‘Shop Contest: Star Wars X Sonic

The last week has been filled with Sonic images, videos, opinions and more. That trailer was a mess and people have been dunking on it. So I mean, I have to include some Sonic action in this week’s contest. But this weekend is also Star Wars Day and I love Star Wars. Hmmm…how can I…

A Player Recreated The Iron Man Vs. Captain America Fight Scene In Dreams

The early access Dreams Creator has been out for a few weeks and that seems to have been enough time to let players start creating some really cool stuff. For example, a wonderful recreation of the famous fight scene from Captain America: Civil War. The animation work was handled by the Dreams player Tamir Williams,…

Sunday Comics: MURDERERS!

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 May 5. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published May 2. Read more of Corpse Run  Clueless Hero by Luis…

For Honor Players Can Now Use Lightsabers

For Honor players found a nice surprise when they booted up the game today. Lightsaber-looking weapons are now accessible in the game after a recent update. The timing isn’t random. Today, May 4, is Star Wars Day. As spotted by Polygon, legally, these aren’t actually lightsabers. Instead, players’ swords, spears, and other various weapons have…

Put Yaddle In Star Wars Games, You Cowards

Star Wars games like Galaxy of Heroes and LEGO Star Wars include hundreds of characters. Some are popular, like Han Solo or Darth Vader. But many of these games also include lesser-known or obscure characters, like Bib Fortuna. Yet after decades of Star Wars games, everybody keeps omitting a character. A Jedi Master who sat…

Fortnite‘s Vault Opens, Volcano Destroys Tilted Towers

Fortnite’s vault opened today in Loot Lake, after weeks of chasing runes across the map. There were conflicting opinions about what it would do, but it seems to have done…everything? At 3pm Eastern, the countdown over Loot Lake ended, the sky darkened, and the vault opened. Jumping into the brightly-colored pit sent players to a…

‘Shop Contest: Mortal Kombat Guest Characters, Winners!

Last week I asked you, the readers of Kotaku, to pitch some guest characters you wanted to see in Mortal Kombat. I got a large and varied list of characters, some of which I actually could see getting added into a Mortal Kombat game in the future. Our winning image this week comes from SeaBeastRising…

Shut The Hell Up, Deacon

The world of Days Gone is serious stuff. Zombies Freakers are everywhere, killing anyone who dares get close to them. Society has collapsed. Water and food are scarce. Bandits torture, kidnap and murder innocent people. But I can’t really take any of this stuff too seriously because the game’s main protagonist won’t shut up. Days…

Hoth in Video Games: A Thirty-Year Battle

Let’s take a look at video games’ favorite scene from the Star Wars series: the battle of Hoth. Developers have been trying for over 30 years to get it right. Which is your favorite? (This post was originally published in May 2010. We’re bumping it today in celebration of Star Wars Day.) 1982: The Atari…

Star Wars Battlefront II Players And Developers Pay Tribute To Chewbacca Actor Peter Mayhew

Earlier this week, we learned that Star Wars legend Peter Mayhew, the actor who played Chewbacca in multiple films, had passed away on April 30, 2019. Many of his fellow actors, friends, and fans have mourned the loss and now Star Wars Battlefront II fans and developers are paying tribute in-game. Soon after the sad…

Zoroark Can Trick People With Illusions And Turn Into A Human

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 Zoroark! Zoroark Details Type: Dark Average Height: 5‘03“ Average Weight: 187.8 lbs. First Added In Generation V It sounds…

Player Gets A Terrible Zombie Surprise

Hello! Today we learn how to spell Jason Statham’s name, watch a man lose five years of progress, torture our cats with teabags, get ambushed by zombies and leave hidden notes around the office. It’s Morning Checkpoint! Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Like most weeks, Kotaku was filled with some great stories. Here…

Littlewood is a game about rebuilding your town after you helped save the world. Between farming and fulfilling requests for townspeople, there are some definite similarities to Stardew Valley here, but Littlewood puts an emphasis on building restoration and town design. It’ll be out sometime this month.

Call of Duty Esports Is Getting Ready To Change Again

The Call of Duty World League has only been around since 2016, but it’s already making an overhaul that could spell the end of its current format, which mixes weekly matches that have their own cash prizes with bigger bimonthly tournaments. Activision is planning for its blockbuster shooter series to follow in the wake of…

Overwatch Players Make Fully Functional Portal Gun In The Workshop

As part of her most recent revamp, Overwatch’s Symmetra gained the ability to fabricate teleporters into existence, but all they do is deconstruct heroes’ entire molecular structures and project them from point A to point B within a limited space. That’s a real drag. I mean, what’s the point of portals if you can’t put…

Sea of Thieves New Arena Mode Is All The Good (And Bad) Of Sea of Thieves

There are two halves to Sea of Thieves’ anniversary update. The first is a collection of story missions that offer some much-needed structure. The second is the Arena, a player versus player combat mode where crews compete to gather chests and sink each others’ ships. It’s a blast of high sea action, but maybe not…

Stormtroopers are completely ineffectual, but they look pretty hot. Gaming hardware maker Razer taps into that aesthetic with its Stormtrooper Collection, three pieces of Star Wars branded gaming gear. The mouse looks a little funky and the giant desk pad is more art than gaming surface, but that Blackwidow Lite keyboard is imperial hot.

I Hope Sony Hasn’t Given Up On Its PlayStation 2 Classics

Sony started porting PlayStation 2 games to the PlayStation 4 in December 2015, beginning with the games like Grand Theft Auto III, Twisted Metal: Black, and Dark Cloud. There are now just over 50 PS2 games playable on the PS4, but the pace of new releases slowed from a trickle to a drip. It now…