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A Great Match From Korea’s First All-Women Overwatch Tournament
Over the weekend, a Korean company called Inven broadcast the finals of Korea’s first amateur all-women Overwatch tournament. It was a damn good match. The “All For Ladies” tournament actually took place earlier this month, but the finals weren’t broadcast until this weekend. Two teams, Pandora Ladies and 1st.Lady, went toe-to-toe in a best-of-five match,…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 30, 2017 - Uncategorized
Remapping Destiny 2‘s PC Controls Can Make A Big Difference
Destiny has long had one of the best first-person shooter control schemes on consoles. On PC, getting there requires a little more work. When I reviewed the first Destiny back in 2014, I said that Bungie had created the most physically satisfying shooter control scheme since Gears of War. I still feel that way, though…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 30, 2017 - CultureCosplay
Assassin’s Creed Cosplay May As Well Be A Screenshot
Here’s cosplay superstar Leon Chiro as Bayek from Assassin’s Creed Origins, on a shoot that took him to an actual desert in Kuwait. The costume was a collaboration between Chiro himself and Cosplay Annart. There are some more shots—some of them actually taken outside on the sand—below:
By Luke Plunkett Published October 30, 2017 - Uncategorized
Eve Developer CCP Stops Making VR Games, Drops Two Studios
In 2013, Eve Online developer CCP Games introduced Eve: Valkyrie, one of the current crop of virtual reality hardware’s flagship titles. Today the company announced it is halting VR development, closing, selling and streamlining studios, letting go of “around 100″ employees in the process. CCP’s restructuring, prompted by “reduced investments in virtual reality and an…
By Mike Fahey Published October 30, 2017 - Uncategorized
A Streaming Marathon Made It Easy To Treat My Body Like Garbage
Of the past 72 hours, I spent nearly 24 of them streaming Wolfenstein games. I am very tired, which makes it slightly ironic when I say that the whole thing was an eye-opening experience for me. Much digital ink has been spilled over the blood, sweat, tears, and (sometimes) drugs that go into lengthy marathon…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 30, 2017 - Esports
Fighting Game Tournament Pool Goes To Shit After Loser Keeps Playing Under Friend’s Name [Update]
While fighting game events allow everyone an opportunity to compete thanks to their traditional, open-bracket format, they have one explicit rule: you only get one shot at winning. A competitor boldly broke this rule at this weekend’s Canada Cup in Toronto, Ontario when he decided his first chance wasn’t enough and participated under an assumed…
By Ian Walker Published October 30, 2017 - Culture
What We Liked (And Didn’t Like) About Stranger Things Season Two
Stranger Things came back this weekend with a second season. Staff writer Gita Jackson sat down today with Compete’s Maddy Myers and Kotaku social media manager Alex Bedder to chat about Ghostbuster Halloween costumes, punk rockers and the perfection that is Joyce Byers. Gita Jackson: This weekend heralded the return of Netflix’s hit show Stranger…
By Gita Jackson Published October 30, 2017 -
UncategorizedThe Easiest Way To Earn Coins In Super Mario Odyssey
Super Mario Odyssey has tons of coins to collect and items to purchase. One special area with dozens of gold coins makes it easy to max out your wallet and transform Mario into Uncle Pennybags. The most effective location to gather coins in Super Mario Odyssey is in Bowser’s Kingdom. When arriving at the Beneath…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 30, 2017 - Uncategorized
Pull off an unbelievable jump in Super Mario Odyssey? Kill a nazi in a hilarious way in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus? Something weird or cool happen to you in Assassin’s Creed Origins? Send it to our show Highlight Reel! Just email the clip and a description to [email protected] and we may feature it on…
By Chris Person Published October 30, 2017 - Uncategorized
Lego Brings Back One Of Its Biggest Sets Ever
Up until the release of this year’s Ultimate Collector’s Edition Millennium Falcon, Lego’s 2008 rendition of India’s famous mausoleum was the biggest Lego set in production. Lego’s bringing the $370, 5,923 piece set back next month for its 10th anniversary. Standing 16 inches tall and 20 inches wide and deep, the Lego Taj Mahal is…
By Mike Fahey Published October 30, 2017 -
UncategorizedWolfenstein 2 Has A Strange Workaround For Germany’s Censorship Laws
Games are censored in Germany all the time, and Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus is no different. Here’s one of the ways the game is different to the one we’re playing in America. This post concerns a late-game scene, so if you’re spoiler-averse, come back after you get there. The German Strafgesetzbuch section 86a outlaws…
By Gita Jackson Published October 30, 2017 - Culture
Player Beats Mario Odyssey In Under 90 Minutes For An Early World Record
Speedruns have officially started being accepted for Super Mario Odyssey, and fans are now in a mad dash to figure out the best strategies, pathways, and jumps to beat the game quickly. In the last two days alone, the world record for clearing the game at any percentage of completion has been toppled multiple times…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 30, 2017 - Uncategorized
The French On Ys VIII‘s Vita Box Is Literal Nonsense
Earlier this month NIS America pledged to re-localize Japanese RPG Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana after fans complained about the game’s shoddy translation. They’re also fixing the French on the Vita cover art, which currently begins, “I am sorry I have to leave you, but I must buy a hat.” With most of my games…
By Mike Fahey Published October 30, 2017 - Uncategorized
A Sherlock Holmes-Style Board Game, But With Anime Time Travel
“Whodunnit” board games exist in worlds beyond the stodgy European living rooms we see in Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective and Clue. The one I’m hooked on is very, very, anime. I’ve stopped pitching Tragedy Looper, released in the U.S. in 2014, to my friends as an “anime time travel mystery game.” That’s what it is, but…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 30, 2017 - Esports
SonicFox Suffers Day One Elimination From Injustice 2 World Championship
In a shocking turn of events, Dominique “SonicFox” McLean was eliminated from ELEAGUE’s Injustice 2 World Championship last Friday after losing twice to Christian “ForeverKing” Quiles during the first day of competition. McLean cited audio issues as “detrimental” on Twitter shortly after his first loss, but gave props to Quiles for playing “amazingly well” in…
By Ian Walker Published October 30, 2017 - ReviewsMultiplatform
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus: The Kotaku Review
The warm sun beats down on a main street in Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, just in time for the Victory Day parade. Uniformed SS march down swastika-filled streets to thunderous applause. By the old diner, two members of the Ku Klux Klan practice their German. Everyone is white and happy. And it is so…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 30, 2017 -
UncategorizedHere Are A Bunch Of Cool PS4 Trailers Sony Showed Today
Just like they did at E3, the folks at Sony showed off some new footage today from some of their PlayStation 4 games planned for 2018 and beyond, including God of War, Spider-Man, and Detroit. Here are some of the more interesting trailers Sony showed during its conference at Paris Games Week today. First up…
By Jason Schreier Published October 30, 2017 - Uncategorized
Super Mario Odyssey Players Are Finding The Best Shortcuts and Secrets
One of the most impressive things about Super Mario Odyssey are the tight controls: Nintendo’s mascot has a ton of movement options. Players are using Cappy to skip entire portions before a Moon, or are using the hat to get into hard-to-reach areas. Better yet, Nintendo seems to have anticipated that fans would try to…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 30, 2017 -
UncategorizedThe Last Of Us Part II Gets A Brutal New Trailer
Today, Sony showcased The Last of Us Part 2, the second installation of developer Naughty Dog gritty survival horror game released in 2013, with a trailer that is very thrilling but almost made me hurl. Seriously—a woman in a noose props herself up on another woman who gets a hatchet buried in her head.…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 30, 2017
