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StarCraft II Just Had One Of Its Best Tournaments In Years

StarCraft II might not pull in the massive viewer numbers of Overwatch or League of Legends, but a tournament in Poland this past week proved that Blizzard’s real-time strategy game is still thriving as an esport. Zerg player Rogue took home the $150,000 grand prize at the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) tournament in Katowice, Poland,…

By Jason Schreier Published March 5, 2018

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Fighting Game Pros Gaming At Their Weddings Appears To Be A Thing

Ryo “Dogura” Nozaki is a well-known player from Japan, who placed 7th in the Capcom Pro Tour global rankings in 2017 and took first place at Canada Cup 2017. He was also getting married last weekend, and during the wedding party, the happy couple set up a PlayStation and the groom took on a few…

By Eric Van Allen Published March 5, 2018

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Shadow Of War Was A Dreary Mess, But Its Expansion Is Good

It’s not the loot boxes that bummed me out about October’s Shadow of War. When playing the game, you can easily ignore them. I had a harder time ignoring the game’s bummer mood, ugly scenery, trite and tedious quests and mechanical messiness. I liked its predecessor. I wanted to like this game. I bailed halfway…

By Stephen Totilo Published March 5, 2018

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Ubisoft Cracks Down On Hate Speech In Rainbow Six Siege

Starting this week, Ubisoft plans to issue permanent bans for Rainbow Six Siege’s most toxic players, according to a recent announcement on the game’s subreddit “We will be implementing an improvement on the system we have been using to ban players that use racial and homophobic slurs, or hate speech, in game,” Craig Robinson, one…

By Ethan Gach Published March 5, 2018

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GameStop said today that Paul Raines, who served as CEO of the retailer from 2010 to 2017, has died. He had stepped down from his position in November 2017 due to a brain tumor.

By Jason Schreier Published March 5, 2018

Culture

The BBQarian

Adrien Feugère is an artist from France who works in both 2D and 3D. You can see more of Adrien’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2018

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All Hail Queen Zelda

It’s been 12 months since Holly Wolf floored us with her Zelda cosplay from Breath of the Wild. She now returns as the same character, only now with a more regal take. This is Zelda as she’d appear were she Queen of Hyrule, not Princess Trapped In Ghost Realm Who Should have Been Playable In…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2018

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Fan Creates Beautiful Fire Emblem Board Game

Fire Emblem Heroes is a successful money sink/mobile video game for Nintendo. It’s not available as an official board game, though, which is where fan Brother Ming decided to step in. A budding board game designer, he says his Fire Emblem Heroes adaptation is “inspired by the board game design philosophy of quick, fast, but…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2018

Esports

Overwatch Pro Called An Opponent A “Fucking Faggot”; ESPN Reporter Who Broke Story Immediately Caught With Racist And Sexist Tweets

According to an ESPN report, someone filed a support ticket with Blizzard after Overwatch League player Taimou called another player a “fucking faggot kid” on a Twitch stream on January 23. The Overwatch League has yet to comment publicly, while his team, the Dallas Fuel, sent this statement to Compete: In regards to the Dallas…

By Dennis Young Published March 4, 2018

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Plop Is The Most Important Element In A City-Builder

For me, the most important part of city-builders is the plop. Plop is that feeling when a prefabricated building hits the ground, and it takes a great animation design to really sell the feeling of a godlike hand descending to drop a building onto the ground. Kingdoms and Castles really sells that plop. Plop isn’t…

By Cameron Kunzelman Published March 4, 2018

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Siege of Dragonspear Is Coming To Mobile As A Standalone Release

On Friday, Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition developers Beamdog announced on a livestream that Siege of Dragonspear, their follow-up to the original Baldur’s Gate that they released back in March of 2016, is coming to the iOS and Android platforms on March 10th. Siege of Dragonspear takes place immediately after the events of Baldur’s Gate, and…

By Cameron Kunzelman Published March 4, 2018

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Hunters Plan To Repopulate Bloodborne With A Return To Yharnam

From Software’s Souls games and Bloodborne have online co-operation, but some areas become more abandoned as time goes on. Return To Yharnam is a community event set to start on March 10th that’s working to revitalize Bloodborne’s online world of bell-ringing hunters. Demon’s Souls, the Dark Souls franchise, and Bloodborne all have the same general…

By Cameron Kunzelman Published March 4, 2018

Esports

Dota Pro Goes Galaxy Brain On Opposing Team

Group stages for the Bucharest Major have begun and in OG’s first match, support player Jesse “Jerax” Vainikka pulled some serious mind games. One of Jerax’s best-known heroes is his Earth Spirit, a warrior of stone that has a lot of mobility and some tricky abilities. During a lull in the action in OG’s match…

By Eric Van Allen Published March 4, 2018

Esports

Overwatch Pro Lands The Dream Charge

Muma may have lost, but he won the hearts of many a Reinhardt in last night’s game against the New York Excelsior with one incredible charge. In last night’s match against the NYXL, Austin “Muma” Wilmot was leading the charge as the ironclad Reinhardt. Seeing enough of the New York players clumped up, Muma dropped…

By Eric Van Allen Published March 4, 2018

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Battlefield 1‘s New Dog Tags Are Almost Impossible To Get

Battlefield 1’s final expansion, fittingly called Apocalypse, released during the last week of February. Alongside new guns and maps, the content pack also contains some very difficult unlockable dog tags. Reading over them, I wondered what it would take to get them. For the most part, the tasks that you have to do to unlock…

By Cameron Kunzelman Published March 4, 2018

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The Secret Hunters Of Destiny

Imagine there’s a video game that you’ve played for hundreds and hundreds of hours. It’s the only game you really play. You think you’ve seen everything there is, and then one day, you see a YouTube video, or a thread on Reddit, or maybe a tweet. Someone says they’ve found something new. Someone says they’ve…

By Jason Schreier Published March 4, 2018

Culture

Sunday Comics: Protect This Timeline

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 February 26th. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published March 1st. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…

By Cameron Kunzelman Published March 4, 2018

Esports

Overwatch League Bites Down Hard On Some Lemons For A Good Cause

Host Malik Forté came on during a halftime break in today’s Overwatch League to take a chunk out of a lemon in front of a live audience. Don’t worry, it’s for a good cause. Lemons For Leukemia is a campaign started by two friends, Dillon Hill and Chris Betancourt, the latter of which was diagnosed…

By Eric Van Allen Published March 3, 2018

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I Can’t Let Go Of Into The Breach’s Starter Squad

Into The Breach is a great strategy game, but I can’t seem to translate the skills I learned with the starting team into any of the more advanced ones. The basic game design of Into The Breach rewards you for learning general strategies. As you play through your first few attempts at the game, you…

By Cameron Kunzelman Published March 3, 2018

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Enjoy This Video Of A Small Simulated Airport

Slated for a release sometime in 2018, Sky Haven is an airport simulation game being developed by Real Welders. I’ve watched this video of a little simulated airport something like five times now, and it has made me absolutely crave the ability to plan and build my own airport. Like most people, I do not…

By Cameron Kunzelman Published March 3, 2018