Track: Ufomg | Artist: Blockhead | Album: Funeral Balloons Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
Super Mario 64 was released in 1996 as a singleplayer video game. Recent mods have let two people play together, but a new romhack allows up to 24 to jump online and play through the game, kicking and punching each other all the way through. SM64 Online is a project by Kaze Emanuar, Melonspeedruns and…
Eric Gonzales is a concept artist from the Philippines who works in the games business. You can see more of Eric’s work at his personal site To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists,…
Every summer for the past few years a horde of cosplayers and photographers have descended on the picturesque Polish town of Wleń in the Bóbr Valley. They’re not there for a comic con or games expo, not for any convention like you and I know it. It’s an invite-only event, just a handpicked selection of…
Game developer Sean Vanaman announced on social media today that Campo Santo, the studio behind the indie game Firewatch, will be filing a takedown against Felix “Pewdiepie” Kjellberg on YouTube over footage featuring their latest game, as well any future releases. This came hours after widely circulated footage showed Kjellberg say the n-word while streaming…
While Nier Automata’s 2B has been the undisputed cosplay star of 2017, she’s not the only character being featured from the game. Here’s PretzelBotwith an incredible effort recreating one of the game’s robots. Just so you can get a better idea (than standing next to a small kid) of the scale of the sui, here’s…
In the year 2017, we are blessed with a new Metroid game—kinda. Samus Returns is really more of a remake, a rekindling of the Metroid fire. I’m excited, though maybe not ecstatic. My personal love for the series began with Prime, which is possibly the most millennial statement I’ve made this week. It seems really…
One of Destiny 2‘s exotic weapons has a nice reference to Steve Jobs’ keynote for the original iPhone. **Spoilers for Destiny 2 lore, if you’re mindful of them.** The Hard Light auto-rifle looks pretty sweet, and packs a punch too. But one mindful redditor noticed that the weapon’s lore was eerily similar to a famous…
Street Fighter V pro and Florida resident Du “NuckleDu” Dang announced that he will be donating his DreamHack Montreal winnings to Hurricane Irma relief efforts in his state. His first place finish over Justin Wong net the young competitor $4,700.
Geralt’s trip from the pages of Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels to the games we know today was not an easy one. Polish gaming site Arhn.eu published a documentary today titled on YouTube as “The Witcher’s video game history,” telling the story of the first Witcher game’s development. (Update 4:50 ET: a commenter has translated the…
Scan lines and VHS winding noises greet you when you boot up Morph Girl. Inspired by Japanese horror and games like Firewatch, Morph Girl is a very interesting indie FMV game. As FMV, or full-motion video, has come back into vogue with games like Contradiction: Spot the Liar, Obduction, and the re-release of Night Trap,…
For the most part, Destiny 2 makes it easier to level up than its predecessor did. If you’re rushing to raise your Power level to prepare for next week’s raid, however, you’ll want to understand how legendary mods can help you climb faster. Destiny 2 works similarly to Destiny in terms of its overall leveling…
Track: Accident Prone (Jawbreaker cover) | Artist: Julien Baker | Album: N/A
Destiny 2 has been out for a few days, and we’ve played enough to form some general impressions. Join me and Jason for a special episode of Kotaku Splitscreen that’s all about Bungie’s big sequel. Listen here: We don’t spoil anything from the story, other than to say that you should really play through the…
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 September 8. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published September 4. Read more…
When Splatoon 2 launched, the Stingray was a special that sounded neat on paper. A giant blast of paint, firing across the map, dousing all in sight. In practice, not so much. But the most recent patch to Splatoon 2 has added some oomph back to the Stingray, and it’s becoming a new favorite of…
Track: Holy Books | Artist: Death From Above | Album: Outrage! Is Now Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
Team Alpha are the makers of Alphabirth, one of many mod packs for The Binding Of Isaac. Despite releasing their third pack just this week, the team’s head coordinator took to their blog to say that, for now, work on more Isaac content has been put on indefinite hiatus. Since the release of Afterbirth+, the…
This week, I booted up Windjammers for the first time on a PlayStation 4. A Neo Geo cult classic, I never had the chance to play it when I was young. I suspect many picking it up now didn’t either. As Neo Geo games find new life on platforms like the Nintendo Switch and the…
A big controversy within the Overwatch community this year revolved around the healer Mercy. Top players experienced hostility and harassment just for picking the character, and major Overwatch personalities derided the hero for supposedly having a low skill ceiling. Mercy players, the argument went, weren’t actually good. They were just “one trick ponies” who hid…
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