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Dragon Ball FighterZ Match Ends In Dual Vanishing Act
Are you watching closely? At Winter Brawl in Pennsylvania today, Echo Fox’s Theo and EMP KDZ were dueling to see who would head into the Dragon Ball FighterZ top 8 on the winner’s side. Down to a sliver of health on both sides, KDZ went for a vanish attack, and in a split-second reaction, Theo…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 25, 2018 - CultureSplitscreen
It’s Hard To Go Back To Sub-60 FPS Gaming
On today’s Kotaku Splitscreen, we’re talking about noir games, how to get your husband into The Witcher 3, PC vs. consoles, and much much more. First, Kirk and I jump into news on Mafia 3‘s developer laying people off, Kentucky’s governor blaming video games for shootings, and the System Shock reboot facing development troubles. Then…
By Jason Schreier Published February 25, 2018 -
UncategorizedThis Battlegrounds Pro Match Ends With A Crunch
The first day of the PUBG Invitational in Katowice ended in a nightmare scenario of a circle where three teams competed for the dominance of an incredibly small amount of space. The final circle of a PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds round is always a tense scenario, but the location of the final match of the day put…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published February 25, 2018 - Esports
Philly’s Secret Weapon Shines In Overwatch League Debut
Many teams debuted their fresh new players during kickoff weekend for stage two of the Overwatch League, but the one that made arguably the biggest impact had been on the roster for a while. It just wasn’t until these last few days that he got to show why he earned a spot on the Philly…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 25, 2018 -
UncategorizedHackers Are Working To Bring Every Doom Game To Switch
This is the open source version of Doom 3 running on a Switch. It’s only a matter of time before Doom 64 and the rest arrive. There’s a long standing mission to run the original Doom on every object humanity’s ever encountered. But with Doom 2016 arriving on Switch last fall, the first time the…
By Ethan Gach Published February 25, 2018 - Uncategorized
Apocalypse Is The Fitting Final Expansion For Battlefield 1
The fourth and final expansion pack for Battlefield 1, Apocalypse, released last week. It leans into everything that Battlefield 1 has sold itself on since its release back in 2016: big maps, interesting historical and pseudo-historical weapons, and the general feeling that you will not make it out of this place alive. Like the previous…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published February 25, 2018 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Room To Change
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published February 23. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published February 19. Read more…
By Ethan Gach Published February 25, 2018 - Uncategorized
This Might Be The Worst Way To Die In Fortnite
Grenades are not toys. Fortnite player ErenOz-01 was reminded of that fact the hard way. A clip they shared on Reddit showed them dropping into a Battle Royale match near the Wailing Woods, but wandered around for minutes without seeing anyone else. So, like all bored players packing explosives, they lazily tossed a grenade off…
By Ethan Gach Published February 24, 2018 -
EsportsLong-Running Smash Bros. Weekly Hosts One Last Tournament This Weekend [Update]
Smash @ Xanadu has been one of the Super Smash Bros. most notable weeklies for years, but this weekend will be the end of an era. Xanadu will be closing its doors after its last hurrah: one more Smash Bros. tournament. Dubbed Xanadu: End Of An Era, both the Smash 4 and Melee events this…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 24, 2018 - Uncategorized
Facebook Pulls VR Shooter Demo From Conservative Conference After Backlash
Facebook announced the removal of the Bullet Train demo from its virtual reality experience booth at CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) after public outcry in light of the recent mass shooting at a school in Parkland, Florida. Developed by Epic Games to help show off the Oculus headset’s VR capabilities back in 2015, Bullet Train…
By Ethan Gach Published February 24, 2018 - Esports
The Circle Acts A Bit Differently In Competitive Battlegrounds
This weekend, 16 squads face off in competitive battle royale in Katowice, Poland. But while their version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds isn’t too different from the one you might have at home, there have been some slight modifications. During a lull in the action, the commentators broke down the settings for the PUBG Invitational. Specifically, the…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 24, 2018 -
CultureThe Two Friends Dominating Borderlands 2 Coop Speedrunning
A chance meeting and subsequent trip to Awesome Games Done Quick 2015 resulted in two college students forming a speedrunning duo that’s still setting world records. Speedrunners Amyrlinn and Shockwve know Borderlands 2 intimately. It would be a cliche to say they know Gearbox’s shooter better than the backs of their own hands, but they…
By Ethan Gach Published February 24, 2018 -
UncategorizedLittle Nightmares’ last DLC, The Residence, is now out. It adds some new traps and enemies and puts you up against a boss called The Lady. Though the Inside-like horror puzzler didn’t set the world on fire, I quite liked it and it’s been nice to see Tarsier Studios continue building out its story and…
By Ethan Gach Published February 24, 2018 -
UncategorizedYou Can Now Watch The Brief Movie Version Of Papers, Please
The brief film adaption of Lucas Pope’s Papers, Please is now out on YouTube and Steam to watch for free, in case you were hoping for something solemn and tragic to meditate on today. It runs just short of 10 minutes not including the credits and does a good job of capturing the feel and…
By Ethan Gach Published February 24, 2018 - Esports
The Weekend In Esports: Battlegrounds Goes To Poland
The biggest names in esports are in Poland this weekend for, among other things, the biggest PUBG tournament yet held. The game originally debuted with an invitational at IEM Oakland last year and has now moved on to having a world championship tournament at this year’s Katowice event. Dota 2, CS:GO, and StarCraft II will…
By Ethan Gach Published February 24, 2018 -
EsportsA Rookie Player Is Helping His League of Legends Team Win Again
SK Telecom T1 was on a slippery slope after the 2017 Worlds. But in a matter of weeks, the South Korean League of Legends squad has improved from 1-5 to 4-5, working its way back up the standings thanks to the help of a talented-as-hell rookie jungler. The slump of SKT at the start of…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 24, 2018 -
UncategorizedWe Played Moss For PSVR
Moss is a PlayStation VR game that takes you on a journey through a whimsical fairytale world in which you control Quill, an adorable mouse. She’s equipped with a sword and shield, but she needs the player, who acts as a hooded guide called a “reader,” to help her unravel the mysteries of a mysterious…
By Paul Tamayo Published February 24, 2018 - Culture
This Week In The Business: Move Over, Mario!
STAT | $295 million – Estimated revenue generated by Nintendo’s mobile free-to-play game Fire Emblem Heroes in its first year, almost five times the amount made by Super Mario Run QUOTE | “Honestly, we expected just to fund our Kickstarter, sell 250 to 300 carts.” – Piko Interactive founder Eli Galindo talks about the campaign…
Brendan Sinclair Published February 24, 2018 - Esports
Overwatch Pro Embraces Tranquility, Miraculously Avoids Certain Doom
Other Zenyatta players might be stronger, faster, and/or literally Seoul Dynasty’s Ryujehong, but this is, without a doubt, The One True Zenyatta. As part of Blizzard’s Overwatch Contenders Trials series, a player from Thailand named Tae found himself smack in the middle of a veritable ult sandwich and decided to just go with it. Instead…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 23, 2018 - Uncategorized
This Game Is Called Fuck Everything, Which Pretty Much Says It All
Usually, dating games offer some kind of soft introduction: you’re a high school kid, or a sexy divorced dad, or a bird-caterpillar hybrid looking for love. In browser game Fuck Everything, you are thrown, in media res, into a bar populated by a strange cast of characters, with your only instruction being the title of…
By Kate Gray Published February 23, 2018