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If The Witcher 3’s Ciri Was In Overwatch…
A simple crossover idea, one that 3D artist Agelos Apostolopoulos is only too happy to indulge. I guess she could zip around like Tracer? Only instead of snappy British one-liners she’d just slaughter everyone, then break our hearts It’s not just that image either, he actually built the model: You can see more of Agelos’…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 14, 2018 - Uncategorized
The New Total War Game Is A Complete Mess
As a decades-long fan of Creative Assembly’s Total War series, I’m still coming to grips with the state of the latest game, Thrones of Britannia. It’s at times the worst Total War game I’ve ever played, and yet at others it’s doing everything I’ve been wanting this series to do for years. Bad news first!…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 14, 2018 -
UncategorizedFan Project To Remake Diablo II Using StarCraft II Is Now Playable
The Curse of Tristram: Destruction’s End, a mod that takes the main campaign of Diablo II and recreates it using the StarCraft II engine, has been four years in the making. This weekend, creator Etienne Godbout finally released a playable version to the public on a test server. The good news is, it works. While…
By Ethan Gach Published May 14, 2018 -
CultureThanos Seizes The Infinity Shrub
Today on Highlight Reel we have Zelda moments, Far Cry 5 streaks, Harry Potter horror, 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…
By Chris Person Published May 14, 2018 - Esports
Former Overwatch Pro Continues To Be A Self-Own Machine
Former Overwatch League problem child Félix “xQc” Lengyel was streaming last night when he ended up in the same match as a frighteningly skilled Widowmaker player going by the handle “Kannagang.” When players on the other team suggested that he might be cheating, xQc investigated by looking at his player profile. “Yeah, he’s a hacker,”…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 14, 2018 -
CultureNew Breath Of The Wild Glitch Lets You Instantly Recharge Rune Powers
A new glitch for Breath of the Wild helps break the game for casual players and speedrunners alike. A few quick buttons presses in the pause menu can recharge runes, making it easy for anyone to conquer some of the game’s toughest hurdles. Everyone playing Breath of the Wild has found themselves wishing they had…
By Heather Alexandra Published May 14, 2018 - Uncategorized
Rumors Suggest That Retro Studios Is Making A Star Fox Racing Game
A piping hot new E3 rumor suggests that Retro Studios, the Nintendo-owned developer behind the Metroid Prime trilogy, is making a Star Fox racing game. These rumors have been floating around gossipy Nintendo fan and writer circles for at least a few weeks now, but they’ve only gone public today, suggesting that Retro’s new game…
By Jason Schreier Published May 14, 2018 - Esports
What Stops Women From Going Pro In Esports
Cecilia D’Anastasio: So Nintendo invited a bunch of Super Smash Bros. pros to showcase Smash 5 at E3 this year! And among some of my favorites—Armada, Zero and Hungrybox—are exactly no women. I didn’t notice an outcry. Frankly, it was about as surprising as walking outside and noticing the sky, which was very much not…
Maddy Myers & Cecilia D'Anastasio Published May 14, 2018 - Uncategorized
Angels With Scaly Wings Is More Murder And Less Dragon Sex Than I Expected
What I was expecting from Angels With Scaly Wings was something like Persona 4, but with fewer confusing dungeon crawls and a lot more dragons making out. What I got was Phoenix Wright, but with even less sexual tension. Angels With Scaly Wings, a game by Radical Phi that is currently out on Steam, bills…
By Kate Gray Published May 14, 2018 -
UncategorizedThe Worst Song Won Eurovision
This year’s Eurovision was one of the best in recent memory, with the worst possible result. Eurovision is a song contest between countries from the European Broadcasting Union. Each participating country sends one original song to an hours long concert, and then through a combination of a jury of music professionals and a live televote,…
By Gita Jackson Published May 14, 2018 - Uncategorized
Arc System Works is working on porting Guilty Gear to Switch, PS4, and PC. The studio announced the news during a live stream earlier today. Guilty Gear originally came out on PS1 20 years ago, but hasn’t been available in North America since. Currently, there’s no release date set.
By Ethan Gach Published May 14, 2018 - Uncategorized
Radical Heights Developer Boss Key Games Shuts Down
Boss Key Productions, the studio behind the recent battle royale Radical Heights and last year’s Lawbreakers, is closing its doors. The news comes from studio co-founder Cliff Bleszinski, previously of Gears of War and Unreal Tournament fame, who said that Lawbreakers had “failed to gain traction” and described Radical Heights, which launched last month to…
By Jason Schreier Published May 14, 2018 - Uncategorized
A Game Where You Can Eat Your Dates
Appeeling Personality is a dating sim where you can date bananas. It’s a lot like swiping through bad profiles on Tinder, except you eat all the creeps and losers. The incredibly normal premise of Appeeling Personality is that you’re at a banana eating competition. Having come on an empty stomach, you start hallucinating that the…
By Gita Jackson Published May 14, 2018 - Uncategorized
Hundreds Of Fortnite Players Are Calling A Store Named ‘Epic Loot Games’
Like many customer support reps for Fortnite developer Epic Games, Hunter Davies has heard from hundreds of anxious, frustrated, and furious Fortnite players. Problem is, Hunter Davies doesn’t work for Epic Games. He works for Epic Loot Games, a small hobby shop in an Ohio strip mall that has received a great deal of unwanted…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published May 14, 2018 - Uncategorized
I’m Playing Destiny 2 Again And Don’t Remember A Damn Thing
After playing through Destiny 2’s campaign and conquering the player versus player gauntlet Trials of the Nine, I thought I was done with the game. The release of the Warmind DLC has given me a reason to return, and I’m finding it incredibly awkward to be a powerful Guardian who doesn’t remember game basics like…
By Heather Alexandra Published May 14, 2018 -
EsportsOverwatch Pocket Healing Explained In Two Minutes
Overwatch League matches move fast, and one key aspect of clutch plays often stays off-screen and unacknowledged: the support players who heal up the pros pulling off those killstreaks. Most of those successful takedowns happen while the damage-dealing player is in the pocket—that is to say, getting healed continuously by a support player. When that…
By Maddy Myers Published May 14, 2018 - Culture
The Week In Games: A Bounty Of Definitive Editions And Collections
This week has a great mix of definitive editions and newcomers. Get ready to revisit your favorites and discover new games that you might, one day, yearn to be ported to your then-current favorite console. In the world of definitive, this-is-the-good-version games, we’ve got Dragon’s Crown, Hitman, and Hyrule Warriors all reminding us that they…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published May 14, 2018 - Uncategorized
Hearthstone’s ‘Best Card Ever’ Really Isn’t
Since Blizzard’s Hearthstone launched in 2014, 1,594 cards have seen the light of day, some incredible, some terrible, and a majority just passing muster as “pretty good.” But which is best? This is the question that Blizzard senior game designer August Dean Ayala set out to answer with a recent series of polls on Twitter,…
By Joshua Calixto Published May 14, 2018