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Streamer Dances Sephiroth To Death In Kingdom Hearts

One of the hardest boss battles in the original Kingdom Hearts is the secret platinum match featuring Sephiroth. He has hard-to-dodge attacks that deal massive amounts of damage. Many players struggle to beat him. But streamer and YouTuber SarahKey not only beat the optional boss fight, she did it using a dance pad. A tweeted…

Help! Fall Guys Is Ruining My Relationship

My partner hates playing online games, but this weekend I made him try Fall Guys and now our relationship is in peril. Online games just aren’t for him. He doesn’t think interaction with or dependence on strangers should be a requirement to finish a game. Plus, he’s social enough in his offline life to not…

Florida Tourist Attraction Sues Fortnite Over Aquaman Castle

The Florida-based Coral Castle Museum, said to be built by a lovesick man in the early 20th century, is suing Fortnite maker Epic Games over the game’s recent addition of a new Coral Castle location, which the museum’s owners claim infringes on their trademark. Located just south of Miami, the Coral Castle Museum is a…

How’s It Going? Back To School Edition

Shhh, my children are in the other room doing school. Welcome back to our daily open thread. Thank goodness I live in Fulton, one of Georgia’s more sensible counties. Instead of having our children plastered all over CNN as two of the hundreds who contracted covid-19 on the first day back to class, my Seamus…

Ghost of Tsushima Is Getting Free Online Co-op Later This Year

Today, Sucker Punch announced Ghost of Tsushima: Legends, a brand new co-op experience coming to Ghost of Tsushima for free. The new mode will let up to four folks play together in a story separate from the original game, featuring new enemies and characters based on Japanese mythology. Darren Bridges, the senior game designer at…

Pokémon Masters Shall Soon Become Pokémon Masters EX

Collectable Pokémon trainer game Pokémon Masters has come a long way since it launched last year, adding new content and features, and holding regular special events to keep players from getting bored. Celebrating the game’s myriad changes and those yet to come, DeNA is changing the name of the mobile game to Pokémon Masters EX.…

Hey kids, Nintendo’s streaming another Indie World presentation tomorrow. Tune in at noon Eastern for 20 minutes of indie games for the Nintendo Switch. Expect to say “That looks cool” a lot. 

The Week In Games: I Want To Fly Away!

2020 has been and will probably continue to be a terrible, awful year. Now more than ever it’s time to fly away and thankfully, with the release of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 this week, we all can! I’ll end up dropping all the sim options when I play Flight Sim 2020. I know that makes…

Balloon Fight’s Tiny Soundtrack Knows When To Be Quiet

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s new, daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Did you know Balloon Fight’s soundtrack is by the same composer as Metroid’s? It’s pretty memorable despite clocking in at just a few minutes. Yep, just minutes. And a lion’s share of that is a…

The Finishing Touches

Aldo Martinez is a 3D artist who has worked on stuff like Game of Thrones, Marvel movies and Furious 7 You can see more of Aldo’s work at his Artstation page

Summer Games Done Quick 2020 Has Begun – Here’s What’s Up And How To Watch

While the in-person portion of this year’s Summer Games Done Quick has had to be called off thanks to you-know-what, there are still a ton of games being played real fast online, all week long. WHAT IS SUMMER GAMES DONE QUICK? It’s the summertime counterpart to Awesome Games Done Quick, and will run from Sunday…

Factorio Reaches 1.0 After Eight Years Of Development

The devilishly expansive Factorio, a game about building a factory that just gets bigger and more automated the longer you decide to play the game, was one of the first real success stories to come out of Steam’s Early Access program. Which it is now, eight years later, no longer a part of. The game…

How Much Data Fortnite, Minecraft, League of Legends, Destiny & More Use Every Hour

If you’re gaming on a capped internet plan—where you have a monthly download limit—you might be interested to know just how much data your favourite games cu be chewing through, from the lean (League of Legends) to the obscene (Destiny 2). Via Kotaku Australia, telecommunications site WhistleOut have measured the approximate hourly download figures (exact…

‘Shop Contest: Halo Delayed

Halo Infinite has been delayed until next year. This is most likely for the best, as it seemed like it needed some more time in the oven. But it does mean the Master Chief will have a lot more free time on his hands. So, let’s help the big guy out. Your challenge this week:…

How’s It Going?: Mechanical Keyboard Edition

Hello and welcome to another open thread. This is the best place to chat and chill with other Kotaku readers! Come on in. After spending years using crappy keyboards that come packed in with computers when you buy them, I finally upgraded. I decided, new place, a new office, a new desk, why not also…

Sunday Comics: Reverse Vampire

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. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Aug. 13. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Aug 10. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: Fall Guys, Winners!

Fall Guys has taken the internet by storm. It seems everywhere I look I see some guys falling. And that was the theme for last week’s contest: Add these little bean boys to more games, movies and TV shows. Our winning image this week comes from MonoArtan who combines Pokemon and Fall Guys into one…

More Amazing Ghost of Tsushima Screenshots

This week on Snapshots: Yup, more screenshots from Ghost of Tsushima. Hard to disagree with all the people spending hours in that game taking photos. It has a powerful photo mode and is gorgeous. It’s not all Ghost of Tsushima! We got some screens from Horizon, Gran Turismo, and The Last of Us Part II…

Red Dead Online Player Saves Friend In Coolest Way Possible

Out in the wild west of Red Dead Online, you still need to look both ways before messing around railroad tracks. One player almost learned the hard way what happens when you ignore this rule. But then their friend stepped in a saved the day with an expertly timed and perfectly thrown lasso. The clip…

Carnivine Has Saliva That Smells Great

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 Carnivine! Carnivine Details Type: Grass Average Height: 4′ 07″ Average Weight: 59.5 lbs First Added In Generation IV Looking…