The creator of QWOP, Bennet Foddy, is releasing a new game called Getting Over It on October 6th. In it, you climb a mountain using a sledgehammer. “I created this game for a certain kind of person,” Foddy says in this trailer. “To hurt them.”

Xbox Live’s Indie Games channel officially shuts down tomorrow. If you’re interested in cool games off the beaten path, dive in and check it out before it’s too late.

Track: Turn It Up | Artist: Blur | Album: Modern Life Is Rubbish  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Wondering how Shenmue 3 is coming along? The devs released a new progress update to show how the facial animations are looking. 

Dead Hungry, the VR game from Q-Games, has a PS4 release date. It will be out for PlayStation VR on October 24 and is playable either with the PlayStation Move or the DualShock 4.

Kinugawa. Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. By Hiro Tanaka. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Track: Cutthroat (Lena Willikens Remix) | Artist: S U R V I V E | Album: RR7387 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Maybe This Is Why Everyone’s Mad At NBA 2K18

Despite being this year’s installment of what the Steam store description calls “the highest rated annual sports title,” NBA 2K18 has a “Mostly Negative” rating with over 3,000 reviews and counting. I investigated. The psychedelic spectacle it unfurled unto me shocked me to the core of my guts. I’m speechless. Just watch the video, please,…