The San Francisco Shock beat out the Shanghai Dragons, the Philadelphia Fusion, and the Seoul Dynasty to become 2020’s Overwatch League grand champions. This win is the second championship for the Shock and marks the first time an Overwatch League team has won back-to-back titles.

Genshin Impact will get a series of updates and events over the next several months, its developers announced over the weekend. The game’s post-launch future begins with a version 1.1 update and Unreconciled Stars event in November.

Star Wars: Squadrons Players Want Star Wars: Squadrons Players To Stop Ramming Ships

Crashing spaceships into each other is fun, but some Star Wars: Squadrons players would rather you focus on completing the mission than recreating your childhood fantasies. Star Wars: Squadrons features large fleet battles between small fighters, mid-ranged frigates, and large capital ships. It has its problems, but the game is full of small touches in…

The Week In Games: Mario Kart In Your Living Room

You’ve played Mario Kart on your phone, on a GameBoy, on a home console at even at a local arcade. Now, you can play Mario Kart using weird plastic toys in your living room and annoy your cats at the same time. I have no interest in ever playing Mario Kart Live, but I’m extremely…

There’s Nothing Fishy About Darius Gaiden’s Incredible Space Opera

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re going to get a taste of Zuntata, Taito’s legendary in-house music team, by way of one of its most distinctive talents. Taito’s long-running, horizontal shmup series Darius has always been a little strange, depicting…

Your Fall 2020 Anime Guide

It’s October. Things have been tough. We should take a break. We should watch anime. Have a look below at what anime are airing during this fall’s season. Are there any you’re especially into? Let us know in the comments. Adachi and Shimamura Studio: Tezuka Productions Genre: Drama, Girls’ Love, School, Slice of Life, Romance…

Wondering what’s up with Bravely Default II? The official Japanese Twitter announced that it won’t be long before Square Enix is able to share info about the game. Perhaps, a release date? 

Rapper Logic Just Paid Over $183,000 For A Pokémon Charizard Card

Late last week, a gem-mint first-edition shadowless holographic Charizard #4 from 199 sold for $183,812 at Iconic Auctions. With the twenty percent buyer’s premium, the grand total was over $220,000. This is the highest price ever paid for this Charizard card. And it was paid by retired rapper Logic. The card was graded gem mint…

Track: The Pink Phantom | Artist: Gorillaz featuring Elton John | Album: Song Machine Season One: Strange Timez

Track: Crypt Jam | Artist: The Cryptkeeper (John Kassir) | Album: Tales From The Crypt Soundtrack #SpookySongs

It Ain’t An Elder Scrolls Game Until I Kill A Mudcrab

For me, it’s not Halloween season until the trees start to turn orange and yellow. It’s not a Mission Impossible movie until that theme song plays. And it ain’t an Elder Scrolls game until I kill a Mudcrab. Yes, I know that means that technically the older games, like Daggerfall, aren’t Elder Scrolls games if…

‘Shop Contest: Nicolas Cage

Folks, its time we do a Nicolas Cage contest around these parts. And I found just the photo to use. Your challenge this week: Put this wonderful looking man in different things. I went with Cyberpunk 2077 for two reasons: First, it’s very obvious but still funny. And my other reason: Laziness. I had a…

Doom’s Manic Metal Gets Your Ass Moving

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re going to Hell. I hope you packed a shotgun and some armor shards. There aren’t many games that have a better start than 1993’s groundbreaking first-person shooter Doom (playlist / longplay / VGMdb). You…

Sunday Comics: Let Me Change Something…

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 Oct. 8. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Oct. 3. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: Minecraft Kirby, Winners!

Last week, Kirby swallowed up Minecraft Steve and turned into a pink block with tiny arms. The internet laughed at this. We all laughed at this. Then Kirby stayed in that block form and we stopped laughing and became worried… Our winning image this week comes from Pleasance13. Also, just a reminder: If the Kirby…

When You Gotta Go, You Gotta Go

This week on Snapshots we got a nuclear explosion, some rope tricks, a big monster, a cute fox, another great Spider-Man screenshot, and a lonely skeleton on a toilet. Give the man some privacy. Kotaku Snapshots is a weekly look at some of the best, funniest and coolest screenshots players have taken in their favorite…