Sunday Comics: Behold The Power 

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published February 11. Read more of Nerf NOW!!  Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published February 5. Read more…

Of course there’ll be Pearl and Marina Amiibo. Figures of Splatoon 2‘s premier performers were announced at the end of the game’s Koshien event in Japan earlier today, along with a new stage and a pair of Tetra Dualies. Isn’t one of them perfect, and if so, which?

Houston Makes Overwatch Stage 1 Playoffs After Do-Or-Die Final Round

The second of today’s matches would determine who would continue on to tonight’s playoffs, so of course, it went the distance. The Houston Outlaws and the Boston Uprising seemed to match each other blow-for-blow, all the way to map five, round three, each determined to shape the playoffs to come. Because of tiebreaker rules, Boston…

People Have Thoughts About The Monsters, Inc. Version Of Goofy

Kingdom Hearts III got a new trailer last night and by all accounts it’s going to release sometime this year. But what we really need to talk about is the wonderful abomination that is the Monsters, Inc. version of Goofy. For anyone unfamiliar with the games, Kingdom Hearts is about Donald Duck, Goofy, and a…

Cloud9 Talk Over Their Boston Counter-Strike Major Win

Cloud9’s win at the Eleague Boston Major was a huge one, for the team and North American Counter-Strike in general. Broadcast house Beyond The Summit sat the team down, less than a month later, to rewatch a reel of its finest moments and talk over them. It’s really cool any time you get a peek…

Splatoon‘s Tradition Of Annual Hologram Concerts Continues

Pearl and Marina showed up at this year’s Niconico Tokaigi Smash Bros. tournament in Japan for the latest in a series of hologram concerts dating back to the first Splatoon. Taking over for the Squid Sisters from the first game, the two characters sang songs for an audience of adoring, human fans. Not to be…

TinyBuild Announces Six New Ports For The Nintendo Switch

During a livestream today, indie publisher Tinybuild announced six more games that will be heading to Switch later this year. All of the games have been out for a few years now and are available on PC and other consoles, but the magic of the Switch so far has mostly been showing that that doesn’t…

Watch A Crowd Lose Its Mind Over Dramatic Fortnite Finish 

It’s not every day you get to see a battle royale match come down to the wire. With the storm that constricts players having closed in as much as possible and only two players left, the would-be victor had few options at their disposal. Hundreds of feet above their opponent, they did the only thing…

Scarlett Is Currently Dominating StarCraft, One Match At A Time

Earlier this week, Sasha “Scarlett” Hostyn made StarCraft history at IEM Pyeongchang 2018, defeating two-time world champion sOs. Last night, she chalked up more wins against the world’s best. Scarlett is shaking up the modern StarCraft scene one game at a time, and shows no sign of slowing down. Defeating Joo “Zest” Sung Wook and…

Seoul Dynasty Wins Game But Falls Out Of Playoff Contention

The Seoul Dynasty has had a rocky conclusion to its Overwatch League run. Despite an early start that made them look all but unstoppable, this squad has struggled in the twilight hours of stage 1. And while it started to recover and look more like itself against San Francisco last night, it was too late…

The Weekend In Esports: CS:GO, Smash 4, And More Overwatch

Between Frostbite in Michigan and Dota 2 qualifiers in Eastern Europe, the esports action continues across the globe this weekend, including some big matches in the lead-up to the Overwatch League’s first mini-tournament championship. Below you’ll find where and when you can catch all the weekend’s biggest events in competitive gaming. Let us know what…

This Week In The Business: The Privilege Of Working At Rockstar

QUOTE | “We remain deeply committed to developing immersive experiences for consumers through groundbreaking augmented and virtual reality.” – A Viacom statement regarding the company shutting down its AR and VR development studio, Viacom Next QUOTE | “We have a hard-working company. It’s a privilege to work at our company and our labels. And I…

Listen To Kingdom Hearts III‘s Theme Song By Utada Hikaru

Pop star Utada Hikaru has become synonymous with Kingdom Hearts. It wouldn’t be a main entry in the series without her music. Utada Hikaru recorded songs for Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II. She’s back for KHIII with a track called “Chikai” (誓い), which means “oath” or “vow.” And here is the English language version,…

New Kingdom Hearts III Trailer Shows Monsters Inc. World

Joining the likes of Toy Story, Monster Inc. is also coming to Kingdom Hearts III, a game that is still scheduled to come out this year. Oh good. Below is the latest trailer, which shows off the Monster Inc. world with Sora, Donald and Goofy getting monster incarnations. The trailer also features Vanitas and Marluxia.

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Overwatch‘s New CTF Map Is A Big Improvement

Last year, Overwatch got a capture-the-flag mode. It was a fun distraction from the usual payload-pushing antics, but the game wasn’t designed with CTF in mind, and it showed. Some heroes were overpowered, levels were stale, and stalemates abounded. As part of this week’s “Year of the Dog” event, Blizzard has revamped the mode, and…

Fortnite Continues To Crush It

Last weekend, the cartoonish battle royale game Fortnite hit 3.4 million concurrent users across all platforms. Before that, Chance the Rapper was begging Epic Games for a Switch port. And this week alone, we’ve gotten two hefty updates from the development team detailing new tweaks, item/weapon additions, and upcoming changes. All this hype and development…

Twitch’s New Policies Are Worrying Some Provocative Streamers

Yesterday, Twitch announced a series of new, more stringent policies around sexual content, harassment, and community behavior. Now streamers who’ve built their brands on pushing boundaries are worried that their channels might be on the chopping block. During a stream yesterday, popular streamer Sebastian “Forsen” Fors, whose community is notoriously rowdy and has had a…