Overwatch Pro Reveals The Perfect Time To Use Genji’s Ultimate

It can be difficult to know when to activate that hard-earned ultimate, especially when you’re playing a lower-health hero like Genji. Luckily, the Los Angeles Gladiators’ own João Pedro “Hydration” Goes Telles has you covered. In an all-access Q&A last night, the Overwatch League pro was asked, “How do you manage Genji’s ultimate? What’s the…

Let’s Remember Some MOBAs

Trends come and go in gaming. Right now, the big kid on the block is the battle royale game, but it wasn’t that long ago when everyone was looking to capture the MOBA lightning. Standing for “multiplayer online battle arena,” the vague term became a catch-all for anything involving heroes, levels, and lanes. From the…

A Punch-Out Successor Starring A Boxing Duck

There are a lot of ways to create a spiritual successor to Nintendo’s classic boxing game Punch-Out!! But Pato Box, with its black-and-white noir look, mechanic-laden bosses, and half-mallard protagonist might be one of the more unique ones out there. I’ve been really enjoying my time with Pato Box, gradually chipping away at its roster…

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The Weekend In Esports: Halo, Is It Me You’re Looking For?

Grab your Rocket Launchers and overshields, the 2018 Halo World Championships are this weekend. The action’s already underway, and thankfully, it seems the venue this year matches the hype. The games are going down in Seattle at the CenturyLink Field, an upgrade from the balloons and risers of last year For those who aren’t looking…

Sega Announces A Mega Drive Mini

During last night’s Sega FES 2018 stream, the company announced a mini version of the Mega Drive will be released in Japan later this year. Sega didn’t show much more than the actual model, so details are scarce as to what kind of hardware or software is packed in the lil’ machine. We do have…

This Week In The Business: What Does The West Know, Anyway?

QUOTE | “I think wherever the Western market gravitates toward is what everyone will try to gravitate towards and create, and that will become the next red ocean. So I want to do something that’s not in there” – Nier: Automata director Yoko Taro tried appealing to Western audiences before. It didn’t work, so he…

Shenmue I And II Are Coming To Consoles And PC This Year

Shenmue I and II are coming to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC later this year, Sega announced at tonight’s FES 2018 press conference. Sega has confirmed it will have higher resolutions and improved textures, as well as graphics options for PC players. You will also be able to choose between modern or classic…

PUBG Works Great As A Team Deathmatch Game

PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds’ new event, War, turns the battle royale game into a regular multiplayer shooter full of large teams and quick respawns. It’s loud, messy, and a damn good time. Following the clumsy flare gun event, which was far too dependent on finding the damn gun, PUBG’s events have ramped up the intensity. This improvement…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for the weather being nice enough to hang out on my fire escape, which means returning all of the things that have fallen from the upstairs neighbors’ fire escape onto mine. It’s also for playing video games! I’m determined to finish Far Cry 5 this weekend. I’ve only got one area to…

A Lot Of Work Goes Into Adding Just One Suit To Spider-Man

Sometimes when you see a skin or an alternate costume in a video game, you think “hey, that’s neat!” and don’t give it a second thought. Xavier Coelho-Kostolny, a 3D character artist at Insomniac Games, actually broke down the process of getting a cool piece of video game art from concept to your television screen…

SonicFox Completely Switched Out His Dragon Ball FighterZ Lineup, And It Worked

After a few weeks away, Dominique “SonicFox” McLean returned to New York City’s weekly Next Level Battle Circuit tournament series Wednesday night for a bit of Dragon Ball FighterZ competition. The king of fighting games had taken a few recent losses to rival Goichi “GO1″ Kishida, and was ready to throw down with a new…

Monster Hunter World’s Mega Man Quest Is Terrific

While Monster Hunter: World’s Spring Blossom Festival brings back old event quests, the game keeps adding new and absurd rewards as well. The latest event quest offers one of the most exciting arena battles yet and transforms your palico cat companion into Mega Man. “A Rush of Blood” is a new hunter rank 13 quest…

Fortnite Players Are Using The New Port-A-Fort For More Than Just Defense

It’s not easy to make the perfect Fortnite fort, especially in the time it takes to save your butt from 360 degrees of bullets. Earlier this week, developer Epic Games gifted port-a-fort grenades to Fortnite players, which instantly spawn glorious defense towers right at players’ feet. Sure seems like a great way to defend yourself…

Drake, Jake, God Of War And More: The Week’s Hot Game Stories

God of War gets judged, sad news from Overwatch League, PlayStation 5 rumors, and more on Kotaku XP, our weekly video roundup of what the heck is going on with games and the people who play them. This week, Drake played Fortnite again, and people loved it again. This week, Jake Paul played Fortnite again,…

A Way Out Sold More In Two Weeks Than EA Apparently Thought It’d Sell Total

A Way Out seems like a tough sell. The cooperative narrative game, which requires you to play the whole thing alongside a second person, probably isn’t for everyone. But it sure was for a lot of people—more than EA seems to have expected. This morning, developer Hazelight Studios announced that it had sold a million…

The Rampage Movie Is Stupid And Amazing

There is a Hollywood action movie adaptation of the video game Rampage, and it is one of the dumbest, most fun movies in theaters right now. Gita Jackson: Tim, we had the incredible treat of watching Rampage starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson last night. Were you expecting to be as entertained as we ended up…

In The Witcher 3, Boxing Brings Geralt Down To Earth

The Witcher 3’s Geralt of Rivia spends most of his time fighting. But for all the mountaintop battles and magic powers, the best fights in the game are the ones where he gets into a ring and uses his fists. This piece originally appeared 1/5/18. As a professional monster killer, most of Geralt’s actions involve…