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UncategorizedEuropa Looks Absolutely Beautiful
This is Europa, a “stylized exploration adventure game.” It’s the creation of Helder Pinto, a senior environment artist at Blizzard. It tells the story of “the last sentient droid, a millennia after singularity ran amok.” There’s not much to it other than that teaser, but I thought it was so pretty—with such a strong “Studio…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2018 - Uncategorized
Magic Is Currently Being Dominated By A Little Goblin
This weekend was Pro Tour Dominaria, the first major professional play event taking place after the recently released Dominaria set of Magic: The Gathering, and the most important person in the entire tournament was a fun little goblin with a jump rope. Well, it might be a chain. And that goblin might be whirling that…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published June 3, 2018 - Esports
Piano Man Makes Waves In Dragon Ball FighterZ Tournament
This is Greg. Greg plays Dragon Ball FighterZ, and he’s pretty damn good. Greg does this using a piano controller. And last night, at DreamHack Austin, he made it into the top 8 on loser’s side with his ivory keys of destruction. I first saw Greg through a Twitch clip simply entitled “Piano Man,” and…
By Eric Van Allen Published June 3, 2018 -
UncategorizedCinematic Tours of Cities: Skylines Megacities Are So Relaxing
Cities: Skylines is a game that I keep going back to. Even though new and interesting content packs come out for it regularly, I find myself drawn to the scale of the game more than its content. I mean, it’s big, and flying through it set to a calm soundtrack is the ultimate soothing experience.…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published June 3, 2018 - Esports
Virtual Ronaldo Goal Is Impressive, Even By Video Game Standards
Sports commentators will sometimes refer to athletes having “video game stats,” numbers so impressive they seem to be produced in a virtual realm rather than the mortal. But even inside the polygon-and-pixel world of FIFA 18, some goals are purely transcendent. In this morning’s round of 16 matches at the FIFA 18 Global Series for…
By Eric Van Allen Published June 3, 2018 - CultureShop Contest
‘Shop Contest: Assassins Vs Templars Forever
With the leak-then-confirmation of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s ancient Greek setting, I’ve started thinking about where the scheming and murdering factions of the Assassin’s Creed franchise should go next. I’m a big fan of these games. I’ve thought long and hard about them. They’re important to me. And it’s out of that deep respect and thinking…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published June 3, 2018 - CultureSplitscreen
Why E3 Still Matters
Does E3 still matter? Yes, yes it does. This week on Kotaku Splitscreen, let’s discuss why. First, Kirk and I break down the news of the week on Fallout going online, new Pokémon, and Valve removing a school shooting game from Steam. Then we open up the mailbag for a whole bunch of pre-E3 questions…
By Jason Schreier Published June 3, 2018 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Sewer Bread
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 May 28. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published May 31. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published June 3, 2018 - Esports
Giant PUBG Stage Looks Like Battle Royale Meets Hollywood Squares
This weekend at DreamHack Austin, many squads will face off in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. And they’ll be doing it on a fantastically massive stage that highlights the theatrics and action of a 64-player, 16-team battle royale. Yesterday was an exhibition, where challengers could take on noted PUBG streamers Dr. Disrespect and Shroud. Today and tomorrow, 16…
By Eric Van Allen Published June 2, 2018 -
UncategorizedMatthew Mercer Explains How To Be A Good Dungeon Master
Being a good steward of a tabletop game experience is hard work. Any Dungeon Master can tell you that setting the right tone and crafting the perfect story is difficult, fiddly work. I asked Matthew Mercer, famed Dungeon Master, how he’s so good at what he does. As the Dungeon Master of Critical Role, probably…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published June 2, 2018 - Esports
The World Next Door Turns Magical Brawls Into Puzzles
The match-3 puzzle concept seems simple enough, but its a foundation that can build into a lot of different ideas, even a cooking competition or a fighting game. It’s that malleable mold that forms Rose City Games’ The World Next Door, an upcoming indie puzzle-battle game that looks pretty friggin’ sweet. Part narrative visual novel,…
By Eric Van Allen Published June 2, 2018 -
UncategorizedA Fan Recreated Dark Souls In A Lego Game
A very creative person has recreated Firelink Shrine from Dark Souls within Lego Worlds. I dare you to name a more iconic duo. Lego Worlds is a big, sprawling building game where you play with digital Legos, collect more Legos, and generally just have the most amazing time of your entire crafty life. Dark Souls…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published June 2, 2018 - CultureShop Contest
‘Shop Contest: The Big Battlefield, Winners!
Battlefield V is coming, and there’s a lot going on. Planes and tanks, shootable grenades, and a whole lot of havoc and mayhem are coming on down the line. I asked you last week to make it even more chaotic, and you delivered. The ceiling for weird things in video games is very high. We…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published June 2, 2018 - Esports
The Weekend In Esports: Texas Flood
The gamers are floodin’ down to Texas, and hopefully the power lines don’t go down (again). DreamHack Austin is this weekend, where a number of tournaments including Rainbow Six Siege, Counter-Strike, StarCraft II, and several fighting games are taking place. Yours truly is down there just for today, so if you see a haggard old…
By Eric Van Allen Published June 2, 2018 - Culture
This Week In The Business: Truth In Advertising
QUOTE | “We have had over two million unique visitors to this stream to watch, I don’t know what, nothing.” – Bethesda Game Studios’ Todd Howard describes the company’s 24-hour live stream of a Vault Boy statue and a TV with a “Please Stand By” graphic on it leading up to the teaser reveal of…
Brendan Sinclair Published June 2, 2018 - Uncategorized
Popular Twitch Streamer Makes An Example Of Her Harassers
Annemunition, a popular Twitch streamer with over 300,000 followers, was just trying to be a decent teammate and call shots in Rainbow Six Siege. Then, over voice chat, came the questions: “Are you a man or a female?” And the accusations: “You stole my fucking content. You’re shit at the game. Get out.” Annemunition, a…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
Evolve’s dedicated servers are shutting down on September 3, publisher 2K Games announced today. While peer-to-peer multiplayer will still be around for Legacy Evolve, the free-to-play version called Evolve Stage 2 will be going away. Ranked Hunt mode will also disappear, along with leaderboards and in-game store.
By Ethan Gach Published June 1, 2018 - Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for having just started running! The coolest thing I’ve realized about running so far is that since you’re constantly moving, no one can see what a bad job you’re doing for very long. The people on the next block probably think I’ve been running for miles! When I’m not worrying about how…
By Riley MacLeod Published June 1, 2018
