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‘Just Build lol’ Might Not Be Fortnite’s Winning Strat Much Longer

There are a hell of a lot of ways to win a Fortnite game, but the most reliable strat has gotten a little too reliable, says publisher Epic Games. In a blog post yesterday, Epic explained that they’ll be shaking things up a little, so players will need to get a little more resourceful. Fortnite’s…

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 22, 2018

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Bethesda Sues Makers Of Westworld Game, Saying It Uses Fallout Shelter‘s Code [UPDATE]

Bethesda is suing Warner Bros. and Behaviour Interactive over the new Westworld video game which it claims copies parts of 2015’s Fallout Shelter, according to court documents filed with the U.S. District Court for Maryland. The lawsuit was filed June 21 and seeks to have money for damages awarded and for Warner Bros. to stop…

By Ethan Gach Published June 22, 2018

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Help, I Can’t Decide Which Octopath Traveler Character To Start With

I’m in a pickle. The new demo for the upcoming JRPG Octopath Traveler lets you play the first three hours of the game a few weeks early. Instead of making three hours’ worth of progress, I’ve spent that time trying to figure out which main character to choose. Octopath Traveler is out on Nintendo Switch…

By Kirk Hamilton Published June 22, 2018

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Life is Strange 2’s first episode will release September 27, according to the game’s official Twitter account. More information about the game “will be revealed this August.”

By Riley MacLeod Published June 22, 2018

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The Ups And Downs Of Mario Sports Games

Mario may be known for his background as a plumber, or his recent adventure as a body-snatching fashionista, but over the years he’s also become one of gaming’s most popular athletes. With Mario’s newest tennis iteration launching later this year for the Nintendo Switch, it’s the perfect time to look back on the many games…

By Ben Bertoli Published June 22, 2018

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Track: Shady Lane | Artist: Pavement | Album: Brighten the Corners Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 22, 2018

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Fila’s Official PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Merchandise Looks Okay

Earlier this year, Fila released official Pokémon sneakers in South Korea. They looked great, I thought. Fila now has a line of PUBG gear for the country. It seems alright. I guess. To be honest, I’m not sure what I was expecting! Honestly, I wasn’t expecting this. [Thanks Sang for the tip!] Kotaku East is…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 22, 2018

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Being An Otaku Has Gotten Easier, Says Shoko Nakagawa

Shoko Nakagawa is a Japanese pop star, actress, illustrator and TV personality. She’s found mainstream success in Japan. She is also a proud otaku. “I knew I was an otaku from a very early age,” Nakagawa recently told Kotaku via an email interview. As a child, she says video games and manga taught her so…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 22, 2018

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K-Pop Pick Of The Day: Saturday Night

Let’s disco, baby! Solo artist Son Dam Bi’s greatest hit came in the form of this instantly addictive 2009 ode to disco, Saturday Night. This song swept Korea upon its release; you couldn’t walk a block without this nostalgic melody blaring out of every InnisFree and Caffe Bene. Dam Bi would follow up Saturday Night…

By Seung Park Published June 22, 2018

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Open For Business. Nakagyo, Kyoto. By Jim Sheppard. 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!

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 22, 2018

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Track: Mental Knife | Artist: Hail The Sun | Album: Mental Knife Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

By Nathan Grayson Published June 21, 2018

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Some Very Fine Art

Pablo Dominguez is an artist at Industrial Light & Magic, but he’s also worked for Marvel and Dreamworks. This is just a selection of fan art and personal pieces, not actual Star Wars work, but I thought it was so damn good it was worth a showcase. You can see more of Pablos art at…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2018

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Nintendo And Microsoft Are Rubbing Sony’s Face In It

We’re conditioned to expect console manufacturers to be bitter rivals, constantly at each other’s throats in a battle for market supremacy. But sometimes, the enemy of an enemy can be a friend. We got a reminder during E3 that the PS4, unlike most other platforms on Earth, does not support crossplay between consoles. That means…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2018

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Proposed EU Copyright Law Could Cause Problems For Fan Content In Games

Yesterday, the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs voted to approve a controversial new copyright directive that, if made into law, could change the internet as we know it. Just one of the many potential terrible results of the directive, which tasks companies to monitor user-submitted content for copyright infringement, could be a radical alteration…

By Heather Alexandra Published June 21, 2018

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These Dark Souls Bowls Are Going To Stack Themselves

Today on Highlight Reel we have self-stacking bowls, A Way Out glitches, Vampyr confusion, 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…

By Chris Person Published June 21, 2018

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Alliteration Algorithm Generates Genius Fortnite Frivolity

From recipes to paint color names to Hearthstone cards, everything is better when you make a bot do it. Check out how this machine-learning algorithm named locations on the Fortnite map. Fortnite only has one map, so the people over at Botnik Studios took it upon themselves to use their machine-learning tools to make an…

By Gita Jackson Published June 21, 2018

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Which games had the best E3? The data folks over at Thinknum (a site, full disclosure, run by my friend Josh Fruhlinger) have some charts showing how game companies and their games did. The biggest trailers were for Cyberpunk, Fallout and The Last Of Us; the worst backlash was to Command & Conquer.

By Stephen Totilo Published June 21, 2018

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Mutant Year Zero Marries XCOM With Talking Animals

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is pretty long name for a game with a straightforward pitch: what if XCOM but with animorphs? While it’s based off of a pen and paper role-playing game popular in Sweden during the 80s, developer The Bearded Ladies have made it their own by injecting the inspiration’s DNA into…

By Ethan Gach Published June 21, 2018

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Discord’s New Games Tab Is A Lot Like Steam

Last week, Steam added new chat features that took a page from Discord’s book—pretty much the entire book, actually. Now, Discord has added a “games” tab that replicates some of Steam’s most pervasive features. And thus, the circle is complete. Discord’s games tab pulls together game-specific information from across multiple channels, distilling it into a…

By Nathan Grayson Published June 21, 2018

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People Keep Trying To Win Fortnite Without Weapons

Winning a game of Fortnite is impressive on its own. Winning a game of Fortnite with no weapons is bonkers. The last person standing in the 100-person survival shooter wins it all. Most of the time, this takes a combination of gun skill, fort-building finesse and tactics. It’s not a thing a lot of people…

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 21, 2018