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Everyone Shot First
Helder Almeida is an illustrator and concept artist based in France. You can see more of Helder’s work at his ArtStation page 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, showcasing the best of…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2017 - Uncategorized
Streamer Suspended From Twitch For Playing Pokémon Game That Came Out Early In Australia
Australian streamer Mark “Werster” McKenzie received a temporary ban from Twitch last week, because the service said the Pokémon game he was playing was “unauthorised pre-release content”. Even though he’d bought the game from Nintendo’s own store. Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon were released in the US on November 17, but because of time…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2017 -
UncategorizedCuphead Fan Makes His Own Cartoon
Cuphead, a video game that looks like a cartoon, now has a cartoon based on the video game, courtesy of fan and animator hotdiggedydemon It’s more Ren & Stimpy than Max Fleischer, I know, but I guess that’s the point. If the game draws on other animation for its inspiration, no reason a fan-made cartoon…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2017 -
UncategorizedSome Of The Best Scrabble Moves You’ll Ever See
There are professional Scrabble players. Here are some of the best of them, recounting toThe New Yorker some of their favourite moves. I expected to watch this and be floored by the words. Which I was, but my main takeaway is that professional Scrabble players seem like the nicest people on Earth.
By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2017 - Uncategorized
Here Are The Platforms You Can And Cannot Play Skyrim On
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim came out in 2011. It has been officially released on a bunch of platforms, which is probably where you’ve played it at least once over the last six years. Here are the platforms you can play Skyrim on: PC Xbox 360 Xbox One PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Nintendo Switch And…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2017 - Esports
Pro Rainbow Six Team Comes Back From 4-0 Down To Win League Finals
Add Black Dragons to the list of teams that have blown a massive lead in the finals. Ence Esports were in a tough position in the year two, season 3 Rainbow Six: Siege Pro League finals. They were up 1-0 in the series after a strong showing on Oregon, but the other team was starting…
By Eric Van Allen Published November 19, 2017 - CultureCosplay
Cosplayer Straight Up Becomes Labyrinth’s Jennifer Connelly
These aren’t 1986 press shots promoting the release of Labyrinth. These are pictures taken in 2017 of cosplayer and assumed shapeshifterAlyson Tabbitha I’m starting to think she’s wasted on cosplay. Surely there’s some Jason Bourne type shit out there that needs someone with these disguise skills to stop a nuclear bomb going off, or save…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2017 -
UncategorizedRainbow Six Siege‘s Operation White Noise Adds Invisible Cloaks And Phone Hacking
Rainbow Six Siege is getting three new characters and a new map as part of its Operation White Noise update that hits the game’s test servers on November 20. The details surrounding Rainbow Six’s last content drop before 2018 came at the season 3 championship tournament going on today in Brazil. The new map called…
By Ethan Gach Published November 19, 2017 -
EsportsA trailer for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, debuted after the Red Bull Battle Ground finals, showed some new V-Trigger moves for the cast. The Arcade Edition will be playable at the upcoming PlayStation Experience. Hopefully Juri will finally get a buff.
By Eric Van Allen Published November 19, 2017 - Uncategorized
Guy Finally Tries To Decode Skyrim Note Two Years Too Late
Sometimes you’re in a relationship with someone. Sometimes that someone decides to give you a note written in cryptic dragon runes from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. If that happens you should probably get to translating that note as soon as possible. Over the weekend, a person who goes by byeblee posted such a note…
By Ethan Gach Published November 19, 2017 - Esports
Florida Player Submits Magic: The Gathering Deck List On A Cake
While Wizards of the Coast states that deck lists are required to be submitted, they never really specified how. Congrats to this Florida man on turning in a tasty version of his Eldrazi Tron deck.
By Eric Van Allen Published November 19, 2017 - Esports
Someone At A Smash Bros. Tournament Paused A Bunch Of The TVs On Donkey Kong Shrugging
The Super FamiCon convention is a celebration of Nintendo and gaming culture. It also hosts a number of competitive tournaments in the Greensboro Marriott’s conference rooms. This morning an attendee who goes by Mossy showed up early only to find someone had put Donkey Kong performing his taunt on as many of the gaming stations…
By Ethan Gach Published November 19, 2017 - CultureSplitscreen
How To Get In Better Shape
We’re just one week away from Thanksgiving, which means it’s time to start thinking about losing all the fat you’re about to gain. On today’s Kotaku Splitscreen, we’re here to help. First up, Kirk and I talk about the news of the week (6:00) on loot boxes, a rumored Mario movie, and harassment at IGN.…
By Jason Schreier Published November 19, 2017 - Esports
Pro Dota Team Turns To In-Game Chat Wheel To Overcome Language Barrier
The Perfect World Masters kicked things off in Shanghai last night, and one team had to scramble last-minute to find a substitute player. Team Secret’s MidOne had an urgent personal matter, and so his team had to turn to a local substitute and unique method of communication. EHOME’s Chen “Cty” Tianyu was able to sub…
By Eric Van Allen Published November 19, 2017 -
UncategorizedMeet The Comedian Who Has A Problem With Apu
In the middle of talking to me about his upcoming documentary on The Simpsons, comic Hari Kondabolu described watching the show with his brother. It was a Treehouse of Horror episode, a Halloween-themed series of vignettes that The Simpsons does every year. In this episode, parodying The Most Dangerous Game, Mr. Burns hunts humans and…
By Gita Jackson Published November 19, 2017 - Uncategorized
CD Projekt Red Says Cyberpunk 2077 Will Be ‘No Bullshit’ Story-Driven RPG
The Polish game studio tweeted earlier today that its upcoming scifi game would be “nothing less than” The Witcher 3. The statement was aimed at quelling fears Cyberpunk 2077 might include microtransactions after studio CEO Adam Kicinski said “there will be a certain online element related to Cyberpunk” in an interview earlier in the week…
By Ethan Gach Published November 19, 2017 - Culture
Sunday Comics: 8K TVs In The Back Alley
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 November 16. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published November 13. Read more…
By Ethan Gach Published November 19, 2017 - Uncategorized
It’s Time For A New Aquaman Game
The Justice League movie might not be great, but it potentially sets up DC’s characters for some better stand-alone movies. One of those is the Aquaman movie, due out next December, and given the renewed excitement surrounding the guardian of the Earth’s oceans, it’s probably time for a new Aquaman video game as well. Thanks…
By Ethan Gach Published November 18, 2017 - Esports
1,000 RuneScape Players Are Trying To Outlast Each Other Against A Zombie Horde
The finale of the Dimension of the Damned event is taking place right now, as 1,000 of the highest scoring players are vying to be the last RuneScape avatar standing against the zombie horde. A competitive mode for RuneScape, competitors start inside the city of Falador, which provides safe haven for them to purchase supplies.…
By Eric Van Allen Published November 18, 2017
