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Popular Overwatch Pro Leaves The League To Return To His Twitch Empire [Correction]
Today, beloved Overwatch League star Brandon “Seagull” Larned announced his retirement from professional Overwatch after just one season. Larned, who played off-tank and DPS for the Dallas Fuel, will return to streaming on Twitch, where he built a streaming empire of 760,000 followers. In a statement, Mike Rufail, the owner and CEO of Envy Gaming,…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published August 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
Lil Yachty Responds To His Fortnite Haters: ‘I’m A Millionaire’
Lil Yachty isn’t the most conventional rapper, but he can rap. Of this there is no doubt. Can the 20-year-old star play Fortnite, though? Not well, say his Twitch followers. Not well. The boat-est of all time has been heavily involved with Fortnite this year, playing with Myth at Epic’s E3-adjacent Fortnite Pro-Am, teaming up…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
Don’t Neglect Your No Man’s Sky Buggy
Look, starships are cool and everything. They’re great! They can fly, they have lasers, and they usually look nice. But if you’re playing No Man’s Sky, I have some advice for you: Don’t neglect your buggy. In No Man’s Sky, you can craft a buggy station (aka “Roamer Platform”) at any time, as long as…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 7, 2018 -
CultureInside The Culture Of Sexism At Riot Games
Throughout her three years at Riot Games, the company behind League of Legends, Lacy made it her mission to hire a woman into a leadership role. Lacy had heard plenty of excuses for why her female job candidates weren’t Riot material. Some were “ladder climbers.” Others had “too much ego.” Most weren’t “gamer enough.” A…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published August 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
Tips For Playing Dead Cells
The Castlevania- and Rogue-inspired Dead Cells is out this week on a bunch of systems. It’s a really good game, and also a tough one. Would you believe me if I told you I had some tips for you? I’ve lived, died, and lived again many times, and with each death has come some knowledge…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 7, 2018 -
UncategorizedWe’re streaming Dead Cells live on Twitch. Come watch!
By Riley MacLeod Published August 7, 2018 -
UncategorizedNo Man’s Sky’s Sentinels Need To Chill
Ever landed on a planet in No Man’s Sky, minding your own business, mining some carbon, when a sentinel comes over, scans you and brings the fist of God down onto your cheerful space adventure? Fuck those guys. I understand why sentinels exist. There has to be some friction to harvesting rare resources in No…
By Gita Jackson Published August 7, 2018 - CultureKotaku Game Diary
I Love When An Intense Game Forces Me To Take A Break
I’m a sucker for Flat Heroes’ simple look and how good it feels to bounce around putting off death, but my favorite part of this minimalist Switch platformer is the moment before the levels actually start. Flat Heroes claims to have over 300 levels, though I’m still in the first of its 10 worlds. Each…
By Riley MacLeod Published August 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
I Just Played A 2DS On My 3DS
While the 3DS is hanging on as a gaming platform longer than some gaming pundits would like, Nintendo is making the most of it by doing some really experimental stuff. For example, there are four odd modes in the newly released WarioWare Gold. Two of these wouldn’t work easily on, say, a Nintendo Switch. You…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 7, 2018 -
UncategorizedIGN Pulls Review After Plagiarism Accusations [UPDATE: Writer Fired]
The gaming site IGN has removed a review for the game Dead Cells after allegations surfaced yesterday that the review’s writer had plagiarized from a small YouTube channel. “As a group of writers and creators who value our own work and that of others in our field, the editorial staff of IGN takes plagiarism very…
By Jason Schreier Published August 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
Fortnite’s patch 5.20 is out. It brings a new weapon, the double barrel shotgun; rebalanced vending machines; and a new limited time mode, Steady Storm, in which the storm never stops moving. Check out the full patch notes to see all the changes
By Riley MacLeod Published August 7, 2018 -
UncategorizedYu-Gi-Oh! Card Battles Look Explosive With AR
Before the start of the recent Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championships, Konami held a special AR exhibition, complete with cosplaying Duelists. One day, will tournament battles look like this? Maybe! AR tech isn’t new for card games. The PS3’s AR-enabled card game The Eye of Judgment came out over a decade ago. But the AR addition in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 7, 2018 - Culture
Plastic Food Melts In Japanese Heat
This summer is dangerously hot in Japan. Just look what the heat did to this plastic matcha latte! In Japanese, plastic food is typically found outside many restaurants to show what’s on the menu. Called “shokuhin sanpuru” (食品サンプル), the plastic food is made from different resins and colored to look real. The plastic matcha latte…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 7, 2018 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Power Up
Red Velvet is very quickly becoming one of my favorite groups, and Power Up might just be their best song yet. When they debuted with Happiness in 2014, I had a hunch that they would turn out to be one of K-Pop’s more unique and inventive artists, and I was right. From their spins on…
By Seung Park Published August 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
Star Wars’ Board Game Miniatures Are Out Of Control
If there’s one thing repeated Kickstarter successes have proven, it’s that board gamers love little plastic miniatures. And if there’s one thing they love more than little plastic miniatures, it’s bigger plastic miniatures. Fantasy Flight’s Star Wars: Armada has made its money appealing specifically to that sentiment, with the quality and scale of its model…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 6, 2018 - Uncategorized
How Animal Crossing Characters Can Read Your Letters
Ever wonder just how Animal Crossing characters—pieces of code, unable to comprehend complex human prose—are able to read and understand the letters you write them? James Chambers did, so he dug into the game’s code to find out. A software security researcher—who we’ve featured before here for his work on Animal Crossing—Chambers found that your…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 6, 2018