It And Will Get Its Revenge

Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Cascoon! Cascoon Details Type: Bug Average Height: 2‘04“ Average Weight: 25.4 lbs. First Added In Generation III Cascoon is…

This Monkey Really Loves Instagram

Hello! Today we ignore the freakers, watch a monkey surf the web, discuss how Yoda talks, ask “What is Rage 2?” and hope for more platformers starring pigs. It’s Morning Checkpoint! Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Like most weeks, Kotaku was filled with some great stories. Here are a few of my favorites!…

Avengers: Endgame Is Excellent

Avengers: Endgame, the big send-off to the current crop of money-printers known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hits theaters this week. Two of Kotaku’s hero-worshippers, Joshua Rivera and Seung Park, have thoughts about this conclusion (or is it?) to the franchise. We do spoil the movie, so if you’re planning to watch it, steer clear…

I Went Down A Sekiro Rabbit Hole. Here Are Some Cool Videos I Found

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is a fun game with excellent combat and an infamous difficulty curve, so it stands to reason that there’s lots of content about it online. There are a whole bunch of guides and showcase videos that do great work to explain which tools and techs are useful. There are playthroughs and…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for going to buy some of those mesh bags you put produce in so you can feel like you’re doing something for the environment. It’s also for playing video games. Subnautica: Below Zero got some new items and areas I’m excited to check out. For a survival game about the cold, I…

New Visitors Are Shaking Up My Once-Exclusive Final Fantasy XIV Server

As of Tuesday, Final Fantasy XIV’s World Visit service is live, allowing players to zip between servers and check in on other worlds. The result has been a wonderful sort of chaos. New friendships, massive economy shakeups, and a few troublemakers trying to stir up the pot. Once closed-off servers have now been opened, and…

Archivist Elysiana Is A Fun Hearthstone Card When Your Opponent Isn’t Using It

Up until the launch of this month’s “Rise of Shadows” expansion, Hearthstone was ruled by a few select cards that provide what fans call “infinite” value: Once you played them, you could benefit from their effects for the rest of the game. Deathstalker Rexxar, for example, provided infinite value by letting you add a powerful…

Red Dead Redemption 2, Six Months Later

Red Dead Redemption 2 launched six months ago today. In those past six months, developer Rockstar faced criticisms over crunch, the main game released to great reviews, Red Dead Online launched and grew, and a country-trap hybrid hit song used the game in a music video. Here’s what’s happened in the last six months. In…

‘My Childhood Dream Had Come True’: A Belated Interview With Skies Of Arcadia‘s Producer

Skies of Arcadia released in 2000 for the Sega Dreamcast and while it wasn’t a huge hit, its cheerful tale of air pirates inspired countless players, including me. Nineteen years later, I finally got a chance to ask the game’s producer about what went into making this role-playing gem. My personal history with Skies of…

Game Of Thrones Recap Podcast: And We’re Back

Game of Thrones has returned, and with it, so has Kotaku Splitscreen’s weekly recap of all things Westeros. This week we’re hitting episodes one and two of season eight, Winterfell and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms We spoil the episode in its entirety, and also talk about differences between the show and the books.…

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Black Widow Model Is Pretty Damn Lifelike

With Endgame now out, I thought tonight might be a good time to take a look at this incredible 3D model of Scarlett Johansson/Black Widow made by Abdelrahman Kubisi andJeremy Celeste This wasn’t made for the movie—or any Marvel movie—it was just a personal project between the pair. Get a load of the detail: And…

Some Of The Best Star Wars Cosplay For 2019

Earlier this month, Chicago played host to Star Wars Celebration 2019, the biggest convention/party for Star Wars fans on the planet. And where there are loads of Star Wars fans, there’s some A+ cosplay. Mineralbluwas there taking photos for us, and you can see some of the best of it below. If you need an…

How Panzer Dragoon Defined The Sega Saturn Era

From its early days of promise to its heartbreaking failure, the Sega Saturn was a fascinating game machine. If there’s one game series that is emblematic of Sega’s ambitious, quixotic 32-bit console, it’s Panzer Dragoon. It began as a graphical showcase of the console’s abilities, and finished its Saturn life as a role-playing game that…

Modders Have Finally Cracked Katamari Damacy Wide Open

You can now fly around the levels of the beloved PlayStation 2 classic Katamari Damacy to your heart’s content in your web browser, exploring the game’s worlds without having to impress your overbearing space dad, thanks to the website Noclip—and a $500 bounty offered by its creator to expert engineers willing to help crack open…

Days Gone Is Certainly A Video Game

What’s the deal with Days Gone, a video game about killing zombies and being sad on a motorcycle? On today’s Kotaku Splitscreen, we discuss. I’m back from vacation, joining Kirk and Maddy once again to talk about all sorts of video games including Mortal Kombat 11, Baba Is You, Hitman 2, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, and…

My First Captures On The Switch, PS4 And Xbox One

I’ve spent a lot of time this console generation honing my screenshot-taking reflexes, and now my Switch, PS4 and Xbox One are full of pictures and videos I’ve captured. But what did I capture first? On my Switch, it was Link in his 100-year underwear, just waking up at the start of The Legend of…