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CultureThe Week In Games: Rolling To The Club
It’s time to settle the age old debate about whether Sonic was actually fun or just something we all pretended to like to piss off our friends. I honestly can’t ever remember every enjoying the games. What I do enjoy are my memories of playing the games which have little to do with actually trying…
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The 2017 Call Of Duty Championship Ends In A Blowout
After a stellar performance throughout this year’s $1.5 million prize pool tournament, OpTic Gaming can finally call themselves Call of Duty World League champions. Now in its fourth year and featuring Infinite Warfare, the esports event featured 32 teams, each of which garnered spots through competing in various other tournaments over the last year. But…
By Ethan Gach - Esports
This Is Why You Should Never Give Up In Rocket League
In Rocket League, as in life, it’s not over until it’s over. This epic end of the match clip proves it. So no matter what your best friend or that internet rando do or say, you owe it to yourself to see every match through. Matches don’t end in Rocket League until the first time…
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Speedrunner Successfully Completes Deathmarch Through Pokémon Emerald‘s Battle Frontier In One Sitting
Pokémon games area all about players collecting small creatures and commanding them in battle, but in the end-game section of Pokémon Emerald called the Battle Frontier it’s the Pokémon who call the shots. Always up for a mind-bending challenge, one speedrunner decided to speedrun it. Mark “Werster” McKenzie is no stranger to the series and…
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Sunday Comics: Silent Strike
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 August 8. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published August 7. Read more…
By Ethan Gach - Esports
The Tradition Of Terrible Esports Champagne Celebrations Continues
The players on Team Liquid just won the most money for a single match in the history of esports, but at the staged champagne celebration they stumbled around like sleep deprived zombies. This is Ivan Borislavov “MinD_ContRoL” Ivanov, a truly inventive player who was nothing short of integral to the team’s success at this year’s…
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UncategorizedFan Video Recreates Old Character Intros In Street Fighter V
Capcom abandoned most of the Street Fighter series’ iconic character intros over time, so one fan decided to recreate them using the latest game. SigmaG19 makes a lot of Street Fighter V videos, including this one critiquing a lot of the Capcom’s choices with the game. The latest tries to recreate some of the series’…
By Ethan Gach - Esports
Dota 2‘s Furion Will Wreck You
He’s the most bad-ass tree in video games and today’s lower bracket finals at this year’s International showed-off everything that makes the hero one of Dota’s best. Team Liquid has never made it to the top four at the game’s biggest annual tournament before, but today they made it all the way to the grand…
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UncategorizedCanceled PS4 Game Would Have Let You Play Team Deathmatch As Gnomes
Did you know a game about gnomes killing each other almost made it to the PS4? In the latest Unseen64 video, Liam Robertson reports that a shooter with the working title “Gnomageddon” was in development at Sony San Diego up until late last year. Originally rumored to be a new game from Sucker Punch, the…
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EsportsAn AI Is Beating Some Of The Best Dota Players In The World
OpenAI used the action at this year’s Dota 2 championships as an opportunity to show off its work by having top players lose repeatedly to its in-game bot. Dota’s normally a team game with a heavy emphasis on coordination and communication, but for players interested in beefing up their pure, technical ability, the game also…
By Ethan Gach
