Twitch Really Wants You To Watch Overwatch League

Twitch is all aboard the Overwatch League train, which makes sense, considering that the streaming service reportedly paid $90 million for a ticket. Now it’s offering Overwatch players incentives to tune in. Today Twitch announced that, in collaboration with Blizzard, it’s gonna start offering in-game rewards to Overwatch League viewers. If you link your Battle.net…

A Game Where You Romance Your Companions In Battle

According to the 1983 hit single from Pat Benatar, love is a battlefield. In Roguemance, where every battle is a date, that’s not just a metaphor. In this game, you visit a tavern to pick up a companion, and then journey with them through some lightly randomized stages to fight monsters and get closer to…

Tactics Game Lets You Possess Hapless Villagers

Ambition of the Slimes is a tactical roleplaying game where the player wrangles an army of vulnerable slimes. By themselves, these cute critters are squishy and easily defeated but they have a trick up their sleeve: they can possess enemy units. Created by altairworks, Ambition of the Slimes offers a quick blast of tactics action…

Street Fighter‘s Pro Tour Keeps Squeezing Out Its Middle Class

Over the past few years, Capcom Pro Tour has evolved from the collection of direct qualifiers organized for the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Tournament in 2012 to something much more inclusive. In order to ensure global representation at Capcom Cup, leaderboards were established in four distinct regions—North America, Asia, Europe, and Latin America—allowing players from…

My Favorite Part Of Dishonored 2 Took Place In A Spreadsheet

When last I wrote about Dishonored 2 I lamented how tough it is to play a game like this as a time-strapped parent, what with all the secrets buried in levels that feel designed to be played in one long sitting. I’ve now finished the game and am thrilled with a moment that made it…

Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light Star Ren Osugi Has Died

Veteran actor Ren Osugi has passed away from sudden heart failure. Osugi starred in last year’s Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light TV drama, which told the story of a father and son’s relationship in Final Fantasy XIV. Osugi was a highly respected and versatile actor in Japan. He appeared in Beat Takeshi films, such…

A Better Look At The Live-Action Bleach Movie

The first Bleach teaser only provided a glimpse at what to expect. The latest trailer shows a bit more, including Hana Sugisaki as Rukia Kuchiki. Have a look. Think this will be any good? Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond.…

Anime Director Causes Controversy With Anti-Semitic Tweets 

According to Anime News Network, Recovery of an MMO Junkie anime director Kazuyoshi Yaginuma has been retweeting and liking anti-semitic for years, but recently, he’s started making his views known in English. Kotaku’s Cecilia D’Anastasio called Recovery of an MMO Junkie her favorite anime of last fall. Besides Recovery of an MMO Junkie, Yaginuma has…

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PUBG Streamer Meets Fan, Defeats Him In Gentlemanly Duel

Jake “ChocoTaco” Throop closed in on his final enemy in a tense PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds match. One sniper shot. Missed. Two. Missed. Three. Then Throop noticed something. “Wait,” Throop asked, “is he trying to pan fight?” Throop cautiously approached his fated foe, who was, in fact, standing out with his pan out. “Hey!” the other player…

A $229 Destiny Action Figure

Remember thoseincredible Destiny figures threeA released a few years back? There’s now one more, a Titan wearing the Hanged Man shader. He/she comes with loads of guns, is 1:6 scale and costs $229 from Thinkgeek. Yes, I said $229: it’s a lot, but threeA figures are some of the best around, so that’s how this…

Age Of Empires Is A Weird Game To Play In 2018

Age of Empires: Definitive Edition is almost everything an Age of Empires fan could think they want. Unless they want the castles from Age of Kings. An introduction: AoE:DE takes the original 1997 game, throws in its expansion Rise of Rome, cleans up the visuals, makes a few UI changes and sets it loose in…

Early On, Metal Gear Survive Goes Between Being Fun And Frustrating

The Metal Gear series’ future was uncertain after creator Hideo Kojima left Konami. Metal Gear Survive tosses away stealth and politics in favor of zombies and loot. I’ve played about five hours of the game and so far, while it captures the feeling of braving the wilderness, it’s also a slow grind. Metal Gear Survive…

Injustice 2‘s Ninja Turtles Are In Fine Fighting Form

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back in a 2D fighting game, thanks to their recent addition to Injustice 2. The excellent new execution of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael shows it’s been too long since these turtles mixed it up. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles made their Injustice 2 debut for Ultimate Pack and…

Monster Hunter Shoryukens Beast To Death

Today on Highlight Reel we have uppercuts, Assassin’s Creed myths, tough horses, 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 on all the…

Punk Heist Game Flips Off The Gender Pay Gap

Lost Wage Rampage is a new riot grrl driving game about stealing what you’re owed and destroying everything else. Out today, Lost Wage Rampage is as punk as games get. It’s about two angry mall clerks who plunder their local mall after discovering their male colleagues’ paychecks are larger than theirs. They roll their orange…

Call of Duty: WWII Directors Leave Sledgehammer, The Studio They Founded

Sledgehammer Games co-founders and Call of Duty: WWII directors Michael Condrey and Glen Schofield have left the company they started, Kotaku has learned. Aaron Halon will take over the top role at the studio. We first heard about the move a couple of weeks ago, and Activision confirmed it this afternoon, saying that Condrey and…