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Gay Players Are Coming Out In A Major Sports Video Game
This year’s edition of Football Manager, one of the biggest sports game series on the planet, is going to allow its virtual players to come out. If you’re unfamiliar with the series, it’s a management/spreadsheet game that puts the player in control of a football club, letting them run everything from game tactics to merchandise…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2017 - Esports
Russian Dota Team Finally Gets The Major They’ve Been Working Towards
The 2017 season was a heartbreaking one for Virtus.Pro. They took home solid tournament wins, but when it came to the majors, VP always came up just short of the mark. After this weekend in Hamburg, the CIS team can feel a little vindicated by opening their 2018 campaign with a statement: Things won’t be…
By Eric Van Allen Published October 29, 2017 - CultureShop Contest
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Trick Or Treat
Some Halloween costumes are better disguises than others. In the spirit of the holiday and of not forgoing another ‘Shop Contest, this week’s prompt will be to take your favorite video game characters, past or present, and dress them up like different ones. Maybe that’s Cloud Strife bobbing for apples as a Witcher, or Zelda…
By Ethan Gach Published October 29, 2017 - Uncategorized
Modder Hacks RetroPie System So He Can Connect Every Controller He Owns
People like to argue over which controller is the all time best. John Milner decided to side-step that debate entirely and just hook them all up. Milner, who goes by jfrmilner online, liked being able to play old games on his RetroPie, a modded Raspberry Pi mini-computer, but didn’t like needing to use an Xbox…
By Ethan Gach Published October 29, 2017 - Esports
Counter-Strike Team Seems To Thrive In Overtime
Overtime can be stressful for any team. That is unless you’re SK Gaming, who in today’s Epicenter grand finals manage to clutch out two wins in extra rounds to take home the big prize. After going an even 1-1 in the first two rounds, SK Gaming and Virtus.Pro were tied and vying on Train in…
By Eric Van Allen Published October 29, 2017 - Culture
Comedian Speedrunner Will Tell you Everything You Wanted To Know About Paper Boy
Usually speedruns are about breaking the game to reveal hidden secrets that help players finish it as quickly as possible. Speedrunning Paper Boy, on the other hand, means delivering every single bundle of newsprint with precision and grace. If you’ve ever played Paper Boy, one of the first ever management sims to appear on a…
By Ethan Gach Published October 29, 2017 - CultureSplitscreen
We Talk Assassin’s Creed Origins And NeoGAF On Today’s Splitscreen
On this week’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, recorded between marathon writing sessions for both me and Kirk, we’re talking about the new Assassin’s Creed and NeoGAF’s implosion. First we dig into the good and bad of Assassin’s Creed Origins, which Kirk has been playing for five days straight and has many thoughts about. Then (32:06)…
By Jason Schreier Published October 29, 2017 - Uncategorized
Wolfenstein 2 Collectible Mocks Progressive Magazine Over Its Coverage Of White Nationalists
There are a ton of things to pick up in Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, ranging from postcards and vinyl albums to newspaper clippings. Most of them are simply there to build out the game’s Nazi-ruled America, but one in particular makes fun of the magazine Mother Jones for a profile of Richard Spencer it…
By Ethan Gach Published October 29, 2017 -
EsportsBig Buck Hunter Interview Goes About How You’d Expect
Say hello to Jerad, one of the Big Buck HD players from last night’s Big Buck World Championship. The self-proclaimed “messiah of Big Buck Hunter,” he gave quite an interview during last night’s festivities. Though Jerad didn’t make it to the finals, those who did put on a good show of arcade accuracy and speed,…
By Eric Van Allen Published October 29, 2017 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Video Game Themed
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 October 27. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published October 23. Read more…
By Ethan Gach Published October 29, 2017 - Uncategorized
Super Mario Land 2‘s Wonderful Halloween Levels
Out twenty five years ago next month, the second entry in the handheld Mario spin-off series was significant for a number of reasons, but perhaps none as timely as its Halloween world. The Pumpkin Zone is one of Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins’s more festive levels. While some of the game’s worlds are…
By Ethan Gach Published October 28, 2017 -
EsportsThe Moment You Realize You Qualified For Capcom Cup
This weekend’s Canada Cup is stacked with talent, as players on the bubble fight for the last possible points they can get to make the cut for the upcoming Capcom Cup. Here’s Gustavo Romero, or “801 Strider,” landing the last grab he needed to make this tournament’s top 8 and qualify for the big event…
By Eric Van Allen Published October 28, 2017 -
UncategorizedThe Papers, Please film adaptation now has a trailer. If you were wondering what a game about reading through documents would look like as a movie, the question has now be answered. Created by Nikita Ordynskiy with the full support of developer Lucas Pope, the short film is due out in 2018.
By Ethan Gach Published October 28, 2017 - Esports
Dota Tournament Rolls Teams Out In Mercedes-Benz Sedans
This weekend’s ESL One Hamburg is the first major of the 2018 Dota 2 season, which makes it crucial for getting some early points on the circuit. Outside the points and $1 million prize pool, there’s also another prize: a pretty sweet car. Mercedes-Benz is one of the sponsors of the tournament, and part of…
By Eric Van Allen Published October 28, 2017 - Uncategorized
The former Director of Xbox Live Policy, Stephen Toulouse, passed away at the age of 45. Toulouse, also known as Stepto, was instrumental to shaping the platform’s approach to online community building and policing. He left Microsoft in 2012 after 17 years with the company.
By Ethan Gach Published October 28, 2017 -
CultureWolfenstein: The New Colossus Has Already Been Beaten In Under Eighty Minutes
The newest game in the Nazi-slaying series is pretty short, at least if you’re a speedrunner. Released only a day ago, The New Colossus digs deep into American politics and the country’s legacy of racism and bigotry. The game doesn’t pull many punches, right from the very beginning. Of course, you could also blaze through…
By Ethan Gach Published October 28, 2017 -
UncategorizedMinecraft now has Stranger Things costumes. Actually, Stranger Things skins to be more precise. The game’s latest pack will let you explore and build as up to fifty different characters from the show, including from season two, so be warned, the DLC does include spoilers
By Ethan Gach Published October 28, 2017 - Esports
Faker Never Seemed To Doubt His Galio In Close Semifinals Match
In last night’s League of Legends world championship matches, SKT T1’s Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok seemed hell-bent on proving how good his Galio was. In a series that went to game five against home-crowd team Royal Never Give Up, Faker played only Galio, all five games. This isn’t an outlandish strategy in the grand scheme of…
By Eric Van Allen Published October 28, 2017
