We’re going live with Sonic Mania Plus right now on Twitch. How long can Ray the Flying Squirrel fly? Does Knuckles really not chuckle? Tune in to find out.
Last year’s great new Mario and Zelda games reinvigorated two series that seem to have finally found nostalgia for parts of their past they neglected. Super Mario Odyssey, especially, offered a tribute to Super Mario 64 that’s been overdue. Nearly two decades of Zelda games that followed the release of 1998’s landmark Ocarina of Time…
Fans of Telltale’s The Walking Dead have watched protagonist Clementine grow from a small child into a confident teenager. The final installment in the series, The Final Season, thrusts Clem into new responsibilities and focuses on building a small community in the midst of the zombie apocalypse. The Final Season’s first episode, “Done Running,” takes…
This week has some varied games, from JRPG throwbacks to MMO expansions, and as the summer goes on the releases are getting weirder and weirder. I’m all about the classic game experience, and I’m very interested in the fact that we’re getting Bard’s Tale games alongside the classic Tanglewood and a purposeful throwback in Cosmic…
Track: Late in the Day | Artist: Supergrass | Album: In It For The Money Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
It’s one thing for a gaming pro’s parents to know about the game their offspring play, but quite another thing for granny to also be well versed. As Twitter user Mixen614 pointed out, in a documentary about Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok, the LoL pro’s grandma showed how closely she follows her grandson and esports. She totally…
Every summer, Yokohama is overrun by people wearing Pikachu costumes. In year’s past, they’ve marched and danced. They did that this year. But that’s not all. For the first time, there were electro dancing Pikachus. With a rainbow afro Pikachu Called Pokémon Synchronicity, the event runs until August 16 The stage show looks especially nuts…
Besides self-produced manga and art, Comiket is famous for all the cosplayers it attracts.
Onioshidashi Park. Gunma Prefecture, Japan. By Ronan Brodvac | Flickr JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
RTX, Rooster Teeth’s big annual convention, was held in Austin earlier this month, and amidst the panels and live shows was some very good cosplay. Here’s a selection of the best of it, thanks to Mineralblu, who was there taking pictures (and video) for us. Blizzard, please make “Baby Bjorn Dad 76″ an official skin,…
Miguel Nogueira is a freelance concept artist from Portugal. You can see more of Miguel’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page EDIT: Damn it, the top image cropped it, but if you’re about to question the headline, she has four arms. You can see that more clearly in the full-size shot below. Fine…
The creation of the SPACE FORCE is the dumbest fucking thing, and deserves nothing but the ridicule it is receiving. AND YET: below is a very good idea that an actual space force in the future, when a force in space is actually required, should use.
Track: Frank and Jesse James | Artist: Warren Zevon | Album: Warren Zevon Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
A good shot in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds always makes you feel good, but the perfect use of a thrown weapon will almost bring a tear to your eye. YouTube user G44RA’s perfect throw is one for the ages. Sanhok, PUBG’s newest map, seems like it is designed to put you in awkward spots where a combination…
The last pre-launch trailer for The Walking Dead: The Final Season appeared late last week. It has additional details about a teen enclave that appears in the game. That one kid is really looking a lot like young Kiefer Sutherland. The first episode of The Final Season releases August 14.
The Monte Grappa map in Battlefield 1 is a divisive experience. Based on a bloody, treacherous set of battles from the first World War, it is a hard map to take and hold objectives on. And now the Battlefield 1 community is embroiled in its own fight about the “real” Monte Grappa. A few days…
We’ve finally seen gameplay footage of Red Dead Redemption 2. Surprise, it’s got cowboys. Our ‘Shop Contest this week is all about figuring out where those cowboys go. In the gameplay trailer for RDR2, it’s explained that the West encompassed all kinds of areas. Swamps and deserts, plains and mountains. My assumption is that if…
Just what would make someone plagiarize a video game review? This week on Kotaku Splitscreen, let’s discuss. Kotaku editor Maddy Myers joins me and Kirk to talk about the wild story of IGN editor Filip Miucin, who was fired this week after a YouTuber accused him of plagiarizing a Dead Cells review. Later, Kotaku discovered…
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 August 6. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published August 9. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…
The Dark Souls franchise is all about getting very strong and wielding a big weapon. A new mod allows you to become the strongest and wield the biggest weapons. The upcoming “Forces of Annihilation” lets you play as the bosses of Dark Souls 3 As modder DATEHACKS explains in a Reddit thread about the mod,…
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