Team Fortress 2‘s Pyro Has A Jetpack Now

After over a year’s wait, the Pyro is getting a new set of tools. The biggest update for Team Fortress 2 in some time, the Jungle Inferno update not only adds new maps, taunts, campaign contracts, and balance changes, but a new suite of class weapons for everyone’s favorite firebug. In 2016’s Meet Your Match,…

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Is Getting A New Four Player Arcade Game 

Arcade cabinet maker Raw Thrills has confirmed it’s currently working on a new machine featuring the heroes in a half shell as depicted in the Nickelodeon cartoon currently in its fifth season. The new game is apparently being built from scratch with new assets to mirror the current TV show and with an eye toward…

This Week In The Business: Place Your Bets

QUOTE | “For example, if the player purchased a particular weapon, the microtransaction engine may match the player in a gameplay session in which the particular weapon is highly effective, giving the player an impression that the particular weapon was a good purchase. This may encourage the player to make future purchases to achieve similar…

TwitchCon Has Some Amazing World Of Warcraft Paintings

World of Warcraft community artists are collaborating on pieces while at TwitchCon.  Maliveth, a streamer and illustrator, told me she’s part of a five-person group who planned out this (in-progress) painting a week in advance. It’s part of a big wall of community illustrations, all of which are very impressive.

Bungie Explains How Destiny 2 ‘Seasons’ Will Work

Today at TwitchCon, a trio of Bungie developers hosted a panel about the future of Destiny 2. It wasn’t all that exciting, but they did share some new information about how the game’s “seasons” system will work. The panel was hosted by Destiny community manager David “DeeJ” Dague, who was joined by two designers from…

The meet-and-greet lines at TwitchCon are so long that not even a perfect cosplayer could get face time with Dr Disrespect. WiiMoon, a partnered Twitch streamer herself, told me she didn’t even know what she’d say to the Doc, but was sure it’d come to her in the moment. It’ll be a crime if they…

Snacktaku Eats A Venison Sandwich At Arby’s HQ

On October 21, Arby’s brings deer meat to the masses, selling a limited number of venison sandwiches at its more than 3,300 U.S. locations. Not trusting our ability to wake up before noon on a Saturday, Snacktaku hit up Arby’s headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia for an early taste test. Arby’s first introduced the venison sandwich…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for spending time with the cat you’re watching, i.e., turning down social obligations to pet a cat. Also, video games. I just got a Switch (I know!) which means I have been playing Stardew Valley for the first time (I know!). I have very little idea what I’m supposed to be doing…

Doki Doki Literature Club‘s Horror Was Born From A Love-Hate Relationship With Anime

Doki Doki Literature Club snuck up on everyone and became a cult hit. Dan Salvato, its writer and lead developer, played on the anime tropes present in its pink and cheery exterior to trick players into experiencing an unsettling story. “People might go into Doki Doki Literature Club making fun of it as a tropey…

Rick and Morty’s Most Recent Season Didn’t Have Much To Say

Rick and Morty is in crisis, and we’re not just talking about the few intense fans who make the show look bad. The show, as a whole, already seems to be running out of steam. (Spoilers ahead!) (Get the MP3 here.) No wonder, then, that the latest season ended with the promise of a more…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: I’m Stuck In Another Country And Thinking Of Cheating

Hello all you freakazoids d’amour, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column that’s been lootbox-free since 2013. This week we’re getting deep in the drama. One couple is trying to learn how to play well with others, but whether they’re putting on a show or a private performance, one of the…

The Evil Within 2: The Kotaku Review

When we meet Sebastian Castellanos at the beginning of The Evil Within 2, he’s a broken man. The mind-bending events of the previous installment fractured his psyche. He blames himself for not being able to save his daughter Lily from a house fire, and his wife left him. He’s been booted from the police force…

What Destiny 2 and Overwatch Animations Tell Us About Their Characters

Even if we can’t see out character’s face and body, animation tells us a lot about characters in first person games. Heather takes a look in this critical video. Transcript: I was playing Destiny 2 and running public events for my weekly. After a while, I decided to punch every enemy I came across and…

Bungie Cancels Destiny 2‘s Trials For Two Weeks Because Of Glitches

Destiny 2’s competitive Trials of the Nine multiplayer mode will be delayed for two weeks after a glitch involving emotes allowed players to hide out of bounds. Earlier this week, Bungie removed players’ ability to purchase the ‘bureaucratic walk’ emote after discovering they could could use it to clip out of bounds. Players who previously…

We’ve Basically Been Playing The Same WWE Video Game For Over 15 Years

On Tuesday, 2K Sports released WWE 2K18, the 19th title in the pro wrestling series that dates back to THQ’s two SmackDown games released on the original PlayStation in 2000 and subsequently became an annual release. Unsurprisingly, it’s a massive disappointment of the same variety that the franchise has been churning out for years. Developed…

Razer’s Brilliant New Webcam Has a Built-In Ring Light

Just in time for this weekend’s TwitchCon, Razer debuts a pair of new peripherals: the compact Serien X microphone and the Kiyo, a ring light-sporting webcam that’s sure to be the next must-have streaming accessory. One of the keys to making a livestream really pop is getting proper lighting on the face of the player.…

Nyko’s Portable Switch Dock Is Great, Provided It Doesn’t Kill Your Console

Earlier this month Nyko released its Portable Switch Docking Kit, a $50 alternative to Nintendo’s official $90 dock. Mine works great, and charging the Switch in tabletop mode is very handy, but a handful of users are reporting the device has killed their console’s charging port. The Switch dock Nyko has released is slightly different…