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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Autumn Game Harvest

It’s that time of year again. With the first day of autumn having come and gone earlier this week, it’s time to get into the spirit of the season with some epic mashups. Whether it’s apples, pumpkins, or blockbuster video games, it’s time to move from cultivating and growing to harvesting. To celebrate the changing…

Why People Love Metroid So Much

Samus Aran made her grand return to video games last week following a seven-year absence, and if you’re wondering why that’s such a big deal, Kotaku Splitscreen is here to help. First we jump right into the news of the week (2:39) which includes Steam review bombing, Fortnite accidentally getting cross-play, and the Nintendo Direct.…

Track: Dear God | Artist: Monsters of Folk | Album: Monsters of Folk Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Sunday Comics: The New Batch 

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published September 22. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published September 18. Read more…

One final curry before I blast out of Japan, this one from Curry wa Nomimono (“Curry Is A Drink”). They’ll add three free toppings to your plate. I got potato salad, fried onions, and, because this is Japan, corn with mayonnaise. The result is like the garbage plate of curry, but incredibly good.

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Bad Dudes Revival, Winners!

It was the baddest of times, it was the dudest of times. This past week’s ‘Shop Contest was a tribute to gaming meme that had long been an excuse for some of the not altogether inspired entries from the contests of yesteryear. In keeping with tradition than, this week’s haul was a perfect tribute to…

Track: Yeoman | Artist: Baths | Album: Romaplasm  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

This Week In The Business:  Good News For People Who Like Bad News

QUOTE | “Never fear! Battleborn is here to stay.” – Battleborn creative director Randy Varnell, immediately after announcing that the Fall Update is the final planned content for the game, and immediately before announcing he’s going to work on some other project now. QUOTE | “I would have liked to see them leave it on.”…

Track: Chariots Of Fire | Artist: Vangelis | Album: Chariots Of Fire Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Divinity: Original Sin 2‘s devs have decided to remove the infinite damage combo I wrote about yesterday. Initially, writes PC Gamer, Larian planned to leave the combo in because it applauds “creative approaches to the game,” but have since determined that it’s an “unintended bug.” The studio plans to patch it “ASAP.”

Survival Game About Genetics Is Cute But Cruel

In most games, the permanent death of a player character is a big deal, a matter of pomp, circumstance, and occasionally people arguing on forums for decades about how to get her back. In Niche, I watched the progenitor of my entire species drop dead after a few minutes of play. One second he was…

Maybe Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds Is The Game Of The Decade?!

One of the 10 million people playing Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds just so happens to be me, and so I am now qualified to assess it in a video. I promise I’m being sincere when I say I consider it “The Game Of The Decade.” As of Fall 2017, anyway. Heck, Fall 2017 is practically 2018, and…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for making a curry because Kotaku features editor Chris Kohler won’t stop posting pictures of the curries he’s eating in Japan right now. Also, video games. I’m going to try to work up the courage to play more Echo, because that game rules but I can only handle it in small, stressful…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: She’s More Sexually Experienced And It’s Freaking Me Out

Hello all you galloping Sex Weasels, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column with the Super FX chip AND blast processing. This week it’s all about sex… more specifically, folks who haven’t had it and folks who haven’t had as much as others have. How does an older virgin make up…

Cosplay Shouldn’t Be About Looking Like A Character

There are some incredibly talented cosplayers out there, but often the ones who achieve widespread recognition are recognised instead for an uncanny facial resemblance to the characters they’re cosplaying. While, ostensibly, the point of cosplay is to resemble the character as much as possible, cosplay is so much more than that in practice. That’s why…

The Art Of Bungie’s Destiny 2

A look behind the scenes of Bungie's blockbuster sequel

Japan’s latest baked good fad is “salty bread.” It’s like a dinner roll but with a layer of butter and salt on top that makes it taste like movie popcorn. It’s in every bakery I’ve gone into, and it’s addictive. I may need to be physically removed from the country.

Dishonored Player Creates Meat Fireworks

Today on Highlight Reel we’ve got elaborate Dishonored traps, christlike FIFA clips, Battlegrounds grandpas, 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…

Divinity: Original Sin 2 Players Discover An Infinite Damage Combo

Divinity: Original Sin 2 might look like a sparkly new take on creaky old PC role-playing games, but it’s built atop a foundation of intricately interlocking systems that allow for even more possibility than the classics. Here’s a case in point. Players have discovered that a particular characteristic, undead, and a handful of selectively-applied abilities…

Taco Bell Made A Taco Out Of A Fried Egg, And It Is Delicious

Taco Bell continues its grand tradition of wrapping things that are not tortilla shells around other things and calling them tacos with the Naked Egg Breakfast Taco. It’s a shimmering wonderland of breakfast grease, wrapped in a very firm fried egg. The Naked Egg Taco is part of Taco Bell’s continuing efforts to get people…